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Section XXXVI.

[1] ²⁴⁵⁶

²⁴⁵⁶ John viii. 51.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not see death [2] for ever. ²⁴⁵⁷

²⁴⁵⁷ John viii. 52.
The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast demons. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not [3] taste death for ever. ²⁴⁵⁸

²⁴⁵⁸ John viii. 53.
Art thou haply greater than our father Abraham, who is [4] dead, and than the prophets, which are dead? whom makest thou thyself? ²⁴⁵⁹

²⁴⁵⁹ John viii. 54.
Jesus said unto them, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: my Father is he that [5] glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is our²⁴⁶⁰

²⁴⁶⁰ cf. Peshitta. The Sinaitic omits our.
God; ²⁴⁶¹

²⁴⁶¹ John viii. 55.
and yet ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say that I know him not, I should become [6] [Arabic, p. 137] a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word. ²⁴⁶²

²⁴⁶² John viii. 56.
Abraham your father [7] longed to see my day; and he saw, and rejoiced. ²⁴⁶³

²⁴⁶³ John viii. 57.
The Jews said unto him, [8] Thou art now not fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? ²⁴⁶⁴

²⁴⁶⁴ John viii. 58.
Jesus said unto [9] them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. ²⁴⁶⁵

²⁴⁶⁵ John viii. 59.
And they take²⁴⁶⁶

²⁴⁶⁶ The Vat. ms. has took him, probably omitting stones, though Ciasca does not say so. Take is probably a copyist’s error (change in diacritical paints) for took.
stones to stone him: ²⁴⁶⁷

²⁴⁶⁷ John viii. 60 [reckoned to verse 59 in the Greek.].
but Jesus concealed himself, and went out of the temple. And he passed through them, and went his way.

[10] ²⁴⁶⁸

²⁴⁶⁸ John ix. 1.
And as he passed, he saw a man blind from his mother’s womb. ²⁴⁶⁹

²⁴⁶⁹ John ix. 2.
And his [11] disciples asked him, and said, Our Master, who sinned, this man, or his parents, so [12] that he was born blind?²⁴⁷⁰

²⁴⁷⁰ A different word in Arabic from that used in verses 1 and 6.
²⁴⁷¹

²⁴⁷¹ John ix. 3.
Jesus said unto them, Neither did he sin, nor his parents: [13] but that the works of God may be seen in him.²⁴⁷²

²⁴⁷² The Vat. ms. has that we may see the works of God in him. By the addition of a diacritical point this would give the same sense as in the text above, and more grammatically.
²⁴⁷³

²⁴⁷³ John ix. 4.
It is incumbent on me to do the deeds of him that sent me, while it is day: a night will come, and no man will be [14] able to busy himself. ²⁴⁷⁴

²⁴⁷⁴ John ix. 5.
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. [15] ²⁴⁷⁵

²⁴⁷⁵ John ix. 6.
And when he said that, he spat upon the ground, and made clay of his spittle, and [16] smeared it on the eyes of the blind man, and said unto him, ²⁴⁷⁶

²⁴⁷⁶ John ix. 7.
Go and wash thyself in [17] the pool²⁴⁷⁷

²⁴⁷⁷ The Arabic word properly means baptism. The Syriac has both meanings.
of Siloam.²⁴⁷⁸

²⁴⁷⁸ Lit. Shiloha, as in Syriac.
²⁴⁷⁹

²⁴⁷⁹ John ix. 8.
And he went and washed, and came seeing. And his neighbours, which saw him of old begging, said, Is not this he that was sitting begging? [18] ²⁴⁸⁰

²⁴⁸⁰ John ix. 9.
And some said, It is he; and others said, Nay, but he resembles him much. He [19, 20] said, I am he. ²⁴⁸¹

²⁴⁸¹ John ix. 10.
They said unto him, How then were thine eyes opened? ²⁴⁸²

²⁴⁸² John ix. 11.
He answered and said unto them, A man named Jesus made clay, and smeared it on my eyes, and said unto me, Go and wash in the water of Siloam: and I went and [21] washed, and received sight.²⁴⁸³

²⁴⁸³ Lit. saw.
²⁴⁸⁴

²⁴⁸⁴ John ix. 12.
They said unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. [22, 23] [Arabic, p. 138] ²⁴⁸⁵

²⁴⁸⁵ John ix. 13.
And they brought him that was previously blind to the Pharisees. ²⁴⁸⁶

²⁴⁸⁶ John ix. 14.
And the day in which Jesus made clay and opened with it his eyes was a sabbath [24] day. ²⁴⁸⁷

²⁴⁸⁷ John ix. 15.
And again the Pharisees asked him, How didst thou receive sight? And he said [25] unto them, He put clay on mine eyes, and I washed, and received sight. ²⁴⁸⁸

²⁴⁸⁸ John ix. 16.
The people²⁴⁸⁹

²⁴⁸⁹ An easy clerical error for Some.
of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, for he keepeth not the sabbath. And others said, How can a man that is a sinner do these signs? And there came [26] to be a division amongst them. ²⁴⁹⁰

²⁴⁹⁰ John ix. 17.
And again they said to that blind man, Thou, then, what sayest thou of him that opened for thee thine eyes? He said unto them, [27] I say that he is a prophet. ²⁴⁹¹

²⁴⁹¹ John ix. 18.
And the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he was blind, and received sight, until they summoned the parents of him who received [28] sight, and asked them, ²⁴⁹²

²⁴⁹² John ix. 19.
Is this²⁴⁹³

²⁴⁹³ Lit. them, whether this be.
your son, of whom ye said that he was born blind? [29] how then, behold, doth he now see? ²⁴⁹⁴

²⁴⁹⁴ John ix. 20.
His parents answered and said, We know [30] that this is our son, and that he was born blind: ²⁴⁹⁵

²⁴⁹⁵ John ix. 21.
but how he has come to see now, or who it is that opened his eyes, we know not: and he also has reached his prime; [31] ask him, and he will speak for himself. ²⁴⁹⁶

²⁴⁹⁶ John ix. 22.
This said his parents, because they were fearing the Jews: and the Jews decided, that if any man should confess of him that [32] he was the Messiah, they would put him out of the synagogue. ²⁴⁹⁷

²⁴⁹⁷ John ix. 23.
For this reason [33] said his parents, He hath reached his prime; ask him. ²⁴⁹⁸

²⁴⁹⁸ John ix. 24.
And they called the man a second time, him that was blind, and said unto him, Praise God: we know that this [34] man is a sinner. ²⁴⁹⁹

²⁴⁹⁹ John ix. 25.
He answered and said unto them, Whether he be a sinner, I know [35] not: I know one thing, that I was blind, and I now see. ²⁵⁰⁰

²⁵⁰⁰ John ix. 26.
They said unto him again, [36] [Arabic, p. 139] What did he unto thee? how opened he for thee thine eyes? ²⁵⁰¹

²⁵⁰¹ John ix. 27.
He said unto them, I said unto you, and ye did not hear: what²⁵⁰²

²⁵⁰² Or, why (cf. note, § 7, 38).
wish ye further to hear? [37] ye also, do ye wish to become disciples to him? ²⁵⁰³

²⁵⁰³ John ix. 28.
And they reviled him, and said unto him, Thou art the disciple²⁵⁰⁴

²⁵⁰⁴ Disciples is probably simply a misprint in Ciasca’s text.
of that man; but as for us, we are the disciples of [38] Moses. ²⁵⁰⁵

²⁵⁰⁵ John ix. 29.
And we know that God spake unto Moses: but this man, we know not [39] whence he is. ²⁵⁰⁶

²⁵⁰⁶ John ix. 30.
The man answered and said unto them, From this is the wonder, [40] because ye know not whence he is, and mine eyes hath he opened. ²⁵⁰⁷

²⁵⁰⁷ John ix. 31.
And we know that God heareth not the voice of sinners: but whosoever feareth him, and doeth [41] his will, him he heareth. ²⁵⁰⁸

²⁵⁰⁸ John ix. 32.
From eternity hath it not been heard of, that a man [42] opened the eyes of a blind man, who had been born in blindness. ²⁵⁰⁹

²⁵⁰⁹ John ix. 33.
If then this man [43] were not from God, he could not do that. ²⁵¹⁰

²⁵¹⁰ John ix. 34.
They answered and said unto him, Thou wast all of thee born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they put him forth without.

[44] ²⁵¹¹

²⁵¹¹ John ix. 35.
And Jesus heard of his being put forth without, and found him, and said unto [45] him, Dost thou believe in the Son of God? ²⁵¹²

²⁵¹² John ix. 36.
He that was made whole answered [46] and said, Who is he, my Lord, that I may believe in him? ²⁵¹³

²⁵¹³ John ix. 37.
Jesus said unto him, [47] Thou hast seen him, and he that speaketh to thee is he. ²⁵¹⁴

²⁵¹⁴ John ix. 38.
And he said, I believe, my Lord. And he fell down worshipping him.
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