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Section
XLVIII.
[1] 3309
This said Jesus, and
went forth with his disciples to a place which was called
Gethsemane,3310
on3311
| 3311 Vat.
ms. has and on. | the side that is in the plain3312
| 3312 The word
rendered plain (cf. Dozy, Supplement, sub voc.),
which occurs also in the text of Ibn-at-Tayyib (loc. cit., f.
362b), properly means lake. The word in the
Jerusalem Lectionary means valley as well as
stream. For the whole clause cf. the text of John
xviii. in Die vier Evangelien, arabisch, aus
der Wiener Handschrift, edited by P. de Lagarde, 1864. | of Kidron, the mountain,3313
the place [2] in which was a garden; and he
entered thither, he and his disciples. 3314
And
Judas the [3] betrayer knew that place: for Jesus oft-times met
with his disciples there. 3315
And when Jesus
came to the place, he said to his disciples, Sit ye here, so that I may
go and pray; [4, 5] [Arabic, p. 181] and pray ye, that ye enter not
into temptations. 3316
And he took with him
Cephas and the sons of Zebedee together, James and John; and he began
to [6] look sorrowful, and to be anxious. 3317
And he said unto them, My soul is distressed
unto [7] death: abide ye here, and watch with me. 3318
And he withdrew from them a little, [8] the
space of a stone’s throw; 3319
and he
kneeled,3320
| 3320 Lit. fell on
his knees. | and fell on his
face, and prayed, so [9] that, if it were possible, this hour
might pass3321
| 3321 Lit. let this
hour pass. The Borg. ms. omits
him. | him.
3322
And he said, Father, thou art able for all
things; if thou wilt, let this cup pass me: 3323
but let not my will be done, [10] but
let thy will be done. 3324
And he came to
his disciples, and found them sleeping; [11] and he said unto Cephas,
Simon, didst thou sleep? 3325
Could ye thus
not for one hour [12] watch with me? 3326
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into
temptations: the spirit is [13] willing and ready, but the body
is weak.3327
| 3327 Lit.
diseased. The Arabic word is rare in the sense required by
the context (cf. Pesh.). | 3328
And he went again a second time, and prayed,
and said, My Father, if it is not possible with regard to3329
| 3329 This reading would
perhaps more easily arise out of the Sinaitic than out of the
Peshitta. | this cup that it pass, [14] except I drink
it, thy will be done. 3330
And he returned
again, and found his disciples sleeping, for their eyes were heavy from
their grief and anxiety; and they knew not [15] what to say to
him. 3331
And he left them,
and went away again, and prayed a third [16] time, and said the very
same word. 3332
And there appeared
unto him an angel from [17] heaven, encouraging him. 3333
And being afraid3334
| 3334 cf.
Peshitta. Or, And although he was afraid. | he
prayed continuously:3335
| 3335 The Peshitta (hardly
Cur.) is capable of this interpretation. | and his
sweat3336
| 3336 cf. Syr.,
especially Peshitta. | [18] [Arabic, p. 182] became like a stream
of blood, and fell on the ground. 3337
Then he rose from [19] his prayer, and came
to his disciples, and found them sleeping. 3338
And he [20] said unto them, Sleep now, and
rest: 3339
the end hath
arrived,3340
| 3340 cf. Syr.,
especially Peshitta. | and the hour hath
come; [21] and behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of
sinners. 3341
Arise, let us
go:3342
for he hath come that betrayeth
me.
[22] 3343
And while he was
still speaking, came Judas the betrayer, one of the twelve, and with
him a great multitude carrying lanterns and torches3344
and swords and staves, from the chief
priests and scribes and elders of the people, and with him the
footsoldiers [23] of the Romans.3345
3346
And Judas the betrayer gave them a sign, and
said, He whom I shall kiss, he is he: take him with
care,3347
| 3347 cf.
Syriac versions. Obviously we must supply a diacritical
point over the last radical, or read the middle one as
dhal. | and lead him away.3348
| 3348 Lit. him
to —. Borg. ms. probably means
bear him away. |
[24] 3349
And Jesus, because he knew everything that
should come upon him, went forth [25] unto them. 3350
And immediately Judas the betrayer came to
Jesus, and said, Peace, [26] my Master; and kissed him. 3351
And Jesus said unto him, Judas, with a kiss
betrayest [27] thou the Son of man? 3352
Was it for that thou camest, my
friend? And Jesus said [28] to those that came unto him, Whom
seek ye? 3353
They said unto him,
Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus said unto them, I am he. And
Judas the betrayer also was standing [29] with them. 3354
And when Jesus said unto them, I am he, they
retreated backward, and [30] fell to the ground. 3355
And Jesus asked them again, Whom seek
ye? They answered, [31] Jesus the Nazarene. 3356
Jesus said unto them, I told you that I am
he: and if ye seek [32] me, let these go away: that the
word might be fulfilled which he spake, 3357
Of
those [33] [Arabic, p. 183] whom thou hast given me I lost not even
one. 3358
Then came those that
were with Judas, and seized Jesus, and took him.
[34] 3359
And when his
disciples saw what happened, they said, Our Lord, shall we smite [35]
them with swords? 3360
And Simon Cephas had
a sword, and he drew it, and struck the servant of the chief priest,
and cut off his right ear. And the name of that servant [36] was
Malchus. 3361
Jesus said unto
Cephas, The cup which my Father hath given [37] me, shall I not drink
it? 3362
Put the sword into
its sheath: for all that take with3363
| 3363 Withis
doubtless an accidental repetition of by (the same Arabic
particle) in the next clause. |
the [38] sword shall die by the sword. 3364
Thinkest3365
| 3365 The introductory
interrogative particle may represent an original Or. | thou that I am
not able to ask of my [39] Father, and he shall now raise up for me
more than3366
| 3366 Vat.
ms. omits than, and has more only
in the margin by another hand. | twelve tribes of
angels? 3367
Then [40] how should
the scriptures which were spoken be fulfilled, that thus it must
be? 3368
Your [41] leave in
this.3369
| 3369 The phrase is
awkward. The rendering is different in the text (f. 292a,
cf. Lagarde, Die vier
Evv.), and yet again in the comment (f. 293a)
of Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary. | 3370
And he touched
the ear of him that was struck, and healed it. And in that hour
Jesus said to the multitudes, As they come out against a thief are ye
come out against me with swords and staves to take me? Daily was
I with you in [42] the temple sitting teaching, and ye took me
not: 3371
but this is your
hour, and the power [43] of darkness. 3372
And
that was, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
[44] 3373
Then the disciples
all left him, and fled. And the footsoldiers and the officers
[45] and the soldiers3374
of the Jews seized
Jesus, and came. 3375
And a
certain3376
young man [46]
followed him, and he was wrapped in a towel, naked: 3377
and they seized him; so he [47] [Arabic, p.
184] left the towel, and fled naked. 3378
Then they took Jesus, and bound him, and
brought him to Annas first; because he was the father in law of
Caiaphas, [48] who was chief priest that year. 3379
And Caiaphas was he that counselled the Jews,
that it was necessary that one man should die instead of the
people.
[49] 3380
And Simon Cephas and
one of the other disciples followed Jesus. And the chief [50]
priest knew that disciple, and he entered with Jesus into the court;
3381
but Simon was standing without at the
door. And that other disciple, whom the chief priest knew, [51]
went out and spake unto her that kept the door, and she brought Simon
in. 3382
And when the maid
that kept the door saw Simon, she looked stedfastly at him, and said
unto him, Art not thou also one of the disciples of this man, I mean
Jesus the [52] Nazarene? 3383
But he denied,
and said, Woman, I know him not, neither know I even [53] what thou
sayest. 3384
And the servants and
the soldiers rose, and made a fire in the [54] middle of the court,
that they might warm themselves; for it was cold. 3385
And when [55] the fire burned up, they sat
down around it. 3386
And Simon also came,
and sat down with them to warm himself, that he might see the end of
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