Section XI.
[1] [Arabic, p. 42] 814
And when
Jesus
finished these sayings, the multitudes were
astonished [2] at his
teaching;
815
and that because he
was teaching them as one having
authority, not as their
scribes and the
Pharisees.
[3] 816
And when he descended
from the
mountain, great multitudes followed him.
[4] 817
And when
Jesus entered
Capernaum, the
servant of one of the chiefs was in an [5]
evil case,
and he was precious to him, and he was at the point of
death.
818
And he [6] heard of
Jesus, and came to him
with the
elders of the
Jews;
819
and he besought him,
and said, My
Lord, my
boy is laid in the
house paralysed,
820
| 820 i.e., so as to be unable
to walk. |
and he is suffering grievous [7]
torment.
821
And the
elders
urgently requested of him, and said, He is worthy that [8] this should
be done unto him:
822
for he loveth our
people, and he also built the
synagogue [9, 10] for us.
823
Jesus said unto him, I will come and
heal
him.
824
That
chief answered
and said, My
Lord, I am not worthy that my
roof should shade thee; but
it sufficeth [11] that thou speak a word, and my lad shall be
healed.
825
And I also am a man in
obedience to
authority, having under my
hand soldiers:
826
and I say to this
one, Go, and
he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my
servant that
he do this, [12] and he doeth
it.
827
And
when
Jesus heard that, he marvelled at him,
828
and
turned and said unto the multitude that were coming with him,
829
Verily I say unto you, I have [13] not found
in
Israel the like
of this
faith.
830
I say unto you, that many shall come from the
east and the west, and shall recline with
Abraham and
Isaac and
Jacob
[14] [Arabic, p. 43] in the
kingdom of
heaven:
831
but the
children of the
kingdom shall be cast
[15] forth into the outer
darkness: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
832
And
Jesus said to that
chief, Go thy way; as
thou hast believed,
so shall it be unto thee. [16]
833
And his lad was
healed in that hour. And
that
chief returned to the
house and found that
sick servant
healed.
[17] 834
And the day after, he
was going to a city called Nain, and his
disciples with him, [18] and a
great multitude.
835
And when he was come
near the
gate of the city, he saw a
crowd836
accompanying one
that was dead, the only son of his mother; and
his mother was a
widow: and there was with her a great multitude
of the people of the [19] city.
837
And
when
Jesus saw her, he had
compassion on her, and said unto her,
Weep
[20] not.
838
And he went and
advanced to the bier, and the bearers of it stood still; and [21] he
said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
839
And
that dead
man sat up and began [22] to speak; and he gave him to
his mother.
840
And
fear came on all
the people: and they
praised God, and said, There hath risen
among us a great
prophet: and,
God [23] hath had regard to his
people.
841
And this news
concerning him spread in all Judæa, and in all the
region which
was about them.
[24] 842
And when
Jesus saw
great multitudes surrounding him, he commanded them to [25] depart to
the other side.
843
And while they were
going in the way, there came one of the
scribes and said unto him, My
Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou [26] goest.
844
Jesus said unto him, The
foxes have
holes, and
the
birds of the
heaven have [27]
nests; but the Son of man hath not a
place in which to lay his head.
845
And he
said unto another, Follow me. And he said unto him, My
Lord,
suffer me first to go and [28] bury my
father.
846
Jesus said unto him, Leave the dead to bury
their dead; but thou, [29] follow me and
preach the
kingdom of
God.
847
And another said unto
him, I will follow [Arabic, p. 44] thee, my
Lord; but first
suffer me
to go and salute my household and [30] come.
848
Jesus said unto him, There is no one who
putteth his
hand to the plough
849
| 849 Lit. plough of
the yoke. |
and looketh behind
him, and
yet is fit for the
kingdom of
God.
[31] 850
And he said to them on
that day in the evening, Let us go over to the other side [32] of the
lake; and he left
851
| 851 cf., e.g.,
at § 17, 19, § 23, 16, where the same Arabic and Syriac word
is used; cf. also the ambiguity of the Greek (R.V. has
left). |
the multitudes.
852
And
Jesus went up and sat in the
ship, [33] he
and his
disciples, and there were with them other
ships.
853
And there occurred on the
sea a great
tempest854
of whirlwind and
wind,
855
and the
ship was on the point of [34] sinking from the
greatness
856
of the waves.
857
But
Jesus was sleeping on a cushion in the
stern of the
ship;
858
and his
disciples came
and awoke him, and said unto him, Our [35]
Lord,
save us; lo, we
perish.
859
And he rose, and
rebuked the
winds and the turbulence of the
water, and said to the
sea,
Be still, for thou art
rebuked;
860
and the
wind [36]
was still, and there was a great calm.
861
And he
said unto them, Why are ye thus [37] afraid? and why have ye no
faith?
862
And they
feared
greatly.
863
And they
marvelled, and said one to another, Who, think you, is this, who
commandeth also the
wind and the waves and the
sea, and they obey
him?
[38] 864
And they departed and
came to the
country of the Gadarenes, which is on the [39] other side,
opposite the
land of
Galilee.
865
And when he went
out of the
ship to the
land,
866
there met him from
among the
tombs a man who had a
devil for a long time, [40] and wore no
clothes, neither dwelt in a
house, but among the
tombs.
867
And no man was [Arabic, p. 45] able to
bind
him with
chains,
868
because any time that
he was bound with
chains [41] and fetters he
cut the
chains and
loosened the fetters;
869
and he was
snatched870
[42] away of the
devil into the
desert,
871
and no man was able to
quiet him; and at all times, in the
night and in the day, he would be
among the
tombs and in the
mountains;
872
and no
man was able to pass by that way;
873
and he would
cry
out and
wound himself [43] with
stones.
874
And
when he saw
Jesus at a distance, he hastened and worshipped [44] him,
and
cried with a loud voice and said,
875
What
have we to do with thee,
Jesus, [45] Son of the most high
God?
876
I adjure thee by
God,
torment me not.
And
Jesus commanded the
unclean spirit to come out of the man:
and he had
suffered877
| 877 Lit. and it was
for him. |
a long [46] time
since the time when he came into
captivity to it.
878
And
Jesus asked him, What is thy name?
He said unto him,
Legion; for there had entered into him many [47]
devils.
879
And they besought him
that he would not command them to depart into [48] the
depths.
880
And there was there a
herd of many
swine,
feeding in the
mountain, and those
devils besought him to give them leave to enter the
swine; and he gave
[49] them leave.
881
And the
devils went
out of the man and entered into the
swine.
882
And that
herd hastened to the summit and fell
down into the midst of the
sea, about two [50]
thousand, and they were
choked in the
water.
883
And when the
keepers
saw what [51] happened, they fled, and told those in the cities and
villages.
884
And the people went
out to see what had happened; and they came to
Jesus, and found the man
whose [Arabic, p. 46]
devils had gone out,
clothed,
modest,
885
seated at the
feet of
Jesus; and they [52]
feared.
886
And they reported what
they saw, and how the man was healed who had a devil,
887
and concerning those swine also.
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