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Section XXIII.

[1] ¹⁶⁰⁶

¹⁶⁰⁶ Matt. xv. 29.
And Jesus departed thence, and came to the side of the sea of Galilee, and went [2] up into the mountain, and sat there. ¹⁶⁰⁷

¹⁶⁰⁷ Matt. xv. 30a.
And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them lame, and blind, and dumb, and maimed, and many others, and [3] they cast them at the feet of Jesus: ¹⁶⁰⁸

¹⁶⁰⁸ John iv. 45b.
for they had seen all the signs which he did in [4] Jerusalem, when they were gathered at the feast. ¹⁶⁰⁹

¹⁶⁰⁹ Matt. xv. 30b.
And he healed them all. ¹⁶¹⁰

¹⁶¹⁰ Matt. xv. 31.
And those multitudes marvelled when they saw dumb men speak, and maimed men healed, and lame men walk, and blind men see; and they praised the God of Israel.

[5] ¹⁶¹¹

¹⁶¹¹ Matt. xv. 32.
And Jesus called his disciples, and said unto them, I have compassion on this multitude, because of their continuing with me three days, having nothing to eat; and to send them away fasting I am not willing, lest they faint in the way, ¹⁶¹²

¹⁶¹² Mark viii. 3b.
some of them having [6] [Arabic, p. 89] come from far. ¹⁶¹³

¹⁶¹³ Matt. xv. 33.
His disciples said unto him, Whence have we in the desert [7] bread wherewith to satisfy all this multitude? ¹⁶¹⁴

¹⁶¹⁴ Matt. xv. 34.
Jesus said unto them, How [8] many loaves have ye? ¹⁶¹⁵

¹⁶¹⁵ Matt. xv. 35.
They said unto him, Seven, and a few small fishes. And he [9] commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground; ¹⁶¹⁶

¹⁶¹⁶ Matt. xv. 36.
and he took those seven loaves and the fish, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before [10] them; and the disciples set before the multitudes. ¹⁶¹⁷

¹⁶¹⁷ Matt. xv. 37.
And they all ate, and were satisfied: and they took that which remained over of the fragments, seven basketfuls. [11] ¹⁶¹⁸

¹⁶¹⁸ Matt. xv. 38.
And the people that ate were four thousand men, besides the women and children. [12] ¹⁶¹⁹

¹⁶¹⁹ Matt. xv. 39.
And when the multitudes departed, he went up into the boat, and came to the borders of Magada.¹⁶²⁰

¹⁶²⁰ Arabic Magadu, as in Peshitta.

[13] ¹⁶²¹

¹⁶²¹ Matt. xvi. 1a; Mark viii. 11b.
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, and began to seek a discussion with him. And they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven, tempting him. [14] ¹⁶²²

¹⁶²² Mark viii. 12a; Matt. xvi. 4.
And Jesus sighed within himself, and said, What sign seeketh this evil and adulterous generation? It seeketh a sign, and it shall not be given a sign, except the sign [15] of Jonah the prophet. ¹⁶²³

¹⁶²³ Mark viii. 12b.
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not be given a [16] sign. ¹⁶²⁴

¹⁶²⁴ Mark viii. 13.
And he left¹⁶²⁵

¹⁶²⁵ cf. § 11, 32, note.
them, and went up into the boat, and went away to that side.

[17] ¹⁶²⁶

¹⁶²⁶ Mark viii. 14.
And his disciples forgot to take with them bread, and there was not with them [18] in the boat, not even¹⁶²⁷

¹⁶²⁷ The change of a single letter in the Arabic would turn not even into except; but Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary (Brit. Mus. text) also has not even.
one loaf. ¹⁶²⁸

¹⁶²⁸ Mark viii. 15.
And Jesus charged them, and said, Take heed, and guard yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, and from the [19] leaven of Herod. ¹⁶²⁹

¹⁶²⁹ Matt. xvi. 7.
And they reflected within themselves that they had taken with them [20] no bread. ¹⁶³⁰

¹⁶³⁰ Matt. xvi. 8.
And Jesus knew, and said unto them, Why¹⁶³¹

¹⁶³¹ Lit. What. See note to § 7, 38.
think ye within yourselves, O ye of little faith, and are anxious, because ye have no bread? ¹⁶³²

¹⁶³² Mark viii. 17b.
until now do ye not perceive, [21] neither understand? is your heart yet hard? ¹⁶³³

¹⁶³³ Mark viii. 18.
And have ye eyes, and yet see not? [22] [Arabic, p. 90] and have ye ears, and yet hear not? ¹⁶³⁴

¹⁶³⁴ Mark viii. 19.
and do ye not remember when I brake those five loaves for five thousand? and how many baskets full of broken [23] pieces took ye¹⁶³⁵

¹⁶³⁵ Or, ye took.
up? They said, Twelve. ¹⁶³⁶

¹⁶³⁶ Mark viii. 20.
He said unto them, And the seven also for four thousand: how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye¹⁶³⁷

¹⁶³⁷ Or, ye took.
up? They [24] said, Seven. ¹⁶³⁸

¹⁶³⁸ Mark viii. 21a; Matt. xvi. 11.
He said unto them, How have ye not understood that I spake not to you because of¹⁶³⁹

¹⁶³⁹ Or, concerning.
the bread, but that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees [25] and Sadducees? ¹⁶⁴⁰

¹⁶⁴⁰ Matt. xvi. 12.
Then they understood that he spake, not that they should beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees, which he called leaven.

[26] ¹⁶⁴¹

¹⁶⁴¹ Mark viii. 22.
And after that, he came to Bethsaida. And they brought to him a certain¹⁶⁴²

¹⁶⁴² Lit. one, probably representing Syriac idiom (cf. Sinaitic?).
blind [27] man, and besought him that he would touch him. ¹⁶⁴³

¹⁶⁴³ Mark viii. 23.
And he took the hand of that blind man, and led him out without the village, and spat in his eyes, and laid his [28] hand on him,¹⁶⁴⁴

¹⁶⁴⁴ The Peshitta also omits on him.
and asked him, What seest thou? ¹⁶⁴⁵

¹⁶⁴⁵ Mark viii. 24.
And that blind man looked intently, [29] and said unto him, I see men as trees walking. ¹⁶⁴⁶

¹⁶⁴⁶ Mark viii. 25.
And he placed his hand [30] again on his eyes; and they were restored,¹⁶⁴⁷

¹⁶⁴⁷ An intransitive word.
and he saw everything clearly. ¹⁶⁴⁸

¹⁶⁴⁸ Mark viii. 26.
And he sent him to his house, and said, Do not enter even into the village, nor tell any man in the village.

[31] ¹⁶⁴⁹

¹⁶⁴⁹ Mark viii. 27a.
And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, to the villages of Cæsarea Philippi. [32] ¹⁶⁵⁰

¹⁶⁵⁰ Matt. xvi. 13b.
And while he was going in the way, and his disciples alone,¹⁶⁵¹

¹⁶⁵¹ Or, his disciples being alone. There is no such clause in the Syriac versions (Pesh., Sin.).
he asked his disciples, [33] and said, What do men say of me that I am, the Son of man?¹⁶⁵²

¹⁶⁵² The Arabic, which reappears in Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary (Brit. Mus. text), and seems to represent the consonantal text of the Peshitta, is awkward. § 23, 34 (Arabic), shows, however, that the rendering given in the text is the meaning intended by the translator.
¹⁶⁵³

¹⁶⁵³ Matt. xvi. 14.
They said unto him, Some say, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the [34, 35] prophets. ¹⁶⁵⁴

¹⁶⁵⁴ Matt. xvi. 15.
He said unto them, And ye, what say ye that I am? ¹⁶⁵⁵

¹⁶⁵⁵ Matt. xvi. 16.
Simon Cephas answered [36] [Arabic, p. 91] and said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God. ¹⁶⁵⁶

¹⁶⁵⁶ Matt. xvi. 17.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon son of Jonah: flesh and [37] blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. ¹⁶⁵⁷

¹⁶⁵⁷ Matt. xvi. 18.
And I say unto thee also, that thou art Cephas,¹⁶⁵⁸

¹⁶⁵⁸ Same Arabic word in both places. See note to § 5, 11.
and on this rock will I build my church; and the [38] gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. ¹⁶⁵⁹

¹⁶⁵⁹ Matt. xvi. 19.
To thee will I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and [39] whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ¹⁶⁶⁰

¹⁶⁶⁰ Matt. xvi. 20.
And he sternly charged his disciples, and warned them that they should not tell any man concerning him, [40] that he was the Messiah. ¹⁶⁶¹

¹⁶⁶¹ Matt. xvi. 21a.
And henceforth began Jesus to shew to his disciples [41] that he was determined¹⁶⁶²

¹⁶⁶² The word is freely used in this work in the post-classical sense of about to.
to go to Jerusalem, ¹⁶⁶³

¹⁶⁶³ Mark viii. 31b.
and suffer much, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and of the scribes, and be killed, and on the [42] third day rise. ¹⁶⁶⁴

¹⁶⁶⁴ Mark viii. 32a.
And he was speaking¹⁶⁶⁵

¹⁶⁶⁵ The Arabic might perhaps be construed and to speak, depending on began in § 23, 40; but the clause agrees with the Sinaitic of Mark, as does the following.
plainly. ¹⁶⁶⁶

¹⁶⁶⁶ Matt. xvi. 22.
And Simon Cephas, as one grieved [43] for him, said, Far be thou, my Lord, from that. ¹⁶⁶⁷

¹⁶⁶⁷ Mark viii. 33a.
And he turned, and looked upon [44] his disciples, and rebuked Simon, and said, ¹⁶⁶⁸

¹⁶⁶⁸ Matt. xvi. 23b.
Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou art a stumblingblock unto me: for thou thinkest not of what pertains to God, but of what pertains to men.

[45] ¹⁶⁶⁹

¹⁶⁶⁹ Mark viii. 34a; Luke ix. 23b.
And Jesus called the multitudes with his disciples, and said unto them, Whosoever would come after me, let him deny himself, and take his cross every day, and [46] come after me. ¹⁶⁷⁰

¹⁶⁷⁰ Mark viii. 35.
And whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever [47] loseth his life for my sake, and for the sake of my gospel, shall save it. ¹⁶⁷¹

¹⁶⁷¹ Luke ix. 25.
What shall [48] a man profit, if he gain all the world, and destroy¹⁶⁷²

¹⁶⁷² Or, lose.
his own life,¹⁶⁷³

¹⁶⁷³ Or, self; or, soul.
or lose it? ¹⁶⁷⁴

¹⁶⁷⁴ Mark viii. 37.
or what [49] [Arabic, p. 92] will a man give in ransom for his life?¹⁶⁷⁵

¹⁶⁷⁵ Or, self; or, soul.
¹⁶⁷⁶

¹⁶⁷⁶ Mark viii. 38.
Whosoever shall deny me and my sayings in this sinful and adulterous generation, the Son of man also will [50] deny him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with his holy angels. ¹⁶⁷⁷

¹⁶⁷⁷ Matt. xvi. 27.
For the Son of man is about to¹⁶⁷⁸

¹⁶⁷⁸ See § 23, 40, note.
come in the glory of his Father with his holy angels; and then shall he reward each man according to his works.
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