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Section XXXIX.

[1] ²⁶⁵³

²⁶⁵³ John xii. 1.
And Jesus six days before the passover²⁶⁵⁴

²⁶⁵⁴ cf. the Greek phrase.
came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, [2] whom Jesus raised from among the dead. ²⁶⁵⁵

²⁶⁵⁵ John xii. 2.
And they made²⁶⁵⁶

²⁶⁵⁶ Lit. he made (cf. first note to § 38, 43, last sentence).
a feast for him there: [3] and Martha was serving; while Lazarus was one of them that sat with him. ²⁶⁵⁷

²⁶⁵⁷ Mark xiv. 3a.
And [4] at the time of Jesus’ being at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ²⁶⁵⁸

²⁶⁵⁸ John xii. 9.
great multitudes of the Jews heard that Jesus was there: and they came, not because of Jesus alone, but [Arabic, p. 147] that they might look also on Lazarus, whom he raised from among the dead. [5, 6] ²⁶⁵⁹

²⁶⁵⁹ John xii. 10.
And the chief priests considered how they might kill Lazarus also; ²⁶⁶⁰

²⁶⁶⁰ John xii. 11.
because [7] many of the Jews were going on his account, and believing in Jesus. ²⁶⁶¹

²⁶⁶¹ John xii. 3a.
And Mary took a case of the ointment of fine nard, of great price, ²⁶⁶²

²⁶⁶² Mark xiv. 3b.
and opened it, and poured [8] it out on the head of Jesus as he was reclining; ²⁶⁶³

²⁶⁶³ John xii. 3b.
and she anointed his feet, and wiped them with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. [9, 10] ²⁶⁶⁴

²⁶⁶⁴ John xii. 4.
But Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was to betray him, said, ²⁶⁶⁵

²⁶⁶⁵ John xii. 5.
Why was [11] not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given unto the poor? ²⁶⁶⁶

²⁶⁶⁶ John xii. 6.
This he said, not because of his care for the poor, but because he was a thief, and the chest [12] was with him, and what was put²⁶⁶⁷

²⁶⁶⁷ Lit. fell (cf. § 25, 18).
into it he used to bear. ²⁶⁶⁸

²⁶⁶⁸ Mark xiv. 4.
And that displeased the rest of the disciples also within themselves, and they said, Why went this ointment [13] to waste? ²⁶⁶⁹

²⁶⁶⁹ Matt. xxvi. 9.
It was possible that it should be sold for much, and the poor be given [14] it. ²⁶⁷⁰

²⁶⁷⁰ Mark xiv. 5b.
And they were angry with²⁶⁷¹

²⁶⁷¹ Or, spake angrily to.
Mary. ²⁶⁷²

²⁶⁷² Matt. xxvi. 10a.
And Jesus perceived it, and said unto them, ²⁶⁷³

²⁶⁷³ Mark xiv. 6b.
Leave her; why molest ye her? a good work hath she accomplished on me: ²⁶⁷⁴

²⁶⁷⁴ John xii. 7b.
for the [15] day of my burial kept she it. ²⁶⁷⁵

²⁶⁷⁵ John xii. 8a.
At all times the poor are with you, and when ye [16] wish ye can do them a kindness: ²⁶⁷⁶

²⁶⁷⁶ Mark xiv. 7b.
but I am not at all times with you. ²⁶⁷⁷

²⁶⁷⁷ Matt. xxvi. 12.
And for this cause, when she poured²⁶⁷⁸

²⁶⁷⁸ Lit. cast, as in Greek.
this ointment on my body, it is as if she did it for my burial, [17] and anointed my body beforehand. ²⁶⁷⁹

²⁶⁷⁹ Mark xiv. 8b; Mark xiv. 9.
And verily I say unto you, In every place where this my gospel shall be proclaimed in all the world, what she did shall be told for a memorial of her.

[18, 19] [Arabic, p. 148] ²⁶⁸⁰

²⁶⁸⁰ Luke xix. 28.
And when Jesus said that, he went out leisurely to go to Jerusalem. ²⁶⁸¹

²⁶⁸¹ Luke xix. 29a; Matt. xxi. 1b.
And when he arrived at Bethphage and at Bethany, beside the mount which is [20] called the mount of Olives, ²⁶⁸²

²⁶⁸² Matt. xxi. 2a; Mark xi. 2b.
Jesus sent two of his disciples, and he said unto them, Go [21] into this village that is opposite you: ²⁶⁸³

²⁶⁸³ Matt. xxi. 2b; Luke xix. 30b.
and when ye enter it, ye shall find an ass tied, and [22] a colt with him,²⁶⁸⁴

²⁶⁸⁴ Sic.
which no man ever yet mounted: loose him, and bring them²⁶⁸⁵

²⁶⁸⁵ Dual in Arabic.
unto me. ²⁶⁸⁶

²⁶⁸⁶ Matt. xxi. 2c; Luke xix. 31a.
And if any man say unto you, Why loose ye them? say unto him thus, We [23] seek them for our Lord; and straightway send them hither. ²⁶⁸⁷

²⁶⁸⁷ Matt. xxi. 3b; Matt. xxi. 4.
All this was, that what was said in the prophet might be fulfilled, which said,

[24] ²⁶⁸⁸

²⁶⁸⁸ Matt. xxi. 5.
Say ye unto the daughter of Zion,

Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,

Meek, and riding upon an ass,

And upon a colt the foal of an ass.

[25] ²⁶⁸⁹

²⁶⁸⁹ John xii. 16.
And the disciples did not know this at that time: but after that Jesus was glorified, his disciples remembered that these things were written of him, and that this [26] they had done unto him. ²⁶⁹⁰

²⁶⁹⁰ Matt. xxi. 6a; Luke xix. 32b.
And when the two disciples went, they found as he had [27] said unto them, and they did as Jesus charged them. ²⁶⁹¹

²⁶⁹¹ Matt. xxi. 6b; Luke xix. 33.
And when they loosed them, [28] their owners said unto them, Why loose ye them? ²⁶⁹²

²⁶⁹² Luke xix. 34.
They said unto them, We seek [29] them for our Lord. ²⁶⁹³

²⁶⁹³ Mark xi. 6b; Matt. xxi. 7.
And they let them go. And they brought the ass and the colt, [30] and they placed on the colt their garments; and Jesus mounted it. ²⁶⁹⁴

²⁶⁹⁴ Matt. xxi. 8.
And most of the multitudes spread their garments on the ground before him: and others cut branches [31] from the trees, and threw them in the way. ²⁶⁹⁵

²⁶⁹⁵ Luke xix. 37.
And when he neared his²⁶⁹⁶

²⁶⁹⁶ The Syriac versions have the.
descent from [Arabic, p. 149] the mount of Olives, all the disciples began to rejoice and to praise God with [32] a loud voice for all the powers which they had seen; ²⁶⁹⁷

²⁶⁹⁷ Matt. xxi. 9b [or better Luke xix. 38a.].
and they said, Praise in the highest; Praise to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name [33] of the Lord; ²⁶⁹⁸

²⁶⁹⁸ Mark xi. 10a.
and blessed²⁶⁹⁹

²⁶⁹⁹ Or, and, Blessed.
is the kingdom that cometh, that of²⁷⁰⁰

²⁷⁰⁰ The Arabic has to, but it probably represents the Syriac text with the meaning given above.
our father David: ²⁷⁰¹

²⁷⁰¹ Luke xix. 38c.
Peace in heaven, and praise in the highest.

[34] ²⁷⁰²

²⁷⁰² John xii. 12b.
And a great multitude, that which came to the feast, when they heard that Jesus [35] was coming to Jerusalem, took young palm branches,²⁷⁰³

²⁷⁰³ Lit. the heart (or, pith) of the palm. The word pith, which occurs also in the Æhiopic version (Ezek. xxvii. 25; Jubilees, ch. 16) and in Ibn-at-Tayyib’s exposition, though not in the Brit. Mus. gospel text, is perhaps used here of the inner branches from its resemblance to the post-biblical Hebrew word employed in accounts of the Feast of Tabernacles.

²⁷⁰⁴

²⁷⁰⁴ John xii. 13.
and went forth to meet him, and cried and said, Praise: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the [36] King of Israel. ²⁷⁰⁵

²⁷⁰⁵ Luke xix. 39.
Certain therefore of the Pharisees from among the multitudes [37] said unto him, Our Master, rebuke thy disciples. ²⁷⁰⁶

²⁷⁰⁶ Luke xix. 40.
He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If these were silent, the stones would cry out.

[38, 39] ²⁷⁰⁷

²⁷⁰⁷ Luke xix. 41.
And when he drew near, and saw the city, he wept over it, and said, ²⁷⁰⁸

²⁷⁰⁸ Luke xix. 42.
Would that thou hadst known the things that are²⁷⁰⁹

²⁷⁰⁹ Lit. are found, a rendering due to the Syriac.
for thy peace, in this thy day! now that is [40] hidden from thine eyes. ²⁷¹⁰

²⁷¹⁰ Luke xix. 43.
There shall come unto thee days when thine enemies [41] shall encompass thee, and straiten thee from every quarter, ²⁷¹¹

²⁷¹¹ Luke xix. 44.
and shall get possession of²⁷¹²

²⁷¹² So Ciasca’s text, following Vat. ms. The other ms. has drag, which by restoring a diacritical point to the third radical would give destroy, the reading of the Syriac versions. Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary has hide.
thee, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

[42] ²⁷¹³

²⁷¹³ Matt. xxi. 10.
And when he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was agitated, and they said, [43] Who is this? ²⁷¹⁴

²⁷¹⁴ Matt. xxi. 11.
And the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the prophet that is from Nazareth [44] of Galilee. ²⁷¹⁵

²⁷¹⁵ John xii. 17.
And the multitude which was with him bare witness that he called [45] Lazarus from the grave, and raised him from among the dead. ²⁷¹⁶

²⁷¹⁶ John xii. 18.
And for this cause great multitudes went out to meet him, because they heard the sign which he did.
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