i . ::::> 1::: ill: ik iMMUiiWtM ttflnrTnmTT' BS112 (1»1HTII»linH|''tf|l1MI.'tTr]'^;t^]7mfWI'»trm^ma.lL. ■HI mw //^ ^ff'/ ?)v'-. A' /i. 7r. .^ 1 LIBRARY 1 T h eo logical Seminary, PRINCETON, N. J. j C'l-'^f Civision..t$. J. A V Sv. . j Shij Section.. j/Qw^ IhoL \2>3.\ THE IE¥ TESTAMENT TRANSLATED FROM THE SYRIAC PESHITO VERSION. Dag'.' hyM..\rpiilr>,rt,j> T.n^ hv T. S I'uiuifrjKi ^^^Ye^-U- /iC^^^-n.^ ^Cr>-t-o^- . ^^^ti,^, /cPS/, \. V~.V^<1^. >i THE IE¥ TESTAMENT; OR, THE BOOK OF THE HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD AND OUR GOD, JESUS THE MESSIAH. 51 literal ^rimslatinn fraiii Wji lijriE ^Mfik ^rrsinn. BY JAMES MURDOCK, D.D. NEW YOEK: PUBLISHED BY STANFORD AND SWORDS, NO. 137 BROADWAY. 1851. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-one, By JAMES M U R D O C K, D. D., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Connecticnt. BTERZOTrPKD DT BILI.IN Jt BROTHERS, 10 NORTU WILI.IAU-STKIIIT, K. T. M'GOWN, miHTSB. ahw-stbsxt. PREFACE To extend his own long cherished but scanty Icnowledge of the Syriac language, the writer commeuced reading the Peshito Syriac New Testa- ment in January, 1845, and at every step he found increasing delight. The artless simplicity, directness, and transparency of the style, — the propriety and beauty of the conceptions of Christ and his followers, as expressed in a Shemitish dialect very nearly identical with their vernacular tongue, — the pleasing thought that the words were, probably, in great part, the very terms which the Saviour and his Apostles actually uttered in their discourses and conversations, — and especially the full comprehension which the Syriac translator seemed to have of the force and meaning of the inspired original, served to chain attention and hold the mind spell-bound to the book. Such exquisite pleasure the writer longed to have others share with him ; but as few persons, even among the clergy, have either leisure or facilities for acquiring the Syriac language, he soon came to the conclusion, that he could do nothing better than first read the book care- fully through, and then give a literal and exact translation of it. Accord- ingly he furnished himself with several of the best editions of the book, and the best Syriac Lexicons and Grammars, and commenced his transla- tion early in August, 1845, and completed it on the IGth of June, 1846. Tliis is briefly the history of the work here presented to the public. VI PREFACE. The Syriac text followed in the first part of this translation, was that of the beautiful edition printed by the British and Foreign Bible Society, London, 1816, 4to., whieli was prepared for the press, as far as the Acts of the Apostles, by the late Rev. Claudius Buchanan, D.D., Author of " Christian Researches," " Star in the East," &c., and the remainder by the Rev. Samuel Lee, D.D., Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge, England. The latter part of the translation was made from the second edition of the same Bible Society, London, 1826, 4to. ; but the text of Leusden and Schaafs edition, Leyden, 1717, was everywhere consulted, and much use was made of their Latin translation of it. The pocket edition of Gutbir, Hamburgh, 1664, 12mo., was also generally con- sulted. The Lexicons constantly used throughout, were the Lexicon Syriacum Concordantiale in Nov. Testamentum of Charles Schaaf, Leyden, 1717, 4to. ; the Lexicon Syriacum of Edmund Castell, revised and enlarged by J, D. Michaelis, Gottingen, 1788, 4to. ; and the small Lex- icon Syriacum in Nov. Testamentum of Giles Gutbir, bound up with his Syriac New Testament. The Grammars relied upon were, the elaborate Grammaticoe Syriacae Libri iii. of Andr. Theoph. Hoffmann, Philos. et Theol, Doctor, Halle, 1827, 4to. ; and the Elementarlehre der syrischen Sprachc, by Prof Fred. Uhlemann, Berlin, 1829, 8vo. In this translation, the Books of the New Testament are divided into Paragraphs, accordmg to the sense ; just as in Campbell's translation of the Four Gospels, and in the Greek Testaments of Bengel, Gricsbach, Knapp, and others. The common divisions into Chapters and Verses arc noted in the margin, and the Verses are also put in parentheses in the middle of the lines. For the benefit of those who have some knowledge of the Syriac language, the more important words are frequently placed in the side margin, with references to the corresponding words in the transla- tion. Deviations of the Syriac text from the Greek, and also the suscep- tibilities of the Syriac words, or phrases, of a diflTerent rendering from that PREFACE. vii in the text, are likewise indicated in the side margin. The foot margin is reserved for occasional comments and critical observations. The principles adopted in this translation, were : (1) To translate, as literally as possible, in consistence with idiomatic and perspicuous English. (2) To use Saxon phraseology in preference to Latin, as better accord- ing with the spirit of the Peshito original. (3) To adopt the obsolescent and solemn style of the English Bible, e. g. tJiou speakest, he speaketh, ye speak, instead of you speak, he speaks, &c., as more seemly for this holy Book. (4) To write the proper names of persons and places, wliich are men- tioned in the Old Testament, as they are written in our English Old Testament ; and those which occur only in the New Testament, as they are written in our English New Testament. This is the rule adopted by Dr. Campbell in his translation of the Four Gospels. Yet (j^ » « ^n {Meshihha) has been translated Messiah, and not Christ ; and ^ClLLcl» [Shemun) has been translated Simon, and not Peter. (5) In general, to avoid using technical theological terms, when good substitutes could be found, in order to call away attention from the word to the thing : thus |js*-»^j» (an A])ostle) is rendered Legate ; and |.J.ajs.k1d (^Saviour) is rendered Vivifier, as being more literal, for the verb |juK» (especially in the Conjug. Aphel, w»_k»1) properly signifies to make alive, to vivify ; and its derivatives ^_»Ji_k» and () i kk!sD properly signify life, and life-giver, or vivifier. These are the usual terms of the Syriac version, denoting that salvation which Christ bestows on fallen men, who are represented as " dead in trespasses and sin." The terms pOO^ {liberator, deliverer) and |j_o5a2) {deliverance) are indeed sometimes used of this salvation, but less frequently. — Yet there is one family of Syriac technicals, which have been rendered by the English technicals for the same ideas, to the neglect of their primary meaning. They are ^C\\ viii PREFACE. (properly, intransitive, to stand iip, to stand Jirm,) which is translated, to be baptized: — i^nv") (literally, transitive, to cause another to stand, to establish), translated, to baptize : — p,V)N^r) (an establisher, one who makes others to sfitud), translated, a baj^tizer : — and ]Aj5Qin2ilD (a standing up)), translated, baptism. (G) To translate idiomatic phrases not fully naturalized in the English language, by equivalent English phrases, and not to transfer them in their foreign costume. Thus, ]^;0\oj {a feeder on detraction), an epithet of Satan, is translated a calumniator : — |^£:)|\s*~^ {lord of enmity) is translated an enemy: — |AjL£i «^5 [inajor-donms) is rendered, a steward : — ]ZoAx£:i L'^y [mastership of the house) is rendered stezoa,rdship : — |£5|lli .'"im^n {accejytiny faces) is I'endered, having respect of p)ersons, or partialit// : — (^jui .» *^ro 1 {assumers of faces) is rendered hypocrites : — X^OJ % a ^^O {letting out breath), apologizing, or defending one''s self : and (j.j05 Z^^^i^ {holding the breath), being patient, or long suffering : — l^li) ;j05 {living cnvay from roofs, roaming in fields) are lunatics. So also many compounds of \S:i, a son, and of Aa^, a house or home, are para- phrased; e. g. son of his city, rendered, his fellow-citizen: — son of my yoke, rendered, my yoke-fellow, or colleague: — son of forty years, rendered, forty years old: — son of their trade, rendered, one of their occupation: — SOM 0/ a 7rta», rendered, a man: — sons of men, rendered men; &c. And house of {lie prisoners, translated, a prison : — house {home) of the dead, translated, a grave, or sepulchre : — house of gatherings, translated, a ^arwer, or store-house : — house of the publicans, translated, a custom house: — house {home) of olives, translated, «m olive yard: — house {home) of the eyes, translated, the forehead; &c. When the translator had finished his work, he supposed that he had produced the only English translation of the New Testament ever made from the Peshito ; hut after ahout three months, the London press issued a book, entitled, "A Literal Translation of the Four Gospels from the PREFACE. ix Peshito, by J. W. Etheridge ;" and announced, as in preparation, by the same author, "The Apostolical Acts and Epistles, from the Peshito." The Gospels of Mr. Etheridge were speedily procured ; but, on comparing them with this version, the plan and aims of Mr. Etheridge were found to be so diverse from his o^\^^, that the translator had no hesitation in going forward with his work. Accordingly, he continued to revise and correct it ; and, for the sake of improving it, as he found opportunity, he pursued the study of the Syriac language and literature, for more than four years. The result he now presents to the Cliristian public, hoping it may prove both interesting and useful to all such as are anxious to perfect themselves in the knowledge of the holy Scriptures of the New Testament. JAMES MURDOCK. New-Haven, July 23, 1851. The Holy Gospel, the Announcement of Matthew the Legate. I. The book of the nativity^ of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, son of Abraham. 2 Abraham begat Isaac : Isaac begat Jacob : Jacob 3 begat Judah and his brothers: (3) Judah begat Pharez and Zara of Taraar: Pharez begat Ilezron: 4 Hezron begat Ram: (-I) Ram begat Aminadab: Aminadab begat Nahshon : Nahsiion begat Sal- 5 mon : (5) Sahrion begat Boaz of Rahab : Boaz 6 begat Obed of Ruth : Obed begat Jesse : (6) Jesse begat David the king : David begat Solomon of 7 the wife of Uriah : (7) Solomon begat Rehoboam : 8 Rehoboam begat Abia : Abia begat Asa : (8) Asa begat Jchoshaphat : Jehoshaphat begat Joram : 9 Joram begat Uzziah : (9) Uzziah begat Jotham : Jotham begat Ahaz: Ahaz begat liezekiah: (10) Hezekiah begat Manasseh : Manasseh begat Amon : Amon begat Josiah : (11) Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brothers, in the captivity of Babylon.'' 12 (12) And after the captivity of Babylon, Jeconiah 13 begat Salathiel : Salathiel begat Zcrubbabel : (13) Zerabbabel begat Abiud: Abiud begat Eliakim: 1-4 Eliakim beo:at Azor : (14) Azor begat Zadok : 10 11 15 Zadok begat Achim : Eliud beo;at Eleazar 16 Matthan begat Jacob the husband of Mary, Achim begat Eliud: (15) Eleazar begat Matthan : (16) Jacob begat Joseph, of whom was born Jesus 17 who is called the Messiah. <= (17) All the genera- tions, therefore, are, from Abraham to David fourteen generations, and from David to the cap- tivity of Babylon fourteen generations, and from the captivity of Babylon to the Messiah fourteen generations. 1 MATTHEW, II. 'Sy-loOlljlD « Sy. ^c root yd"', Iliph. y^d-n salvavil. ' Sy. CLM-t-,^ Gr. tflia":"). s Sy. Sy. »CDjOJCn Sy. ^ ' 'Sy. or, ie shepJierd of. And the birtli of Jesus the Messiah was thus. 18 While his mother ^Nfarj was betrothed to Joseph, before they had cohabited, she was found to be witli child by the Holy Spirit. (19) And Joseph 19 her husband was a righteous'^ man, and unwilling to expose her: and he thought of putting her away privately. (20) And while he contemplated 20 these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said to him : Joseph, son of David^ fear not to take Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her, is from the Holy Spirit: (21) and she will bear a son; and thou shalt call 21 his name Jesus,^ for he will resascitate^ his people from their sins. (22) Now all this that occurred, 22 was to fulfill what was spoken of the Lord by the prophet: (23) Behold, a virgin will conceive, and 23 will bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Emmanuel, ff which is interpreted, Our God with us. (24) And when Joseph rose from his sleep, 21 he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife. (25) And he knew her not, 25 until she had borne her firstborn son, and called his name Jesus. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of II. Judiva, in the days of Herod-^ the king, there came MagiiJ from the east unto Jerusalem, (2) saying: 2 Where is the king of the Jews that is born ? For we liave seen his star in the east, and have come to worship him. (3) And Herod the king heard, 3 and he was disturbed ; and all Jerusalem with him. (-1) And he assembled all the chiefs of the 4 ])riests'= and the scribes of the people, and inquired of them, AVhcre is the birth})lace of the Messiah ? (5) And they said : In Bethlehem of Judiea ; for o thus it is written in the prophet: (0) Thou also, G licthlohcm of Judaea, art not the little among the kings of Judica, for a king shall come from thee who shall rule'i my people Israel. (7) Then Uerod 7 privately called the Magi, and learned from them at what time the star ai)peared to them. (8) And 8 he sent them to Bethlehem, and said to them. Go, search diligently for the child; and when ye have found him, come and tell me, that I also may go and worship him. (9) And they, Avhcn they had 9 heard from the king, went forward: and lo, the MATTHEW, II. star they liad seen in the east went before them, until it came and stood over where the child was. 10 (10) And when they saw the star, they rejoiced 11 much, with great joy. (11) And they entered tlie house ; and they saw the child, with Mary his mother ; and they fell down and worshipped him : and they opened their treasures, and presented to 12 him gifts, gold, and myrrh, and frankincense. (12) And it was shown them in a dream, that they should not return to Herod. And hj another way, they returned to their country. 13 And when they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said to him. Arise, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt ; and be thou there, until I tell thee : for 14 Herod will seek for the child, to destroy it. (14) Then Joseph arose, took the child and his mother, 15 by night, and fled to Egypt. (15) And he was there, until the death of Herod ; that so might be fulfilled that which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying. From Egypt have I called my 16 son. (16) Then Herod, when he saw that he had been deluded by the Magi, Avas very angry. And he sent and slew all the children in Bethlehem, and in all its confines, from a child of two years and under, according to the time that he had 17 carefully learned from the Magi. (17) Then was that fulfilled, Avhich was spoken by Jeremiah the 18 prophet, saying: (18) A voice was heard in Rama, weeping and great lamentation ; Rachel bemoaning her children, and unwilling to be comforted, be- 19 cause they are no more. (19) But Avhen king Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord appeared 20 in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, (20) and said to him : Arise, take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel ; for they are dead Avho 21 sought the life of the child. (21) And Joseph arose, and took the child and his mother, and 22 went to the land of Israel. (22) But when he heard that Archelaus was king in Juda?a, instead of his father Herod, he feared to go thither. And it was revealed to him in a dream, that he should 23 go into the land of Gahlee.e (23) And he came and dwelt in a city that is called Nazareth :*" that so might be fulfilled that which was said by the prophet, that he should bo called a Nazarene.s <= Sy. ]J^ ^Sy.Z5^ ' f Sy. ]_.5y, an adjective from the pre- cediiifj. MATTHEW, III. • Sy. Sy. ]^-r£i Sy. "tJLoOjl "= 1. 0. so common lift: leaches vs. ' or, ynaheth. So also tlic otlicr verbs. f i. o. fire suffer- ed to burn on and consume what is in it. •> Sy. 1Iqj|- G And in those days came John'i the Bapti- III zer> And he proclaimed in the desert of Judica, (2) and said: lle})ent; the kingdom of heaven hath 2 approached. (8) For this is lie of whom it was said, 'i by Isaiah the prophet: The voice of one crying in the wilderne.-^s, Pre})are ye the way of the Lord, make smooth his paths. (4) And as to this John, 'J his raiment was of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin was upon liis loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. (5) Then went out to him c Jerusalein, and all Juda3a, and all the country about the Jordan. (H) And they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, while they confessed their sins. (7) But when he saw many of the 7 Phari.sees'^ and of the Sadducees,'^ who came to be baptized, he said to them : Generation of vipers, wlio hath taught you to flee from the wrath that cometh ? (8) Bring forth the fruits therefore, that 8 accord Avith repentance. (9) And do not think, 9 and say within j^ourselves, that Abraham is our father : for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. (10) And 10 lo, the ax is put to the root of trees.^ Every tree, therefore, which beareth not good fruit, is felled, and falleth into the fire. (11) I indeed baptize 11 you with water unto repentance ; but he that cometh after me is more ])owerful than I; whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. (12) His winnowing shovel is in his hand ; and he will make^ clean his threshing-floor. The wheat he will gather into his storehouse; and the chaff he will burn with fire not extinguished.? Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized by him. (14) But John 14 refused him ; and said, I need to be baptized by thee, and hast thou come to me? (15) And Jesus answered, and said to him: Allow it now, for thus it bccometh us to fulfill all righteousness.'' Then he permitted him. (IG) And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. And heaven was opened to him ; and he saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove, and it came upon him. (17) And lo, a voice from heaven, 17 which said : This is my beloved Son, in whom I have delight 12 13 15 IG MATTHEW, IV. 6 8 9 TV. Then was Jesus led by the Holy Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the Calumniator. '^ 2 (2) And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and o afterward he hungered. (3) And the Tempter came, and said to him: If thou art the Son of 4 God, command these stones to become bread. (4) But he replied, and said: It is written, that not by bread only, doth man live ; but by every word 6 proceeding from the mouth of God. (5) Then the Calumniator took him to the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, (6) and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down : for it is written, that he will give his angels charge of thee, and in their hands will they sustain thee, lest thou strike thy foot against a stone. (7) Jesus saicf to him : It is moreover written, that thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. (8) Again the Calumniator took him to a mountain that was very high, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory ; (9) and said to him: All these will I give thee, if thou 10 wilt fall down and worship me. (10) Then Jesus said to him : Begone, Satan ;b for it is written, that thou shalt worship the Lord, thy God ; and him 11 only shalt thou serve. (11) Then the Calumniator left him: and lo, angels came, and ministered to him. 12 And when Jesus had heard that John was 13 delivered up, he retired to Galilee. (13) And he left Nazareth, and came and dwelt in Capernaum, '^ by the side of the sea, on the confines of Zebulon 14 and Naphthali. (14) That so might be fulfilled that which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, who said: 15 (15) The land of Zebulon, the land of Naphthali, the way of the sea, the ford of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles ; (16) the people that sat in darkness, have seen great light ; and to them who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is arisen. From that time began Jesus to proclaim and say : Eepent ; for the kingdom of heaven hath IS approached. (18) And as he walked on the shore of the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon^ called Cephas, e and Andrew^ his brother, who were casting nets into the sea ; for they were fishermen. 19 (19) And Jesus said to them: Follow me; and I 20 will cause you to become fishers of men. (20) And » an appellation of Satan. Sy. "Ijl^ 16 1 " Sy. J Sy. ^v<^« e Sy. \£:i]d f Sy. »CDol5rj] MATTHEW, V. E Sy. >• Sy. ^^^1 ' Sy. ,_L>jQ_. ^ or, ?/,'as heard. ' Sy. ]_i5CLCD "• Sy. ]jcLj, fr. 1q_.>, « demon. "or, roamers, the houseless, or, swcA as ro/7m in the fields. "or, i/(e /or«i of. Sy. *_K»0;^ '' or, tJie laiul. or, u-orJ. Sy. salted. Sy. goes f jr. Sy.^nNs immediately, they left their nets, and went after him. (21) And as he passed on from there, he saw two 21 other brothers, James? the son of Zebedee,^ and John' his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their iather, who were mending their nets. And Jesus called them. (22) And they immediately left the 22 ship and their father, and went after him. And Jesus travelled over all Galilee : and he 23 taught in their synagogues, and proclaimed the tidings of the kingdom ; and he cured every disease and malady among the people. (24) And 2-4 his fame spread^ through all Syria.' And they brouglit to him all them that were very sick with diverse diseases, and them that were afflicted with pains, and demoniacs,™ and lunatics, « and paralytics; and he healed them. (25) And there 25 followed him great multitudes from Galilee, and from the Ten Cities, and from Jerusalem, and from Judiea, and from beyond" the Jordan. And when Jesus saw the multitudes, he ascend- V. ed a hill ; and when he was seated, his disciples drew near him: (2) and he opened his mouth, and 2 taught them, and said: (3) Blessed are the poor 3 in spirit:''- for the kingdom of heaven is theirs! (4) Blessed are the mourners : for they shall be 4 comforted ! (5) Blessed are the meek : for they 5 shall inherit the earth I^ (6) Blessed are they that 6 hunger and thirst for righteousness : for they shall be satiated ! (7) Blessed are the merciful : for on 7 them shall be mercies ! (8) Blessed are the clean 8 in heart : for they shall behold God ! (9) Blessed 9 are the cultivators ^^f peace : for they shall be called sons of God! (10) Blessed are they that 10 are persecuted on account of righteousness : for the kingdom of heaven is theirs ! (11) Blessed 11 are ye, when they revile 3'ou and persecute you, and speak every evil thing'= against you, falsely, on my account, (12) At that time, rejoice and be 12 glad : for your reward in heaven is great. For so they pcr.secutcd the prophets that were before you. Ye are the salt of the earth ! But if the salt 13 become insipid, with what shall it he seasoned ?d It is fit*^ ibr nothing ; but to be thrown out, and be trodden under foot by men. (14) Ye arc the light 14 of the world If A city built upou a hill, cannot MATTHEW, V. 15 be concealed. (15) And thej do not light a lamp and place it under a bushel ;& but upon a light- stand, and it giveth light to all that are in the 16 house. (16) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see j^our good works, and may glorify your Father who is in heaven. 17 Do not suppose that I have come to subvert the laWj'^ or the prophets: [I have come] not to sub- 18 vert, but to fulfill. (18) For verily I say to you, that until heaven and earth shall pass away, one iota or one letter' shall not pass from the law, 19 until all shall be fulfilled. (19) Therefore, who- ever shall break one of these small commands, and shall so inculcate on the children of men, shall be called little in the kingdom of heaven : but every one that shall do and teach [them], shall be called 20 great in the kingdom of heaven. (20) For I say to you, that unless your righteousness shall abound more than that of the Scribes'^ and Pharisees, • ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 21 Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients. Thou shalt not kill : and every one that killeth, is 22 obnoxious to judgment. (22) But I say to you. That every one who is angry with his brother rashly,'" is obnoxious to judgment : and every one that saitli to his brother, Raka!" is obnoxious to the council :» and every one that shall say. Fool !p 23 is obnoxious to hell''-fire. (2o) If therefore thou shalt bring thy oblation to the altar, and shalt there remember that thy brother hath any offence® 21: against thee, (21) leave there thy oblation before the altar, and go first and be reconciled with thy brother; and then come and present thy oblation. 25 (25) Be at agreement with thy prosecutor, forth- with, and while on the way with him ; lest the prosecutor deliver thee up to the judge, and the judge deliver thee over to the sheriff, * and thou 26 fall into the house of prisoners. (26) Verily I say to thee, Thou Avilt not come out from there until thou hast paid the last farthing.^ 27 Ye have heard that it hath been said. Thou shalt 28 not commit adultery. (28) But I say to you, That whoever gazeth on a woman with concupiscence, at once committeth adultery with her in his heart. 29 (29) If therefore thy right eye make thee offend, pluck it out, and cast it from thee ; because it is ' Sy. U^CD Heb. nj^D '' Sy. ]gnnV)i ■ Sy. Urffi ^ Sy. "j/g^m Sy. '|.«_,^ ^ Sy. Irul Sy. ^25 Sy. Sy. P\ ' Sy. pCTL^ ' Sy. ]Ad1 'Sy.U-L^ " Sy. jjolo* Sy. profitable. Sy. and not. Sy. ]jai-t Sy. U-.Zao, Gr. p(iTulva. Sy. Uo^^iO Sy. better^ for thee that th}' one member perish; than^ that thy whole body fall into hell.y (30) And if 30 thy right hand make thee offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee ; because it is better for thee that one of thy members perish, than that thy whole body fall into hell. It hath been said, That if a man will put away his 31 wife, he must give her a writing of divorcement. (32) But I say to you, That Avhoever putteth away 32 his wife, except for the offence of whoredom, causcth her to commit adultery : and he that taketh the divorced woman, committeth adultery. Again, ye have heard that it hath been said to 33 the ancients, Thou shalt not be false in thy oaths ; but thou shalt perform thine oaths to the Lord, (34) But I say to you, Swear not at all : not by 34 heaven, for it is the thi'one of God : (35) and not 35 by the earth, for it is the footstool under his feet : and likewise not by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king. (36) Moreover, thou shalt not 36 swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair in it either black or white. (37) But let.your 37 language be. Yes, yes ; or No, no ; for whatever is beyond these proceedeth from evil. Ye have heard that it hath been said : An eye 38 for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. (39) But I say 39 to you : Kesist not evil ; but if a person smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. (40) And if one is disposed to sue thee and get 40 away thy coat,^ relinquish to him also thy cloak.^ (41) Whoever compcllcth thee to go one mile, go 41 with him two. (42) Whoever demandeth of thee, 42 give to him: and whoever wisheth to borrow of tlicc, deny him not. Ye have heard that it hath been said : Thou 43 shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy. ^ (44) But I say to you : Love your enemies ; and 44 bless him that curseth you; and do good to him that hateth you ; and pray for them that lead you in bonds, and that persecute you : (45) that ye may be the children of your Father that is in heaven, who causeth his sun to rise upon the good and upon the bad, and sendeth his rain upon the righteous and upon the unrighteous. (46) For, if yc love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans do this ? (47) And if 47 45 46 MATTHEW, VI. ye salute 3'onr brethren only, Avhat do ye tbat is not common? Do not even publicans do this? 48 (48) Be ye therefore perfect ; even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect. VI. Be cautious in your alms-giving, not to perform it befoi'e men, so that ye may be seen of them : otherwise, ye have no reward from your Father 2 who is in heaven. (2) Therefore, when thou doest alms thou shalt not sound a trumpet^^ before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get praise from men. Verily I say to you, They have gotten their re- 3 ward. (3) But thou, Avhen doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy rigTit hand doeth : 4 (4) that thy alms ma}^ be in secret. And thy Father, who seetli in secret, will reward thee openl}-. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be like the hypocrites, wdio are fond of standing up in the synagogues and at the corners of streets to pray, so that they may be seen by people.^ Verily I say to you, They have gotten their reward. 6 (6) But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet and close the door, and pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in 7 secret, will reward thee openly. (7) And when ye pray, be not garrulous*^ like the heathen ; for they expect to be heard for their abundance of words. 8 (8) Therefore, be not like them ; for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before ye ask 9 him.d (9) In this manner, therefore, pray ye : Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 10 name : (10) Thy kingdom come : Thy will^ be 11 done; as in heaven, so on earth: (11) Give us 12 our needful bread, this day : (12) And forgive us 13 our debts, as w^e forgive our debtors : (13) And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power,*" 14 and the glorj^, for ever and ever:?? Amen. (14) For if ye forgive men their faults, your Father who is 15 in heaven will also forgive you. (15) But if ye shall not forgive men, your Father also forgiveth not you your faults. 16 And when ye fast, be not sad like the hypocrites. For they distort their faces, that they may be seen Sy. a horn. *> Sy. the sons of men. ■= Sy. '' or, ii. ® or, 2)leasure. f or, might. s S}-. y}\s\ 10 MATTHEW, VI. ■■ or, light. ' or, simple. •^ Sy. lords. ' Sy. ]joV)Vo "■ or, and. " or, superior lo. ° or, the wild lilies. P Sy, clothed. ' Sy. Y'n^ny • Sy. ]^r)\s of men to fast. Verily I say to you, tliey have gotten their reward. (17) But, when thou fastest, 17 wash thou thy face, and anoint thy head : (18) that 18 thou mayest not be seen by men as a faster, but by thy Fatlier who is in secret : and thy Father who seeth in secret, will recompense thee. Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, 19 where moth and rust spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal. (20) But lay up for yourselves 20 treasures in heaven, where no moth and no rust can spoil, and no thieves dig through nor steal. (21) For where your treasure is, there will your 21 heart also be. The lamp'i of the body is the eye. If therefore 22 thy eye shall be sound,' thy whole body Avill be luminous. (2o) But if thy eye shall be diseased, 23 thy whole body will be dark. If then the light that is in thee be darkness, how great will be thy darkness ! No man can serve two masters :^ for either he 2-1 will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and neglect the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ^ (25) Therefore I say to 25 you: Be not anxious about your life, what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink ; nor about your body, how ye shall clothe yourselves. Is not the life more important than food, and the body than raiment? (26) Look at the birds of heaven ; which 26 sow not, and reap not, and gather not into store- houses, but"> your Father who is in heaven feedeth them. Are not ye more important" than they? (27) And who of you that shall be anxious, can add 27 to his stature a cubit? (28) And about raiment, 28 why are ye anxious? Consider the lilies of the desert," in what manner they grow. They toil not ; and they spin not. (29) Yet I say to you, that 29 not even Solomon in all his glory, was arrayedp like one of them. (80) And if God so clothe the SO grass of the field, which exists to-da}'-, and to- morrow falls into the oven, will he not much more [clothe] you, ye small in faith? (31) Therefore 31 be not anxious; nor say. What shall we eat, or wliat shall we drink, or wherewith be clothed ? (32) For, all these things the people of the world^ 32 .seelv after. And your Father, who is in heaven, knowcth that all these things are needful to you. MATTHEW, VII. 11 33 (33) But seek ye first tlie kingdom of God, and his righteousness : and all these things shall be 34 added to you. (34) Therefore be not anxious about the morrow : for the morrow hath its own anxieties. Sufficient for the day, is its own evil. YII. Judge not, that ye be not judged, (2) For with 2 the judgment that ye judge, ye shall be judged; and by the measure that ye measure, shall it be 3 measured to you. (3) And why observest thou the straw in thy brotlier's eye, and regardest not 4 the beam that is in thine own eye ? (4) Or how canst thou say to thy brother. Allow me to pluck the straw from thy eye ; and lo ! a beam is in thy 5 own eye. (5) Thou hypocrite ; pluck first the beam from thy own eye ; and then thou wilt see clearly, to pluck the straw out of thy brother's eye._ 6 Give not a holy thing to dogs: and cast not your pearls before swine ; lest they tread them under their feet, and turn and lacerate you. 7 Ask, and it shall be given to you : seek, and ye shall find : knock, and it shall be opened to you. 8 (8) For, every one that asketh, receiveth : and he that seeketh, findeth : and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. (9) For what man is there among you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he reach him a stone? (10) Or if he ask of him a fish, will he reach him a serpent? (11) If ye then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you ; so also do ye to them : for this is the law^*- and the prophets. (13) Enter ye in by the strait gate; for wide is the gate and broad the way which leadeth to destruction ;b and many are they that walk in it. (14) How small the gate and straitened the way that leadeth to life, and few they who find it ! Beware of fiilse prophets; who come to you in the garb of sheep, but internally they are rapacious wolves. (16) And from their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grajies from thorn bushes ; or figs from thistles? (17) So every good tree 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 Sy. "jmnVni^ from the CJr. vo/xoj. Sy. ^J^l 12 MATTHEW, VIII. <= Sy.falleth. ^ or, pleasure. e Sy. fjl^ ' Sy. ]^.A>^ E or, strcmns, rivers. ^ Sy. l^o'i ' or, the fall. ^ or, doctrine. Sy. rn /Jjai hour. Sy. Sy. ni //ic house. beareth good fruits; but a bad tree beareth bad fruits. (18) A good tree cannot bear bad fruits; 18 nor can a bad tree bear good fruits. (19) Every 19 tree that beareth not good fruits, is cut down and consigned'^ to the fire. (20) Wherefore, by their 20 fruits 3'e shall know them. Not wlioever may say to me, My Lord, my 21 Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doeth the willf^ of my Father who is in heaven. (22) Many will say to me in that day, 22 My Lord, m}^ Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name cast out demons?*^ and in thy name wrought man}' works^ of power? (23) And then will I declare to them; I never 23 knew you. Depart from me, ye doers of evil. Every one therefore that heareth these my dis- 24 courses, and doeth them, will be like to a wise man, one that built his house upon a rock. (25) And the rain descended, and the floods? 25 came, and the winds'' blew; and they rushed upon that house ; and it fell not, for its foundations were laid upon a rock. (26) And every one that hear- 26 eth these my discourses, and doeth them not, will be like a foolish man that built his house upon sand. (27) And the rain descended, and the floods 27 came, and the winds blew ; and they rushed upon that house, and it fell ; and great was the ruin' of it. And so it was, that Avhen Jesus had ended these 28 discourses, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching :'« (29) authority ; and for he taught them as one having not as their Scribes and Pharisees. 29 And as he descended from the mountain, VIIL great multitudes gathered around him. (2) And be- 2 hold, a leper came and worshipped him, and said : My Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. (3) 3 And Jesus stretched forth his hand, touched him, and said : I will : be thou clean. And immediate- ly^ his leprosy was cleansed. (-4) And Jesus said 4 to him, See, thou tell no man : but go, show thy- self to the priests, and present an oblation^ as Moses enjoined, for a testimony to them. And when Jesus had entered into Capernaum, 5 a centurion came to him, and liesought him, (6) 6 and said: My Lord, my cliild lieth at home,'"' and MATTHEW, VIII. 13 7 is paralytic, and badly afflicted. (7) Jesus said to 8 liim, I will come and heal him. (8) The centurion replied, and said : My Lord, I am not worthy that thou shoaldst come under my roof: but speak, the 9 word only, and my child will be healed. (9) For I also am a man under authority, and there are soldiers under my hands, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant. Do this thing, and he 10 doetli [it]. (10) And when Jesus heard [this], he admired [it] ; and he said to those walking with liim, Verily I say to you, I have not found faith 11 like this even in Israel. (11) And I say to you, that many shall come from the east, and from the Avest, and shall recline wdth Abraham and Isaac 12 and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven ; (12) but the children of the kingdom shall go forth into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and 13 gnashing of teeth. (13) And Jesus said to the centurion, Go ; be it to thee as thou hast believed. And his child was cured in that same hour. 11 And JesLis came to the house of Simon, 'i and saw his Avife's mother prostrate, confined by a 15 fever. (15) And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose and ministered to IG them. (16) And when it was evening, they brought many demoniacs before him ; and he ex- pelled their demons by a word, and healed all 17 them that were diseased: (17) that so might be fulfilled that which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, wdio said : He will bear our sorrows, and our infirmities he will take upon him. 18 And when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he ordered that they should go to the oppo- 19 site sliore.e (19) And a Scribe came and said to him : Eabbi,^ I will follow thee to the place 20 whither thou goest. (20) Jesus said to him, For foxes there are holes, and for the birds of heaven there are nests ; but for the Son of man, there is 21 not where he may recline his head. (21) And another of his disciples said to him: My Lord, 22 suffer me first to go and bury my father. (22) But Jesus said to him : Follow thou me, and leave the dead to bury their dead. 23 And when Jesus entered the ship, his disciples 24 embarked with him. (24) And lo, a great com- i. e. Simon Peter. Sy. the other side, i. e. of the lake. Sy. u MATTHEW, IX. Sy. "tJQ_i> Sy. place of iXraves. k Sy./eZZ. ' Sy. died. ►Sy. the eas)j. motion arose in tlie sea, so that the vessel was covered by the waves. But Jesus was asleep : (25) and his disciples came to awake him, and said 25 to him: Our Lord, deliver us; we are perishing! (26) Jesus said to them, Why are ye afraid, ye 26 small in faith ! Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the sea; and there was great tranquillitv. (27) And the men were amazed ; and they said, 27 What a man is this, to whom the winds and the sea are obedient ! And when Jesus arrived at the farther shore, in 28 the country of the Gadarenes,^ there met him tAvo demoniacs, h who came out from the sepulchres,' very furious, so that no one could pass that way. (29) And they cried out, and said: What have we 29 to do with thee ? Jesus, thou Son of God. Hast thou come hither before the time to torment us ? (30) And at a distance from them there was a herd 30 of many swine feeding. (31) And the demons 31 entreated of him, and said : If thou cast us out, suffer us to go into the herd of swine. (32) And 32 Jesus said to them, Go ye. And immediately they came out, and entered into the SAvine; and that whole herd ran straight to a precipice, and plunged^ into the sea, and perished^ in the waters. (33) 33 And the herdsmen fled, and entered the city, and related all that had occurred, and concerning the . demoniacs. (34) And all the city came out to 3-i meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they be- sought him to retire from their coasts. And he entered the ship, and passed over and IX. came to his own city. (2) And they brought to 2 him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus saw their faith, and said to the paralytic: Take cour- age, my son; thy sins are forgiven thee. (3) And 3 some of the Scribes said in their minds, This man blasphemeth, (4) But Jesus knew their thoughts : 4 and he said to them. Why do ye think evil [things] in your heart? (5) For, which is the easier, '"^ to 5 say. Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say. Arise and walk? (6) But that ye may know that the 6 Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralytic: Arise, take up thy bed, and go to thy home. (7) And he arose and 7 went to his home. (8) And Avlien the multitudes 8 MATTHEW, IX. 15 saw [it], they were struck witli awe; and they praised God, who had given authority like this to men, 9 And as Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man sitting at the custom-house, whose name was Matthew, b And he said to him. Follow me : and 10 he arose and followed him. (10) And as they were reclining in a house, many publicans and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his dis- 11 ciples. (11) And when the Pharisees saw [it], they said to his disciples. Why doth 3'our Rabbi<"- 12 eat with publicans and sinners? (12) And as Jesus heard [it], he said to them : They who are in health have no need of a physician, but they 13 that are very sick. (13) Go and learn what that is : I require compassion, and not a sacrifice ! For I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful. 11 Then came to him the disciples of John, (33) And 33 when the demon had gone out, the dumb man conversed. And the multitudes admired, and said: Never was it so seen in Israel! (34) But 34 the Pharisees said : It is by the Prince of demons, he casteth out demons. And Jesus travelled over all the cities and the 35 villages: and he taught in their synagogues, and proclaimed the tidings of the kingdom, and healed all diseases and all pains. (36) And when Jesus 36 looked on the multitudes, he pitied them ; because they were wearied and dispersed, like sheep that have no shepherd. (37) And he said to his dis- 37 ciples. The harvest is great, and the laborers few. (38) Entreat, therefore, of the Lord of the harvest, 38 that he would send laborers into his harvest. And he called his twelve disciples'' [to him], X. and gave them authority over unclean spirits'* to cast them out, and to heal every pain and disease. (2) And the names of those twelve Legates^ are 2 these: The first of them,^ Simon who is called Cephas, and Andrew his brother ; and James the sou of Zebadee, and John his brother; (3) and 3 Philip, and Bartholomew, and Thomas, and Mat- thew the juiblican; and James the son of Alpheus, land Lcbbeus who was called Thaddeus; (4) and 4 MATTHEW, X. 17 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot/ lie who 5 betrayed him. (5) These twelve Jesus sent forth : and he commanded them and said : Go not in the way of the Gentiles:*" and enter not the cities of 6 the Samaritans. (6) But, go ye rather to the lost 7 sheep of the house of Israel. (7) And as ye go, proclaim and say : The kingdom of heaven hath 8 approached. (8) Heal ye the sick; cleanse the leprous; [raise theiiead;]? and cast out demons. 9 Freely ye have received ; freely give. (9) Provide 10 not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; (10) nor a wallet for the journey : neither two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff. For the laborer is worthy 11 of his food. (11) And into whatever city or town ye enter, inquire, Avho in it is worthy; and there 12 stay until ye depart. (12) And when ye enter a 13 house, salute^ the household. (13) And if the house be worthy, your peace' will come upon it ; l)ut if it be not worthj^, your peace will return 11 upon yourselves. (14) And whoever will not re- ceive you, nor hear your discourses, when ye de- part from that house or that town, shake off the 15 dust from your feet. (15) Verily I say to you, that it will' be comfortable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, rather than for that city. 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves. Therefore be ye sagacious as serpents, and guile- 17 less as doves. (17) And beware of men; for they will deliver you over to the tribunals, and will 18 scourge you in their synagogues. (18) And they will bring you before governors^ and kings, on iny account, for a testimony to them and to the 19 Gentiles. (19) And when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak ; for it 20 shall be given you in that hour what to say. (20) For it is not ye that speak, but the spirit of your 21 Father speaking in you. (21) And brother shall deliver up his brother to death, and a father his son ; and children shall rise up against parents, 22 and cause them to die. (22) And ye shall be hated by every one, on account of my name. But he that' shall endure to the end, shall have life. 23 (23) And when they persecute you in onei city, flee to another : for verily I say to you. Ye shall not have completed all the cities of the house of ' Sy. the pro- fane. 5 Omitted in most copies. '• Sy. ask after the peace of it ' i. e. your sa- lam, or salu- tation. Sy. Gr. Yj-ys^ivag. Sy. this. 18 MATTHEW, X. ■" or, members. » Sy. ^], Gr. (/.tftfapiov. P Sy. tu cast, or disseminale. ' Sy. rt sword. » Sy. /o divide. ' Sy. children of Ids house. Sy. Jindclh. Israel, till the Son of man shall come. (24) No 24 disciple is better than his rabbi; nor a servant, than his lord. (25) It is sufficient for the dis- 25 ciple, that he be as his rabbi ; and the servant, as his lord. If they call the lord of the house Beelzebub, how much more the children™ of his family? (26) Therefore be not afraid of them ; 26 for there is nothing covered up, that shall not be exposed; nor concealed, that shall not become known. (27) Whatever I say to you in the dark, 27 that speak ye in the light ; and what jq have licard in your ears, proclaim ja on the housetops. (28) And be not afraid of them that kill the body, 28 but cannot kill the soul ; but be afraid rather of Ilini Avho can destroy both soul and body in hell." (29) Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?" 29 Yet one of them doth not fall to the ground with- out your Father. (30) As for you, even the hairs 30 [of your head are all numbered. (31) Therefore be 31 j not afraid : 3^0 are more important than many sparrows. (32) Wherefore, whoever shall confess 32 me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. (33) But whoever shall 33 deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. Think not that I have come to sowp quietness 3-1 on the earth: I have not come to sow fj[uietness, but conflict.'' (35) For I have come to set^^ a man 35 against his father, and a daugliter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother- in-law. (36) And a man's foes will be the mem- 36 bers of his household.^ (37) He that lovctli father 37 or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that lovetli son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me : (38) and he that doth not 38 bear his cro.ss and follow after me, is not worthy of me. (39) He that prescrveth^ his life, shall lose 39 it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall preserve it. (10) He that cntertaincth you, enter- 10 taineth me: and he that entertaineth me, euter- taineth him that sent me. (41) lie that entertain- 41 eth a pro})het in the name of a prophet, shall re- ceive a prophet's reward : and he that entertaineth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward. (42) And 42 whoever shall give one of these little ones to drink MATTHEW, XI. 19 a cup of cold [water] only, in tlie name of a dis- ciple, verily I say to you, lie shall not lose his Xl.reward. (XI.) And when Jesus had ended the instructions'"- to his twelve disciples, he went from there, to teach and to proclaim in their cities, 2 Now when John, in the house of prisoners, heard of the works of Messiah, he sent by the hand 3 of his disciples, (3) and said to him : Art thou he 4 that Cometh, or are we to expect another ? (4) Jesus answered, and said to them : Go, tell John the 5 things that ye hear and see : (5) the blind see, and the lame walk, and the leprous are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead rise up, and the needy 6 hear good tidings : (6) and happy is he, who shall 7 not be stumbled at me. (7) And when they were gone, Jesus began to say to the multitudes, con- cerning John : AVhat went ye into the wilderness 8 to see? A reed that waved in the wind?'' (8) And if not; what went ye out to see? A man clothed in delicate robes ? Lo, they that are clothed in delicate [robes], are in the dwellings of 9 kings. (9) And if not ; what went ye out to sec ? A prophet ? Yes, say I to you, and more than a 10 prophet. (10) For this is he of whom it is writ- ten : Behold, I send my messenger«i before thy face, that he may prepare the way before thee. 11 (11) Verily I say to you, Among those born of women, there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptizer: yet the small one in the kingdom 12 of heaven, is greater than he. (12) And from the days of John the Baptizer, until now, the kingdom of heaven is assailed by force, and the violent 13 seize it. (13) For all the prophets and the law^ 14 prophesied, until the time of John, (14) And, if ye are willing, receive ye, that this is he who was 15 to come. (15) lie that hath ears to hear, let him hear ! 1(3 But to what shall I compare this generation? It is hke to children, that sit in the market-jiiace 17 and call to their associates, (17) and say: We have sung to you, and ye did not dance: we have wailed 18 to you, and he did not lament. (18) For John came, not eating and not drinking; and they said, 19 He hath a demon.^ (19) Tlie Son of man came, eating and drinking; and they say: Behold, a » Sy. commands, or, precepts. Sy. 1^0? Sy. house. Sy. jJDJjLD ' Sy. ]Au5o], tlie Pentateuch. Sy. 'jojj 20 MATTHEW, XII. Sy. ^1 ,0 I • Sy. flace of seeds. gluttonous man, and a wine drinker, and a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her works. Then began Jesus to reproach the cities, in 20 which his many deeds of power were wrought, yet they repented not. (21) And he said : Woe to 21 thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida ! For if the deeds of power done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, doubtless, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes. (22) IBut I 22 say to you, It will be comfortable for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judgment, rather than for you. (23) And thou, Capernaum, which hast been 23 lifted up to heaven, shalt be brought down to the grave.g For if those deeds of power which were done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have stood to this day. (24) But I say to thee, 24 It will be comfortable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, rather than for thee. At that time Jesus answered and said: I praise 25 thee, 0 my Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and know- ing, and hast revealed them to little children. (26) 26 Yes, my Father ; for so it seemed good before thee. (27) Every thing is given up by my Father to me. 27 And no one knoweth the Son, except the Father. Also, no one knoweth the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal [him]. (28) Come unto me, all ye wearied and heavily 28 burdened, and I will ease you. (29) Take my 20 yoke upon you ; and learn from me, that I am gentle and subdued in my heart: and ye will find rest for your souls : (30) for my yoke is pleasant, 30 and my burden is light. At that time Jesus, on the sabbath, walked XII. in the tillage grounds:^ and his disciples were hungry, and began to ])luck the ears and to eat. (2) And Avhen the Pharisees saw them, they said 2 to kim : See ; thy disciples arc doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. (3) But he 3 said to them. Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him? (-1) Ilow he went to the house of God, and 4 ate the bread of the Lord's table ; which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were MATTHEW, XII. 21 what that is, yc would not 1 (Jilt fault. (8) with liim, but solelj for the priests? (5) Or have y-e not read in the law,^ how that in the temple the priests profane the sabbath, and are without fliult? (6) But 1 say to you, that a greater than the temple is here. (7) And if ye had known I desire mercy, and not sacrihee; lave criminated them who are witli- For the Son of man, is lord of the sabljath And Jesus went from tliere, and came to their synagogue. (10) And a man was there, Avhose hand was withered. And the}^ questioned him, and said, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath ? that they might defame him. (11) And he said to them. What man among you is there, who, if he have a sheep, and it fall into a pit on the day of the sabbath, doth not lay hold of it and lift it out? (12) Now, how much better is a human being*^ than a sheep ! AVherefore it is lawful to do what is go(xl, on the sabbath. (18) Then said he to the man. Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched out liis hand; and it was restored, and like the other. ti (14) And the Pharisees went out and held a consultation against him, that they might destroy him. But Jesus knew [it]; and he retired from there. And great multitudes followed him : and he cured them all. (16) And he charged them not to make him known : (17) that what Avas spoken by the })rophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, saying : (18) Be- hold my servant, in whom I have complacency ; my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth. I will }uit my spirit upon him; and he shall proclaim 19 judgment to the Gentiles. (19) lie shall not con- tend, nor be clamorous, nor shall any one hear his voice in the market-place. « (20) The crushed reed he will not break ; and the flickering lamp he will not extinguish ; until he bring judgment^" to be victorious.^ (21) And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. Then they brought to him a demoniac that was dumb and blind; and he healed him, so that the dumb and blind man both talked and saw._ (23) And all the multitude were amazed, and said : Is not this the son of David? (24) But when the Pharisees heard [it], they said : This man doth not 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 IG 17 18 20 21 99 24 in the Penta- teuch. Sy. a son of man. Sy. itsfclhio. '■ or, public street. ' i. e. law, or justice. ' Sy. to a vic- tory. 22 MATTHEW, XII. *' Sy. scatlere'.h lo scalier. Sy. ]vn\s '' or, useless. ' Sy. ]i<^Vn ^■Sy.UI ° Sy. ^Q_, cast out demons, except by Beelzebub the prince of demons. (25) And Jesus knew their thoughts, 25 and said to them: Every kingdom that is divided against itself, will become desolate; and every house or city which is divided against itself, will not stand. (26) Now if Satan cast out Satan, he 26 is divided against himself; how then doth his king- dom stand? (27) And if I by Beelzebub cast out 27 demons, by whom do your children cast them out"? Wherefore they will be your judges. (28) But if 28 I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, the king- dom of God hath come near to you. (29) Or how 29 can one enter the house of a strong man, and plun- der his goods, unless he first bind the strong man ? and then he may plunder his house. (30) He that 30 is not with me, is against me ; and he that gather- eth not with me actually scattereth.^ (§1) There- 31 fore I say to you, that all sins and contumelies shall be forgiven to men ; but the contumely which is against the Spirit, shall not be forgiven to men, (32) And whoever shall speak a word against the 32 Son of man, it will be forgiven him: but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him; — not in this world,' and not in the world to come. (33) Either make the tree good, 33 and its fruits good ; or make the tree bad, and its fruits bad : for a tree is known by its fruits. (34) 3-i Ollsj^ring of vipers, how can ye who are evil, speak good things ? For out of the fullnesses of the heart the mouth speaketh. (35) A good man out of good 35 treasures bringeth forth good things, and a bad man out of bad treasures bringeth forth bad things. (36) For I say to you, That for every idle^ word 36 that men shall speak, they shall give account of it in the day of judgment. (37) For by thy Avords 37 thou shalt be justilied ; and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Then answered some of the Scribes and of the 38 Pharisees, and said to him: Teacher,^ we wish to see from thee a sign.'" (39) But ho replied and 39 said to them : A wicked and adulterous generation dcmandeth a sign : but a sign will not be given to it, unless it be the sign of Jonah" the prophet. (40) For as Jonah was in the belly of the lish three 40 days and three nights; so will the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three MATTHEW, XIII. 23 41 nights. (41) The people of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment against this generation, and will condemn it : for they repented at the preaching of Jonah ; and lo, a greater than Jonah is here. 42 (42) The queen of the souths will stand up in the judgment against this generation, and will con- demn it : for she came from the extremities? of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and lo, a 43 superior to Solomon is here. (48) And when an unclean spirit goeth out of a man, it wandereth in places where is no water, and seeketh comfort and 44 findeth [it] not. (44) Then it saith : I will return to my house, from which I came out. And it Cometh, and findeth it vacated, and swept clean, 45 and set in order. (45) So it goeth and taketh with it seven other spirits, worse than itself, and they enter and dwell in it; and the end of that man is worse than his beginning. So will it be to this evil generation. 4G And while he was discoursing to the multitudes, his mother and his brothers came and stood with- 47 out, and sought to speak with him. (47) And a person said to him : Lo, thy mother and thy brothers stand without, and seek to speak with 48 thee. (48) But he replied, and said to him that informed him: Who is my mother? and who are 49 my brothers? (49) And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said : Behold my 50 mother, and behold my brothers ! (50) For every one that doeth the good pleasure of my Father who is in heaven, that person is my brother, and my sister, and my mother. XIII. And on that day Jesus went out of the house, 2 and sat by the side of the sea. (2) And great multitudes assembled around him; so that he embarked and seated himself in a ship, and all the 3 multitude stood on the shore of the sea. (3) And he discoursed with them much, by similitudes. 'i And he said. Behold, a sower went forth to sow. 4 (4) And as he sowed, some [seed] fell upon the side of a path : and a bird came and devoured it 5 (5) And other [seed] fell upon a rock, so that it had not much soil: and it sprung up forthwith, 6 because there was no depth of earth. (6) But when the sun was up it wilted. And, because it " Sy. ]ivn.; or, parables. Sy. lZ]J^£o 2i MATTHEW, XIII. or, parables. ' or, he turned; or, turn them- selves. Sy. temporary. oSy. 12 U lacked root, it dried up. (7) And other [seed] fell 7 among thorns : and the thorns shot up, and choked it. (8) And other [seed] fell on good ground ; and 8 bore fruits, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some_ thirtjfold. (9) He that hath ears to 9 hear, let him hear. And his disciples came and said to him, Why 10 discourscst thoa to them in similitudes ?'' (11) And 11 he answered, and said to them : Because, to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given, (12) For to him that hath, shall be given; and he shall abound: but from him that hath not, even what he hath shall be taken from him. (13) For this cause I discourse to them in similitudes, because they see and do not see, and they hear and do not hear, nor understand. (14) And in them -is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said : By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand ; and by seeing ye see, and shall not know : (15) For the heart of this 15 people hath grown fat, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have closed; lesl; they should see with their eyes, and should hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should turn;^ and I should heal them. (10) But happy are your eyes, for they 16 see ; and your ears, for they hear. (17) For verily 17 I say to you. That many prophets and righteous [men] longed to see what ye see, and did not see [it] ; and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear [it]. (18) But hear ye the similitude of the seed. (19) Every one that heareth the word of the king- dom, and understandeth it not, the evil one cometh and snatcheth away the seed sowed in his heart : this is what was sowed by the side of the path, (20) And that which was sowed on the rock, is ho that heareth the word, and at once rcceiveth it with joy. (21) Yet hath he no root in him, but is of short duration ;'^ and when there is trouble or persecution on account of the word, he soon stum- bleth. (22) And that which was sowed among thorns, is he that heareth the word ; and care for this world<^ and the deceptivcncss of riches, choke the word; and he is without fruits. (23) But that 23 whicli was sowed on good ground, is he that heareth my word, and understandeth, and beareth 18 19 20 21 22 MATTHEW, XIII. 25 fruits, and yieldeth, some a hundredfold, some six- tyfold, and some tliirtvfold. 24 Another simihtude he proposed^" to them, and said: The kingdom of heaven is hke to a man who 25 sowed good seed in his field, (25) And while people were asleep, his enemy came and sowed tares 26 among the wheat, and went away. (26) And when the plant shot up and bore fruits, then ap- 27 peared also the tares. (27) And the servants of the householders came, and said to him, Our lord, didst thou not sow good seed in th}^ field? From 28 whence are the tares in it. (28) And he said to them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said to him, Is it thy pleasure that we go and 29 gather them out ? (29) And he said to them, [No,] lest, while ye gather out the tares, ye also 30 eradicate the wheat with them. (30) Let them both grow together until the harvest; and at the time of harvest, I will say to the reapers. Gather out first the tares, and bind them in bundles to be burned; but the wheat gather ye into my granary. 31 (31) Another similitude proposed he to them, and said: The kingdom of heaven is like to a kernel of mustard seed, which a man took and 32 sowed in his field, (32) And this is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown, it is greater than all the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that a bird of heaven may come and nestle in its branches. 33 (33) Another similitude spake he to them. The kingdom of heaven is like the leaven, which a woman took and buried in three measures'' of meal, 34 until the whole fermented. (31) All these things Jesus discoursed to the multitude in similitudes;' and without similitudes he did not discourse with 35 \hem. (35) That so might be fulfilled that which mis spoken by the prophet, who said : I will open mj mouth in similitudes ; I will utter^ things con- ceded from before the foundation of the world. 36 T\ien Jesus sent away the multitudes, and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, and snid : Explain to us the similitude of the tares 37 and the field. (37) And he answered, and said to them : jle that soweth tlic good seed, is the Son of 38 God. (^) And the field is the world.^ And the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked One. '' Sy. allego- rized. ^ Sy. lord of the house. ,•> Sy. ^llD ' or, parables. ^ Sy. eructate. 1 Sy. ]Lq\i 26 MATTHEW, XIII. " Sy. consurrv- mation. 0 Sy. ]vnVv r or, good. Sy. Gr. yivos. Sy. consum- malion. S9 or, parables. Sy. 40 41 43 44 (39) The enemy tliat sowed tliem, is Satan."i The harvest is the end" of the world :« and the reapers are the angels. (40) As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire ; so will it be in the end of the world. (41) The Son of man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the stumbling blocks, and all the doers of evil ; (42) and will cast them 42 into a furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth, (43) Then will the righteous shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. (44) Again, the kinofdom of heaven is like a treasure that is hid in a field ; Avhich when a man findeth, he con- cealeth it, and, from his joy, he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buj^eth that field. (45) Again, 45 the kingdom of heaven is like a merchantman, who sought after richp pearls :■■ (46) and when he found 46 one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it. (47) Again, the kingdom 47 of heaven is like a sweep, net, which was cast into the sea, and collected [fishes] of every kind.^ (48) 48 And when it Was full, they drew it to the shores of the sea ; and they sat down and culled over : and the good they put into vessels, and the bad they cast away. (49) So will it be in the end* of the world. The angels will go forth, and will sever the wicked from among the just; (50) and will cast them into a furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Jesus said to them : Have ye understood all these things? They say to him : Yes, our Lord. (52) He said to them : Therefore every Scribe who 52 is instructed for the kingdom of heaven, is like a man who is master of a house, who bringeth fortii from his treasures things new and old, (53) A'ld it was so, that when Jesus had ended these siniili- tudcs,v he departed thence. And he entered into his own city. And he taught them in their synagogacs, in such n:anner that they wondered, and said: Whence lath he this wisdom and [these] works of power ? (55) Is not this man the carpenter's son'/^^ js not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joses and Simon and Judas? (56) And all his sisters, are they not with us ? Whence then hath 49 50 51 53 54 t)0 56 MATTHEW, XIV. 27 57 this man all these things? (57) And they were stumbled at him. But Jesus said to them : There is no prophet who is little, except in his own city 58 and in his own house. (58) And he did not per- form there many works of power, because of their unbelief. XIV. And at that time Herod the Tetrarch heard 2 the fime of Jesus: (2) and he said to his ser- vants : This is John the Baptizer : he is risen from the grave :<'^ therefore works of power are 3 wrought by him. (3) Now this Herod had seized John, and bound him and cast him into prison;^ on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother 4 Philip. (4) For John had said to him : It is not 5 lawful for her to be thy wife. (5) And he had wished to kill him ; but he was afraid of the peo- ple, seeing that they regarded^^ him as a prophet. 6 (6) But when Herod's birthday festival*^ occurred, the daughter of Herodias danced before the guests; 7 and she pleased Herod. (7) Therefore he swore to her by an oath, that he would give her whatsoever 8 she might ask. (8) And she, as she had been in- structed by her mother, said : Give me here in a 9 dishc the head of John the Ba2)tizer. (9) And it troubled the king: nevertheless, on account of the oath, and the guests, he commanded that it 10 should be given her. (10) And he sent and cut 11 off the head of John in the prison. (11) And the head Avas brought in a dish and given to the girl ; 12 and she brought it to her mother. (12) And his disciples came and bore away the corpse, and buried [it] ; and they went and informed Jesus. 13 (13) And Jesus, when he had heard [it], retired alone, in a ship, to a desert place. And when the multitudes heard [of it], they followed him by dry land from the cities. 14 And when Jesus disembarked, he saw great multitudes ; and he had compassion on them, and 15 healed their sick. (15) And when it was evening, his disciples came to. him, and said to him: This is a desert place, and the time is gone; send away the throngs of people, that they may go to the 16 villages, and buy themselves food. (16) But he said to them : It is not necessary for them to go ; 17 give ye them to eat. (17) And they said to him: * Sy, house of the dead. ^ Sy. house of prisoners. Sy. held. Sy. house of his natiiilij. ■ Sy. ]"^i "^ Gr. "jri'vaf-axoj. 28 MATTHEW, XIV. o\; filled, Sy. aside from. ^ Gr. Peter. Sy. ;mi. -^5. 9.". 2i We have nothing here but five cakes and two dshes. (18) Jesus said to them : Bring them here 18 to me. "(1^0 ^i^d he commanded the multitudes 19 to recline on the ground : and he took the five cakes and two fishes, and he looked towards heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disei[)les; and the disciples placed before the mul- titudes. (20) And thcj all ate, and were satisfied :f 20 and ihQy took up the broken remains, twelve full baskets. (21) And the men who had eaten were 21 five thousand, besidess the women and children. And immediately he constrained his disciples to 22 embark in a ship, and to go before him to the other side, while he sent away the multitudes. (23) And when he had sent the multitudes away, he ascended a mountain alone to pray. And when it was dark, he was there alone. • (24) And the ship was dis- tant from land many furlongs : meanwhile it was much tossed by the waves ; for the wind was ad- verse to it. (25) And in the fourth watch of the 25 night, Jesus came up to them, walking upon the waters. (20) And his disciples saw him as he walk- 2G ed upon the waters, and they were perturbated: and they said. What we see is a spectre : and they cried out through fear. (27) But Jesus immediately 27 spoke to them, and said: Have courage: it is I; be not afraid. (28) Cephas^' replied, and said to him : My 28 Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee on the waters. (29) And Jesus said to him, Come. And Cephas descended from the ship, and walked upon the waters to go to Jesus. (30) But when he saw the wind to be violent, he was afraid, and began to sink. And he raised his voice, and said: My Lord, rescue me. (31) And immediately our Lord 31 reached forth his hand, and caught him, and said to him: O small in faith, why didst thou distrust! (32) And as they entered the ship, the wind sub- 32 sided. (33) And they that were in the ship, came 33 and worshi])ped him, and said: Truly thou art the Son of God 1 (34) And they rowed on, and came 34 to the land of Gennesaret.' (35) And the men of 35 that place knew him: and they sent to all the vil- lages around them; and they brought to him all tliat were very sick; (36) and they entreated of him, that they might touch at lenst the exti'cmity of his garment. And they who touched, were healed. 29 30 36 MATTHEW, XV. 29 0 9 XV, Then came to Jesus Pharisees and Scribes that 2 were from Jerusalem, and said: (2) Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders,* and Wash not their hands when they eat bread? 3 (3) Jesus replied and said to them : Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, on ac- 4 count of your tradition? (-4) For God hath said: Honor thy father, and thy mother; and he that revileth his father or his mother, shall be put to 0 death.'' (5) But ye say: Whosoever shall say to a fotlier or to a mother. Be that my oflering, by Avhich ye get profit from me: then<= he must not lionor'^ his father or his mother. (6) And [thus] ye make void the word of God, for the sake of 7 your tradition. (7) Ye hypocrites, well did the 5 prophet Isaiah prophesy of you, and say : (8) This people honoreth me with the lips, but their heart is far from me. (9) And in vain they pay me homage, while they teach doctrines that are the precepts of men.' (10) And he called the multi- tudes, and said to them. Hear and understand. 11 (11) Not that which entereth the mouth, defileth a man ; but that which proceedeth from the mouth, that defileth a man. (12) Then came his disciples, and said to him : Knowest thou, that the Pharisees were offended when they heard that speech? (13) And he replied, and said to them: Every plant, ^^ which my Father who is in heaven hath not planted, shall be eradicated. (1-4) Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if a blind man leadeth one blind, they will both foil into the ditch. (15) And Simon Cephas^ answered and said to him: My Lord, explain to us this similitude.? (16) And he said to them: Are ye also, up to this time, without understanding? (17) Know ye not, that whatever entereth the mouth, passeth into the belly, and from there is ejected by purgation? 18 (18) But that which proceedeth from the mouth, Cometh from the heart : and that is what defileth a man. (19) For, from the heart proceed evil thoughts, adultery, murder, whoredom, theft, false testimony, reviling. (20) These are the things that defile a man. But if a man eat while his hands are unwashed, he is not defiled. And Jesus departed from there, and went to 10 12 11: 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 the confines of Tyre and Sidon. (22) And lo, a Sy. 1 ■> '» « n '' Sy. to die shall die. <= Sy. and. '' i. e. hy kind offices. ° or, planting. <■ Gr. Peter. ' or, parable. 30 MATTHEW, XV. tSy. -LTD Sy. ]{l» Sy. breads Sy. Gr. woman, a Canaanitcss^ from those confines, came forth, caUing out and saying : Compassionate me, my Lord, thou son of David : my dauglitcr is grievously distressed by a demon.* (23) But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and requested of him, and said : Send her away, for she crieth after us. (24) But he answered and said to them : I am not sent, except to the sheep that have strayed from the house of Israel. (25) And she came, and worshipped him, and said: Help me, my Lord. (26) Jesus said to her: It is not proper, to take the bread of the children and throw it to the dogs. (27) And she said: Even so, my Lord ; yet the dogs eat of the fragments that fall from the tables of their masters, and live. (28) Then Jesus said to her : O woman, great is thy faith : be it to thee, as thou desirest. And her daughter was cured from that hour. And Jesus dej)arted from there, and came to the 29 side of the sea of Galilee: and he ascended a mountain, and sat there. (30) And great multi- tudes came to him ; and with them were the lame, and the blind, and the dumb, and the maimed, and many others : and they laid them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them. (31) So that the mul- titudes were amazed, when thay saw the dumb speaking, and the maimed made whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they praised the God of Israel. (32) Then Jesus called 32 his disciples, and said to them : I pity this multi- tude ; for lo, tliese three days they have continued with me, and they have nothing to eat : and I am unwilling to send them away fasting, lest they faint by the way. (33) Ilis disciples say to him : Whence can we get bread in the wilderness, to satisfy all this multitude? (34) Jesus said to them, Uow many loaves have ye ? They said to him, Seven, and a few little fishes. (35) And he commanded the multitudes to recline on the ground. (36) And he took the seven loaves'^ and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples ; and the disciples gave to the mul- titudes. (37) And they all ate, and were satisfied. And they took up the remains of fragments, seven full baskets.i (3S) And they that had eaten were (f'^r-jpiosg. I four thousand men, besides women and children. 24 26 27 28 30 31 '^cd1,| 33 35 36 37 38 MATTHEW, XVI. 31 39 (39) And wlien he had sent away the multitudes, he took ship, and came to the coasts of Magdala.*" XVI. And Pharisees and Sadducees came near, tempt- ing him, and asking him to show them a sign 2 from heaven. (2) But he answered, and said to them : When it is evening ye say, It will be fair 3 weather ; for the heavens^ are red. (3) And in the morning ye say. There will be a storm to-day; for the heavens are sadly red. Ye hypocrites, ye are intelligent to discover the aspect of the heavens, but the signs of this time ye have no skill to dls- 4 cern. (4) A wicked and adulterous generation asketh for a sign ; but no sign shall be given it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them, and departed. 5 And when his disciples had come to the farther shore, 1^ they had forgotten to take bread with 6 them. (6) And he said to them: Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sad- 7 ducees. (7) And they reasoned among themselves, and said, [it was] because they had taken no bread. 8 (8) But Jesus knew [it] and said to them : O ye small in faith ! why reason ye among yourselves 9 because ye have taken no bread? (9) Ilave ye not yet understood ? Do ye not remember the five loaves and the five thousand, and the many bask- 10 ets^^ ye took up ? (10) Nor the seven loaves and the four thousand, and the many baskets'^ ye took 11 up? (11) How is it that ye do not understand that it was not concerning bread that I spoke to you ; but that ye should beware of the leaven of 12 the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? (12) Then understood they, that he did not bid them beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine*' of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 13 And when Jesus came into the region of Cae- sarea Philippi, he questioned his disciples, and said : What do men say concerning me, that I the 14 Son of man, am? (14) And they said: Some say that [thou art] John the Baptizer; but others, Elijah ; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the proph- 15 ets. (15) He said to them: But, who do ye 16 yourselves say that I am? (16) Simon Cephas'" answered and said : Thou art the Messiah, the Son 17 of the hving God. (17) Jesus answered, and said Sy.o, .^ Sy. ilic heaven is. ' Sy. l;n%\ ' Sy. ,^ 1 1 I g^O O '■ Sy. e Sy. ' Gr. Simon Pe- ter. ^.9 MATTHEW, XVII. ^ Sy. "i^lo ; i. e. a rock. ^ Sy. »jZj.1. ■ Sy. ^CL..^, ^Ae grave. ^ Sy. 1,:V.o, Gr. xX;((Jaj. ' Sy. ] « "i I, O '" Sy. ° Gr. Pe/er. " S3-, tj^m P Sy. to keep his soul alive. Sy. cn it.^1 » Gr. Pe/er. to liim: Blessed art thou, Simon son of Jonas; for flesh and blood have not revealed [it] to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. (18) Also I say 18 to thee, that thou art Cephas: and upon this rock,g [ will build my church :h and the gates of death' shall not triumph over it. (19) To thee will I 19 give the keysi^ of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever thou slialt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven : and whatever thou shalt unbind on earth, shall be unbound in heaven. (20) Then 20 he enjoined on his disciples, that they should tell no man that he was the Messiah. And from that time Jesus began to show to 21 his disciples, that he was to go up to Jeru.salem, and to suffer much from the Elders,' and from the chief priests'" and Scribes, and be killed, and on the third day arise. (22) And Cephas'^ took 22 him, and began to rebuke him; and he said: Far be it from thee, my Lord, that this should be_ to thee. (23) But he turned, and said to Cephas: 23 Get thee behind me, Satan :» Thou art a stumbling- block to me ; for thou thinkcst not the things of God, but the things of men. Then said Jesus to his disciples : If any one de- 24 sireth to come after me, let him deny himself; and let him bear his cross, and come after me. (25) 25 For, whoever chooseth to preserve his life,P shall lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it. (2G) For what will it profit 26 a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and shall lose his soul?"" 'Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? (27) For the Son of 27 man is to come in the glory of his Father, with all his holy angels ; and then will he recompense to every man as his deeds are. (28) Verily I 28 say to you : There are some persons standing here, who shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. And after six days Jesus took Cephas, i^ XVII. and James, and John his brother, and conducted them alone to a high mountain. (2) And Jesus 2 was changed before them: and his face shone like the sun; and his vestments became white like the light. (3) And there appeared to them Moses and 3 Elijah, in conversation with him. (4) Then Ce- 4 MATTHEW, XVII. 33 plias answered and said to Jesus : My Lord, it is good for us to be here: and, if it please thee, we will make here three booths ; one for thee, and 5 one for Moses, and one for Elijah, (5) And while] he was yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud over- shadowed them : and there was a voice from the cloud which said : This is my beloved Son, in 6 whom I have pleasure ; hear ye him. (6) And when the disciples heard [it], they fell on their 7 faces, and were much afraid. (7) And Jesus came to them and touched them, and said : Arise, and 8 be not afraid. (8) And they raised their eyes, 9 and they saw no person, except Jesus only. (9) And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, and said to them : Speak of this vision before no person, until the Son of man shall 10 have arisen from the dead. (10) And his disciples asked him, and said to him : Why then do the 11 Scribes say, that Elijah must first come? (11) Je- sus answered, and said to them : Elijah doth first 12 come, to fulfill every thing. (12) And I say to you, That, behold, Elijah hath come, and they did not know him ; and they have done to him what- ever they pleased: and, in like manner, also the 13 Son of man is to suffer from them. (13) Then the disciples understood, that he spake to them of John the Baptizer. 14: And when they came to the multitude, a man approached him, and bowed himself on his knees, 15 (15) and said to him: My Lord, compassionate me. I have a son who is a lunatic, and grievously afflicted ; for often he fallcth into the fire, and often 16 into the water. (16) And I brought him to thy 17 disciples, and they could not heal him. (17) Je- sus answered and said: O unbelieving and per- verse generation ! How long shall I be with you ? and how long bear with you? Bring him here to 18 me. (18) And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it departed from him : and from that hour the child 19 was healed. (19) Then came the disciples to Je- sus, apart, and said to him : Why could not we 20 heal him? (20) Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief For verily I say to you, That if there be in you faith like a grain of mustard seed, ye may say to this mountain, Eemove hence, and it will remove: and nothing will be too hard for 3 84 MATTHEW, XVIII. ■= or, conversant. Sy- ^101 " or, sons of freedom. f Sy. IjAcdI, Gr. cTrar^pa. • Sy. 1.^ •> Sy. cSy. •i Sy. causes of slumhlins[. • Sy. you. (21) But this kind'' goetla not out, except 21 by fasting and prayer. And wJiile they were residenf^ in Galilee, Jesus 22 said to them : The Son of rnan is to be betrayed into the hands of men; (23) and they will kill 23 him ; and tlie third day he will arise. And it saddened them much. And when they came to Capernaum, those who 24 receive the two drachmas'^ of capitation money came to Cephas, and said to him : Doth not your rabbi pay his two drachmas? (25) He said to 25 them, Yes. And when Cephas had entered the house, Jesus anticipated him and said to liim: How doth it appear to thee, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute and capitation money ? of their children, or of aliens ? (26) Simon said to him: Of aliens. Jesus said to 26 him : Then the children are free." (27) But still, 27 lest they be stumbled with us, go thou to tlie sea and cast in a fish-hook, and the fish that shall first come up, open its mouth, and thou wilt find a stater :f that take, and give for me and for thyself. In that hour the disciples approached Je- XVIII. sus, and said: Who is the greatest in the king- dom of heaven? (2) And Jesus called a child, 'i 2 and placed him in the midst of them, (3) and said : 3 Verily I su}^ to you, that unless ye be converted, and become lilcc children, ^^ ye will not enter the kingdom of heaven. (4) He therefore that shall 4 humble himself like this child, he will be great in the kingdom of heaven. (5) And he that shall 5 receive in my name [one who is] like to this child, he receiveth me. (B) And whosoever shall stum- 6 ble one of these little ones'" that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were suspended to his neck, and that he Avere sunk in the depths of the sea. (7) Woe to the world because of stum- 7 bling blocks!" For it must be, that stumbling blocks come. But, woe to the person by whose means the stumbling blocks come. (8) If then thy 8 hand or thy foot make thee stumble, cut it olY and cast it from thee: for it is good for thee to enter into life lame or mutilated, and not that, with two I hands or two feet, thou fall into eternal^ fire. ](9) And if thine eye make thee stumble, pluck it 9 MATTHEW, XVIII. out and cast it from thee : for it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, and not that, with two 10 eyes, thou fall into the helF of fire. (10) See that ye despise not one of these little ones ; for I say to you, That their angelssr in heaven, at all times, are beholding the face of my Father who is in heaven, 11 (11) For the Son of man, hath come to give life^ 12 to that which was lost.' (12) How doth it appear to you ? If a man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them should go astra}^, will he not leave the ninety and nine in the mountains, and 13 go and seek the one that strayed? (13) And if he find it, verily I say to 3'ou, that he rejoiceth in it, more than in the ninety and nine that did not 14 stray. (14) Just so, it is not the pleasure of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little onesk should perish. 1 15 Moreover, if thy brother commit an ofTence'" against thee, go and admonish him between thee and him only. If he hear thee, thou hast gained 16 thy brother. (16) But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word" may be established. 17 (17) And if he will also not hear them, tell [it] to the church." And if he will also not hear the church, let him be to thee as a publican and a 18 heathen.P (18) Verily I say to you, That whatever ye shall bindf on earth, shall be bound in heaven : and whatever ye shall unbind on earth, shall be 19 unbound in heaven. (19) Again I say to you, That if two of j^ou shall agree^ on earth concerning any thing that they sliall ask, it shall be to them* 20 from my Father who is in heaven. (20) For where two or three [are] assembled in my name, there [am] I in the midst of them. 21 Then Cephas"' approached him, and said to him. : My Lord, how many times, if my brother commit offence against me,^^ shall I forgive him? up to 22 seven times? (22) Jesus said to him: I do not say to thee, up to seven times, but up to seventy 23 times seven. (23) Therefore the . kingdom of heaven is like to some king, who wished to have 24 a reckoning with his servants. (24) And when he began to reckon, they brought to him one 25 debtor of ten thousand talents.^ (25) And as ho had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded i ' Sy. IjcO^ KSy. - Sy. ]^ ' Sy. jj^l ''Sy. ' Sy. r^h} - Sy. ■> Sy. ]JLd ^ Oie regular meeting. p or, profane man. ^ Sy. ^^mU ' or, accord, ' i. c. they shall have it. " Gr. Peter. - Sy. . Sy. ^jTiD 36 MATTHEW, XIX. about 15i cents each. Sy. liouse of prisoners. or, evil, had. or, words. him to be sold, him and his wife and his children, and all that he possessed, and payment to be made. (26) And that servant fell down and wor- 26 shipped him, and said: My lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee the whole. (27) And 27 his lord had compassion on that servant, and set him free, and forgave him his debt. (28) Then 28 that servant went out, and found one of his fellow- servants who owed him a hundred denarii. y And he laid hold of him and choked him, and said to him: Pay me what thou owest me. (29) And 29 that fellow-servant fell at his feet and entreated him, and said : Have patience with me, and I will pay thee the whole. (30) But he would not, but 30 went and cast him into prison,^ until he should pay him what he owed him. (31) And when 31 their fellow-servants saw what was done, it grieved them much ; and they came and made known to their lord all that had occurred. (32) Then his 32 lord called him, and said to him : Thou vile'' ser- vant ! Lo, I forgave thee that whole debt, because thou entreatedst of me : (33) oughtest not thou 33 also to have compassion on th}^ fellow-servant, as I had compassion on thee ? (34) And his lord 34 was angry, and delivered him over to the torturers, until he should pay all he owed him. (35) So 35 will my Father who is in heaven do to you, unless ye from your heart forgive each his brother his offence. And when Jesus had ended these dis- XIX. courses,"- he removed from Galilee, and came to the confines of Judaea on the other side of Jordan. (2) And great multitudes folio wed. after him, and 2 he healed them there. (3) And Pharisees came 3 to him, and tempted him and said: Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for eveiy cause? (4) And he answered and said to them : Have ye 4 not read, that he who made [them] at the begin- ning, made them a male and a female ? (5) And 5 he said : For this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife ; and they two shall be one flesh. (6) Wherefore 6 they were not two, but one flesh. What there- fore God hath united, let not man sunder. (7) 7 They say to him : AVhy then did Closes command MATTHEW, XIX. 37 to give u billb of divorce, and to put lier away? 8 (8) He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to divorce your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. 9 (9) And I sny to you, That whoever leaveth his wife not being an adulteress, and taketh^^ another, committeth adulter}'. And whoever taketh her 10 that is divorced, committeth adultery. (10) His disciples say to him : If such is the case between man and wife, it is not expedient to take a wife. 11 (11) But he said to them: Not every one is ca- pable of that thing, 'J but he only to whom it is 12 given. (12) For there are some eunuchs, born so from their mother's womb ; and there are some eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men ; and there are some eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that can be contented let him be contented. 13 Then they brought children^ to him, that he might lay his hand upon them and pray. And 1-1 his disciples rebuked them. (14) But Jesus said to them : Allow children to come to me, and for- bid them not; for of those that are like them is 15 the kingdom of heaven. (15) And he laid his hand upon them, and departed from there. 16 And one came, drew near, and said to him : Good Teacher, f what good thing must I do, that 17 eternal life may be mine? (17) And he said to him : Why callest thou me good ? There is none good, except one, [namely,] God. But if thou wouldst enter into life,? keep the commandments.^ 18 (18) He said to him. Which? And Jesus said to him: Thou shalt not kill ; and thou shalt not com- mit adultery ; and tliou shalt not steal ; and thou 19 shalt not bear false testimony; (19) and honor thy father and thy mother; and thou shalt love thy 20 neighbor as thyself. (20) The young man saith to iiim : All these have I kept from my childhood. 21 What do I lack? (21) Jesus saith to him: If thou desirest to be perfect,' go, sell thy property, and give to the poor; and there shall be^ for thee a treasure in heaven ; and come thou after me. 22 (22) And the young man heard that speech, ^ and he went away in sadness; for he had much proper- 23 ty. (23) And Jesus said to his disciples : Verily I say to you, It is difficult for a rich man to enter ■' or, xcriting. or, marricth. ''or, word. Sy-llX^ P Sy. ].»_K. '■ Sy. IJj.COS • Sy. 1;^!^ ^ or, thou shalt have. ' or, word. 38 MATTHEW, XX. '" Sy. can live. ° Gr. Peler. ° or, shall be to us? r Sy. Mr- ' or, rule. * %• li^?, about 15 J cents. '' About 9 A. M. ' Noon, and 3 P.M. '' About 5 r. M. eSy. 24 25 20 30 into tlio kingdom of heaven. (24) And again, I say to you : It is easier for a camel to enter tlic aperture of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. (25) And when the disci- ples heard [it], they wondered greatly, and said: Who then can attain to life !"» (26) Jesus looked 26 on them, and said to them: "With men this is not practicable, but with God every thing is practi- cable. (27) Then answered Cephas," and said to 27 him : Lo, we have forsaken every thing, and come after thee: what therefore shall we receive?" (28) 28 JesLis said to them : Verily I say to you, that, as for you who have followed me, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory in the new world, P ye also shall sit on twelve seats, and shall judge"" the twelve tribes of Israel. (29) And every man that relinquisheth houses, or brothers or sisters, of father or mother, or wife or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.^ (30) But there are many first who shall be last, and last [who shall be] first. (XX.) For the kingdom XX, of heaven is like a man, the lord of a house, who went out, at dawn of day, to hire laborers for his vineyard. (2) And he contracted with the labor- 2 ers for a denarius^' a day: and sent them into his vineyard. (3) And he went out at the third hour,^ 2 and saw others standing idle in the market-place : (4) and lie said to them, Go ye also into my vine- 4 yard, and what is right I will give you ; (5) and {; they went. And again he went out at the sixth and ninth hours, *= and did the same. (6) And about the eleventh hour,'^ he went out and found others who were standing and idle ; and he said to them : Why stand ye all the day, and are idle ? (7) They say to him, Because no one hath hired us. lie saith to them: Go ye also into the vine- yard ; and what is right ye shall receive. (8) And wh(!n it was evening, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward :<= Call the laborers, and give them their wages ; and commence with the last, and proceed to the first. (9) And those of the eleventh hour came, and received each a denarius. (10) And when the first came, they supposed they should receive more ; but they also received each a denarius. (1 1) And when they received [it]. 6 9 10 11 MATTHEW, XX. 39 they murmured against the lord of the house, 12 (12) and said : These last have labored but one hour, and thou hast made them equal with us who liave borne the burden of the day and the heat of it, (13) But he answered, and said to one of them: M}^ friend, I do thee no injustice: was it not for a denarius that thou didst contract with me? (14) Take Avhat belongeth to tliee, and go : for I am disposed to give to this last, as to thee. (15) Is it not lawful for me, to do what I please with what belongeth to me ; or is thy eye evil,^ be- cause I am good?s (16) Thus the "last shall be first, and the first last : for the called are many, but the chosen are few. ' And Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem : and he took his twelve disciples aside, on the way, and said to them : (18) Behold, we arc going to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered- up to the chief priestsii and to the Scribes, and tliey will condemn him to death. (19) And they will de- liver him over to the Gentiles:' and they will mock him, and will scourge him, and will crucify him ; and the third day, he will arise. (20) Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children, she and her sons; and she worshipped him, and asked something from him. (21) And he said to her, What desirest thou? She said to him : Say, that these my two sons shall sit, the one on thy right hand and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom. 22 (22) Jesus answered and said : Ye know not what ye ask for. Can ye drink of the cup, of which I am to drink? or be baptized!^ with the baptism,' that I am baptized with? They sa}^ to liim: We 23 can. (23) He saith to them: Ye will [indeed] drink of my cup, and will be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with : but that ye should sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give, except to those for whom it is prepared by my 24 Father. (21) And when the ten heard [it], they 25 were angry against the two brothers. (25) And Jesus called them, and said to them : Ye know that the princes'" of the nations are their lords, and their great men" exercise authority over them. 26 (26) Not so shall it be among you. But whoever among you desireth to be great, let him be to 27 you, a ministerer :» (27) and whoever among you 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ' ]. e. envious. s i. e. ffenerous. Sy. ]CnV^s\ ■^ Sy. ^,vns; ' Sy. "Sy, "Sy. 'Sy. 40 MATTHEW, XXL Sy. 1,0V. Sy. |j_o5a£3 Sy. gave voice. > Sy. '' or, 7iear to. ' Sy. ff mulli- tude of throngs. <• Sy. jj-L^ol ' i. p. places, or ■ Sy. U^Vo ■Sy. •^ Sy. ]j.g^\k? Sy. •" or, might, abiiUij. " Sy. "Sy. jioakij,; Gr. vofji-off. I P Sy. ]i g^\Vn they might ensnare him in discourse/ (16) And 16 they sent to him their disciples, with domestics of Herod,!? and said to him: Teacher, ^ we know that thou art veracious, and teachest the way of God with truth, regardless of man, for thou hast no respect of persons. (17) Tell us, therefore, how 17 doth it appear to thee : is it lawful to pay cajiita- tion money to Caesar, or not? (18) But Jesus knew 18 their wickedness, and said: Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? (19) Show me a denarius of the 19 capitation money. And they brought to him a denarius. (20) And Jesus said to them : Whose 20 is this image and inscription? (21) They say, 21 Caesar's. He saith to them : Give then Cciesar's things to CiBsar, and God's things to God. (22) 22 And when they heard [it] the}^ were surprised : and they left him, and went awa}'. The same day came Sadducees, and said to him : 23 There is no life of the dead.' And they questioned him, (2-1) and said to him: Teacher ;k Moses com- 2-1 manded us, that if a man should die childless, his brother must take his wife and raise up seed to his brother. (25) Now there were with us seven 25 brothers. The lirst took a wife, and deceased ; and, as he had no children, he left his wife to his bro- ther. (26) In like manner also the second, and 26 the third, and up to the whole seven. (27) And 27 after them all, the woman also herself died. (28) 28 In the resurrection,! therefore, to which of those seven will she be the wife ? For they all had taken her? (29) Jesus answered, and said to them: Ye 29 do err, from not kncjwing the scriptui'cs, nor the power™ of God. (30) For in the resurrection of the 30 dead, they do not take wives, nor are Avives given to husbands; but they are as the angels of God in heaven. (31) But as to the resurrection of the dead, 31 have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, who said: (32) I am the God of Abraham, the 32 God of Isaac, the God of Jacob? Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living. (33) And 33 when the multitude heard [it] they were astonished at his doctrine." And when the Pharisees heard that he had put 34 the Sadducees to silence, they assembled together ; (35) and one of them, who was expert in the law," 35 to tempt him, inquired : (36) Teacher,? which is the 36 MATTHEW, XXIII. 45 37 great command in the law ?'" (37) Jesus said to him : Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, ^ and 38 with all thy mind.t (38). This is the great and first 39 command. (39) And the second, which is like it, 40 is. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. (40) On these two commands hang the law^ and the 41 prophets. (41) And while the Pharisees were 42 assembled, Jesus questioned them, (42) and said: What say ye respecting the Messiah ? Whose son is he? They say to him; The son of David. 43 (43) He saith to them : How then doth David, by 44 the Spirit, call him Lord ? for he said : (44) The Lord said to my Lord, Seat thj'self at my right hand, until I place thy enemies under thy feet. 45 (45) If David then call him Lord, how is he his 46 son? (46) And no one was able to give him an answer? And from that da}", no one dared to question him. XXIII. Then Jesus conversed with the multitude 2 and with his disciples, (2) and said to them : The Scribes and Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses. 3 (3) AVhatever therefore they tell you to observe, that observe and do. But according to their deeds, 4 practise ye not: for they say, and do not. (4) They tie up heavy burdens, and lay [them] on men's shoulders ; but will not themselves touch 5 them with their finger. (5) And all their works they do, to be seen of men : for they make their phylacteries^' broad, and extend the fringes^ of 6 their garments. (6) And they love the highest couches at suppers, <= and the highest seats in the 7 synagogues, (7) and the greeting in the market . places, and to be addressed by men with Eabbi.'^ 8 (8) But be not ye called Eabbi ; for one is your 9 Eabbi, and ye are all brethren. (9) And ye shall not call yourselves Father^ on earth ; for one is 10 your Father, who is in heaven. (10) And be ye not called guides ;f for one is your Guide, the 11 Messiah. (11) And the great one among you will 12 be your servitor, » (12) For whoever shall exalt himself, will be abased : and whoever shall abase himself, will be exalted. 13 Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye devour the houses of widows, under the dis- ■■ Sy. ]mnVny Gr. vofjioj. ' or, strength. ' or, reason. ^ Sy. lA.5ol, the Pentateuch. Sy. ' Sy. lAliZ or, dinners. Sy. ^x^j Sy. H Sy. IjfLylD, Lat. duces. : Sy. 46 MATTHEW, XXIIl. Sy. "JJOJL (JTl ^ ■^ Ol^ ^ Sy. a debtor. Sy. a d.hlor. Sy. ],£DCiLQJ guise of protracting your prayers. Therefore ye shall receive greater condemnation. (14) Woe to 14 you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites : for ye hold the kingdom of heaven closed before men ; for ye enter not yourselves, and those that would enter ye suffer not to enter. (15) Woe to you, Scribes 15 and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye traverse sea and land to make one proselyte ;h and when he is gain- ed, ye make him a child of hell' twofold more than yourselves. (16) Woe to you, ye blind guides: 16 for ye sa}'-, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold that is in the temple, he is holden.^^ (17) Ye fools, 17 and blind : for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? (18) And, v/ho- 18 ever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing: but whoever shall swear by the oblation upon it, he is holden.i (19) Ye fools, and blind : for Avhich is 19 greater, the oblation, or the altar that sanctifieth the oblation? (20) He therefore who sweareth by 20 the altar, SAvcareth by it, and by all that is upon it. (21) And he who sweareth by the temple, sweareth 21 by it, and by him that dwelleth in it. (22) And 22 he who sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth on it. (23) 23 Woe to 3'-ou, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites : for ye tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and omit the graver [matters] of the law,'" judgment, and mercy, and fidelity: these ought ye to do, and those not to omit. (24) Ye blind guides, who 24 strain out gnats, and swallow down camels. (25) 25 Woe to you. Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, while within they are full of rapine and wicked- ness. (26) Ye blind Pharisees, cleanse first the 20 inside of the cup and dish, that their outside may be clean also. (27) Woe to you, Scribes and Phari- 27 sees, hypocrites : for ye are like whitcd sepulchres, which appear comely without, but arc within full of bones of the dead and all impurity. (28) So ye 28 also, outwardly, appear to men as righteous;" but witliin, ye are full of iniquity and hypocrisy. (29) 29 Woe to you. Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites : for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and ye adorn the sepulchres of the righteous; (30) and ye say: SO If we liad been in the days of our fathers, we MATTHEW, XXIV. 47 would not have been participators with them in 31 the blood of the prophets. (31) Wherefore ye are witnesses, against yourselves, that ye are the 32 children of them that killed the prophets. (32) And as for you, fill ye up the measure of your 33 fathers. (33) Ye serpents, ye race of vipers: how 3-1 can ye escape the condemnation of hell?" (31) Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of whom ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute them from 35 city to city : (35) so that on you may come all the blood of the righteous, which hath been shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah,P son of Barachiab, whom 36 ye slew between the temple and the altar. (36) Verily I say to you, that all these things will 37 come upon this generation. (37) 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee : how often would I liave gathered thy children, as a hen gathereth her 3^oung under her wings, and ye would not. 38 (38) Behold, your house is left to you desolate ! 39 (39) For I say to you. That ye shall not see me henceforth, until ye shall say : Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. XXIY. And Jesus passed out of the temple to go away : and his disciples came to him, showing him 2 the structure^ of the temple. (2) And he said to them: See ye not all these? Verily I say to you, There will not be left here a stone upon a 3 stone, that is not demolished. (3) And as Jesus sat on the mount of Olives, his disciples came, and said between themselves and him : Tell us when these things are to be ; and what will be the sign of thy coming, b and of the consummation of the 4 world.''- (4) Jesus answered and said to them: 5 Take heed, that no one deceive you. (5) For many will come in my name, and will say, I am 6 the Messiah: and they will deceive many. (6) And ye are to hear of conflicts, and the rumor of battles. See that ye be not disquieted : for all these things must come ; but the consummation is 7 not yet. (7) For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom ; and there will be 'Sy. Sy. Oil 1 1 O Sy. ^A^Z]iD Sy. ]vn\s 48 MATTHEW, XXIV. " Sy. "Uj <= Sy. ]Vn\v ' Sy. Ik^dj s Sy. ]Vo\s '■Sy.loOl'Ujo 8 9 10. 11 12 flimines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places. (8) But all these are only the commence- ment of sorrows. (9) And they will deliver you up to tribulation, and will kill you : and ye will be hated by all nations, on account of my name. (10) Then many will be stumbled : and they will hate one another, and will betray one another. (11) And many false prophets will rise up ; and they will deceive many. (12) And on account of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many will de- cline. (18) But he that shall persevere to the end, 13 will have life.^ (14) And this announcement of 14 the kingdom shall be published in all the world,e for a testimony to all nations: and then will come the consummation.^ (15) And when ye see the abominable sign of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place ; then let the reader consider ; (16) and then let them who are in Judaea, flee to the mountain : (17) and let him who is on the roof, not come down to take what is in his house : (18) and let him who is in the field, not return back to take his clothing. (19) But woe to those with child, and 19 to them that are nursing, in those days. (20) And 20 pray ye, that your flight be not in winter, or on the sabbath. (21) For there will then be great distress, such as hath not been from the commence- ment of the world, & until now, and wall not be. (22) And unless those days should be cut short, no 22 flesh would remain alive. *> But, for the elect's sake, those days will be cut short. (23) Then, if 23 any one shall say to you, Lo, the Messiah is here, or is there ; give no credence. (24) For there will arise false Messiahs, and mendacious prophets ; who will exhibit great signs, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect. (25) Behold, I have told you beforehand. (26) If therefore they say to you. Behold, he is in the desert; go not out: or, Behold, he is in a secret chamber ; give no credence. (27) As the lightning cometh out of the cast, and 27 shineth unto the west, so will be the coming of the Son of man. (28) And wherever the carcass may be, there will the eagles be congregated. (29) And immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not show her light, and the stars Avill fall fi'om heaven, and 15 16 17 18 21 24 25 26 28 29 MATTHEW, XXIV. 49 30 the powers' of heaven will be agitated. (30) And then will be seen the signal^^ of the Son of man in heaven: and then will all the tribes of the earth moarn, when' they see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 31 (31) And he will send his angels with a great trumpet, and they will collect together his elect from the four winds, from one extremity of heaven 32 to the other. (32) And learn ye an illustration"' from the fig-tree. As soon as its branches become tender and its leaves shoot forth, ye know that 33 summer is coming on. (33) So also ye, when ye perceive all these things, know ye, that he is nigh 31 [even] at the door. (34) Verily I say to you, Thaf this generation'! shall not pass away, till all these 35 things shall he. (35) Heaven and earth will pass 36 away; but my words° shall not pass away. (36) But of that day and of that hour, knoweth no man, nor even the angels of heaven, but the Father only. 37 (37) And as the days of Noah, so will the coming 38 of the Son of man be. (38) For as, before the flood,? they were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving to husbands, up to the day that 39 Noah entered the ark/ (39) and knew not, until the flood came and took them all away; so will 40 the coming of the Son of man be. (40) Then will two [men] be in the field ; the one will be taken, 41 and the other left. (41) Two [women] will be grinding at the mill ; the one taken, and the other 42 left. (42) Watch, therefore, since ye know not at 43 what hour your Lord cometh. (43) But know this, that if the lord^ of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have been aAvake, and would not have suffered his house 44 to be broken into. (44) Therefore, be ye also ready ; for at an hour ye do not expect, the Son of 45 man will come. (45) Who then, is that faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath placed over his domestics,* to give them their food in its time? 46 (46) Happy is that servant, whpm, when his lord 47 shall come, he will find so doing. (47) Verily I say to you. He will place him over all that he hath. 48 (48) But if that servant, being wicked, shall say in 49 his heart. My lord delayeth his coming ; (49) and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall be 50 eating and drinking with drunkards ; (50) the lord or, armies. ^ Sy. "[...aj or, and they will. Sy.UU £i or, race, o Sy. .,\V) Sy. "[j^a^ Sy. ]JaD or, master. 'Sy. 50 MATTHEW, XXV, Sy. likened to. or, power. or, olliers. of that servant will come in a day he will not ex- pect, and in an hour he knoweth not, (51) and will 51 cut him asunder, and will assign him his portion with the hypocrites : there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then may the kingdom of heaven be XXV, shadowed=i forth by ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and bride. (2) And five of them were wise, and five 2 were foolish, (3) And the foolish took their 3 lamps, but took no oil with them, (4) But the 4 wise took oil in vessels, with their lamps. (5) And 5 while the bridegroom delayed, they all became sleepy and fell asleep. (6) And at midnight there 6 was an outcry : Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; go yo out to meet him, (7) Then all those virgins 7 arose, and trimmed their lamps. (8) And the 8 foolish said to the wise : Give us of your oil ; for, behold, our lamps have gone out. (9) The wise 9 answered and said^ [We mnst refuse,] lest there should not be enough for us and for you: but go ye to them that sell, and buy for yourselves, (10) And while they went to buy, the bridegroom 10 came; and they that were ready, went with him into the house of the nuptials, and the door was shut, (11) And at length came also the other 11 virgins, and said: Our lord, our lord, open to us. (12) But he answered, and said to them: Verily 12 I say to you, I know you not. (13) Watch, there- 13 fore, seeing ye know not the day nor the hour. (14) For, as a man that took a journey, called his 14 servants and delivered to them his property : (15) to one he gave live talents; to another, two; 15 ana to another, one : to each, according to his ability:^ and he immediately departed. (16) Then 16 he that received live talents, went and traded with them, and gained five more.^ (17) And likewise the one of two [talents], by trading gained two more. (18) But he that received one, went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. (19) And after a long time, the lord of those ser- vants came, and received account from them. (20) And he who had received the five talents, 20 came and brought five others ; and said, My lord, thou gavcst me five talents ; behold, I have gained 17 18 19 MATTHEW, XXV. 51 21 by trading five more to tliem. (21) His lord said to him: Well donel^ good and feitliful servant: thou hast been faithful with a little; I will set thee over much: enter thou into the joy of thy 22 lord. (22) And he of the two talents came, and said : My lord, thou gavest me two talents ; be- hold, I have by trading gained two more to them. 23 (23) His lord said to him : Well done ! good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful with a little ; I will set thee over much : enter thou into 24: the joy of thy lord. (21) And he also that re- ceived the one talent, came and said : My lord, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not soAved, and gathering where 25 thou hast not scattered ; (25) and I was afraid, and I went and hid thy talent in the earth. Behold, 26 thou hast what is thine. (26) His lord answered, and said to him : AVicked and slothful servant ! Thou knewest me, that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not scattered ! 27 (27) Thou oughtest to have cast my money into the exchange;*' and I might have come and de- 28 manded my property with its interest.^' (28) Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him 29 that hath ten talents.. (29) For, to him that hath, shall be given, and he shall have more ; but from him that hath not, even what he hath shall be 30 taken away, (30) And cast ye the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness : there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 31 And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then will 32 iie sit upon the throne of his glory. (32) And before him will be gathered all nations ; and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd 33 severeth the sheep from the goats. (33) And he will place the sheep on his right hand, and the 31 goats on his left. (31) Then will the king say to those on his right hand : Come, ye blessed of my Father ; inherit the kingdom that Avas prepared for 35 you from the foundation of the world. s (35) For I was hungry, and ye gave me food ; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink ; I was a stranger, and ye 36 took me home ; (36) I was naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in 37 prison,h and ye came to me. (37) Then will the <" Sy. Qui = Eu! Sy. "IjoAa Sy. OlALlLJ GSy. ]Vn\v •> or, house of prisoners. 52 MATTHEW, XXVI. »> Sy. |jl>j •■ Sy. "jg^in righteous say to him: Oar Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? (38) And when «aw we thee a 38 stranger, and took thee home? or naked, and ch)thed thee? (39) And when saw we thee sick, 89 or in prison, and came to thee? (40) And the 40 king will answer, and say to them: Verily I say to 3''ou, That inasmuch as ye did so to one of tlicse my little brothers, ye did so to me. (41) Then will 41 he say also to them on his left hand: Go from me, ye accursed, into everlasting' lire, which was prepared for the Calumniator'' and his angels. (42) For I was hungry, and ye gave me no food ; 42 and I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; (43) and I was a stranger, and ye took me not 43 home ; and I was naked, and ye clothed me not ; and I was sick and in prison, and ye did not visit mc. (44) Then will they also answer and say: 44 Our Lord, when saw we. thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? (45) Then will he an- 45 swer, and say to them : Verily I say to you, That inasmuch as ye did not so to one of these little ones, ye did not so to me. (40) And these will go 46 into everlasting torment,' and the righteous into everlastinij; life.'" And it came to pass, when Jesus had con- XXVI eluded all these discourses, that he said to his dis- ciples: (2) Ye know that after two days is the passover;=i and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. (3) Then assembled the chief priests and the Scribes and the PJlders of the people, at the hall of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.'' (4) And they held a counsel against Jesus, that they might take him by guile, and kill him. (5) But they said : Not on the festival, lest there be a com- motion among the people. (6) And when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, (7) there came to him a woman having a vase of 7 aromatic ointment very precious, and she poured it on the head of Jesus as he was reclining. (8) And 8 when Ins disciples saw [it] they were displeased, and said: Why is this waste? (9) For this [oint- 9 ment] might have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor. (10) But Jesus knew 10 2 MATTHEW, XXVI. 53 [their dissatisfaction], and said to them: Why ti-ouble ye the woman? She hath performed a 11 good deed towards me. (11) For the poor ye have at all times with you; but I am not witli you 12 always. (12) And this her act, pouring the oint- ment on my body, she hath done as it were for my 13 burial. (13) Verily I say to you, That wherever this my gospel^ shall be proclaimed, in all the world, '^ this thing that she hath done shall be told for a memorial of her. 14 Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, 15 went to the chief priests, (15) and said to them : What will ye give me, if I will deliver him to you? And they promised him thirty pieces of silver. 16 (It)) And from that time he sought opportunity to 17 betray him. (17) And on the first day of unleav- ened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, and said to him: Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee 18 to eat the passover? (18) And he said to them: Go ye into the city, to such^ a man, and say to him: Our Rabbi saith. My time approaches: with thee will I keep the passover with my disciples. 19 (19) And his disciples did as Jesus directed them, 20 and made ready the passover. (20) And when it was evening, he reclined with bis twelve disciples. 21 (21) And as they were eating, he said: Verily I say to vou. That one of you will betray me. 22 (22) And it troubled them much. And they began each one of them to say to him; My Lord, 23 is "it I ? (23) And he answered and said : One that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he will 24 betray me. (24) And the Son of man goeth, as it is written of him : but woe to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had not been born. 25 (25) Judas the betrayer answered and said: Rabbi, is it I? Jesus said to him: Thou hast said. 26 (26) And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake ; and gave to his disciples, 27 and said: Take, eat; this is my body.f (27) And he took the cup, and offered thanks ; and gave [it] to them, saying : Take, drink of this all of you. 28 (28) This is my 'blood of the new testament,? which, in behalf of many, is shed for the remission of sins. 29 (29) But I say to you, that I will henceforth not drink of this product^ of the vine, until the day in Sy. Sy. Sy.^ Sy. Sy. Sy. 54 MATTHEW, XXVI. or, stumbled. ^ Gr. Peter. Sy. VQca, ^ Sy. .j..ft.e^,a Sy.U. 0> Sy. spoke. 80 31 32 which I shall drink it with you new in the king- dom of God. And they sang praises, and went forth to the moant of Olives. (31) Then said Jesus to them : Ye will all be offended' in me this night ; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of his flock will be dispersed. (32) But after I am arisen, I will go before you into Galilee. (33) Ce- 33 phas^^' replied, and said to him: Though all men should be offended in thee, I will never be offended in thee. (34) Jesus said to him : Verily I say to 34 thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou wilt thrice deny me. (35) Cephas said to him : If 35 I were to die with thee, I would not deny thee: and so also said all the disciples. Then came Jesus with them to a place called 36 Gethsemane:' and he said to his disciples, Sit yc here, while I go and pra3^ (37) And he took Ce- 37 phas and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be dejected and sorrowful. (38) And he said to 38 them: There is anguish in my soul,"" even unto death. Wait for me here; and watch with me. (39) And retiring a little, he fell on his face, and 39 prayed, and said : My Father, if it can be so, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I choose, but as thou. (40) And he came to his disciples, and 40 found them asleep: and he said to Cephas: So! could ye not watch with me one hour? (41) Wake 41 ye, and pray, lest ye fall into temptation. The mind" is prepared, but tlie body is infirm. (42) Again he went away the second time, and 42 prayed, and said : j\[y Father, if it cannot be that this cup pass, except I drink it, thy will be done. (43) And he came again and found them sleeping, 43 for their eyes were heavy. (44) And he left them, 44 and went again and prayed the third time, and used° the same language. (45) Then he came to 45 his disciples, and said to them : Sleep on now, and take rest. Behold, the hour is come : and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners, (46) Arise, let us go. Behold, he that betray eth 46 me hath come. (47) And while he was yet speak- 47 ing, lo, Judas the betrayer, one of the twelve, arrived; and a great multitude with liim, with swords and clubs, from the ])resence of the chief priests and ciders of the people. (48) And Judas 48 MATTHEW, XXVI. 65 the betrayer had given them a sign, saying : He it 49 is, Avhom I shall kiss: him seize ye. (49) And forthwith he approached Jesns, and said: IIail,P 50 Kabbi ; and kissed him. (50) And Jesus said to him : My friend, is it for this thou hast come ? Then they came up, and laid their hands on Jesus, 51 and took him. (51) And lo, one of them with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off 52 his ear, (52) Then Jesus said to him : Keturn the sword to its place ; for all they that take swords, 53 shall die by swords. (53) Supposest thou that I cannot ask of my Father, and he noAv assign me 54 more than twelve legions of angels? (54) But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, that 55 thus it must be ? (55) At that time Jesus said to the multitude: Have ye come out, as against a cut-throat, with swords and clubs, to take me? I daily sat with you, and taught in the temple, and 56 3'e did not apprehend me, (56) And this occurred, that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled. 57 And they who apprehended Jesus carried him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the Scribes and 58 Elders were assembled. (58) And Simon Cephas'" followed after him at a distance, unto the high priest's hall, and entered, and sat with the servants 59 within, that he might see the issue. (59) And the chief priests and the Eklers and the whole assem- bly sought for witnesses against Jesus, that they 60 might put him to death ; (60) and found them not. And many flilse witnesses came ; and at last, two 61 came forward, (61) and said: This man said, I can destroy the temple of God, and in three days re- 62 build it, (62) And the high priest rose up and said to him: Hespondest thou nothing? What do 63 these testify against thee? (63) And Jesus was silent. And the high priest answered, and said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Messiah, the Son of 64 God. (64) Jesus saith to him : Thou hast said. And I say to you, That hereafter ye will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, « Qo and coming on the clouds of heaven. (65) Then the high priest rent his clothes, and said : Behold, he hath blasphemed! Why therefore should we p Sy. s^\ « o^J ■• Gr. Peter. or, might. 56 MATTHEW, XXVII. seek for witnesses? BeliolJ, ye have now heard his blasphemy. (QG) What is your pleasure?' 6Q They answered and said: He is liable^ to death. ' or, opijiion. ^ or, obnoxious. '^ Gr. Peter. or, immediate- ly. Sy. Gr. »)y£ja6va. '' Sy. place of ojjferings. •= Sy. {167) Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him ; 67 ana others smote him, (68) and said to him 68 Prophesy to us, thou Messiah, who is it smote thee? And Cephas^ was sitting without in the hall, 69 and a certain maid approached him, and said to him: Thou also wast with Jesus the Nazarean. (70) But he denied [it] before them all, and said : 70 I know not what thou sayest. (71) And as he 71 went out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them : This man was also there with Jesus the Nazarean. (72) And again he denied, 72 with oaths : I know not that man. (73) And a 73 little after, those standing [there] came up and said to Cephas : Certainly, thou too art one of them ; and thy speech maketli thee manifest. (74) Then 74 he began to imprecate, and to swear, I know not that man. And in that hour"^ the cock crew. (75) And Cephas remembered the declaration of 75 jesus, who said to him: Before the cock croweth, thou wilt three times deny me. And he went out, and wept bitterly. And when it was morning, the chief priests XXYII. and the ciders of the people held a council against Jesus, how they might put him to death. (2) And 2 they bound him, and carried him and delivered him up to Pilate, the president.=^ Then Judas the betrayer, when he saw that Jesus 3 was condemned, repented. And he went and re- turned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders ; (4) and said : I have sinned, by 4 betraying innocent blood. And they said : What is that to us ? See to it thyself, (5) And he cast 5 down the silver in the temple, and retiring, went and strangled himself (6) And the chief priests 6 took up the silver, and said: It is not lawful to put it into the treasury, i^ because it is the price of blood. (7) And they took counsel, and bought 7 with it the potter's field, for a place to bury stran- gers. (8) Wherefore that field is called the field 8 of blood, '^ unto this day. (9) Then was fallilled 9 that which was spoken by the prophet, saying : I MATTHEW, XXVII. 57 10 11 12 18 took the thirty [shekels] of silver, the price of the precious one, which they of tlie children of Israel had sti})ulated ; (10) and I gave them for the pot- ter's field, as the Lord directed me. And Jesus stood before the president. And the president asked him, and said to him: Art thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him: Thou hast said. (12) And when the chief priests and elders accused him, he made no repl3\ (13) Then Pihite said to him : Hearest thou not how 14 much they testify against thee ? (1-4) But he gave him no answer, not even one word : and therefore 15 Pilate wondered greatly. (15) And at each festi- val, the president was accustomed to release to the 16 people one prisoner, such as they preferred. (16) And they had then in bonds a noted prisoner, called Bar Abas.Qj^, Gr. (3r,ij,a. i. e. Pilate. ? Sy. ]3^g£lID, from Greek. t> Sv. . Sy. ',.^j2i£dI Gr. (fifsTpa. 68 MATTHEW, XXVII. ^ Sy. V^\« Sy. ^^ ■Sy.U4^a:^, Gr. X^ifT&ci. " or, saved. ° or, save. him. (28) And they stripped him, and put on 28 hinj a scarlet mihtary cloak. (29) And they wove 29 a crown of thorns, and set it on his head, and Q^ut] a reed in his hand, and they bowed their knees before him, and mocked him, and said : Ilail,"^ thou king of the Jews. (30) And they spit 30 in his face, and took the reed, and smote him on his head, (31) And when they had mocked 31 him, they divested him of the cloak, and clothed him in his own garments, and led him out to be crucified. And as they went out, they found a man of 82 Cyreue whose name was Simon ; him they com- pelled to bear his cross, (33) And they came to 33 a place which is called Golgotha, ^ which is inter- preted a skull. (34) And they gave him to drink 3J: vinegar mixed with gall. And he tasted [it], and would not drink. (35) And when they had cruci- 35 fied him, they distributed his garments by lot,* (36) And they sat down, and watched him there. 36 (37) And they placed over his head the cause of 37 his death, in the writing : This is Jesus, the KING OF THE Jews. (38) And there were cruci- 38 fied with him two robbers, ^ the one on his right hand, and the other on liis left. — (39) And they 39 that passed by reviled him, and shook their heads, (4:0) and said: Destroyer of the temple, and 40 builder of it in three days, deliver thyself, if thou art the Son of God, and come down from the cross. (41) So also the chief priests mocked, with 41 the Scribes and Elders and Pharisees, (42) and 42 said : He gave life" to others, his own life he can- not preserve.^ If he is the king of Israel, let him now descend from the cross, and we will believe in him.f (43) He trusted in God ; let him rescue 43 him now, if he hath pleasure in him : for he said, * In the editions of 1815 and 1826 is the following note:— " According to some of the Greek copies, there is added, thus: that so mighl he fulfilled that, which was spoken Inj (he prophet David: They distributed mij gar- ments among them, and upon my vesture tliey cast the lot.'' This addition is not found in four of the most ancient editions of the Syriac New Testament, and it is put in the murgin of the more modern editions. It was doubtless a modern addiiioii to tlie Syriac New Testament, borrowed from the Greek. — Translator. t In some editions: that we may see, and believe in him. :\;atthew, XXVII. 59 44 I am the Son of God. (44) In like manner the maraiidersP also, that were crucified with him, 45 reproached him, — (45) And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land,"" until the 46 ninth hour. (46) And abont the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice and said : O God, 0 God ; 47 Avhj hast thou forsaken me ?* (47) And some of them that stood there, when they heard [it], said: 48 lie calleth for Elijah.^ (48) And immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to 49 drink. (49) But the rest said: Desist; we will 50 see if Elijah will come to rescue him. (50) Then Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up 51 his spirit. t — (51) And instantly, the curtain^ of the door of the temple was torn asunder, from the top to the bottom ; and the earth shook ; and the 52 rocks rived ; (52) and graves were opened ; and 53 many bodies of saints who slept, arose, (58) and came forth ; and, after his resurrection, entered into 54 the holy city, and appeared to many. (54) And the centurion, and they that were with him guarding Jesus, Avhen they saw the earthquake and the things that occurred, feared greatly, and 55 said : Verily, this was the Son of God. (55) And many women were there, looking on from a distance ; the same who had followed Jesus from 56 Galilee, and had ministered to him. (56) One of them was Mary of JMagdala, also Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's 57 children. (57) And when it was evening, there came a rich man of Ilamath,^ whose name was 58 Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. (58) This man went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. And Pihite directed the body to be 59 given him. (59) And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a winding-sheet of clean linen; 60 (60) and laid it in his new sepulchre,'' that was excavated in a rock. And he rolled a great stone against the door of the sepulchre, and departed: 61 (61) And there Avere present Mary of I\Iagdala, and the other Mary, Avho sat over against the 62 grave. — (62) And on the day that Avas next after or, earlli. Ilio. ' Sy. CiT-K»05 " ^y.face. Sy. 1ASd5 >= Sy. * Sy. *j_3An.O J |l.kl^ ^"1 ^1 ; 11, II, lembno shehdkihone 1 60 MATTHEW, XXVi;i. Sy. ^ Sy. said. Sy. :>qX. the pre[)arat.ion, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pihite, (68) and said to him: 63 Oar Lord, we remember that this deceiver said, while he wius alive, After three days, I shall arise. (64) Command, therefore, to guard the sepulchre, 64 uniil the third day ; lest his disciples come and steal him away by night, and say to the people, that he hath risen from the dead; and the last delusion be worse than the first. {65) Pilate said (jo to them: Ye have soldiers: go and guard it, as ye know how. (66) And they went and set a 66 guard to the sepulchre, and sealed the stone. And in the close^ of the sabbath, as the XXVIII. first [ila}-] of the week began to dawn, came Mary of Magdala and the other Mary, to view the sepulchre. — (2) And lo, there was a great 2 earthquake: for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat upon it. (8) And his 3 aspect was like the lightning; and his raiment white like snow: (4) and from fear of him 4 the keepers were astounded, and became as dead men. — (5) And the angel answered, and said to 5 the women : Be not ye afraid, for I know that ye seek Jesus who was crucified. (6) He is not 6 here ; for he is risen, as he predicted. '^ Come ye, see the place where our Lord was laid. (7) 7 And [then] go quickly, tell his disciples, that he is risen from the dead ; and lo, he precedeth you to Galilee; there will 3^e see him. Behold, I have told you. — (S) And they went quickly from the 8 sepulchre, with fear and great joj^, and ran to tell his disciples. (9) And lo, Jesus met them, and 9 said to them: Hail,<^ ye. And they came and clasped his feet, and worshipped him. (10) Then 10 Jesus said to them : Be not afraid ; but go, tell my brethren, that they go into Galilee, and there they will see nic. And while they were going, some of the guards 11 came into the city, and told the chief priests all that had occurred. (12) And they a.s.sembled with 12 the Elders, and held a council ; and they gave no little money to the guards, (13) and said to 13 them: Say ye, that his disciples came and stole him away by night, while we were asleep. (14) 14 MARK, I. 61 And if this should be reported before the Presi- dent, we will pacify him, and cause you not to 15 be troubled. (15) And they, having received the money, did as they were instructed. And this storyf^ is current among the Jews to this da3\ 16 And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 (17) And when they beheld him, they worshipped 18 him : but some doubted. (18) And Jesus came near, and discoursed with them, and said to them : All authority is given to me, in heaven and on earth. And as my Father sent me, so also I send 19 you. (19) Go ye, therefore, and instructe all na- tions; and baptize them in the name of the Father, 20 and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. (20) And teachf them to observe all that I have commanded you. And, behold, 1 am with you always, o unto the consummation of the world.'^ Amen. ComfAetion of the Holy Gospel'^ as published by Matthew ; and which he published in Hebrew,^ in the land of the Pales- tincans. Sy.lAlLD= saying. e Sy. OjIqXZ f Sy. 0 ^ V\ s Sy. all days. "Sy.jvnNs Sy. " Sy. ZuljjiiL vQ^^-V^-Jol Tlie Holy Gospel, the Anmmciatioii of Mark the Evangelist. I. The beginning of the gospel=i of Jesus the 2 Messiah, the Son of God. — (2) As it is written in Isaiah the prophet : Behold, I send my messenger 3 before thy face, who shall prepare thy way. (8) The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord ; make smooth 4 his paths. (4) John baptized in the wilderness, and proclaimed the baptism^ of repentance for the 5 remission of sins. (5) And there went out to him all the region^ of Judtea, and all the people^ of Jerusalem ; and he baptized them in the river 6 Jordan, while they confessed their sins. (6) And Sy. i-Sy. <= Sy. hOD, Gr. x^p«- ^ Sy. children. 62 "Sy. li^^ ' Sy. lZ-2^ e Sy. ^,£:,] •> Sy. or, teaching. MARK, I. this John was clad in raiment of camels' hair; and was girded with a cincture of skin about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. (7) And he proclaimed, and said: Behold, after 7 me cometh one more powerful than I, of whom I am not worthy to stoop and untie the fastenings of his shoes. (8) I have baptized 3''ou with water ; 8 but he will baptize you with the Iloly Spirit. And it occurred, in those days, that Jesus came 9 from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized in Jordan by John. (10) And immediately on his 10 coming from the water, he saw the heavens cleft, and the Spirit descending like a dove upon him. (11) And there was a voice from the heavens: 11 Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I delight. — (12) And directly the Spirit carried him into the 12 wilderness: (13) and he was there in the wilder- 13 ness forty days, being tempted by Satan. ^ And he was with the wild beasts ; and angels minis- tered to him. After John was delivered up, Jesus came into 1-1 Galilee, and proclaimed the tidings^ of the king- dom of God, (15) and said: The time is com- 15 pleted, and the kingdom of God is near. Eepent ye, and believe the tidings. — (16) And as he 16 walked near the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea, for the}'' were fishermen. (17) And Jesus said to 17 them : Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. (18) And immediately they left their 18 nets, and went after him. (19) And as he passed 19 on a little, he saw James the son of Zebedce,g and John his brother, who also were in a ship, and mending their nets. (20) And he called them : 20 and immediately they left Zebedee their father in the ship, with the hired servants, and Avent after him. And when they entered Capernaum,'' he im- 21 mediately taught on the sabbath in their syna,- gogues. (22) And they were astonished at his 22 doctrine ;' for he taught them, as having authority, and not as their Scribes. — (23) And in their 23 synagogue was a man, in whom was an unclean spirit; and he cried out, (24) and said: What 24 have we to do with thee? Jesus thou Nazarean. Hast thou come to destroy us ? I know thee, who MARK, I. 63 25 thou art, tlie Holy One of God. (25) And Jesus rebuked him, and said : Shut thy mouth, and 26 come out of him. (26) And the unclean spirit threw him down, and cried with a loud voice, and 27 came out of him. (27) And they were all amazed, and inquired one of another, and said: What is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority he commandeth the unclean spirits, and 28 they obey him. (28) And immediately his fame 29 spread^ into all the land of Galilee. — (29) And he retired from the synagogue, and entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. (30) And Simon's mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever: and they told him about her. (31) And he came, and took her hand, and raised her up ; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered to them. — (32) And in the evening, at the setting of the sun, they brought to him all them that were diseased, and demoniacs. (33) And all the city was collected- at the door. (34) And he healed many who labored under divers diseases, and cast out many demons ;i and he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him. And in the morning, he rose much before others, and retired to a solitary place, and there prayed. (36) And Simon and his associates'" sought for him. (37) And when they found him, they said to him : Every body" is seeking for thee. (38) And he said to them : Go into the adjacent vill%es and towns; for there also I will preach, because therefore have I come. (39) And he preached in all their synagogues, in all Galilee, and cast out demons. And a leper came to him, and fell at his feet, and entreated him, and said to him : If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. (41) And Jesus had compassion on him, and stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said : I will ; be thou clean. (42) And in that hour, his leprosy departed from him, and he became clean. (43) And he charged 44 him, and sent him away, (44) and he said to him: See that thou tell no person; but go, show thyself to the priests, and offer an oblation on account of thy purification, as Moses commanded, for a testi- 45 mony to them. (45) And he, as he went out, 30 31 .q9. S3 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 ^ Sy. went. Sy. "jol'j ■" or, those with Mm. " or, every one. 64 MARK, II. Sy-^AlLD Sy. spake. Sy. aT-Kj0}.O Sy. these ihinss. Sy. the eyes. Sy. -^ adll began to proclaim [it] much, and to divulge the matter;'^ so that Jesus could not openly go into the city, but was without, in desert places; and they came to him from every quarter. • And Jesus again entered into Capernaum, after II. some days. And when they heard that he was in the house, (2) many were assembled, so that [the 2 house] could not contain them, not even before the door. And he he]d=^ discourse with them. (3) And they came to him, and brought to him a 3 paralytic, borne between four persons. (4) And 4 as they could not come near him on account of the crowd, they ascended to the roof, and removed the covering of the place where Jesus was, and let down the bed on which the paralytic lay, (5) And 5 when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic: My son, thy sins are forgiven thee. (6) And there 6 were some Scribes and Pharisees -there, who sat and reasoned in their hearts : (7) Who is this speaking 7 blasphemy? Who can forgive sins, except God only ? (8) And Jesus knew, in his spirit,*' that they 8 thus reasoned in themselves ; and he said to them: Why reason ye thus'= in your heart? (9) Which 9 is the easier, to say to a paralytic. Thy sins are for- given thee ? or to say. Arise, take up thy bed, and walk? (10) But that ye may know that the Son 10 of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, — he said to the paralytic, (11) I say to thee, Arise, take 11 thy bed, and go to thy house. (12) And he arose 12 in that hour, took up his bed, and deparWd in presence^ of tliem all : so that they were all amazed, and praised God, saying : AVe never saw the like. And he went again to the sea; and all the multi- 13 tude came to him, and he taught them. (14) And 14 as he passed along he saw Levi the son of Alphe- us^ sitting among the publicans. And he said to him: Come after me. And he arose and went after him. — (15) And it was so, that as he reclined 15 in his [Levi's] house, many publicans and sinners reclined with Jesus and with his discij^les: for they were many, and they followed him. (16) And 16 when the Scribes and Pharisees saw that he ate with publicans and with sinners, they said to his disciples: Why doth he cat and drink with pub- licans and sinners? (17) When Jesus heard [it], 17 MARK, III. 65 he said to them : The healthy need not a physician, but those laboring under disease: I came, not to 18 call the righteous, but sinners. — (18) And the dis- ciples of John and of the Pharisees were fiisters ; and they came and said to him : AVhy are the dis- ciples of John and of the Pharisees fasters, and thy 19 disciples fast not? (19) Jesus said to them: Can the guests^' of the nuptial chamber fast so long as the 20 bridegroom is with them ? No. (20) But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from 21 them, and then they will fast, in that day. (21) No one taketli a patch of new cloth and seweth it upon an old garment, lest the supplemental new should take from the old, and the rent become the greater. 22 (22) And no one putteth new wine into old sacks, lest the wine burst the sacks, and the sacks be spoiled, and the wine spilled; but they put new 23 wine into new sacks. — (23) And it was so, that as Jesus on a sabbath walked in the tillage grounds, 21 his disciples walked and plucked the ears. (24) And the Pharisees said to him: See, how on the sabbath, 25 they do that which is not lawful ? (25) Jesus said to them : Have ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and his at- 26 tendants?& (26) How he entered the house of God, wlien Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Lord's table, which it was not lawful for any but priests to eat, and gave [it] also to those with 27 him? (27) And he said to them: The sabbath was made on man's account, and not man for the 28 sake of the sabbath. (28) Therefore also the Son of man is lord of the sabbath. III. And again Jesus entered into a synagogue. And there was a man there, whose hand was withered. 2 (2) And they watched him, that if he should heal 3 on the sabbath, they might accuse him. (5) And he said to the man of the withered hand : Stand up 4 in the midst. (-1) And he said also to them : Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to do evil? to give life to a person,^ or to destroy? But they 5 were silent. (5) And he looked on them with in- dignation, being grieved with the hardness of their heart. And he said to the man : Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched forth, and his hand was 6 restored. (6) And the Pharisees went out, that Sy. children. Sy. those with him. Sy.]. .2U 66 •" Sy. rebuked. E Sy. jjZ i- Sy. ' Sy. OUOOI ,_lD ■^ or, parabhs. MARK, III. very hour, witli the domestics of Herod, and held a consultation against him, how they might destroy hira. And Jesus retired Avitli his disciples to the sea. 7 And many people joined him from Galilee, and from Jud»a, (8) and from Jerusalem, and from 8 Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan, and from Tyre, and from Sidon: — great multitudes, when they heard all that he did, came to him. (9) And he 9 told his disciples to bring him a ship, on account of the multitude, lest they should crowd upon him. (10) For he had healed many, so that they rushed 10 upon him, in order to touch him. (11) And they 11 who were afflicted with unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down and cried out, and said : Tliou art the Son of God. (12) And he charged'* them 12 much, not to make him known. And he ascended a mountain, and called whom 13 he pleased ; and they came to him. (14) And he 11 chose twelve to be with him, whom he would send out to preach, (15) and who would have power to 15 heal the sick, and to cast out demons. (16) And to 16 Simon he gave the name of Cephas.*^ (17) And to 17 James the son of Zebedee and to John the brother of James, he gave the name of Boanerges,'' that is. Sons of thunder. (18) And [he chose also] An- 18 drew, and Philip, and Bartholomew,*' and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus,^ and Thaddeus,g and Simon the Canaanite, (19) And 19 Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. And they came to the house : (20) and the mul- 20 litude assembled again, so that they could not eat bread. (21) And his kinsmen^i heard, and went 21 out to take him ; for they said : He is out of his reason.' (22) And those Scribes that had come 22 down from Jerusalem, said : Beelzebub is in him ; and by the prince of demons he cxpelleth demons. (23) And Jesus called them, and said to them, by 23 similitudes -.^ How can Satan cast out Satan ? (2-4) For if a kingdom be divided against itself, 21 that kingdom cannot stand. (25) And if a house 25 be divided against itself, tliat house cannot stand. (26) And if Satan rise up against himself and be 26 divided, he cannot stand, but is at an end. (27) No 27 one can enter the house of a strong man, and plun- der his ;:(oods, unless he first bind the strong man ; MARK, IV. 67 28 and then he may rob his house. (28) Verily I say to you : All sins, and the blasphemies that men 29 may utter,' may be forgiven them: (29) but who- ever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, to him for ever™ there is no forgiveness ; but he is ob- 80 noxious" to eternal^ judgment. (30) Because they 31 had said: An unclean spirit is in him. — (31) And his mother and his brothers? came, and, standing 32 without, sent to call him to them. (32) And the multitude were sitting around him, and they said to him : Lo, thy mother and thy brothers, without, 33 call for thee. (33) He replied, and said to them : Who is my mother ? and who are my brothers ? 34 (34) And he looked upon those who sat by him, and said : Behold my mother ! and, behold my 35 brothers ! (35) For whoever shall do the pleasure of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and my mother. IV. And again he began to teach by the side of the sea. And great multitudes were assembled about • him ; so that he embarked and sat in a ship on the sea, and all the multitude stood on the land by the 2 side of the sea. (2) And he taught them much by similitudes.^ And in his teaching, he said: 3 (3) Hear ye : Behold a sower went forth to sow. 4 (4) And as he sowed, some [seed] fell on the side of the path ; and a bird came, and devoured it. 5 (5) And other [seed] fell on a rock, so that it had not much earth ; and it soon shot up, because it had 6 no depth of earth. (6) But when the sun was up, it wilted ; and because it had no root, it dried up. 7 (7) An4 other [seed] fell among thorns. And the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no 8 fruits. (8) And other [seed] fell on good ground, and came up, and grew, and yielded fruits ; some 9 thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred. (9) And he said : Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10 — (10) And when they were by themselves, those with him, together with the twelve, asked him 11 [concerning] this similitude.i^ (11) And Jesus said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them 12 without, all is in similitudes: (12) that when they see, they may see and not see, and when they hear, they may near and not understand; lest they ' Sy. blaspheme. " Sy. debtor. °Sy. V^\v\ P Sy. uaiQ_K»"| or, paraJjlea. ^ or, parable. 68 MARK, IV. Sy. doth come. Sy.fat. 0 or, parable. 13 14 15 16 should be converted, and their sins be forgiven them. (13) And he said to them: Do ye not understand this similitude ? And how will ye understand all similitudes? (14) The sower that sowed, sowed the word. (15) And those by the side of the path, are they in whom the word is sown ; and as soon as they have heard [it], Satan Cometh, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. (16) And those sown on the rock, are they who, when they hear the word, immedi- ately with joy receive it. (17) And they have no 17 root in them, but are temporary ; and when there is affliction or persecution on account of the word, they are quickly stumbled. (18) And those sown 18 among thorns, are they that hear the word, (19) 19 and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the residue of other lusts enter in, and choke the word, and it is without fruits. (20) 20 And those sown on good ground are they that hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruits, by thirties, and by sixties, and by hundreds. — (21) 21 And he said to them : Is a lamp broughf^ to be placed under a bushel, or under a bed ? Is it not to be placed on a light-stand? (22) For there is 22 nothing hid, which will not be exposed ; and nothing concealed, which will not be made mani- fest. (23) If any one have ears to hear, let him hear. — (24) And he said to them : Take heed Avhat ye hear: with what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you : and there shall more be given to you who hear. (25) For to him that hath, will 25 more be given ; and from him that hath not, even what he hath, will be taken from him. — (26) And 26 he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, (27) and should 27 sleep and rise, by night and by day, and the seed should grow and shoot up, he knoweth not how. (28) For the earth bringeth forth the fruit ; first 28 the plant, and subsequently the ear, and at last the complete wheat in the car. (29) And when the fruit is ripe,'^ immediately cometh the sickle, be- cause the harvest hath arrived. — (30) And he said : To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? and with what similitude^ shall we compare it? (31) It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown in the earth, is the least of all seeds sown 23 24 29 30 31 MARK, V. 69 32 on the earth ; (32) and when it is sown it spring- eth np, and becometh greater than all herbs, and produceth great branches, so that birds can lodge 33 under its shadow. — (33) And by many such similitudes, — similitudes such as they could hear, 34 — Jesus discoursed with the people. (34) And without similitudes he did not converse with them: but to his disciples, between himself and them, he explained every thing. 35 And he said to them, the same day at evening: 36 Let us pass over to the other side. (36) And they sent away the multitudes : and they conducted him in the ship as he was. And there were also 37 with liim other little ships. (37) And there was a great tempest and wind : and the waves beat upon 38 the ship, and it was near being filled. (38) And Jesus was asleep on a pillow in the hinder part of the ship. And they came and awoke him, and said to him: Our Rabbi, carest thou not, that we 39 perish? (39) And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Cease; be still. And 40 the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. (40'^ And he said to them : Why were ye so fearful r 41 and why have ye not faith ? (41) And they feared with great fear: and they said, one to another: Who is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him ! V. And he came to the other side of the sea, to the 2 country of the Gadarenes.^ (2) And as he went out of the ship, there met him from the place of sepul- 3 chres a man in whom was an unclean spirit.'' (3) And he dwelt in the place of sepulchres ; and no 4 one could confine him with chains: (4J because, as often as he had been confined with tetters and chains, he had broken the chains and burst the 5 fetters : and no one could subdue him. (5) And continually, b}'' night and by day, he was in the place of sepulchres, and cried and wounded himself 6 with stones. (6) And when he saw Jesus at a 7 distance, he ran and worshipped him; (7) and cried with a loud voice, and said : What have I to do Avith thee, Jesus, thou Son of the High God ? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. 8 (8) For he had said to him : Come out of the man, 9 thou unclean spirit. (9) And he demanded of him: Sy. U ^ "Sy. 70 MARK, V. '' or, the land. 'Sy._^ E Sy. /ie 0/ Ihe demons. ^ Sy. (l/te ten cities. lAjQin "^ Sy. w*>"|cL» ' or, multitude. AYhat is thy name? And lie replied to laim : Our name is Legion ;<= for we are many. (10) And he 10 besouo'ht him much, that he would not send him out oi" the country.'! (11) And there was there 11 b}'" the mountain, a great herd of swine grazing. (12) And the demons'' besought him, and said: Send 12 us upon those swine, that we may enter them. (13) And he permitted them. And those unclean 13 spirits*' went out, and entered the swine : and the herd, of about two thousand, ran to a precipice, and fell into the sea, and were strangled in the waters. (14) And they who tended them, fled and 14 told [it] in the city and in the villages : and they came out to see what had occurred. (15)* And 15 they came to Jesus, and saw him in whom the demons had been, — him in whom had been the legion, — clothed, and sober, and sitting; and they were afraid. (16) And those who had seen [it] 16 told them how it occurred to him who had the demons, and also concerning the swine. (17) And 17 they began to request him, that he would go from their border. (18) And as he ascended the ship, 18 the late demoniacs requested that he might con- tinue with him. (19) And he sufiered him not, 19 but said to him: Go home to thy people, and tell them what the Lord hath done for thee, and hath compassionated thee. (20) And he went, and 20 began to publish in Decapolis,^ what Jesus had done for him. And they were all amazed. And when Jesus had passed by ship to the 21 other side, great multitudes again assembled about him as he was on the shore of the sea. (22) And one of the rulers' of the synagogue, 22 whose name was Jairus,'^ came, and, on seeing him, fell at his feet, (23) and besought him much, and 23 said to him : My daughter is very sick ; but come and lay thy hand on her, and she will be cured, and will live. (2-4) And Jesus went with him; 24 and a great company^ attended him, and pressed upon him. — (25) And a woman who had had a 25 defluxion of blood twelve years, (26) and who had 26 suffered much from many physicians, and had ex- pended all she possessed, and was not profited, but was even the more afflicted; (27) when she heard 27 of Jesus, came behind him in the press of the crowd, and touched his garment. (28) For she 28 MARK, VI. 71 said : If I but toucli his garment, I sliall live. 29 (29) And immediately the fountain of her blood dried up ; and she felt in her body that she was 30 healed of her plague. (30) And Jesus at once knew in himself, that virtue had issued from him : and he turned to the throng, and said: Who 31 touched my clothes? (31) And his disciples said to him : Thou seest the tln-ongs that press upon 32 thee ; and sayest thou, Who touched me ? (32) And he looked around, to see who had done this. 33 (33) And the woman, fearing and trembling, for she knew what had taken place in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. 3-1 (34) And he said to her : My daughter, thy faith hath made thee live : go in peace ; and be thou 35 healed of thy plague. — (35) And while he was speaking, some domestics of the ruler of the synagogue came, and said : Thy daughter is dead : why therefore troublest thou the teacher 7"^ 36 (36) But Jesus heard the word they spoke, and said to the ruler of the synagogue: Fear not; only 37 believe. (37) And he suffered no one to go with him, except Simon Cephas," and James, and John 38 the brother of James. (38) And they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue ; and he saw, that they were in a tumult, and weeping, and 39 howling. (39) And he entered in and said to them: Why are ye in a tumult, and weep? The 40" maid is not dead, but is asleep. (40) And they laughed at him. But Jesus put them all out. And he took the maid's father, and her mother, and those that accompanied him, and entered into 41 where the maid lay. (41) And he took the maid's 42 hand, and said to her : Maiden, arise.^ (42) And immediately the maid arose, and walked ; for she was twelve years old. And they were astonished 43 with a great astonishment. (43) And he enjoined it upon them much, that no one should know of it. And he directed, that they should give her to eat. VI. • 2 And Jesus departed from there and came to his own city, and his disciples attended him. (2) And when the sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard [him] were astonished, and said : Whence hath he Sy "ji c^\v> Gr. Peter. o Sy. ■jAA^2 72 MARK, VI. Sv. IX!^ ^ or, in his house. or, small coins. Sy.U^ ^ Sy. ?ii)wse q/* prisoners. E i. e. /£» ?«j/e. obtained these tilings? And, what wisdom is this, which is given to him! and that such mighty works'^ are done by his hands 1 (3) Is not this 3 the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and of Joses and of Judas and of Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were stumbled in him. (4) And Jesus said to 4 them : There is no prophet who is little, except in his own city, and among his kindred, and at home.** (5) And he could not there do even one 5 mighty work, except that he laid his hand on a few sick, and healed them. (6) And he wondered 6 at the defect of their faith. And he travelled about the villages and taught. And he called his twelve, and began to send 7 them forth, two and two ; and he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out. (8) And he commanded them to take nothing for 8 the journey, except a staff only; neither a wallet, nor bread, nor brass«= in their purses ; (9) but to 9 be shod with sandals, and not put on two coats. (10) And he said to them: Into whatever house 10 ye enter, there abide till ye leave the place. (11) 11 And whoever will not receive you, nor hear you, when ye go out from that place shake off the dust that is under your feet, for a testimony to them. Verily I say to you, There will be comfort for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, rather than for that city. (12) And they went 12 out and proclaimed, that [men] should repent. (13) And they cast out many demons, and many 13 of the sick they anointed with oil, and healed them. And Herod the king heard of Jesus, — for his 14 name had become known to him, — and he said: John the Ba})tizer hatli risen from the dead : and therefore it is, mighty deeds'^ are done by him. (15) Others said : lie is Elijah :e and others : He 15 is a prophet, like one of the prophets. (16) But 16 when Herod heard [of him], he said : He is that John whose head I struck off: he is risen from the dead. (17) For Ilerod had sent and seized John, 17 and bound him in prison, f on account of Uerodias, his brother Phili})'s wife, whom he had taken.? (18) For John had said to Ilerod : It is not lawful 18 for thee to take tliy brother's wife. (19) And 19 Herodias herself was an enemy to him, and wished MARK, VI. 73 20 to kill him, but was not able. (20) For Herod was afraid of John, because he knew him to be a just and hoi 3^ man: and he observed him, and gave ear to him in many things and did [the 21 things], and he heard him with satisfaction. (21) And there was a noted day, when Herod made a supper, in the house' of his nativity, for his nobles and the chiliarchs and the chiefs of Galilee. 22 (22) And the daughter of Herodias came in, and danced ; and she pleased Herod and those reclining with him. And the king said to the maid: Ask of me what thou pleasest, and I will give it thee. 23 (23) And he swore to her: Whatever thou shalt ask, I Avill give thee, even to the half of my king- dom. (24) And she went out, and said to her mother: What shall I ask of him? She said to her: The head of John the Baptizer. (25) And she soon entered with eagerness to the king, and said: I desire that thou, this hour, give me in a dish the head of John the Baptizer. (26) And it pained the king greatly ; yet, on account of the oath, and on account of the guests, he would not denyh her : (27) and the king sent immediately an executioner,' and commanded [him] to bring the head of John. And he went, and struck off the head of John in the prison ; (28) and brought it on a dish, and gave it to the maid ; and the maid gave it to her mother. (29) And his disciples heard [of it] ; and they came and took up the corpse, and laid it in a sepulchre.'^ And the legates^ assembled before Jesus, and told him all they had done, and all they had (31) And he said to them: Come, let us a desert by ourselves, and rest a little. For there were many going and coming, and they 32 had not opportunity even to eat bread. (32) And they went by ship to a desert place by themselves. 33 (33) But many saw them, as they departed, and knew them ; and from all the cities, they ran 34 thither by land before him. (34) And Jesus dis- embarked and saw great multitudes : and he com- passionated them, because they were like sheep having no shepherd. And he began to teach them 35 many things. (35) And when the time was advanced, "1 his disciples came to him, and said to him: This is a desert place, and the time is ad- 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 taught, go into '' Sy. defraud. ■Sy. = Gr. or, -place of burial. Sy. Vk/jN* Gr. d-jrotfoXoi. " Sy. great. 74 MARK, VI. Sy. "imJQ-vjJ o Sy. ^,.1-.? Sy. . 1 . g^r> n Sy. 1^ AxTi Sy. torturing. « Sy. Sy. or, dying die. 76 MARK, VII. ^ or, parable. or, it. Sv. ^ Sy. looril. •> Sy. <7ie toi ci7- Sy. _K»AaZl pollute liim. But that which cometh out of him, that it is that poUuteth a man. (16) AVhoever 16 hath ears to hear, let him hear. — (17) And when 17 Jesus had entered the house, apart from the multi- tude, his disciples asked him about this similitude.'^ (18) And he said to them: Are ye likewise so 18 undiscerning? Do ye not know, that whatever from without entereth into a man, cannot defile him? (19) For it doth not enter into his heart, 19 but into his belly, and is thrown into the diges- tive process, which carries off all that is eaten. (20) But that which proceedeth from a man, that 20 defileth a man. (21) For from within, from the 21 heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adultery, whoredom, (22) theft, murder, avarice, malice, 22 deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, reviling, haugh- tiness, folly. (23) All these evil things come from 23 within, and defile a man. Thence Jesus arose, and went to the border of 24 Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and wished no man to know him;^ but he could not be concealed. (25) For immediately a woman, 25 whose daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him; and she came, and fell before his feet, (26) 26 (the woman was a Gentile from Phenicia of Syria),f and besought him, that he would expel the demon from her daughter. (27) Jesus said 27 to her : Permit the children first to be satisfied ; for it is not becoming, to take the children's bread and cast it to dogs. (28) And she replied, 28 and said to him : Yes, my Lord : and yet the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs. (29) Jesus said tO' her : Go thou ; because of this speech, g the demon hath departed from thy daughter. (30) And she went to her house, and found her daughter lying on a bed, and the demon gone from her. Again Jesus departed from the border of Tyre 31 and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, to the border of Decapolis.'' (32) And they brought to 32 him a deaf and stammering man, and besought him to lay his hand on him. (33) And he led him 33 aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and spit, and touched his tongue, (34) and looked towards heaven, and sighed, and 34 saiel to him: Be opened.' (35) And immediately 35 29 30 his ears were opened, and tlie bond of his tongue 36 was loosed, and he spake plainly. (36) And he charged them to tell no man of it : and the more he charged them, the more they proclaimed 37 it. (37) And they admired exceedingly, and said: He doetli every thing excellently: he maketh the deaf to hear, and the speechless to talk. YIII. And in those days, when the multitude was great, and had nothing to eat, he called his dis- 2 ciples, and said to them : (2) I compassionate this multitude ; for, lo, three days have they continued 3 with me, and they have nothing to eat. (3) And if I send them to their homes fasting, they will faint by the way: for some of them have come 4 from a great distance. (4) His disciples say to him : Whence can one, here in the desert, satisfy 5 all these with bread? (5) And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? They say to him, 6 Seven. (6) And he directed the multitudes to recline on the gTound: and he took the seven loaves, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set forth ; and they set before the 7 multitudes. (7) And there were a few fishes; and them he also blessed, and ordered them set 8 forth. (8) And they ate, and were satisfied: and they took up seven baskets of the remaining 9 fragments. (9) And the men who had eaten, were about four thousand: and he sent them away. 10 And immediately he entered a ship, with his disciples, and came to the place Dalmanutha."- 11 (11) And the Pharisees came out, and began to dispute with him ; and, to tempt him, they de 12 manded of him a sign from heaven. (12) And he sighed with his breath, ^ and said: Why doth this generation seek after a sign ? Verily I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation. 13 (13) And he left them, and embarked in the 14 ship ; and they passed to the other shore. — (14) And they had forgotten to take bread with them, and had but a single cakc'^ in the ship with 15 them. (15) And he charged them, and said to them : Take heed, and beware of the leaven of 16 the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. (16) And they reasoned one with another, and said : Sv. Sy. spirit. Sy.V ^'A 78 MARK, VIII. Sv. "1,-L* AjLlii e Gr. Peter. Sy. the word. Gr. Peter. Gr Sv. Peter. 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 It is, because we have no bread. (17) And Jesus 17 knew [it], and said to tliera : Why reason ye, because ye have no bread ? Do ya still not know, nor understand? How long will your heart be hard? (18) and ye have eyes, but see not? and have ears, but hear not, nor reflect? (19) When I broke the five loaves to five thousand, how many baskets full of the fi-agraents took ye up? They say to him: Twelve. (20) He sai'th to them: And when the seven to four thousand, how many baskets full of the fragments took ye up? They say: Seven. (21) He saith to them: Why is it that, to this time, ye do not consider ? And he came to Bethsaida 'A and they brought 22 to him a blind man, and besought him to touch him. (23) And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the village, and spit on his eyes, and laid on his hand : and asked him, what he saw. (24) And he gazed, and said: I see men like trees which walk. (25) Again he laid his hand on his eyes, and he was recovered, and saw every thing plainly. (26) And he sent him to his house, and said to him : Neither enter into the village, nor tell any person in the village. And Jesus and his disciples went to the villages 27 of Cijssarea Philippi. And he asked his disciples by the wa}^, and said to them : Who, do men say of me, that I am ? (28) And they said to him : 28 That [thou art] John the Baptizer; and others: That [thou art] Elijah; and others: That [thou art] one of the prophets. (29) Jesus said to them : And who, do ye yourselves say of me, that I am ? Simonc replied, and said to him: Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God. (30) And he charged them, that they should say [this] of him to no person. — (31) And he began to teach them, that the Son of man was about to suffer much, and be rejected by the Elders and by the chief priests and by the Scribes, and be killed, and rise on the third day. (32) And he spoke out the thing*" dis- tinctly. ^ And Cephas? took him, and began to rebuke him. (33) But he turned, and looked upon his disciples, and rebuked Simon,'' and said : Get thee behind me, Satan :' for thou dost not consider what is of God, but what is of men. — 29 0 32 MARK, IX. 79 oO 36 37 38 34 (34) And Jesus called the multitude, together with his disciples, and said to them : Whoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and come after me. (35) For, whoever will preserve his life,'' shall lose it ; and whoever will lose his life on my account, and on account of my tidings, 1 shall preserve it. (36) For, what will a man be profited, if he gain the whole world,"" and lose his life ?Q (37) Or what will a man give in exchange for his life ? (38) For, whoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, « in this sinful and adulterous generation, of him also will the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the IX.glory of his Father, with his holy angels. — [IX.] And he said to them : Verily I say to you. There are some standing here, who will not taste of death, until they shall see the kingdom of God to be coming with power. 2 And after six days, Jesus took Cephas^ and James and John, and led them to a high moun- tain, apart ; and was transformed before them.^ 8 (3) And his raiment shone, and was very white, like snow, so as men on earth can never whiten. 4 (4) And there appeared to them Moses and 5 Elijah, in conversation Avith Jesus. (5) And Cephas«= said to him : Eabbi, it is delightful for us to be here. And let us make three booths ; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. 6 (6) But he did not know wlaat he said, for they 7 were in trepidation. (7) And there was a cloud, and it overshadowed them. And a voice issued from the cloud, which said : This is my beloved 8 Son. Hear ye him. (8) And suddenly, when the disciples looked up, they saw no one with them, 9 except Jesus only, — (9) And as they descended the mountain, he commanded them to tell no man what they had seen, till after the Sou of man 10 should be risen from the dead. (10) And they kept that saying in their mind j^ and inquired. What doth this saying mean : " When he shall be 11 risen from the dead !" (11) And they asked him, and said : Why then do the Scribes say, that 12 Elijah must first come? (12) He said to them: Elijah [truly] first cometh, to prepare all things: and, as it is written of the Son of man, he will ' Sy. »*Z;.oro ■"Sy-l^oNs - Sy. m « CM ° or, teachings. Gr. Peter. Sy. their eyes. "= Gr. Peter. or, among themselves. 80 MARK, IX. * Sy ]i g^VVo Sy. JCDJ-^ Gr. 75V Off. 13 19 20 suffer much, and be rejected. (13) But I say to 13 you: That Elijah hath come; and they have done to him all that they desired, as it was written of him. And when he came to his disciples, he saw a 1-1 great multitude with them, and the Scribes dis- puting with them. (15) And immediately the 15 multitude saw him, and were surprised : and they ran and saluted him. (16) And he asked the 16 Scribes ; What were ye disputing with them ? (17) And one of the multitude replied, and said : 17 Teacher, e I have brought to thee my son, who hath a spirit that will not speak. (18) And wherever he seizeth him, he shaketh and teareth him : and he gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away. And I spoke to thy disciples, to cast him out ; and they could not. (19) Jesus answered, and said to them : O incredulous generation! How long shall I be with you ? how long bear with you ? Bring him to me. (20) And they brought him to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately he shook him ; and he fell upon the ground, and wallowed and foamed. (21) And Jesus asked his father, how 21 long a time he had been thus. He said to him : Lo, from his childhood. (22) And many times it 22 hath thrown him into the fire, and into the water, to destroy him. But, if thou canst do any thing, aid me and have compassion on me. (28) Jesus 23 said to him : If thou canst believe; every thing can be, to him that believeth. (2-1) And inimediately 2-1 the father of the child cried out, while he wept and said : I believe ; aid thou the defect of my fiiith. (25) And when Jesus saw that the people were 25 running and collecting around him, he rebuked the unclean spirit, and said to him : Thou deaf and unspeaking spirit, I command thee, come out of him; and no more enter him. (26) And the 26 demon cried out greatly, and bruised him, and came out. And he was as a dead person ; so that many would say, he is dead. (27) And Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up. — (28) And when Jesus entered the house, his disciples asked him privately: Why could not we cast him out? (29) He saith to them : This kind^ can come out, by nothing but fasting and prayer. And when he departed from there, they passed 30 27 28 29 MARK, IX. 81 5 or, vxyrd. througli Galilee : and he desired that no one might 31 know him. (31) For he taught his disciples, and said to them: The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him ; and when he is killed, on the tliird day, he will rise. 32 (32) But they did not understand that speech ;g and they were afraid to ask him. 33 And they came to Capernaum. And when they entered the house, he asked them : What disputed 31 ye among yourselves by the way ? (34) And they wei'o silent ; for by the way they had con- tended with one another, which should be the 35 great among them. (35) And Jesus sat down, and called the twelve, and said to them : Whoever would be first, let him be last of all, and servitor 36 to all. (36) And he took a child, and set him in the midst, and took him in his arms, and said to 37 them: (37) Whoever receiveth one in my name, like this child, he receiveth me ; and he that receiveth me, receiveth not me [only], but hira 38 that sent me. — (38) John said to him : Eabbi, we saw one casting out demons in thy name, and we 39 forbad him, because he adhereth not to us. (39) Jesus said to them : Forbid him not ; for there is no one who doeth mighty works'' in my name, 40 that can readily speak evil of me. (40) Whoever 41 therefore is not against you, is for you. (41) For whoever shall give you to drink a cup of water onl}', on the ground that ye are Messiah's [follow- ers], verily I say to you, he will not lose his 42 reward. (42) And whoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe in me to stumble, it were better for him, if a millstone were put to his 43 neck, and he cast into the sea. (43) And if thy hand make thee offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than, having two 44 hands, to go into hell;' (44) where their worm 45 dieth not, and their fire is not extinguished. (45) And if thy foot make thee offend, cut it off": it is better for thee to enter into life lamed, than, having 46 two feet, to fall into hell ; (46) where their worm 47 dieth not, and their fire is not extinguished. (47) And if thy eye make thee offend, pluck it out : it is better for thee to enter with one eye into the kingdom of God, than, having two eyes, to fall into y- ^ 48 the hell of fire ;k (48) where their worm dieth not, | ''^- ^^^ Sy.]J. ■ Sy. IjcTL^ sy. 82 MARK, X. Sy.l^ ^ Sy. ]^ e^Vn ' ^^'- ... life and their fire is not extinguished. (49) For every 49 thing will bo salted with tire; and every sacrifice will be salted with salt. (50) Salt is a good thing: 50 but if the salt become insipid, with what will it be salted? Let there be salt in you: and be ye in peace, one with another. And he arose from there, and came to the border X. of Judiea, on the other side the Jordan. And great multitudes came to him there ; and again he instructed them, as he was accustomed. — (2) And 2 the Pharisees came to him, and, tempting him, inquired if it were lawful for a man to divorce his wife. (3) He said to them : What did Moses 3 command you ? (4) They said : Moses permitted 4 us to write a bill of divorce, and send [her] away. (5) Jesus answered and said to them : On account 5 of the hardness of your heart, Moses wrote you this precept. (6) But, from the beginning, God 6 made them a male and a female. (7) Therefore 7 shall a man leave his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife : (8) and they two shall be one 8 flesh. Wherefore they are not two, but one flesh. (9) What therefore God hath conjoined, let not 9 man separate, (10) And in the house, the disci- 10 pies asked him again of this matter. (11) And he 11 said to them : Whoever shall divorce his wife, and take another, committcth adultery. (12) And if a 12 woman shall leave her husband, and many another, she committcth adultery. And they brought little children^ to him, that 13 he might touch them. But his disciples rebuked tliose who brought them. (14) And when Jesus 14 saw it, he was displeased ; and he said to them, Suffer little children to come to me, and forbid them not ; for of those like them is the kingdom of God. (15) Verily I say to you, That whoever 15 doth not receive the kingdom of God, like a little child, shall not enter it. (16) And he took them 16 in his arms, and laid his hand on tlicm and blessed them. And as he walked in the Avay, one ran and fell 17 upon his knees, and asked him, and said : Good Teacher, 1^ what must I do, to inherit eternal ?<= (18) Jesus saith to him: Why callest thou 18 good? There is none good, but one, God. MARK, X. 83 19 (19) Thou knowest the commandments ; thou shnlt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not give false testimony, thou shalt not defraud; honor thy father and thy 20 mother. (20) And he answered, and said to him : Teacher, all these have I kept from my childhood. 21 (21) And Jesus looked on him, and loved him, and said to him : One thing thou lackest. Go, sell all that thou possessest, and give to the poor, and there will be a treasure for thee in heaven ; and 22 take thy cross, and come after me. (22) And he was made sad by that speech,'^ and went away 23 sorrowing : for he possessed great riches. (23) And Jesus looked upon his disciples, and said to them : How hard for those who possess wealth, to 24 enter into the kingdom of God ! (21:) And the disciples wondered at the remark. ^ And Jesus replied again, and said to them : My children, how hard it is, for those Avho trust in riches, to 25 enter into the kingdom of God. (25) It is easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle, than for a 26 rich man to enter the kingdom of God. (26) And they wondered the more, and said among them- 27 selves : Who can obtain life ! (27) And Jesus looked on them again, and said to them : With men, this is not possible, but with God [it is] ; for 28 Avith God all things are j^ossible. — (28) And Cephas^ began to say : Lo, we have left every 29 thing, and have cleaved to thee. (29) Jesus answered and said : Verily I say to you. There is no man that leaveth houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or wife or children, for my 30 sake, and for the sake of my tidings, (30) who will not receive a hundredfold, here in the present time, — houses, and brothers and sisters, and mothers and children, and lands, with persecution ; and in 31 the world to come eternal life. (31) But many are first, who will be last ; and last, [who will be] first. 32 And as they were in the way, going up to Jerusa- lem, Jesus went before them : and they were amazed, and walked after him with trembling. And he took his twelve, and began to tell them 33 what was to befall him. (33) Behold, we are going to Jerusalem ; and the oon of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and the Scribes ; ■^ or, ivord. « or, 7cord. <■ Gr. Peter. 84 MARK, X. e Sy. ]) g^\V^ Sy. (■»>•» Sy. Sy. ..Vn. ; 36 87 38 39 and'thej will condemn him to die, and Avill deliver him over to the Gentiles. (34) And they will 34 mock him, and will scourge him, and will spit in his face, and will kill him ; and on the third day he will arise. — (35) And James and John, the sons 35 of Zebedee, came to him, and said to him : Teacher,? we desire that thou wouldst do for us all that we ask. (36) He saith to them : Wliat would ye, that I should do for you? (37) They say to him: Grant to us, that one may sit on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy glory. (38) But he said to them : Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup, of which I drink? and to be baptized with the baptism, that I am baptized with ? (39) They say to him : We are able. Jesus saith to them : The cup that I drink, ye will drink, and the baptism that I am baptized with, ye will be baptized with: (40) But that ye should 40 sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give, except to those for whom it is prepared. (41) And when the ten heard [it], they began to 41 murmur against James and Jolm. (42) And Jesus 42 called them, and said to them : Ye know, that they who are accounted chiefs'' of the nations, are their lords ; and their great men have authority* over them. (43) But it shall not be so among you: but he that would be great among you, must be a servitor to you. (44) And he of you that would be first, must be servant to every one. (45) And also the Son of man came, not to be served, but to serve ; and to give his life a ran- som for many. And they came to Jericho. And as Jesus went 46 out of Jericho, he and his disciples and a great multitude ; Timeus,k the son of Timeus, a blind man, was sitting by the side of the way, and beg- ging. (47) And he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarean ; and he began to cry out, and to say : Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. (48) And many rebuked him, that he might be silent. But he cried out the more, and said : Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. (49) And Jesus stood, and directed him to be called. And they called the blind man, and said to him : Take courage : arise, he calleth thee. (50) And the blind man cast off his garment, and arose, and went to Jesus. 43 44 45 47 48 49 50 MARK, XI. 85 51 (51) Jesus said to him : What wilt thou, that I do for thee ? And the blind man said to him : Eabbi, 52 that I may have sight. (52) And Jesus said to him : Go ; thy faith hath procured thee life. And immediately his sight was restored; and he fol- lowed after him. XI. And as they approached Jerusalem, near by Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, 2 he sent two of his disciples, (2) and said to them: Go ye to the village that is over against us, and as soon as ye enter it, ye will find a colt tied, on which no person hath ridden : loose [him], and 3 bring him hither. (3) And, if any one say to you, Why do ye this ? Say ye to him : Because our Lord hath need of him. And immediately he will 4 send him hither. (4) And they went, and they found the colt tied, by the door, without in the 5 street. And as tliey were loosing [him], (5) some of those standing there, said to them : What do 6 ye, untying the colt ? (6) And they said to them, as Jesus had commanded them ; and they per- 7 mitted them. (7) And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments upon him, and set 8 Jesus upon him. (8) And many spread tlieir gar- ments in the way ; and others cut branches from 9 the trees, and strewed them in the way. (9) And those preceding him, and those following him, shouted and said: Hosanna: Blessed is he that 10 Cometh in the name of the Lord. (10) And blessed is the advancing kingdom of our father 11 David. Ilosanna in the highest [heavens]. (11) And Jesus entered Jerusalem and the temple, and surveyed every thing. And when evening arrived, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. 12 And the following day, as he left Bethany, he 13 was hungry : (13) and he saw a fig-tree at a dis- tance, on which were leaves, and he came to it, if he could find somewhat on it. And when he had come, he found on it only leaves; for the 14 time of figs had not arrived. (14) And he said to it: Henceforth and for ever, let no man eat fruit from thee : and the disciples heard it. And 15 they came to Jerusalem. (15) And Jesus entered the temple of God : and he began to cast out those MARK, XL Sy. " Gr. Peter. Sy. word. wlio bought and sold in the temple ; and he over- turned the counters of the money-brokers, and the seats of them that sold doves. (16) And he 16 suffered no one to carry goods through the temple. (17) And he taught them, and said: Is it not 17 written, My house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations? But ye have made it a den of robbers. (18) And the chief priests and 18 the Scribes heard [him], and they sought how they might destroy him ; for they were afraid of him, because all the people admired his doctrine.'' — (19) And when it was evening, they went out from 1 9 the city. (20) And in the morning, as they passed 20 by, they saw the fig-tree dried up, as it were, fi-om its root. (21) And Simoni^ remembered, and said to 21 him : Kabbi ; behold, the fig-tree which thou cursedst, is dried up. (22) And Jesus replied, and 22 said to them : Have faith in God. (23) Verily I 23 say to you, That whoever shall say to this moun- tain, Be thou removed, and fall into the sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he said will occur, to him will be the thing he spoke. (24) Therefore I say to you, That 24 whatsoever ye shall pray and ask for, believe that it will be, and it will be to you. (25) And when 25 ye stand up to pray, forgive what ye have against any one ; that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive your offences. (2(3) For if ye forgive 26 not, your Father also who is in heaven will not forgive you your offences. And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he 27 was walking in the temple, the chief priests and Scribes and Elders came to him, (28) and said to 28 him : By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee the authority to do these things? (29) And Jesus said to them : I also will 29 ask you one thing,^ that ye may tell me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. (30) 30 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or from men? Tell me. (31) And they reasoned 31 with themselves, and said: If we should say to him. From heaven ; he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him? (32) But if we should 32 say. From men ; there is fear from the people ; for the}'- have all held John to be truly a prophet. (33) And they answered, and said to Jesus : We 33 MARK, XII. do not know. He said to them : Neither do I tell jou bj what authority I do these things. XII. And he began to discourse with them in simili- tudes. ^^ A certain man planted a vineyard, and inclosed it with a hedge, and dug in it a wine vat, and built a tower in it, and put it into the hands 2 of husbandmen, and removed to a distance. (2) And at tlie proper time, he sent his servant to the husbandmen, to receive of the fruits of the vine- 3 yard. (3) And they beat him, and sent him away 4 empt3^ (4) And again he sent to them another serv;int ; and him also they stoned, and wounded, 5 and sent him away under indignities. (5) And again he sent another ; and him they killed. And he sent many other servants, some of whom they (3 beat, and some they killed. (6) At last, having an only and dear son, he sent him to them ; for he 7 said, Perhaps they will respect my son. (7) But those husbandmen said among themselves : This is the heir ; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance 8 will be ours. (8) And they took him, and slew 9 [him], and cast [him] out of the vineyard. (9) What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? lie will come and destroy those husbandmen, and 10 transfer the vineyard to others. (10) And have ye not read this scripture. The stone which the builders rejected, hath become the head of the 11 corner: (11) From the Lord, was this; and it is 12 wonderful in our eyes? — (12) And they sought to apprehend him, but were afraid of the people ; for they knew that he spoke this similitude against them. And they left him, and went away. 13 And they sent to him some of the Scribes and of the household of Herod, to ensnare him in dis- 14 course. (14) And these came, and asked him : Teacher;'' we know that thou art veracious, and hast no fear of man ; for thou regardest not the ftice of men, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give capitation money to CjBsar; or 15 not? Shall we give, or not give? (15) And he knew their wile, and said to them : Why tempt ye 16 me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it. (16) And they brought [one] to him. And he said to them: Whose is this image and inscription? They 17 said to him: Caesar's. (17) Jesus said to them: 87 * or, parables. Sy ]l g^\Vl 88 MARK, XII. Sy. ]l g^\V> died, and left no seed, her, and died, and be third in like manner, her, and left no seed. What is Ciesar's, give to Cnesar ; and what is God's, [give] to God. And they wondered at him. — (18) 18 Then came to him Saddacecs, Avho say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, and said: (19) Teacher ;<= Moses wrote to us, that if a man's 19 brother die, and leave a widow, but leave no children, his brother shall take bis widow, and raise up seed to bis brother. (20) There were 20 seven brothers : and the first took a wife, and (21) And the second took 21 also left no seed : and the (22) And the seven took 22 Last of all, the woman also died. (23) In the resurrection, therefore, of which 23 of them will she be the wife ? For all the seven took her. (24) Jesus said to them: Is it not on 24 this account that ye err, because ye understand not the scriptures, nor the power oi' God ? (25) For 25 when they rise from the dead, they do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands ; but they are as the angels that are in heaven. (26) But 26 concerning the dead, that they rise, have ye not read in a book of Moses, how God said to him from the bush : I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? (27) lie is not 27 the God of the dead, but of the living. Ye, there- fore, do err greatly. — (28) And one of the Scribes 28 came, and beard them as they discussed, and he saw that be gave them an excellent answer ; and be asked him, Which is the first of all the com- mandments? (29) Jesus said to him: The first 29 of all the commandments [is] : Hear, O Israel ; the Lord our God is one Lord : (30) and thou sbalt 30 love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy might. This is the first commandment, (31) And the second, which is like it, [is] : Thou 31 sbalt love thy neighbor, as thyself. There is no other coniinandment greater than these. (32) The 32 Scribe said to bini : Excellently! Rabbi; thou bast spoken the truth ; for be is one [God], and there is no other beside him. (33) And for a man to love 33 him, with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the soul, and with all the might ; and to love his neighbor, as himself; is better than all holocausts and sacrifices. (34) And Jesus per- 34 MARK, XIII. 89 ou ceived that he replied wisely; and he answered, and said to him : Thou art not far from the king- dom of God. — And no one dared again to question him. And as Jesus was teaching in the temple, he answered and said : How can the Scribes say, that oG Messiah is the son of David? (36) For "'David himself saith, by the Holy Spirit : The Lord said to my Lord ; Seat thyself on my right hand, until I place thv enemies as a footstool beneath thy feet. 37 (37) David therefore calleth him " My Lord ;" and how is he his son ? And all the multitude heard 38 him with pleasure. (38) And he said to them in his teaching -A Beware of the Scribes, who choose to walk in long robes, and love the salutation in 39 the streets, (39) and the chief seats in the syua- 40 gogues, and the chief couches at feasts. (40) They devour the houses of widows, under pretence that they prolong their prayers. These shall receive a 41 greater condemnation. — (41) And as Jesus sat over against the treasury-room, he saw how the multitude east money into the treasury. And 42 many rich ones cast in much. (42) And a poor Avidow came, and cast in two mites, which are a 43 brass farthing.*-' (43) And Jesus called his disci pies, and said to them : Verily I say to you. That this poor widow hatli cast into the treasury more 44 than all they that cast in. (44) For they all cast in of that which abounded to them, but she, of her poverty, hath cast in all that she possessed, the whole of her property. XIII. And as Jesus retired from the temple, one of his disciples said to him: Teacher ;* behold; see 2 these stones, and these structures 1 (2) And Jesus said to him: Admirest thou these groat structures? There will not be left here one stone upon another, 3 not demolished. (3) And as Jesus was sitting on the mount of Olives, over against the temple, Ce- phasb and James and John and Andrew asked him, 4 privately: (4) Tell us, wlien will these things be? and what [will be] the sign that these tilings ap- 5 proach their consummation? (5) And Jesus be- gan to say to them : Beware, that no one mislead 6 you: (6) for many will come in my name, and will say : I am he. "" And they will mislead many. ■» Sy. aT_l-2u n «>-. Sy. "jjolnj Sy. ]i g^Nv> ^ Gr. Peler. 90 MARK, XIII. " or, gospel. (7) But when ye shall liear of battles, and the 7 rumor of battles, be not afraid ; for this must be ; but the end is not yet. (8) For nation will rise 8 against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes in several places, and there will be famines and insurrections. These are the beginning of sorrows. — (9) And take heed to your- 9 selves; for they will deliver you np to the tribunals; and ye will be beaten in the synagogues, and ye will stand before kings and governors, on my ac- count, for a testimony to them. (10) And my 10 tidings^ must first be proclaimed among all tlic nations. (11) And when they shall lead you to 11 deliver you up, be not solicitous beforehand what ye shall say, neither premeditate ; but, that which shall be given you in that hour, speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit. (12) And 12 brotiier will deliver up his brother to death, and the father his son ; and children Avill rise up against their parents, and will kill them. (13) And ye 13 will be hated of every man, on account of my name. But whoever shall persevere to the end, shall live. — (14) And when ye see the profane 14 sign of desolation, which was mentioned by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not; — (let him that readctli, understand ;) then let those that are in Judtea, flee to the mountain: (15) and let him 15 that is on the roof, not come down and enter [it], to take any thing from his house: (16) and let him 16 that is in the field, not return back to take his clothing. (17) But, woe to those with child, and to 17 those who nurse children, in those days! (18) And 18 pray ye, that your flight be not in winter. (19) For 19 in those days will be affliction, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God made until now, and shall not be. (20) And, unless 20 God should shorten those days, no flesh would live. But, on account of the elect whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened those days. — (21) Then, if any 21 one shall say to you: Lo, here is Messiah, or lo, there ; give not credence. (22) For false Messiahs 22 will arise, and lying prophets ; and they will give signs and wonders; and will deceive, if possible, even the elect. (23) Bat take ye heed. Lo, I 23 have told you the whole beforehand. — (24) And in 24 those days, after that alfliction, the sun will be MARK, XIV. 91 darkened ; and the moon will not give her light ; 25 (25) and the stars will fall from heaven ; and the 26 powers of heaven will be shaken. (26) And then Vkdll they see the Son of man coming in the clouds, 27 with great power and glory. (27) And then will he send forth his angels, and will assemble his elect from the four Avinds, from the extremity of earth 28 to the extremity of heaven. — (28) And, from the fig-tree, learn ye a simile.'^ AVhen its twigs are tender, and its leaves bud forth, ye know that 29 summer approacheth. (29) So also, when ye shall see these occurrences, know ye, that it is near, at 30 the door. (30) A^erily I say to you, That this generation^ shall not pass away, until all these 31 things occur. (31) Heaven and earth will pass 32 away, but my words will not pass away. — (32) But of that day and that hour, knoweth no man ; nor the angels of heaven ; neither the Son, but the 33 Father. (33) Take heed, watch, and pray; for ye 31: know not when the time is. (34) For it is as a man, who took a journey, and left his home; and he gave authority to his servants, and to each his service ; and he commanden Sy. Gr. 98 MARK, XVI. Sv. u or, gospel. Sy. Salome, bought aromatics, that tliey might come and anoiut him. (2) And in the morning of the 2 first day of the week, they came to the sepulchre as the sun arose. (3) And they said among them- 3 selves : Who will roll back for us the stone from the door of the sepulchre ? (4) And they looked, 4 and saw that the stone was rolled away; for it was very great. (5) And entering the sepulchre, 5 they saw a youth sitting on the right hand, and clothed in a white robe : and they were in pertur- bation. (0) But he said to them : Be not affright- 6 ed. Ye are seeking Jesus the Nazarean, who was crucified. He is risen ; he is not here. Behold, the place where he was laid. (7) But go, tell his 7 disciples and Cephas : Lo, he precedeth you into Galilee ; there will ye see him, as he said "to you, (8) And when they heard, they fled and left the 8 sepulchre ; for astonishment and trembling had seized them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were in fear. — (9) And in the morning 9 of the first day of the week, he arose ; and he appeared first to Mary Magdalena, from whom he had cast out seven demons. (10) And she went 10 and told them that had been with him, while they were mourning and weeping. (11) And they, 11 when they heard [the women] say that he was alive, and that he had appeared to them, — did not believe them. (12) After this he appeared, under 12 another aspect, ^^ to two of them as they walked and went into the country. (13) And these went 13 and told the rest ; but they would not beheve them. (14) And at last, he appeared to the eleven 14 as they reclined at table ; and he reproved the slenderness of their faith, and the hardness of their heart; because they believed not those who had seen him actually risen. (15) And he said to 15 them : Go ye into all the world, and proclaim my tidings^ in the whole creation. (16) lie that 16 believeth, and is baptized, liveth^ ; but he that believeth not, is condemned. ^ (17) And these 17 signs shall attend them that believe : In my name, they will cast out demons; and in new tongues will they speak. (18) And they will take up 18 serpents; and if they should drink a deadly poison, it will not harm them ; and they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be healed. — LUKE, I. 99 19 (19) And Jesus, our Lord, after he had conversed A\'ith them, ascended to heaven, and sat on the 20 right hand of God.— (20) And thej went forth, and preached everywhere: and our Lord aided them, and confirmed their discoui'ses by the signs which they wrought. Completion of the Holy Gospel,'- the announcement of Marie ; tchich he uttered and proclaimed in Latin^ at Rome. Sy ■Sy. P-^\^C)1 0015 ^£i£DO ^^idDj ]j;nmLD »QCQ_Oa2l5 1-J^^ ift-ipO ^n . \ in] V:" I' lAr^J "i-.?, 1 ro'^N'i^ Aj]jq_. The Holy Gospel, the Animnciatioii of Luke the Evangelist ; which he uttered and preached, in Greek, at Great Alexandria. I. Since many have been disposed to ^vrite narra- tives of those events, of whicii we have full assur- 2 ance, (2) as they delivered them to us, who from the lirst were eye-witnesses and ministers of the 3 word ; (3) it seemed proper for me also, as I had examined them all accurately, to write out the whole, methodically, for thee, excellent^ Theoph- 4 ilus : (4) that thou maj'est know the truth of the statements,'' which thou hast been taught. 5 In the daj's of Herod the king of Judix^a, there was a certain priest, whose name was Zachariah,^ of the ministration^ of the house of Abijah;«^ and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her 6 name was Elisabeth/ (6) And they were both upright before God, and walked in all his com- mandments, and in the righteousness of the Lord, 7 without reproach. (7) But they had no child, be- cause Elisabeth was barren : and they were both 8 advanced in life.s — (8) And it occurred, that as he performed the priestly functions'' in the order of 9 his ministration before the Lord, (9) according to the usage of the priesthood, it feU to him to offer • Sy. "Uk^ ^ Sy. words. <= Sy. ]^-^] ]Lftl£L»l « Sy. ImJd] s Sy. 7nanij in their days. *> Sy. acted priest. 100 LUKE, I. Sv. ^_J_K.Q_. ^ Sy. in her days. > Sy. Sy. nodded to nod. 16 the incense. And be went into tlie temple of the Lord, (10) and the whole multitude of the people 10 were praying without, at the time of incense, (11) And the angel of the Lord appeared to 11 Zachariah, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. (12) And when Zachariah saw him, 12 he was agitated, and fear fell upon him. (13) And 13 the angel said to him : Fear not, Zachariah ; for thy praj'er is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth will bear thee a son, and thou shalt call liis name John.' (14) And thou wilt have joy and gladness: and 11: many will rejoice at his birtli. (15) For he will be 15 great before the Lord ; and he will not drink wine nor strong drink, and will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb. (16) And man}^ of the children of Israel will he convert to the Lord their God. (17) And he will go before 17 him, in the spirit and j)Ower of Elijah the prophet j and will turn the heart of the fathers unto tho children, and them that are disobedient to the knowledge of the righteous, and will prepare a perfect people for the Lord. (18) And Zachariah 18 said to the angel : How shall I know this ? For I am old, and my wife is advanced in life.'' (19) The 19 angel answered, and said to him: I am Gabriel,' who stand before God; and I am sent to converse with thee, and to tell thee these things, (20) Hence- 20 forth thou wilt be dumb, and unable to speak, un- til the day when these things take place : because thou believedst not my words, which vail be ful- filled in their time. — (21) And the people were standing and waiting for Zachariah; and they wondered at his tarrying so long iu tlie temple. (22) And when Zachariah came forth, he could not speak with them : and they understood that he had seen a vision in the temple : and he made many signs'" to them, and remained speechless. (23) And when the days of his ministration were 23 accomplished, he came to his house. — (2-i-) And it 24 was after those days, that Elisabeth his wife con- ceived. And she secluded herself five months; and she said : (25) These things hath the Lord done for me, in the days when he looked ujDon me to take away my reproach among men. And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God into Galilee, to a city named Naza- 21 9.9 ^O 26 LUKE, I. 101 28 29 30 31 32 33 36 37 38 39 40 41 27 reth,n (27) to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, o of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.P (28) And the angel entered the house, and said to her : Peace to thee, thou full of grace ! The Lord is with thee : and blessed art thou among women. (29) And when she saw [him], she was agitated by his speech ; and she pondered, what this salutation could mean. (30) And the angel said to her : Fear not, Mary ; for thou hast found favor with God. (31) For lo, thou wilt conceive in thy womb, and wilt bear a son, and wilt call his name Jesus.^ (32) He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. (33) And he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever ; and of his reign there 34 will be no end. (34) And Mary said to the angel : How can this be, as I have not known a man? 35 (35) The angel replied, and said to her : The Holy Spirit will come, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee ; therefore he that is born of thee is holy, and will be called the Son of God. (36) And lo, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, even she too hath conceived a son in her old age ; and this is the sixth month with her who is called bar- ren. (37) Because nothing is diflicult for God. (38) Mary said: Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me, according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. And Mary arose in those days, and went hastily to the mountain [district], to a city of Judasa; (40) and entered the house of Zachariah, and saluted Elisabeth, (41) And it was so, that when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the child leaped in her womb, and she was filled Avith the 42 Holy Spirit. (42) And she cried out with a loud voice, and said to Mary : Blessed art thou among women; and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43 (43) And whence is this to me, that the mother 44 of my Lord should come to me ? (44) For lo, as the voice of thy salutation fell upon my ears, with 45 great joy the child leaped in my womb. (45) And happy is she that believed; for there will be a fuliillment of those things that were told her by 46 the Lord. — (46) And iMary said: My soul doth 47 magnify the Lord : (47) and my spirit rejoiceth in ° Sy. .■ Sy. UL or, mind, ^ Sy. "jIoAliZL.CrLO >cco 1 .3qjo? "= Sy. XoOi^ 101 LUKE, II. '' Sy. |V)\, Sy. word. Sy. word. e Sy. ivords. Sy. give. Sy. ^\V)- wlio is the Lord Messiah, in the city of David. (12) And this is the sign for you : Ye will find 12 the babe Avrapped in bandages, and placed in a stall. (13) And instantly there were seen with 13 the angel, the many hosts of heaven, praising God, and saying: (14) Glory to God in the highest 14 [heavens], and on earth peace'^ and good hope for men. — (15) And it was so, that when the angels 15 had gone from them into heaven, the shepherds con- ferred with one another, and said : Let us go down to Bethlehem, and see this things Avhich hath occurred, as the Lord hath made known to us. (16) And they came hastily, and found Mary and 16 Joseph, and the babe laid in the stall. (17) And 17 when they saw, they made known the information^ which was given to them concerning the child. (18) And all that heard, wondered at the things 18 that were told them by the shepherds. (19) And 19 Mary laid up all these things," and pondered them in her heart. (20) And the shepherds returned, 20 glorifying and praising God for all that they had seen and heard, as it was told them. And when the eight days for the circumcision 21 of the child were completed, his name was called Jesus ; as he was named by the angel, before he was conceived in the Avomb. And when the days of their purification were 22 completed, according to the law of Moses, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him before the Lord : (23) (as it is written in the law of the 23 Lord, that every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord:) (24) and to ofier'' a 24 sacrifice, according as it is written in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons. (25) And there was a certain man in 25 Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon.' This man was u})right and just, and was waiting for the con- solation of Israel, and the Holy Si)irit was upon him. (26) And it had been told him by the Holy 26 Spirit, that he would not see death, until he should see the Messiah of the Lord. (27) This man came, 27 by the Spirit, into the temple; and when his parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him as is commanded in the law, (28) he took him in 28 his arms, and blessed God, and said: (29) My 29 Lord, now release thou thy servant in peace, as LUKE, II. 105 30 81 32 3-: 37 39 ■10 41 thou hast said : (30) for lo, my eyes have seen thy mercy, (31) Avhich thou hast prepared in the pres ence of all nations, (32) a light for a revelation to the Gentiles, and a glory for thy people Israel. — (33) And Joseph and his mother were astonished at those things which were spoken concerning him. 34 (34) -And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother : Behold, this [child] is set forth for the fall and for the rising of many in Israel, and 35 for a standardly of contention; (35) (and also a dart will pierce thy own soul) ; that the thoughts of the 36 hearts of many may be disclosed. — (36) And Han- na,i a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, — she also was aged in days, and, fj'om her maidenhood, had lived seven years with her husband, (37) and was a widow of about eighty and four years, and departed not from the temple, but worshipped by day and by night, with fasting and prayer ; — (38) and she too stood up, in that hour, and gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to every one that waited for the redemption of Jerusalem. — (39) And Avhen they had accom- plished all things, according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their city Nazareth. (40) And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit,'" and was filled with wisdom ; and the grace of God was upon him. And his people went up to Jerusalem every 42 year, at the feast of the passover. (42) And when he was twelve years old, they went up to the feast, 43 as they were accustomed. (43) .And when the days were completed, they returned : but the child Jesus remained at Jerusalem, and Joseph and his 44 mother knew not [of it] ; (44) for they supposed he was with his companions." And when they had travelled a day's journey, they sought him among their people, and [inquired] of every one that vuew them. (45) And they did not find him. And they returned again to Jerusalem, searching for him. (46) And after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers,o and listening to them, and asking them questions. 47 (47) And all they that heard him, were astonished 48 at his wisdom and his answers. (48) And when they saw him they were amazed. And his mother said to him: My son, why hast thou done so to us? 45 ki 46 ^ Sy. ]L]}o "" or, mind. Sy. sons of the company. Sy.]l^VV) 106 ' Sy. bSy. ^ 0 Sy. ^d::^ ^ Sy. "Ul,, Gr. TO CiJT/Jpl LUKE, III. For lo, I and tliy father liave been seeking for thee with great anxiety. (49) He said to them : 49 Why did ye seek me ? Do ye not know, that it behooveth me to be in m}'' Father's house ? (50) But 50 they did not comprehend the word that he spoke to them. (51) And he went down with them, and 51 came to Nazareth, and was obedient to theni; And his mother laid up all these things in her heart. (52) And Jesus increased in stature, and in wisdom, 52 and in grace, before God and men. And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius III. Cicsar, in the presidency^ of Pontius Pilate in Judiea, while Herod was Tetrarch^ in .Gralilee, and Philip his brother Tetrarch in Ituraja'^ and in the region of Trachonitis, for the for- giveness of sins. (4) As it is written in the book 4 of the discourses' of Isaiah the prophet, who said : The voice of one crying in the Avilderncss, Prepare ye the way of the Lord ; and make straight paths in the plain for our God. (5) All valleys shall be 5 filled up, and all mountains and hills be lowered ; and the hillock shall be levelled down, and the rough place become smooth. (6) And all flesh 6 shall see the life^ which is of God. — (7) And he 7 said to the multitudes, who came to him to be baptized: Ye progeny of vipers, who hath in- structed you to flee from the future wrath ? (8) 8 Bring forth, therefore, fruits comporting with re- pentance. And begin not to say in yourselves: We have Abraham for our father ; for I say to you, that God can, from these stones, raise up sons to Abraham, (9) And lo, the ax is put to the 9 root of trees. Every tree therefore that beareth not good fruits, is hewed down, and falleth into the fire. — (10) And the multitudes asked him, and 10 said: What, then, shall we do? (11) He answered, 11 and said to them: Whoever hath two tunics, let him give [one] to him that hath none; and who- ever hath food, let him do the same. (12) And 12 publicans also came to be baptized. And they said LUKE, III. 107 13 U 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 99 23 21 25 26 27 28 29 30 to liim: Teaclier,! what shall we do? (13) And he said to them : Exact no more than ye are re- quired to exact. (14) And those serving in war inquired of him, and said : And what shall we do ? lie said to them: Be insolent to no one, and oppress no one, and let your pay satisfy you. — (15) And while the people were thinking of John, and all pondered in their heart, whether he were the Messiah ; (16) John answered and said to them : Behold, I baptize you with water ; but after me cometh one mightier than I, the strings of Avhose shoes I am not worthy to untie ; he will baptize'" you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. (17) He holdeth his winnowing shovel in his hand, and he will make clean his threshino; floor ; and the Avheat lie gathereth into his garners, and the chaff he will burn with fire not extinguished. (18) And many other things also, he taught and proclaimed to the people.^ — (19) But Herod the Tetrarch, because he was reproved by John, on account of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip, and on account of all the evil things he had done, (20) added this also to them all, that" he shut uj) John in prison. And it occurred, when all the people were bap- tized, that Jesus also was baptized. And as he prayed, the heavens were opened ; (22) and the Holy Spirit descended ujjon him, in the bodily likeness of a dove : and there was a voice from heaven, which said : Thou art my beloved Sou, in whom I have delight. And Jesus was about thirty years old. And he was accounted the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, (21) the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph, (25) the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, (26) the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Shimei, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah, (27) the son of Joanna, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zorubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri, (28) the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, (29) the son of Joses, the son of Eliezer, the son of Joram, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, (30) the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son • Sy. ■jjLSillD Sy. Sy, and. 108 Sv. '' Sy. UL^LSi ■= Sy. ]j4cQ " Sy. ]:.3] LUKE, IV. of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, (31) the son of Melcah, the son of Mainan, the son 31 of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, (32) the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of 32 Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, (33) the son of Amminadab, the son of Earn, the 33 son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah, (34) the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of 3-1 Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, (35) the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of 35 Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Salah, (36) the 36 son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, (37) 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mehalaleel, the son of Cainan, (38) the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of 38 Adam, the son of God. And Jesus, being full of the Holy Spirit, re- TV. turned from the Jordan. And the Spirit led him into the wilderness, (2) forty days, to be tempted 2 by the Calumniator.^ And during those days, he ate nothing; and Avhen he had completed them, he was at last hungry. (3) And the Calumniator 3 said to him : If thou art the Son of God, command this stone to become bread. (-4) Jesus replied, and 4 said to him : It is written. Not by bread only, doth man live ; but by every thing^ of God. (5) And Satanc conducted him to a high mountain, 5 and showed him all the kingdoms of the land,'' in a little time. (6) And the Calumniator said to 6 him: 'To thee will I give all this dominion, and the glory of it, which is committed to me, and to whom I please, I give it: (7) if therefore thou 7 wilt worship before me, the wnole shall be thine. (8) But Jesiis replied, and said to him: It is Avritten, 8 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. (9) And he brought him 9 to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said to him : If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down hence: (10) for it is written, 10 He will give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: (11) and in their arms will they sustain thee, 11 lest thou strike thy foot against a stone. (12) And 12 Jesus replied and said to him: It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.— (13) And when 13 the Cnlumnintor had finished all his temjDtations, he departed from him for a time. 14 And Jesus returned, in the power^ of the Spirit, to Galilee ; and fame concerning him spread in all 15 the region around them. (15) And he taught in their synagogues, and was lauded by every one. — 16 (16) And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up : and he went, as he was accustomed, into the sj'nagogue on the sabbath day, and rose 17 up to read. (17) iVnd there was delivered to him the book of Isaiah the prophet. And Jesus opened the book, and found the place where it is written : 18 (18) The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; and there- fore he hath anointed me to proclaim tidings to the poor ; and hath sent me to heal the contrite in heart, and to proclaim release to the captives, and sight to the blind ; and to send away the contrite 19 with forgiveness [of their sins] ; (19) and to pro- 20 claim the acceptable year of the Lord. (20) And he rolled up the book, and gave it to the servitor, f and went and sat down. And the eyes of all in 21 the sjaiagogue were gazing upon him. (21) And he began to say to them : This day, is this scrip- 22 ture which ye have heard, fulfilled. (22) And all bare him witness, and admired the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth ; and they said: Is 23 not this the son of Joseph ? (23) Jesus said to them : Perhaps, ye will speak to me this proverb. Physician, heal thyself: and whatever we have heard of thy doing in Capernaum, do thou here also in thy city. 2-1 (24) And he said to them : Verily I say to you. There is no prophet who is acceptable in his own 25 city. (25) And I tell you the truth, that there were many widows in the house of Israel, in the days of Elijah the prophet, when the heavens were closed up three years and six months, and there 26 was a great famine in all the land: (26) but to no one of them was Elijah sent, except to Sareptas 27 of Sidon, unto a widow woman. (27) And there were many leprous in the house of Israel, in the days of Elisha the prophet ; but none of them was 28 cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian. ^ — (28) And when they heard these things, those in the syna- 29 gogue were all filled with wrath. (29) And they rose up, and thrust him out of the cit}^, and brought him to the top of the hill on which the Sy.U j-kkII) Sy. Sy. d^i^ Sy. "UlD?! 110 LUKE, V. I city was built, tliat they miglit cast liim down from the rock. (30) But he passed through the midst 50 of them, and went away. And he went down to Capernaum, a city of 31 GaHlee; and taught them on sabbath days. (32) 32 or, doctrine. ! And thc}^ were astonished at his teaching,' for his Sy. ^\a^ ; word was authoritative.^^ (33) And there was in 33 |the- synfigogue a man, in whom was an unclean Sy- l?l^ [demon:! and he cried out, with a loud voice, j (34) and said : Let me alone : What have I to do 34 ' Sy. |j;_0 [with thee, Jesus, thou Nazarean?"' Hast thou come to destroy us ? I know thee, who thou art, the Holy One of God. (35) And Jesus rebuked 35 him, and said : Shut thy mouth ; and come out of him. And the demon threw him down in the midst, and came out of him, having not harmed him at all. (36) And wonder seized every one ; 36 and they talked together, and said : What a word is Sy. |Ja_KK£D this! For, with authority and efficiency," he com- mandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out. (37) And his fame went out into all the surround- 37 ing region. And when Jesus went out of the synagogue, he 38 entered the house of Simon. And the mother-in- Sy. great, law of Simon was afflicted with a severe" fever: and they besought him in her behalf (39) And 39 he stood over her, and rebuked the fever ; and it left- her. And immediately she arose and min- istered to them. — (40) And when the sun was set, 40 all those that had sick persons, afflicted with divers diseases, brought them to him; and he laid his hand on every one of them, and healed them. (41) And demons went out of many, crying out 41 and saying : Thou art the Messiah, the Son of God. And he rebuked them, and suffered them not to say, that they knew him to be Messiah, — (42) And 42 at the dawn of day, he went out and retired to a desert place. And the multitudes sought him, and went out to him, and held him fast, that he might not retire from them. (43) And Jesus said 43 to them : It behooveth me to announce the king- dom of God to other cities also ; for therefore was I sent. (44) And he preached in the synagogues 44 of Galilee. And it occurred, that a multitude gathered about Y. LUKE, V. Ill liim, to hear the word of God. And he was stand- 2 iug by the side of the sea of Genuesaret, (2) and he saw two ships standing near the sea, and the fishermen were gone out of them, and were wash- 3 ing their nets. (3) And one of them belonged to Simon Cephas:^ and Jesus entered and sat in it. And he told them to draw off a little from the shore, into the sea : and he seated himself, and taught 4 the multitude from the ship. — (-1) And when he ceased from speaking, he said to Simon : Launch out into the deep, and cast your net for a draught. 5 (5) Simon answered, and said to him: Eabbi,^ all the night we have toiled, and have caught nothing : 6 but, at thy bidding, ^ I will cast the net. (6) And when they had done so, they inclosed very many 7 fishes, so that the net was rent. (7) And they made signs to their associates, in the other ship, to come and help them. And when they came, they filled both the ships, so that they were near to 8 sinking. (8) And when Simon Cephas saw [it], he fell before the feet of Jesus, and said to him : I beseech thee, my Lord, that thou leave me, for I 9 am a sinful man. (9) For astonishment had seized him, and all that were with him, at the draught of 10 fishes which they had caught : (10) and in like manner also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. But Jesus said: Fear thou not ; henceforth thou shalt catch men 11 unto life.<^ (11) And they brought the vessels to the land : and they left all and followed him. 12 And when Jesus was in one of the cities, a man came all full of leprosy, and seeing Jesus, he fell upon his face, and besought him, and said to him : My Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. 13 (13) And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, and said to him : I will [it] ; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy went from him. 1-4 (1-4) And he charged him : Speak to no one ; but go and show thyself to the priests, and offer the obla- tion for thy purification, as Moses hath commanded, 15 for a testimony to them. — (15) And his fiime spread abroad still more: and much people assembled to hear him, and to be cured of their diseases. 16 (16) And he retired into a desert, and prayed. 17 And it occurred, on one of the days when Jesus was teaching that Pharisees and Doctors of the * Gr. Simon. ^ Sy. a.^5 •= or, word. ■■Sy. "^lA 112 LUKE, V. Sy. .1 g^ :iD ]rrioVni ' Sy. ]Jj Sy. "h^O.^ •■ Sy. ]m^^n ' Sy. uoX Sy. sons. lawe were sitting bj, who had come from all the villages of Galilee and of Judoea, and Jerusalem : and the power^ of the Lord was present to heal them. (18) And some persons brought a para- 18 Ij'tic man, on a couch, and sought to bring him in, and to place him before him. (19) And when 19 they could not thus introduce him, because of the multitude of the people, thej ascended to the roof, and let him down Avith the couch, from the cover- ing, into the midst, before Jesus. (20) And when 20 Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. (21) And the 21 Scribes and Pharisees began to reason, and to say : Who is this that speaketh blasphemy ?s Who can forgive sins, but God only ? (22) And Jesus knew 22 their thoughts, and said to them : W^hat think ye in your heart ? (23) Which is the easier, to say, 23 Thj^ sins are forgiven thee, or to say. Arise and walk ? (2-1) But that ye may know, that the Son 21 of man is competent to forgive sins on the earth, — he said to the paralj'tic : I say to thee, Arise, take up thy couch, and go to thy home. (25) And in- 25 stautly, he rose up before their cjes, and took up his couch, and went home, glorifying God. (26) 26 And astonishment seized every one; and they praised God ; and they were filled with awe, and said : We have seen wonders to-day. • And after these things, Jesus went out and saw 27 a publican, ii named Levi,' sitting among the publi- cans; and he said to him: Come after me. (28) 28 And he left every thing, and arose, and went after him. (29) And Levi made a great entertainment 29 for him at his house ; and there was a numerous company of publicans and others who reclined with them. (30) And the Scribes and Pharisees mur- 30 mured, and. said to his disciples : AVhy do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? (31) And 31 Jesus answered and said to them : A ph3'sician is not sought after for the well, but for those very sick. (32) I came not to call the righteous, but 32 sinners, to repentance. And they said to him : Why do the disciples of 33 John fast often, and pray, and also [those] of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? (34) And 34 he said to them : Ye cannot make the guests'' of the nuptial chamber fast, while the bridegroom is LUKE, VI. 113 35 Avith them. (35) But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken up from them, and then 36 will they fast, in those days. (36) And he spoke a similitude^ to them : No one teareth a patch from a new garment, aijd putteth it to an old garment ; lest he tear the new, and the patch from the new 37 cease to make the old [garment] whole. (37) And no one putteth new wine into old sacks ; otherwise, tiic new wine will burst the sacks, and the wine 38 will run out, and the sacks be ruined. (38) But they put new wine into new sacks, and both are 39 preserved. (39) And no one drinketh old wine, and immediately calleth for new ; for he saith. The old is the delicious. YI. And on a sabbath it occurred, as Jesus walked among the tilled grounds, that his disciples plucked 2 ears, and rubbed them in their hands and ate. (2) And some of the Pharisees said to them : Why do ye that, which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath ? 3 (3) Jesus replied, and said to them : Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, he and •i those with him ? (4) How he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the bread of the Lord's table, and gave [it] to those that were with liirn; which it was not lawful, except for the 5 priests only, to eat ? (5) And he said to them : The Son of man is lord of the sabbath. 6 And on another sabbath, he entered a synagogue and taught. And a man was there, whose right 7 hand was withered. (7) And the Scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath ; that they might be able to accuse 8 him. (8) And as he knew their thoughts, he said to the man with a withered hand : Rise and come into the midst of the congregation. And when he 9 came and stood [there], (9) Jesus said to them : I ask you, What is it lawful to do on the sabbath ? that which is good ? or that which is evil ? to save 10 life ? or to destroy [it] ? (10) And he looked upon them all ; and [then] said to him. Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched out his hand, and it 11 was restored like the other. ^ (11) And they were filled with envy ; and they conferred one with another, what they should do to Jesus. 12 And in those days, Jesus retired to a mountain or, parable. " Sy. its fellow. 114 LUKE, VI. ''Sy.'U>.\», or, Apostles. <= Gr. IIsVpoj. a Sy. « Sy. Ili4 f Sy. e Sy. '' or, word. Sy.]J. to piay ; and lie passed the niglit there, in prayer to God. (13) And when the day dawned, he called 13 his disciples, and selected from them twelve, whom he named Legates :*> (14) Simon whom he named l-l Cephas,'^ and Andrew his brother, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, (15) and 15 Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Al- pheus,*^ and Simon who was called Zelote3,<5 (16) 16 and Judas the son of James, ^ and Judas Iscariot,^ who became a traitor. — (17) And Jesus descended 17 with them, and stood in the plain; and a great company of his disciples, and a multitude of assem- bled people, from all Judoea, and from Jerusalem, and from the sea-shore of Tyre and Sidon ; who came to hear his discourse,^ and to be healed of their diseases ; (18) and they who were afflicted by 18 unclean spirits : and they were healed. (19) And 19 the whole multitude sought to touch him ; for there went a virtue' out of him and healed them all. And he lifted his eyes upon his disciples, and 20 said : Blessed are ye poor ; for the kingdom of God is yours. (21) Blessed are ye that hunger now; 21 for ye will be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now ; for ye will laugh. (22) Blessed are ye, 22 when men shall hate you, and repel you, and re- vile you, and cast out your names as base, for the - Son of man's sake. (23) Rejoice in that day and 23 exult, for your reward is great in heaven ; for so did their fathers to the prophets. (24) But, woe to 24 you that are rich ; for ye have received your con- solation. . (25) "Woe to you that are full ; for ye 25 will hunger. Woe to you that laugh now ; for ye will weep and mourn. (26) Woe to you, when 26 men shall speak your praise; for so did their fii- thers to the false prophets. — (27) And to you who 27 hear, I say : Love your enemies ; and do favors to them that hate you ; (28) and bless them that curse 28 you; and pray for them that drag you with vio- lence. (29) To him that smiteth thee on thy 29 cheek, offer the other ; and from him that taketh away thy cloak, keep not back thy tunic. (30) To 30 ever}'- one that asketh of thee, give thou : and from him that taketh thy property, demand it not. (31) And as ye would that men should do to you, so 31 do ye also to them. (32) For, if ye love them that 32 LUKE, VI. love you, what goodness is it in you ? For even 33 sinners love those that love them. (33) And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what good- ness is it in you ? For even sinners do the same. 3-1: (34) And if ye lend to one from whom ye expect recompense, what goodness is it in you ? For sinners also lend to sinners, to receive adequate 35 recompense. (35) But love ye your enemies, and do them good; and lend ye, and disappoint the hopes of no one : and great will be your reward, and ye will be children of the Highest ; for he is 36 kind to the evil, and to the unthankful. (36) Be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merci- 37 ful. (37) Judge not, and ye will not be judged : condemn not, and ye will not be condemned : re- 38 lease, and je will be released. (38) Give ye, and it will be given to you ; in good measure, pressed down, and running over, will they cast into your lap. For, with what measure ye measure, it will 39 be measured to you. — (39) And he spake a simili- tude^ to them : Can a blind man lead a blind ? 40 Will not both fall into the ditch ?— (40) No disci- ple is better than his teacher ;i for Avhoever is per- 41 feet, will be like his teacher. — (41) And why observest thou the straw that is in thy brother's eye, but regardest not the beam that is in thy own 42 eye ? (42) Or how canst thou say to thy brother, My brother, allow me to pluck the straAV from th}^ eye ; when, lo, the beam * that is in thy own eye, thou regardest not. Hypocrite ! first cast the beam out thy eye, and then thy vision will be clear to 43 pluck the straw from thy brother's eye. (43) There is no good tree, that beareth bad fruits ; nor a bad 44 tree, that beareth good fruits. (44) For every tree is known by its fruits. Do men gather figs from thorn-bushes? So, neither do they pluck grapes 45 from brambles. (45) A good man, from the good treasure that is in his heart, bringeth out good things : and a bad man, from the bad treasure that is in his heart, bringeth out bad things. For, from 46 the abundance of the heart, the lips speak. (46) And wh}^ call ye me, My Lord, my Lord ; while ye do 47 not that which I command you ? (47) Every one that Cometh to me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show to whom he is like: 48 (48) He is like a man that built a house ; and he 115 ^ or, parable. ■ Sv. Rabbi. 116 LUKE, VII. Sy. ( « « » ("^ ' or, a syna- gogue. Sy. liand. Sy. r-l dug and went deep, and laid the foundations on a rock : and when a flood occurred, the flood rushed upon that house, and could not move it, for its foundation rested on a rock, (49) But he that 49 heareth and doeth not, is like a man that built his house upon the earth, without a foundation ; and when the torrent rushed upon it, it fell immediately, and the ruin of that house was great. And when he had finished all these discourses YII. in the audience of the people, Jesus entered into Capernaum. (2) And the servant of a cen- 2 turion, who was dear to him, was very sick, and near to death. (3) And he heard of Jesus, and 3 sent the Elders'^ of the Jews to him, and requested of him that he would come and save the life of his servant. (4) And when they came to Jesus, they 4 entreated him earnestly, and said: He is worthy that thou shouldst do this for him ; (5) for he loveth 5 our nation, and hath also built us a house of assembly.'^ (G) And Jesus went with them. And 6 when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent his friends to him, and said to him : My Lord, trouble not thyself, for I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof: (7) therefore I 7 deemed myself not worthy to approach thee myself; but speak the word only, and my young man will be healed. (8) For 1 also am a man 8 subjected to authority ; and I have soldiers under my command j"^ and I say to this one, Go; and he goeth : and to another. Come ; and he cometli : and to my servant, Do this ; and he doeth [it.] (9) And when Jesus heard these things, he admired 9 him ; and he turned, and said to the throng that followed him : I say to you, I have not found faith like this even in Israel. (10) And they that were 10 sent, returned to the house ; and they found the servant that had been sick, now well. And the following day, he went to a city called 11 Nain ;d and his disciples [were] with him, and a great multitude. (12) And as he approached the 12 gate of the city, he saw a procession bearing a dead man, the only son^ of his mother, and she a widow ; and a great company of the people^" of the city were Avith her. (13) And Jesus looked upon her, 13 and had compassion on her ; and he said to her, LUKE, VII. 11^ 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 14 Weep not. (14) And he went, and touclied the bier ; and thej that bore him stood still. And he said : Young man, I say to thee, Arise. (15) And the dead man sat up, and began to speak : and he delivered him to his mother. (16) And awe seized all the people ; and they glorified God, and said: A great prophet hath arisen among us, and God hath visited his people. (17) And that saying? respecting him went out through all Juda3a and all the surrounding region. And the disciples of John told him all these things. (19) And John called two of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus, and said : Art thou he that cometh, or shall we look for another? (20) And they came to Jesus, and said to him : John the Baptizer hath sent us to thee, and saith : Art thou he that cometh, or shall we look for another? (21) And in that hour he healed many persons of their diseases, and of plagues, and of unclean spirits, and gave sight to many blind persons. (22) And Jesus replied, and said to them : Go ye, and tell John all that ye have seen and heard ; that the blind see, and the lame walk, and the leprous are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead arise, and to the poor good news is 23 proclaimed -.^ (23) and blessed is he that is not 21 stumbled in me. — (21) And when John's disciples were gone, Jesus began to say to the multitude, concerning John : What went ye into the wilder- 25 ness to see ? — a reed agitated by the wind? (25) Or if not ; what went ye out to see ? — a man clad in soft raiment? Lo, they that use splendid garments 26 and luxuries, are in kings' palaces.' (26) Or if not; what went ye out to see? — a prophet? Yea, 27 say I to you; and more than a prophet. (27) [For] this is he, of whom it is written : Behold I send my messenger ^ before thy face, to prepare 28 thy way before thee. (28) I say to you, that no prophet, among those born of women, was greater than John the Baptizer : and yet the little one in 29 the kingdom of God, is .greater than he. (29) And all the people that heard him, justified God, as they 30 had been baptized with John's baptism. (30) But the Pharisees and Scribes rejected the good pleasure of God, against themselves; as they were not 31 baptized by him. (31) To what, therefore, shall I ? or, word. or, houses. ^ Sy. ^;uo]]Ld ' Sy. li\ki::L»o compare this generation ? and to what are thej like ? (32) They are hke children, that sit in the 32 market-place, and call to their fellows and Si^y : We have piped to you, and ye did not dance ; we have howled to you, and ye did not weep. (33) For John the Baptizer came, not eating bread, 33 and not drinking wine ; and ye say : He hath a demon, (o-i) The Son of man came, eating and 34 drinking ; and ye sa}'- : Behold, a gluttonous man, and a wine drinker, and one fond of publicans and sinners. (35) But wisdom^ is justified by all her 35 children. And one of the Pharisees came, and asked him 36 to eat with him. And he entered the house of the Pharisee, and reclined. (37) And there was a 37 woman in the city, who was a sinner; and Avhen she learned that he reclined in the Pharisee's house, she took an alabaster box of perfume, (38) and stood behind him, at his feet, and wept ; 38 and she began to bathe his feet with her tears, and to wipe them with the hair of her head ; and she kissed his feet, and anointed [them] with the per- fume. (39) And when the Pharisee that invited 39 him, saw it, he thought within himself, and said : If this man were a prophet, he would know who she is, and what is her reputation ; for the woman that toucheth him, is a sinner. (40) And Jesus 40 answered, and said to him: Simon, I have some- thing to say to thee. He said to him: Say it, Eabbi. Jesus said to him : (41) There were two 41 debtors to a certain creditor ; the one owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty denarii. (42) And as they had not the means of pay, he 42 released them both. Wbich of them, therefore, will love him most? (43) Simon replied, and 43 said : I suppose he to whom most was released. Jesus said to him : Thou hast judged correctly. (44) And he turned to the woman, and said to 44 Simon : Seest thou this woman ? I entered thy house, and thou gavcst [me] no water for my feet ; but she hath bathed my feet with her tears, and wiped them Avitli her hair. (45) Thou gavest 45 me no kiss ; but this woman, since she came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. (46) Thou didst 46 iu)t anoint my head with perfume; but she luilh anointed my feet with perfumed ointment. (47) I 47 LUKE, VIII. 119 therefore say to thee : Her many sins are forgiven her, for she loveth much. But he, to whom little 48 is forgiven, lovetli little, (48) And he said to the 49 Avoman : Thy sins are forgiven thee. (49) And they that were, reclining, began to say in them- selves : Who is this, that even forgiveth sins ? 60 (50) And Jesus said to the woman : Thy faith hath given thee life. Go. in peace. VIII. And after these things Jesus travelled about the cities and the villages, and proclaimed and announced the kingdom of God. And with him 2 were his twelve [disciples,] (2) and those women who were healed of infirmities and of unclean spirits, Mary called Magdalena,!^ out of whom went 3 seven demons, (3) and Joanna^ the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susanna, *'- and many others, who ministered to them of their property. 4 And when a great multitude was assembled, and people came to him from all the cities, he said, in 5 similitudes -A (o) A sower went out to sow his seed : and as he sowed, some fell by the side of the path, and was trodden upon, and a bird 6 devoured it. (6) And other fell upon a rock, and sprung up forthwith ; but, as it lacked moisture, it 7 dried up. (7) And other fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up with it, and choked it. 8 (8) And other fell on good and fair ground, and sprung up, and bore fruits, a hundred for one. Having said these things, he cried : He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 9 And his disciples asked him : what meaneth 10 this similitude ? (10) And he said to them : To you it is given, to know the mysteries*^ of the kingdom of God ; but to others, it is spoken in allegories ;f that, while seeing, they may not see, 11 and while hearing, may not understand. (11) But this is the similitude: The seed is the word of 12 God. (12) And those by the side of the path, are they that hear the word, and the enemy? cometh and taketh the word out of their heart, that they 13 may not believe and live. (13) And those upon the rock, are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy: but they have no root in them, and their faith is temporary, and in time of 14 temptation^ they are stumbled. (14) And that •^ Sy. ,_>^Q-. -= Sy. ^Q-» "^ or, parables. Sy. 1Z]J-2l^ e Sy. ^ or, trial. 120 LUKE, VIII. or, lusts. " Sy. ^5 Sy. \^y^. \ wbicli fell among thorns, are those who hear the word, but are choked bj cares, and bj riches, and by worldly desires,* and bear no fruits. (15) And 15 that on good ground, are those who, with a humble and good heart, hear the word, and retain it, and with patience bring forth fruits. — (16) No 16 one liglitcth a lamp, and covereth it with a vessel, or placeth it under a bed, but setteth it upon a light-stand, that all who come in, may see the light of it. (17) For there is nothing covered, that shall 17 not be uncovered; nor concealed, that shall not be known and become manifest. (18) Take heed 18 how ye hear : for to him that hath, shall be given; and from him that hath not, shall be taken even what he thinketh he hath. — (19) And his mother 19 and his brothers came to him, and they could not speak Avith him, because of the multitude. (20) 20 And they say to him : Thy mother and. thy brothers stand without, and wish to see thee. (21) And he answered and said: My mother and 21 my brothers, are they who hear the word of God, and do it. And on a certain day Jesus embarked and sat 22 in a ship, he and his disciples. And he said to them; Let us pass over to the other side of the sea. (23) And while they were rowing, Jesus fell 23 asleep. And there was a tempest of wind on the sea; and the ship was near to sinking. (24) And 24 they came and awaked him, and said to him: Our Rabbi, our Rabbi, ^ we are perishing ! And he arose, and rebuked the winds and the agita- tions of the water ; and they ceased, and there was a calm. (25) And he said to them: Where 25 is your faith ? And they being in awe, wondered, and said one to another: Who is this, that com- mandeth even the winds, and. the waves, and the sea; and they obey him? And they rowed on, and came to the country of 26 the Gadarenes,! which lieth over against Galilee. (27) And when he went out upon the land, there 27 met him a man of the city, in whom had been a demon for a loniij time ; and he wore no clothino^, and did not reside in a house, but among the tombs. 1(28) And when he saw Jesus, he cried 28 out, and fell down before him, and said, with a loud voice : What have we to do with thee? Jesus, thou LUKE, VIII. 121 29 30 31 .q9 33 Son of the exalted God. I entreat of thee, torment me not. (29) For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit, to come out of the man : for, of a long time he had been held captive by him ; and he had been bound with chains, and held in fetters ; but he had burst the bonds, and had been driv^en bj the demon into the desert. (30) And Jesus demanded of him : What is thy name ? And he said to him : Legion i™ because many demons had entered into him. (31) And they besought him, not to command them to depart into the abyss." (32) And there was a herd of many swine grazing on the mountain. And they besought him, that he would permit them to enter the swine. And he permitted them. (33) And the demons went out of the man, and entered the swine ; and the whole herd ran to a precipice, » and plunged into the sea, and were strangled. (31) And when the herdmen saw what had occurred, they fled, and told [it] in the cities and the viUages. (35) And the men went out to see Avhat was done. And they came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the demons had gone, now clothed, and modest, and sitting at the feet of Jesus ; and they were awed. (36) And they that saw [it], related to them in what manner the demoniac was cured. (37) And the whole throngp of the Gadarenes requested him, that he would depart from them: for great fear had seized them. And Jesus embarked in a ship, and retired from among them. (38) And the man, from Avhom the demons had gone out, requested that he might remain with him. But Jesus dis- missed him, and said to him : (39) Eeturn to thy home, and relate what God hath done for thee. And he went away, and proclaimed through all the city what Jesus had done for him. And when Jesus returned, a great multitude received him; for all were looking for him. (11) And a man, whose name was Jairus,"" a chief of the sjaiagogae,^ fell down at the feet of Jesus, 42 and besought him to enter his house; (12) for he had an only' daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near dying. And as Jesus went with him, a great multitude pressed upon him (13) And a certain Avoman, whose blood had 35 36 37 38 39 40 11 43 ■ Sy. vCL..-^^ Sy. "jioOCTlI or, cliff. p or, multitude. Sy. w-sjIoj Sy. . ti .ij Sy. 122 LUKE, IX. Gr. Peter. Sy. ]]j y Sy. eyes. - Sv. » Sy. o in ,^5 flowed twelve years, and who had expended all her property among physicians, and could not be cured by any one, (44) came up behind him, and 44 touched the border of his garment; and imme- diately the flow of her blood stopped. (45) And 45 Jesus said: Who touched me? And when all denied, Simon Cephas^ and those with him said to him: Our Rabbi,^ crowds press upon thee; and say est thou. Who touched me? (46) And 46 he said : Some one touched me ; for I perceive, that energy^ hath gone out from me. (47) And 47 the woman, when she saw that she had not escaped his notice, came trembling, and fell down and wor- shipped him. And in the presencex of all the people, she declared for what cause she had touched him, and that she was instantly healed. (48) And 48 Jesus said to her : Take courage, my daughter : . Thy faith hath given thee life: Go in peace. — (49) And while he was speaking, one came 49 from the house of the chief of the sjmagogue,^ and said to him : Thy daughter is dead ; trouble not the teacher.!^ (50) And Jesus heard [it], and 50 said to the father of the maid : Fear not ; believe only, and she will live. (51) And Jesus came 61 to the house ; and he suffered none to go in with him, except Simon, and James, and John, and the father and mother of the maid. (52) And all 52 were weeping and wailing over her. And Jesus said : Weep not ; for she is not dead, but sleepeth. (53) And they derided him, knowing that she was 53 dead. (54) And he put every one out, and took 54 her by the hand, and called, and said: Maid, arise. ^ (55) And her spirif^ returned, and she instantly 55 arose. And he directed them to give her food. (56) And her parents were astonished : and he 56 charged them to tell no one what had occurred. And Jesus called his twelve, and gave them IX. power and authority over all demons and diseases, to heal [them]. (2) And he sent them forth, to pro- 2 claim the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. (3) And he said to them : Take nothing for the 3 journey, neither a staff, nor a wallet, nor bread, nor money ; neither have two tunics. (4) And 4 into whatever house ye enter, there stay, and thence depart. (5) And against them that receive 5 LUKE, IX. 123 10 11 you not, when ye go out of that city, shake off even the dust of your feet against them, for a testi- 6 mony, (6) And the Legates'* went forth, and trav- elled about the villages and cities, and preached and healed everywhere. 7 And Herod the Tetrarch heard of all the things done by him, and heVas disturbed; because some 8 said, that John had arisen from the dead. (8) But others said, that Elijah hath appeared ; and others, that a prophet from among the ancient prophets 9 hath arisen. (9) And Herod said: The head of John, I have cut off"; but who is this, of whom I hear these things? And he was desirous to see him. And when the Legates^ returned, they narrated to Jesus all they had done. And he took them aside, to the desert part of Bethsaida. (11) And when the multitude knew [it], they followed him: and he I'eceived them, and conversed with them respecting the kingdom of God : and such as had 12 need of healing, he healed. (12) And when the day began to decline, his disciples came near, and said to him : Send away the multitude, that they may go to the villages around us and to the towns, to lodge in them, and to procure themselves 13 food, for we are in a desert place. (13) Jesus said to them : Give ye them to eat. And they say : We have no more than five loaves and two fishes ; unless we go and bu}^ food for all this people: 1-1 (14) for they were about fi.ve thousand men. Jesus said to them : Make them recline by companies, 15 fifty persons in a company. (15) And the disci- 16 pies did so, and made them all recline. (16) And Jesus took the five loaves and two fishes, and looked towards heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave to hLs disciples to set before the multi- 17 tudes. (17) And they all ate, and were satisfied : and they took up the fragments of remains, twelve baskets. •= 18 And as he Avas praying in private with his dis- ciples, he asked them, and said : Who, do the mul- 19 titudes say of me, that I am? (19) They answer and say to him: John the Baptizer; others, Elijah; and others, a prophet, one of the ancient prophets 20 arisen. (20) He said to them: But who, do ye say, that I am ? Simon answered, and said : The or, Apostles. ^ or, Apostles. Sy. 1 ] tg^Q-Q 12-i LUKE, IX. d Sy. Id or, every one. Sy. m «. <7M s Sy. m «» e^ ^ i" or, wu7-ds. ' Sv. Sy. Sy. /tarZ been. Messiali or be deprived [of itj ? (26) And whoever shall be ashamed of 26 me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with his holy angels. — (27) I tell you the 27 truth, that there are some standing here, who will not taste death until they shall see the kingdom of God. And it was about eight days after these dis- 23 courses, h that Jesus took Simon and James and John, and went up a mountain to pray. (29) And 29 while he prayed, the aspect of his countenance was changed, 'and his garments became white and bril- liant. (30) And lo, two men were talking with 30 him: and they were Moses and Elijah, (31) who 31 appeared in glory.' And they were conversing on his departure, Avhich was to be consummated at Jerusalem. (32) And Simon and those with him 32 were oppressed with drowsiness ; and being scarcely awake, they saw his glory, '^ and those two men who stood near him. (33) And when they began 33 to retire from him, Simon said to Jesus: Kabbi, it is delightful for us to be here. ' And let us make here three booths, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. But he knew not what he said. (34) And as he thus spoke, there was a cloud ; 34 and it overshadowed them; and they were afraid, when they saw Moses and Elijah go up into the cloud. (35) And there was a voice from the cloud, 35 which said: This is my beloved Son ; hear ye him. (36) And when the voice had passed,' Jesus was 36 found to be alone. — And they kept silence, and told no one in those days what they had seen. And the next day, as they came down from the 37 LUKE, IX. 38 mountain, a great multitude met them. (38) And a man from the throng cried out, and said : Teacher, "^ I beseech thee, turn thyself to me. Here 39 is m}^ only" son: (39) and a spirit cometh upon him, and he suddenly crieth out, and gnasheth his teeth, and foameth ; and he hardly leaveth him, 40 when he hath crushed him. (40) And I requested thy disciples to expel him ; and they could not. 41 (41) And Jesus answered, and said : 0 the unbe- lieving and perverse generation ! How long shall I be with you, and bear with you ? . Bring hither 42 thy son. (42) And while he was bringing him, the demon threw him down, and convulsed him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed 43 the lad, and delivered him to his father." (43) And they were all amazed at the majesty° of God. — And while every one admired at all that Jesus 44 did, he said to his disciples : (44) Lay up these w^ords in 3^our minds:? for the Son of man is to 45 be delivered into the hands of men, (45) But they understood not that speech ;>■ because it was hidden from them, that they should not know it : and they feared to ask him concerning that speech. 46 And the thought arose among them, which of 47 them [was to be] the greatest. (47) And Jesus knew the thought of their heart : and he took a 48 child, and placed him near to him ; (48) and said to them: Whoever receiveth a child like this, in my name, receiveth me ; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. For he that shall be least among you all, he will be the great one. — 49 (49) And John answered, and said: Our Eabbi, we saw a man casting out demons in thy name; and we forbad him, because he doth not, with us, 50 follow thee. (50) Jesus said to them : Forbid not : for, Avhoever is not against you, is for you. 51 And when the days for his ascension were com- pleted, so it was, that he set his face to go up to 52 Jerusalem. (52) And he sent messengers before his face ; and they went, and entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare [lodgings] for him. 53 (53) And they received him not, because he had 54 set his face to go up to Jerusalem. (54) And when his disciples James and John saw [it], they said to him : Our Lord, wilt thou that we speak, and fire come down from heaven, and consume 125 Sy p Sy. ears. ' or, word. Sy. lA^^U Sy. CLiL-»,KkLl Sy. sons of my house. Sy. lit. your peace. tliem, as also did Elijah? (55) And he turned, 55 and rebuked them, and said : Ye know not of what spirit ye are. (56) For the Son of man hath not 56 come to destroy souls ;« but to quicken' [them]. And they went to another village. And as they went by the wa}'-, one said to him : 57 I will follow thee to whatever place thou goest, my Lord. (58) Jesus said to him : The foxes 58 have holes, and the birds of heaven have coverts ; but the Son of man hath not where he may lay his head. (59) And he said to another : Come thou 59 after me. And he said to him : My Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father. (60) And 60 Jesus said to him: Allow the dead to bury their dead; and go thou and proclaim the kingdom of God. (61) Another said to him: I will follow 61 thee, my Lord ; but allow me first to bid adieu to my household, V and I will come. (62) Jesus said 62 to him : No man putting his hand to the ox-plough, and looking backward, is fit for the kingdom of God. And after these things, Jesus separated from X, among his disciples seventy other persons, and sent them, two and two, before his face, to every place and city whither he was to go. (2) And he said 2 to them: The harvest is great, and the laborers few : pray ye, therefore, the lord of the harvest, that he would send laborers into his harvest. (3) Go ye : lo, I send you forth, as sheep among wolves. (4) Take, to you no purses, nor wallets, nor shoes ; and salute no man by the way. (5) And into whatever house ye enter, first say : Peace be to this house. (6) And if the son of peace is there, your salutation^ will rest upon it ; but if not, your salutation will return to you. (7) And remain in 7 that house, eating and drinking of what it atfords ; for the laborer is worthy of his hire. And pass not from house to house. (8) And into whatever 8 city ye enter, and they receive you ; eat that which is set before you. (9) And heal them that are sick 9 in it ; and say to them : The kingdom of God hath come near you. (10) And into whatever city ye 10 enter, and they receive you not; go out into the street, and say: (11) Even the dust of your city 11 which adhcrcth to our feet, we shake oil* against LUKE, X. 127 you : but this know ye, that the kingdom of God 12 hath come near to you, (12) I say to you, that for Sodom there will be comfort in that day, rather 13 than for that city. (13) Woe to thee, Chorazin; woe to thee, Bethsaida ; for if in Tyre and Sidon there had been the mighty deeds, that were in you, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth 11 and ashes. (11) But for Tjn-e and Sidon there will be comfort in the day of judgment, rather than for 15 you. (15) And thou Capernaum, that art lifted up to heaven, shalt be brought down to hell.b — 16 (16) He that heareth you, heareth me ; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me ; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. 17 And the seventy whom he sent forth, returned with great joy, and say to him : Our Lord, even the 18 demons were subject to us, in thy name. (18) And he said to them : I saw Satau<= fall, like the light- 19 niug from heaven. (19) Behold, I give you author- ity to tread on serpents, and scorpions, and on all the power^i of the adversary :<= and nothing shall 20 harm you. (20) Yet rejoice not in this, that the demons are subject to you ; but rejoice, that your 21 names are written in heaven. — (21) In that hour Jesus exulted in the Holy Spirit, and said : I thank thee, my Father, thou Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and hast revealed them to babes: yes, 22 my Father, for such was thy good pleasure. (22) And he turned himself to his disciples, and said to them: -Every thing is committed to me by my Father : and no one knoweth who the Son is, but the Father ; or who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal [him]. 23 (23) And he turned to his disciples, privately, and said: Blessed are the eyes that see, what ye see. 21 (21) For I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what ye see, and did not see [it] ; and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear [it]. 25 And behold, a Scribe stood up to try him, and said : Teacher, f what must I do, to inherit eternal 26 life ? (26) And Jesus said to him : How is it 27 Avritten in the law ?s How readest thou? (27) He answered and said to him : Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy Sy. ^Q_k_» Sy. "^40: Sy. (TlNi Kj ^Sy.]lc^\V^ e Sy. 128 LUKE, XI. intellect. ' Sy. 1A^ >= Sy. )>CL.-^ soul, and with all thy might, and with all thy mind;h and thy neighbor, as thj^self. (28) Jesus 28 said to him : Thou hast said correctly ; do thus, and thou wilt live. (29) And he, being disjDOsed to 29 justif}'- himself, said: And who is my neighbor? (30) Jesus said to him : A certain man was going 30 down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and robbers feU upon him, and plundered him, and smote him, and left him with little life in him, and went their way. (31) And a certain priest went down by that way ; 31 and he saw him, and passed on. (32) So also a 32 Levite came, apj3roached the spot, and saw him, and passed on. (33) But a Samaritan, as he trav- 33 elled, came where he was, and saw him, and took pity on him, (3-1) and went to him, and bound up 31 his wounds, and poured wine and oil on them, and placed him upon his ass, and brought him to the inn, and took care of him. (35) And on the morn- 35 ing of the [next] day, he took out two denarii and gave to the host, and said : Take good care of him ; and if thou expendest any more, when I re- turn, I will repay thee. (36) Which therefore of 36 these three, appears to thee, to have been neigh- bor to him that fell into the hands of marauders ? (37) And he said: He that had pity on him. Jesus 37 said to him : Go, and do thou also the like. And it occurred, as they travelled by the way, 38 that he entered a certain village, and a woman whose name was Martha,' received him at her house. (39) And she had a sister whose name 39 was Mary :^ and she came and seated herself at the feet of our Lord, and listened to his discourses. (40) But Martha was occupied with much service ; 10 and she came, and said to him : My Lord, hast thou no concern, that rny sister hath left me to serve alone ? Bid her assist me. (11) Jesus answered, 41 and said to her : Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things: (42) yet but 42 one thing is necessary ; and Mary hath chosen for herself the good part, which shall not be taken from her. And as he was praying in a certain place, it XI. occurred, that when he ceiiscd, one of his disciples said to liim : Our Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. (2) Jesus said to them : 2 LUKE, XL 129 When ye pray, thus speak ye : Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy king- dom come ; thy pleasure be done, as in heaven, so 8 on earth; (3) give us daily the bread we need; 4 (4) and remit to us our sins, for we also remit to all that are indebted to us; and bring us not into 5 -trials, but deliver us from evil. — (5) And he said to them : Which of you shall have a friend, that shall come to him at midnight and say to him. My 6 friend, lend me three cakes; (6) for a friend hath come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to 7 set before him ? (7) And his friend within shall answer, and say to him : Do not disturb me, for lo, the door is closed, and my children Avith me in 8 bed ; I cannot rise and give thee. (8) I say to you : If he give him not, on account of friendship, yet on account of [his] importunity, he will arise and 9 give [him] as much as he asketh. (9) I say also to you : Ask, and it will be given you ; seek, and ye will find ; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 (10) For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, 11 it is opened. (11) For which of you being a father, if his son shall ask him for bread, will he reach to him a stone? Or, if he ask of him a fish, will he, 12 instead of a fish, reach to him a serpent? (12) Or, if he ask of him an egg^ will he reach to him a 13 scorpion ? (13) And if ye, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the Hol}^ Spirit to them that ask him ? 14 And as he was casting out a demon that was dumb, it occurred, that when the demon had gone out, the dumb [man] conversed: and the multi- 15 tudes admired. (15) But some of them said : It is by Beelzebub,^ the prince of demons,^ that he cast- 16 eth out demons. (16) And others, to tempt him, 17 asked of him a sign from heaven. (17) But Jesus, as he knew their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom that is divided against itself, will become a desolation : and a house that is divided against 18 itself, will fall. (18) And if Satan be divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand ? since ye say, that I by Beelzebub cast out demons. 19 (19) And if I, by Beelzebub, cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast [them] out? Therefore Sy, Sy. ^_ 130 LUKE, XI. Sy. e.ntry, hall. "> Sy. scatlereth to scalier. Sy. ] 1 vn .Z or, /a?i(/. p Sy. ]^« « g^ will they be to jou judges. (20) But if I, by the 20 finger of God, cast out demons, the kingdom of God hath come near to you. (21) When a strong 21 man armed kecpeth his doorway,c his property rests securely. (22) But if a stronger than he come 22 and overpower him, he taketh away all his arms on which he relied, and divideth the spoil of him. (23) lie that is not for me^ is against me; and he 23 that gathereth not with me, actually scattereth.'^ — (2-1) An unclean spirit, when he goeth out of a 24 man, goeth wandering in places where no water is, in order to find rest ; and, as he cannot find [it], he saith: I will return to my habitation, from which I came. (25) And when he cometh, he 25 findeth it swept clean and set in order, (26) Then 26 he goeth and taketh seven other spirits, worse than himself, and they enter in and dwell there ; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. — (27) And while he was saying these things, a cer- 27 tain woman from the crowd, lifted up her voice, and said to him : Blessed is the womb that carried thee, and the breasts that nursed thee. (28) He 28 said to her : Blessed are they Avho hear the word of God, and keep it. — (29) And when multitudes 29 were assembled, he began to say : This evil genera- tion seeketh a sign ; and no sign will bo given it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet. (30) For as 30 Jonah was a sign to the Ninevitcs, so also will the Son of man be a sign to this generation. (31) The 31 queen of the south^ will stand up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them; for she came from the other side of the earth,'' to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, one superior to Solomon is here. (32) The men of 32 Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and lo, one superior to Jonah is here. — (33) No one lighteth a lamp, and 33 putteth it in a secret place, or under a bushel, but upon a light-stand ; that they who come in, may see its light. (34) The lamp of thy body is thy 3-1 eye. Therefore, when thy eye is sound, s thy whole body will be enlightened ; but if it be bad, thy body also will be dark. (35) See to it, there- 35 fore, lest the light that is in tliec, be darkness. (36) For if thy whole body be enlightened, and no 36 LUKE, XI. 131 part in it be dark, the whole will be luminous, as if a lamp enlightened thee by its radiance. 87 And while he was speaking, a certain Pharisee requested him to dine with him : and he went in, 38 and reclined. (38) And the Pharisee noticing him, wondered that he did not previously baptize'' before 39 dinner. (39) And Jesus said to him: Now ye Pharisees make clean the exterior of the cup and the dish ; but your interior is full of extortion and 40 wickedness. (40) Ye deficient in understanding! did not he who made the exterior, make also the 41 interior? (41) But, give ye alms from what ye possess ; and lo, every thing will be clean to you. 42 (42) But woe to you, Pharisees ! for ye tithe mint and rue, and every pot-herb ; but pass over justice' and the love of God. Now ye ought to do these 43 things, and not to omit those. (43) Woe to you, Pharisees! who love the chief seats in the syna- 44 gogues, and a salutation in the streets. (44) Woe to you. Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like graves that are unknown, and men walk 45 over them and do not know [it]. (45) And one of the Scribes replied, and said to him: Teacher,'' while saying these things, thou reproachest us also. 46 (46) And he said : Woe to you also ! ye Scribes, who lade men with heavy burdens ; yet yc your- selves will not touch those burdens with one of 47 your fingers, (47) Woe to you! who build the sepulchres of the prophets, whom your fathers 48 slew. (48) Thus ye testify, that ye acquiesce in the deeds of your fathers ; for they slew them, and 49 ye build their sepulchres. (49) Therefore hath wis- dom said : Lo, I will send to them prophets and legates ;i and some of them they will persecute and 50 slay ; (50) that from this generation may be re- quired, the blood of all the prophets, which hath 51 been shed since the world Avas created ; (51) from the blood of Abel, to the blood of Zachariah who was slain between the temple and the altar. Yea, say I to you : It will be required of this generation. 52 (52) Woe to you. Scribes ; for ye have taken away the keys of knowledge : ye yourselves enter not, 53 and them that are entering ye hinder. — (53) And when he had said these things to them, the Scribes and Pharisees began to be offended, and became 54 angry, and carped at his discourses, (54) and prac- Sy.^>. l\ 9 132 Sy. mouth. Sy. ears. Sy.jjCTL^ ^= ^ of a de- narius. <" or, blaspheme. Sy-U^ or, parable. LUKE, XII. tiscd many wiles upon bira, seeking to catcli some- thing from liis lips,'" that they might accuse him. And when great multitudes were assembled by XII. myriads, so that they trod one upon another, Jesus began to say to his disciples : First of all, beware for yourselves of that leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. (2) For there is nothing 2 hidden, which will not be revealed ; nor concealed, that will not be known, (3) For whatever ye 3 speak in the dark, will be heard in the light ; and what in secret chambers, ye whisper in the ear,a will be proclaimed on the house-tops. (4) And to 4 3^ou, my friends, I say : Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and afterwards have nothing more they can do. (5) But I will show you, of vvdiom 5 to be afraid : of him who, after he hath killed, hath authority to cast into hell.'' Yea, say I to you: be afraid of him. (6) Are not five sparrows 6 sold for two assarii ?« and not one of them is forgotten before God. (7) And as for you, the 7 very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore ; for ye are superior to many sparrows. (8) And I say to you, that every one that shall 8 confess me before men, the Son of man will also confess him before the angels of God. (9) But he 9 that shall deny me before men, shall himself be denied before the angels of God. (10) And every 10 one that shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but he that shall reproach •! the Holy Spirit, it Avill not be forgiven him. (11) And when they shall bring you into 11 the synagogues, before chiefs and men in authority, be not anxious how ye shall make defence, or what ye shall say; (12) for the Holy Spirit will, in that 12 hour, instruct you what to say. And one of the assembly said to him :' Teacher, 13 tell my brother, to divide the inheritance with me. (14) But Jesus said to him : Man, who established 14 me a judge and distributor over you? (15) And 15 he said to his disciples : Beware of all avarice, for lifce consisteth not in abundance of riches. (16) 16 And he spoke to them a similitude :'" Thq land of a certain rich man brought forth produce in abundance. (17) And he considered with himself, 17 and said : What shall I do ; for I have not where 18 I can store up my produce ? (18) And he said : This will I do ; I will pull down my storehouses, and build them larger ; and there will I store up 19 all my corn and my good things : (19) and I will say to my soul : My soul,s thou hast good things in abundance, which are stored up for many years ; take thy ease; eat, drink, and live in ])lcasurc. 20 (20) But God said to him: Thou void of I'eason ! This night, thy soul will be required of thee ; and to whom will belong these things provided by 21 thee? (21) Such is he that layeth up treasures for himself, and is not I'ich in God. 22 And he said to his disciples : Therefore I tell 28 29 30 31 ,'hat you, He not anxious tor your iiie," Avnat j-e shall eat; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. 23 (23) For the life' is more important than food, and 2-1 the body than raiment. (21) Consider the ravens, which sow not, nor reap, nor have cellars and store- houses ; yet God provideth them food. How much more important now are ye, than the bii-ds ! 25 (25) And which of you, by taking pains, can add 26 one cubit to his stature ? (26) And if ye are im- potent for that which is least, why arc ye anxious 27 about the rest? (27) Consider the lilies, how they grow : they toil not, nor do they spin. Yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory, was clothed like one of these. (28) And if God so clothe the herb, which to-day exists in the field, and to-morrow falls into the oven, how much more you, ye little in faith? (29) And inquire not, what ye shall eat, or what ye sl^all drink; nor let 3^our mind wander upon these things. (30) For all these things the people of the world seek after; and your father knowcth that, for you also, these things are needful. (31) But seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you. 32 (32) Fear not, little flock; "for your Father is dis- 33 posed to give you the kingdom. (33) Sell your property, and give alms: make for yourselves laags that do not become old, and a treasure that is not transient, in the heavens ; where no thief 34 approacheth, and no moth eateth. (31) For where your treasure is, there also will your heart 35 be. (35) Let your loins be girded, and your 36 lamps burning. (36) And be ye like persons who are waiting for their lord, when he shall return s Sy. .i^B„<^j Sy. Sy. ] «. <7M ^n*. g^V 131 LUKE, XII. » Gr. PeWr. " Sy. iQ Cfisl. from the house of feasting, that, when he shall come and knock, they may open to him immedi- ately. (37) Happy are those servants, whom 37 their lord, when he cometh, shall find so doin^r. Verily I say to you: He will gird his loins, and make them recline, and will pass around and serve them. (38) And if in the second watch, or in the 38 third, he shall come and so find [tliem], happy are those servants. (39) And this know ye, that if 39 the lord of the house had known at what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake, and would not have suffered his house to be broken into. (40) Therefore be ye also ready ; 40 for at an hour tliat ye think not, the Son of man cometh. (41) Simon Cephas'^ saith to him: Our 41 Lord, speakest thou this similitude to us, or also to all men ? (42) Jesus said to him : Who then is 42 that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will place over all his domestics, to give them their portion in due time ? (43) Happy is that servant 43 whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. (44) Verily I say to you: He will place 44 him over all his possessions. (45) But if that 45 servant shall say , in his heart, My lord delaycth his coming; and shall begin to smite the servants and the maidens of his lord; and shall begin to eat and to drink and be drunk ; (46) the lord of 46 that servant will come in a day he thinketh not, and in an hour he knoweth not, and will cut him in two; and will assign him his portion with them that are unfaithful. (47) And the servant that 47 knew his lord's pleasure, and did not prepare f )r him according to his pleasure, shall be beaten with many [stripes]. (48) But he that knew not, yet 48 did that which deserved stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For to whomsoever much is given, from him will mucli be required; and to whom much is ciMnniitted, the more will be required at his liand. — (49) I have come to cast 49 fire on the earth ; and I would, that it already burned. (50) And I have a baptism^ to be bap- 50 tizcd"' witli ; and I am much {)rossed until it be accomplished. (51) Suppose ye, that I have come 51 to produce" tranquillity on the earth? I tell you, No: but division. (52) P'or from this time, there 52 will be five [persons] in one house, who will be LUKE, XIII. 135 divided, three against two, and two against three. 53 (53) For a father will be divided against his son, and a son against his father; a mother against her daughter, and a daughter against her mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 54 And he said to the multitudes : When you see a cloud rising out of the west, ye at once say : 55 Rain is coming ; and it is so. (55) And when a south wind bloweth, ye say: It will be hot: and 56 it is so. {o6) Ye hypocrites, ye know how to distinguish the aspect of the heavens and the earth ; and why can ye not distinguish the present 57 time ? (57) And why do ye not, of yourselves, 58 judge correctly ?o — (58) And when thou goest with thy adversary? to the ruler, ■■ while on the way, make effort to be released by him ; lest he bring thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exactor, and the exactor cast thee into 59 prison. (59) For verily I say to thee : Thou wilt not come out thence, until thou pay the last mite.^ XIIT. And at that time, some came and told him of those Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled 2" with their sacrifices. (2) And Jesus replied, and said to them : Suppose ye, that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans, because this 3 occurred to them ? (3) No. And I say to you. That all of you also, unless ye repent, will likewise 4 perish. (4) Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam^ fell, and slew them, suppose ye, that they were sinners beyond all the men inhabiting 5 Jerusalem ? (5) No. And I say to you. That ex- cept ye repent, ye like them will all of you perish. 6 — (6) And he spoke this similitude : A man had a fig-tree that was planted in his vineyard : and he came, seeking fruits upon it, and found none. 7 (7) And he said to the cultivator : Lo, these three years, I have come seeking fruits on this fig-tree, and I find none. Cut it down: why should it 8 cumber the ground? (8) The cultivator said to him : My Lord, spare it this year also, until I shall 9 work about it, and manure it. (9) And if it bear fruits, [well ;] and if not, thou wilt cut it down : why should it live? 10 And when Jesus was teaching in one of the " S}'. truth. p or, prosecutor. ' Sy. XlOD'y] ' Sy. ]jq1q_» Sy. ]-KtO\l> » 136 Sy. j:i5 •= Sy. to drink. «> Sy. Sy. 'Sy. "Itd Sy. _.U»i LUKE, XIII. synagogues, on the sabbath, (11) a woman was there, 11 who had had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bent over, and could not straighten herself at all. (12) And Jesus saw her, and called 12 her, and said to her: Woman, thou art released from thy infirmity. (13) And he put his hand 13 upon her ; and immediately she straightened her- self up, and glorified God. (l-l) And the chief' of H the synagogue, being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered, and said to the multi- tude : There are six days, on which it is lawful to work ; on them come ye, and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. (15) But Jesus replied, and 15 said to him : Thou h^^pocrite ! Doth not every one of you, on the sabbath, loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him to water?" (16) And this 16 woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom the Ca- lumniator'' hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? (17) And when he had said these 17 things, all those that stood up against him were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced in all the miracles'^ that were wrought by his hand. — (18) And Jesus said : To what is the kingdom of 18 God like? and with what shall I compare it? (19) It is like a grain of mustard, which a man 19 took and cast into his garden ; and it grew, and became a large tree ; and a bird of heaven made her nest in its branches. (20) Jesus said again: 20 With what shall I compare the kingdom of God ? (21) It is like leaven, which a woman took and 21 hid in three seahs^ of meal, until the whole was fermented. And he travelled throug-h the villages and cities, 22 teaching and going towards Jerusalem. (23) And 23 a person asked him, whether they Avere few, who would have life?o (21) And Jesus said to 2i them : Strive to enter the narrow gate : for I say to you, many will seek to enter, and will not be able. (25) From the time that the lord of the 25 house shall rise and close the door, then ye will stand without, and knock at the door; and ye will begin to say : Our Loi'd, our Lord, open to us ; and he will answer, and say : I tell you, I know you not, whence ye are. (26) And ye will begin 26 to say : We have eaten and drunken before thee ; LUKE, XIV. 137 27 and thou hast taught in our streets. (27) And he will say to jou: I know you not, whence ye are: 28 depart from me, ye doers of falsehood. (28) There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye will see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God ; and your- 29 selves will be thrust ovit. (29) And they will come from the east and from the west, and from the south and from the north, and will recline in 30 the kingdom of God. (30) And lo, there are last that will be first, and there are first that will be last. 31 On the same day came some of the Pharisees, and said to him: Go, depart hence; for Herod 32 purposeth to kill thee. (32) Jesus said to them : Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures, to-day and to-morrow, and on 33 the third day I shall be consummated. (33) But I must labor to-day and to-morrow, and on the fol- lowing day I will go ; because it cannot be, that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem. — 34 (34) 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the pro- phets, and stonest them that are sent to thee; how many times would I have gathered thy chil- dren, as a. hen that gathereth her young under 35 her wings, and ye would not? (35) Behold, your house is left to you desolate. For I say to you : Ye will not see me, until ye will say. Blessed is he that Cometh in the name of the Lord, XIV. And it occurred, that, as he entered the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread, 2 on the sabbath day, they watched him. (2) And 3 lo, a dropsical^i man was before him. (3) And Jesus answered, and said to the Scribes and Phari- 4 sees : Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath ? (4) And they were silent. And he took him, ai]d healed 5 him, and dismissed him. (5) And he said to them: Which of you, if his son or his ox fall into a pit on the sabbath day, doth not immediately lift and 6 draw him out? (6) And they could give him no 7 answer to that. — (7) And he spoke a similitude to the guests that were })resent, as he noticed how 8 they chose places on the highest couches. (8) When thou art invited by any one to a house of feasting, go not and recline on the highest couch ; lest there » Sy. who had collected water. 138 LUKE, XIV. should 1)0 invited there, one more honorable than thou ; (y) and he that invited both liim and thee, 9 come and say to thee, Give place to this man ; and thou be ashamed, when thou risest, and takest a lower couch. (10) But when thou art invi- 10 ted, go and recline on the lowest [couch] ; that when he who invited thee come, he may say to thee: My friend, come up higher and recline. And thou wilt have honor, before all that recline with thee. (11) For, every one that exalteth him- 11 self, will be humbled: and everyone that hum- bleth himself, will be exalted. — (12) And he said 12 to him that invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, invite not thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy relatives, nor thy rich neigh- bors; lest they also invite thee, and thou have this recompense. (13) But when thou makest a 13 feast, invite the poor, tlie maimed, the lame, the blind. (1-1) And thou wilt be blessed. For they 14 cannot recompense thee ; but thy recompense will be at the resurrection of the just. — (15) And when 15 one of those reclining heard these things, he said to him : Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the king- dom of God. (10) Jesus said to him: A certain 10 man made a great supper, and invited many. (17) And at the time for su})per, he sent his ser- 17 vant to say to those invited : Lo, every thing is ready for you ; come. (18) And they all to a man, 18 began to excuse themselves. The first said to him : I have bought a field, and am constrained to go out and see it. I pray thee, allow me to be excused. (19) Another said: I have bought five yoke of 19 oxen, and I go to inspect them. 1 pray thee, allow me to be excused. (20) Another said : I have 20 married a wife, and on this account I cannot come. (21) And the servant came, and told his lord these 21 things. Then the lord of the house was angry : and he said to his servant. Go out quickly into the market-places and streets of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the diseased, and the lame, and the blind. (22) And the servant said: My 22 lord, it is done as thou commandedst; and still there is room. (23) And the lord said to his ser- 23 vant: Go out to the by-paths, and among the hedges, and. constrain them to come in ; that my house may be filled. (24). For I declare to you, 24 LUKE, XV. 139 that not one of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper. 25 And when great multitudes were travelling with 26 him, he turned himself, and said to them : (26) He that Cometh to me, and hateth not his father and his mother, and his brothers and his sisters, and his wife and his children, and his own life'' also, 27 cannot become a disciple to me. (27) And he that doth not take up his cross and come after me, can- 28 not become a disciple to me. (28) For, which of you, wishing to build a tower, doth not first sit down and compute the expense, whether he have 29 the means to complete it? (29) lest, when he hath laid the foundation, and is unable to finish, all that 30 see it begin to deride him ; (30) and say : This man began to build, and was unable to finish. 31 (31) Or what king, that is going to contend in bat- tle with his neighbor king, doth not lirst consider, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him that is coming against him with twenty thousand ? 32 (32) and if not; while he is yet far from him, he 33 sendeth envoj's, and sucth for peace. (33) So every one of yon who doth not give up all his 34 possessions, cannot be my disciple. — (3-1) Salt is a good thing : but if the salt itself hath become in- 35 sipid, wi)erewith shall it be salted? (35) It is fif^ for neither the earth, nor the dunghill. They cast it away. — He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. XV. And publicans and sinners came to him, to hear 2 him. (2) And the Scribes and Pharisees mur- mured, and said : This man receiveth sinners, and 3 eateth with them. (3) And Jesus spoke to them 4 this similitude i^ (-4) What man among you, that hath a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the desert, and go and seek for that which is lost, until he find it? 5 (5) And when he findeth it, he rejoiceth, and 6 takcth it upon his shoulders; (6) and he cometh home, and he calleth together his friends and neighbors, and saith to them: Rejoice with me; 7 for 1 have found my slieej) that was lost. (7) I say to you, that there will thus be joy in heaven, over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just ones, to whom repentance was 8 not necessary. — (8) Or wliat woman is there, who, Sy. m «» g^ 1 Sy. goes to. or, parable. 140 LUKE, XV. ^ Sy. sons of ihe cilij. "" Sy. shoe him. if she have ten drachmas, and lose one of them, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and search for it carefulW, until she tiud it? (9) And 9 when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, and saith to them: Rejoice with me, for I have found my drachma that was lost. (10) 1 say to you. That there will thus be 10 jo}', before the angels of God, over one sinner that repenteth. — (11) And Jesus said to them 11 again: A certain man had two sons. (12) And 12 his younger son said to him: My father, give me the portion that falleth to me from tliy house. And he divided to them his property. (13) And 13 after a few days, the younger son collected together all that fell to him, and went to a distant place; and there squandered his property, by living in dissipation. (14) And when he had consumed all 14 that he had, there occurred a great famine in that place; and he began to be in want. (15) And he 15 went and connected himself with one of the citi- zens'^ of that place : and he sent him into the field, to tend swine. (16) And he longed to fill his belly 16 with those pods which the swine ate : and no one gave to him. (17) And when he came to himself, *= 17 he said: IIow many hired servants are now at my father's house, who have bread enough, and I am here perishing with hunger. (18) I will arise and 18 go to my father, and say to him : My father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee; (19) and am no longer worthy to be called thy son. 19 Make me like one of thy hired servants. (20) And 20 he arose and went towards his father. And he was yet at a distance, when his father saw him; and he pitied him, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and kissed him. (21) And his son said to him: 21 My father, I have sinned against heaven, and be- fore thee, and am not worthy to be called thy son. (22) But his father said to his servants: Bring 22 forth the best robe, and clothe him, and put a ring on his hand, and supply^ him with shoes. (23^ And bring forth and slay 'the fatted bullock; 23 and let us eat, and be merry. (24) For, this my 24 son was dead, and is alive; he was h^st and is found. And they began to be merry. (25) But 25 his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard the sound of the LUKE, XVI. 141 26 singing of many. (26) And he called to one of 27 the boys, and asked him what it meant. (27) And he said to him : Thy brother hath come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted bullock, because he 28 hath received him in health. (28) And he was angry, and would not go in: and his father went 29 out and entreated him, (29) And he said to his father : Lo, these many years have I labored in thy service, and never transgressed thy command ; and thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make 30 merry with my friends. (30) But for this thy son, when he had dissipated thy property with harlots, and came [home], thou hast slain the fatted bul- 31 lock for him. (31) His father said to him: My son, thou hast been ever with me, and all that I 32 have, is thine. (32) But it was proper for us to be merry, and to rejoice ; because this thy brother was dead, and is alive ; he was lost, and is found. XVI. And he spoke a parable to his disciples. There was a certain rich man, who had a steward ; and accusations were brought to him of him, that he 2 squandered his property. (2) And his lord called him, and said to him : What is this that I hear of thee? Hender to me an account of thy steward- ship ; for thou canst no longer be my steward. 3 (3) And the steward said with himself: What shall I do, since my lord is about to take from me the stewardship ? To dig, I am unable ; and to 4 become a beggar, I am ashamed. (-4) I know what to do, that, when I am -put out of the stewardship, 5 they may receive me to their houses. (5) And he called each one of his lord's debtors ; and he said to the first. How much owest thou to my lord? 6 (6) And he said to him, One hundred measures^ of oil. And he said to him : Take thy bill, and sit 7 down quickly, and write Fifty measures. (7) And he said to another : And how much owest thou to my lord ? And he said to him, One hundred cors^ of wheat. And he said to him : Take thy bill, and 8 sit down, and write Eighty cors. (8) And our Lord praised the unrighteous steward, for having acted sagaciously : for the children of this world are more sagacious than the children of light, in this their 9 generation. (9) And I also say to you : Make to yourselves friends, with this unrighteous mammon ;<= » Sy. ^5/^, Gr. fxSTpTjTtti. Sy. —.tOD Sy. 'jjolok) <■ or, the truth. Sy. ^3, high. f Sy. 5pA Sy. \ciQ.^ Sy. ^aj:^, Gr. uSrig. SO that when it is finisliccl, they may receive you to their everlasting taberuacles. (10) He that is 10 faithful in the little, is also faithful in the much; and he that is unjust in the -little, is also unjust in the much. (11) If therefore ye have not been 11 faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the reality ?'i (12) And if ye have 12 not been found faithful in that which is not yours, who will give to you that which is yours ? (13) There is no servant, who can serve two lords. 13 For, either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. And the Pharisees, when they heard all these 14 things, because they loved money, derided him. (15) And Jesus said to them: Ye are such as jus- 15 t\§y yourselves before men ; but God knoweth your heart : for that which is exalted^ among men, is abominable before God. (16) The law and the 16 prophets were until John : since then, the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and every one presseth it to enter in. (17) And it is easier for heaven and 17 earth to pass away, than for one letter to pass from the law. — (IS) Whoever putteth away his wife, 18 and taketh another, committeth adultery ; and whoever taketh her that is put away, committeth adilltery. — (19") And there was a certain rich man, 19 who was clotned in fine linen and scarlet, and passed every day in splendid luxury. (20) And 20 there was a certain poor man, whose name was Lazarus ;f and he was laid at the gate of the rich man, smitten with ulcers. (21) And he desired to 21 fill his belly with the fragments that fell from the rich man's table: and the dogs also came and licked his ulcers. (22) And so it was, that the 22 poor man died; and angels transported him to Abraham's bosora.s The rich man also died, and was buried. (23) And being tormented in hell,h 23 he raised his eyes from afar off, and saw Abraham, and Lazarus in his bosom. (2-1) And he called with 24 a loud voice, and said : Abraham, my father, have pity on me ; and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and moisten my tongue ; for, lo, I am tormented in this flame. (25) And 25 Abraham said to him : My son, remember, that thou receivedst thy good things in thj'" lifetime, LUKE, XVII. 143 and Lazarus his evil things : and now, behold, he 26 is here at rest, and thou art tormented. (26) And with all these, there is a great barrier' between us and you; so that they who would pass from here to you, cannot; neither [can they] pass from there 27 to us. (27) He said to him : I pray thee, there- fore, my father, that thou wouldst send him to my 28 father's house ; (28) for I have five brothers ; that he may go and protest to them ; lest they also come 29 to this place of torment. (29) Abraham said to him : They have Moses and. the prophets, let them 80 hear them. (80) But he said to him : No, my father Abraham : but if one shall go to them from 81 the dead, they will repent. (81) Abraham said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they will not believe, though one should rise from the dead. XYII. And Jesus said to his disciples : It cannot be, but that offences^ will come : but woe to him, by 2 whom they come. (2) Better for him were it, if a millstone were suspended to his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these 3 little ones to stumble. (8) Take heed to your- selves.— If thy brother transgress, rebuke him; 4 and if he repent, forgive him. (4) And if he shall offend against thee seven times in a day, and, seven times in a day, shall turn himself to thee, and say, 5 I repent ; forgive him. — (5) And the Legates^ said 6 to our Lord: Increase our faith. (6) He said to them : If ye had faith like a grain of mustard, seed, ye might say to this mulberry-tree, Be thou torn up by the roots, and be thou planted in the sea ; 7 and it would obey you. — (7) Which of you, having a servant driving a yoke of oxen, or tending sheep, will say to him when he cometh from the field, 8 Pass on at once, and recline for supper ? (8) But he will say to him : Prepare for me what I may sup upon, and gird thy loins and serve me, until I have eaten and drunken ; and afterwards thou shalt 9 eat and drink. (9) Hath he thanks for him, be- cause the servant did what was commanded him ? 10 I think not. (10) So also ye, when ye have done all the things commanded you, say : We are un- profitable servants, for we have done only what we were obligated to do. Sy.lki A£n Sy. __ stumhling- hlocks. *> or, Apostles. 144 LUKE, XVII. Sv. UA^ Sy. ^Ax>^l Sy. And it occurred as Jesus advanced towards Jeru- 11 salem, that he j^assed among the Samaritans into GaUlee.'= (12) And when he drew near to enter a 12 certain village, there met him ten leprous men; and they stood at a distance, (13) and raised their 13 voice, and said: Our Rabbi, Jesus, have compas- sion upon us. (14) And when he had looked up- 14 on them, he said to them : Go, show yourselves to the priests. And as they were going, they were cleansed. (15) And one of them, when he saw 15 that he was cleansed, returned, and with a loud voice, glorified God. (16) And he fell on his face, 16 at the feet of Jesus, and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. (17) And Jesus answered, and 17 said: Were they not ten who were cleansed? Where are the nine? (18) Have they so gone as 18 not to come and give glory to God ; except this one, who is of another nation? (19) And he said 19 to him : Arise, and go : thy faith hath given thee life.d And as [some] of the Pharisees asked him, 20 When the kingdom of God would come ; he an- swered, and said to them : The kingdom of God will not come with observables.^ (21) And they 21 will not say : Behold, here it is ! or. Behold, it is there ! For lo, the kingdom of God is Avithin you. — (22) And he said to his disciples : The days will 22 come, when ye will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see [them]. (23) And if they shall say to you : Lo, here he is ! 23 or, Lo, there he is! go not forth. (24) For, as 24 the lightning darteth from the heavens, and illu- minateth all beneath the heavens; so will the Son of man be, in his day. (25) But, previously, he 25 is to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation. (26) And as it was in the daj^s of 26 Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man. (27) They ate and drank, they took wives and 27 were given to husbands, until the day that Noah entered the ark ; and the flood came, and destroyed every one. (28) And again, as it was in the days 28 of Lot; they ate and drank, bought and sold, planted and built. (29) But in the day that Lot 29 went out of Sodom, the Lord rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed them all. (SOj Thus will it be, in the day when the Son of 30 LUKE, XVIII. 145 31 man shall be revealed. (31) In that day, let him that is on the house-top, and his goods in the house, not come down to take them : and let him that is in the field, not return [after what is] behind him 32 (32) Remember Lot's wife. (33) He that desireth 33 to preserve^ his life, will lose it; and he that 31 will lose his life, shall preserves it. (34) I tell you, that, in that night, two will be in one bed 35 one will be taken, and the other left. (35) And two females will be grinding together; one will be 36 taken, and the other left. (36) Two men will be in the field ; one will be taken, and the other left. 37 — (37) They answered, and said to him : Whither, our Lord ? He said to them : Where the body is, there will the eagles assemble themselves. — XVIII. And he spoke to them a similitude also, that men should pray at all times, ^ and not become 2 weary, (2) There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God, and regarded not men. 3 (3) And there was a certain widow in that city ; and she afane to him, and said : Vindicate me 4 against my adversary. (4) And he would not, for a long time : but afterwards, he said to himself: Though I fear not God, and regard not men, 5 (5) yet, because this widow troubleth me, I will vindicate her; that she may not be always coming 6 and troubling me. (6) And our Lord said : Hear 7 what the unjust judge saith. (7) An-d will not God, much more, vindicate his chosen, who call upon him bj^ day and by night ; and have patience 8 with them ? (8) I tell you, He will vindicate them speedily. Yet the Son of man will come ; and will he find faith on the earth ? 9 And he spake this similitude, against certain persons, who had confidence in themselves that they were righteous, and despised every one. 10 (10) Two men went up to the temple to pray ; the 11 one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. (11) And the Pharisee stood by himself, and prayed thus : God, I thank thee that I have not been like the rest of men, rapacious, oppressive, and adulterous ; 12 nor like this publican. (12) But I fast twice in a 13 week, and tithe all I possess. (13) And the pub- lican stood afar off, and would not even lift his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, and said: 14 God, be merciful to me, a sinner. (14) I say to f Sy. I.kkJJ f Sy. OTa.*.KJ Sv. or, every op- portunity. 146 LUKE, XVIII. Sy. »Dj^lD Sy. ]i " -'^ Sv. "ji g^V-0 H4 Sy-V^^J!^ ' Gr. Peter. you, that this [man] went clown to his house justi- lied,^ rather than the Pharisee. For every one that exalteth himself, will be humbled ; and every one that humbleth himself, will be exalted. And they brought to him infiints, that he might 15 touch them : and his disciples saw them, and re- buked them. (IG) But Jesus called them, and 16 said to them : Suffer little children to come to me, and forbid them not ; for of those that are like them, of such is the kingdom of heaven. (17) Verily I say to you, That he who shall not 17 receive the kingdom of God, as a little child, will not enter it. And one of the chiefs^ asked him, and said to 18 him: Good Teacher, "^ what shall I do, that I may inherit eternal life ? (19) Jesus said to him: Why 19 callest thou me, good? For, there is none good, except one; God. (20) Thou knowest the com- 20 mandments: Thou shalt not kill; and thou shalt not commit adultery; and thou shalt not steal; and thou shalt not testify a false testinfon}' ; honor thy father and thy mother. (21) He said to 21 him : All these have I kept, from my childhood. (22) And when Jesus heard these [words], he said 22 to him: One thing is lacking to thee: go, sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou wilt have a treasure in heaven ; and come after me, (23) And he, when he heard these [words], was 23 dejected; for he was very rich. (2-1) And when 21 Jesus saw tliat he was dejected, he said: How difficult [it is], for those that have wealth, to enter into the kingdom of God! (25) It is easier for a 25 camel to enter the eye of a needle, than a rich man the kingdom of God. (26) They who heard 26 [it], said to him: Who then can have^ life? (27) And Jesus said: Those things which, with 27 men, cannot be, with God, can be. — (28) Simon 28 Cephas^ said to him : Lo, we have left every thing, and come after thee. (29) Jesus said to him: 29 Verily I say to you: There is no man, who hath deft houses, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or chil- dren, for the sake of the kingdom of God, (30) that 30 shall not receive manifold in the present time, land, in the coming world, eternal life. And Jesus took his twelve, and said to them: 31 I Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem ; and aU the things written in the prophets, concerning the Sori 82 of man, will be fulfilled. (32) For he will be dei livered over to the Gentiles ; and they will mock him, and spit in his face ; (33) and will scourge him^ and will treat him with ignominy, and will kill him ; and, the third day, he will arise. (34) But not one of these things, did they understand ; but this subject? was hidden from them, and they knew not the things told to them. And as they came near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the side of the way, beggingi (36) And he heard the noise of the multitude that passed, and inquired what it was. (37) They say to him: Jesus the Nazarean is passing hjl (38) And he called out, and said : Jesus, Son of! 89 David, have mercy on me. (39) And they thai went before Jesus rebuked him, that ne might be silent. But he cried out the more. Son of David; have mercy on me. (40) And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be called to him. And when he came to him, he asked him, (41) and said to him: What wilt thou, that I do for thee? And he said : My Lord, that I may see. (42) An^ Jesus said to him : See thou ; thy fiiith hath vivi-! fied'i thee. (43) And imm.ediately he saw. And he followed after him, and glorified God. And al| the j)eople who beheld, gave glory to God. ' 83 84 oo 86 37 88 40 41 42 43 XIX. And as Jesus entered and passed througli 2 Jericho, (2) [there was] a certain man, whose name was Zaccheus,^ who v/as rich, and chief* of the 3 publicans; (3) and he wished to see Jesus, whp he was ; and could not, on account of the crowd ; be| 4 cause Zaccheus was small in stature. (4) And hA ran forward of ^Jesus, and climbed a wild fig-treej' in order to sec him ; for he was to pass that wayl 5 (5) And when Jesus came to the place, he saw him, and said to him : Make haste and come down] Zaccheus; for I must be at thy house to-day; 6 (6) And he hastened, and came down, and received 7 him with gladness. (7) And when they all saw [it], they murmured, and said: lie hath gone iii 8 to he guest with a man that is a sinner. (8) Anid Zaccheus stood up, and said to Jesus : Behold, my Lord, the half of my riches I give to the poorj and to every man, whom I have wronged in mjf e Sy. word. "• Sy. ^C\A^] " Sy. ^y 148 LUKE, XIX. Sy. \j^ Sy. "^>J0 or, parable. Gr. |xva^. jjV)= eSv, y. S071S. 12 tiling, I restore fourfold. (9) Jesus said to him: 9 This day, life'' is to this house ; for he also is a son of Abraham. (10) For the Son of man came, to 10 seek and to vivify^ that which was lost. And when they heard these things, he proceeded 11 to utter a similitude ;«^ because he was near to Jeru- salem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was to be soon developed. (12) And he said : A certain man of high birth was going to a distant place, to obtain royalty, and return again. (13) And 13 he called his ten servants, and gave them ten pounds :*" and he said to them, Traffic until I come. (11) But the inhabitants? of his city hated him ; 11 and they sent envoys after him, saying : We wish this man not to reign over us. (15) And when he 15 had obtained the royalty, and had returned, he commanded those servants to be called, to whom he had committed his money ; that he might know what each of them had gained by trading. (16) And the first came, and said: My Lord, thy 16 pound hath gained ten pounds. (17) He said to 17 him: Well done, good servant! As thou hast been faithful over a little, thou shalt have author- ity over ten towns. (18) And the second came, and said : My lord, thy pound hath produced five pounds. (19) He said likewise to him : Thou also shalt have authority over five towns. (20) And another came, and said: My lord, lo, this is thy pound, which hath been with me, laid up in fine linen. (21) For I was afraid of thee, because thou 21 art a hard man, and takest up that which thou lay- edst not down, and reapest that which thou sowedst not. (22) He said to him : Out of thy own mouth 22 will I judge thee, thou evil servant. Thou knew- est me, that I am a hard man, and that I take up what I laid not down, and reap what I sowed not ! (23) Why didst thou not put my money into the 23 broker's hands, that when I came, I might have demanded it with interest? (24) And he said to them that stood before him: Take from him the pound, and give it to him Avith whom are the ten l)ounds. (25) They say to him : Our lord, there are with him ten pounds. (26) He said to them : I tell you, that to every one that hath, will be given ; and from him that hath not, even what he hath will be taken away. (27) But as for those 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 LUKE, XIX. 149 mj enemies, who would not have me to reign over them, bring them and slay them before me. 28 And when Jesus had spoken these things, he 29 went forward, to go to Jerusalem. (29) And when he arrived at Bethphage and Bethany, near to the mount called the place of Olives, he sent two of 30 his disciples, (80) and said to them: Go ye to the village that is over against us, and as ye enter [it], ye will find a colt tied, on which no man ever rode ; 31 loose [him] and bring [him]. (31) And if any man ask you. Why do ye loose him? say to liini: 32 Our Lord needeth him. (32) And they went who were sent, and they found, as he said to them. 33 (33) And as they loosed the colt, the owner of him said to them: Why do ye loose that colt? 31 (31) And they said: Because our Lord needeth 35 him. (35) And they brought him to Jesus. And they cast their garments upon the colt, and set 36 Jesus upon him. (36) And as he went, they 37 spread their garments in the way. (37) And when he came near to the descent of the place of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to re- joice, and to praise God, with a loud voice, for all 38 the mighty deeds'^ which they had seen. (38) x\nd . they said : Blessed be the king, that cometh in the name of the Lord : peace in heaven, and glory on 39 high. (39) And some of the Pharisees from among the crowd, said to him : Rabbi, rebuke thy disei- 40 pies. (10) He said to them : I tell you, that, if these should be silent, the stones would cry out. — 41 (41) And as he drew near, and beheld the city, he 42 wept over it: (42) and said: 0, haclst thou known the things that are of thy peace, at least in this thy day : but now they are hidden from thy eyes. 43 (43) For the days will come upon thee, when thy enemies will encompass thee, and besiege thee on 44 every side. (44) And they will destroy thee, and thy children within thee; and will not leave in thee one stone' upon another; because thou knew- 45 est not the time of thy visitation; — (45) And when he entered the temple, he began to expel those 46 who bought and sold in it. (46) And he said to them : It is written, My house is a house of prayer ; 47 but ye have made it a den of robbers. — (47) And he taught daily in the temple : and the chief priests and Scribes and Elders of the people, sought to Sy.UI Sy. stoTie vpan stone. iso LUKE, XX. • Sy. he added ancL •' Sy. lie added and. kiestroy him. (48) But they found not, what they 48 could do to him ; for all the people hung upon him to hear him. And on one of those days, as he was teaching XX. the people in the temple, and preaching, the chief priests and Scribes, with the Elders, came upon .him, (2) and said to him : Tell us, by what author- 2 •ity thou doest these things? Anft who is it, that gave thee this authority? (3) Jesus answered, 3 and said to them : I also will ask you a word, and tell ye me. (4) The baptism of John, was it 4 from heaven, or from men? (5) And they rea- 5 soned with themselves, and said: If we say. From heaven ; he will say to us. And why did ye not believe him? (6) Jiut if we say. From men; all 6 the people will stone us ; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. (7) And they said to 7 him: We do not know, whence it was. (8) Jesus 8 said to them : Neither do I tell you, by what au- thority I do these things. And he began to utter this similitude to the 9 .people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and leased it to cultivators, and went abroad for a long time. (10) And in time, he sent his servant to the 10 cultivators, that they might give him of the fruits of the vineyard. But the cultivators beat him, and sent him away empty. (11) And again* he 11 sent another servant ; and him also they beat, and treated with rudeness, and sent empty away. (12) And againiJ he sent the third. And they 12 wounded him, and cast him out. (13) The lord 13 of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my dear son. Perhaps they will look upon him, and be ashamed. (14) But when the culiiva- 14 tors saw him, they reasoned with themselves, and said: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. (15) And they cast 15 him out of the vineyard, and slew him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? (IH) He will come, and destroy those cultivators, 16 and will lease the vineyard to others. — And when they heard [it], they said: This shall not be. (17) And he looked u])on them, and said: What 17 is that which is written. The stone, which the builders rejected, is become the chief corner stonj ? LUKE, XX. 151 18 (18) And whoever shall fall upon this stone, will be broken ; and on whomsoever it shall fall, it will 19 crush him in pieces. (19) And the chief priests and Scribes sought to lay hands on him, at that time;<= but they were afraid of the people; for they knew, that he spoke this similitude against them. 20 And they sent to him spies, who feigned them- selves righteous men, that they might insnare him in discourse, and deliver him up to a court, and to 21 the authority of the president.'^ (21) And they questioned him, and said to him: .Teacher, ^^ we know that thou speakest and teachcst correctly, and hast no respect of persons, but teachest the 22 way of God in truth. (22) Is it lawful for us to 23 pay head-money to Caesar, or not? (23) But he perceived their craftiness, and said: Why tempt ye me? (24) Show me a denarius. Whose is this image and superscription upon it? They said to 25 him, Coesar's. (25) Jesus said to them : Then, give to Cassar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's. (26) And they could not catch from him a word [of accusation] before the people : and they were surprised at his answers, and were silent. And some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came and questioned him, (28) and said to him: Teachfer, Moses wrote to us, that if a man's brother die, who had a wife without chil- dren, his [surviving] brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his [deceased] brother. (29) Now, tlicre were seven brothers ; and the first took a wife, and died without children. (30) And the second took her to wife; and he died without chil- dren. (31) And again, the third took her, and in like manner also all the seven ; and they died, and left no children. (32) At last, the woman likewise died. (33) In the resurrection, therefore, of which of them will she be the wife, for the seven took her? 34 (34) Jesus said to them: The children of this Avorld take wives, and wives are given to husbands. 35 (35) But they who are worthy of that world, and of the resurrection from the dead, do not take 36 wives, nor are wives given to husbands. (36) Nei- ther can they die any more ; for they are as the angels, and are the children of God, beca/.se they 37 are children of the resurrection. (37) But that 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Sy. hour. Sy. pnV)..cn Sy. li^^^n 152 LUKE, XXI. Sy. "jjokL the dead will arise, even Moses showed ; for, at the bush, he niaketh mention, while he saith: The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. (38) Now God is not [the God] 38 of the dead, but of the living ; for they all live to him. (39) And some of the Scribes answered, 39 and said to him : Teacher, thou hast spoken well. (40) And they did not again venture to question 40 him, on anj' matter. And he said also to them : How do the Scribes 41 say of Messiah, that he is the son of Pavid? (42) And David himself said, in the book of 42 Psalms : The Lord said to my Lord, seat thyself at my right hand, (43) until I shall place thy foes^ 43 under thy feet. (44) If David, therefore, called 44 him. My Lord; how is he his son? (45) And 45 while all the people heard, he said to his disciples: (46) Beware of the Scribes, who choose to walk in 46 long robes, and love a salutation in the streets, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the chief couches at suppers: (47) who eat up the houses of 47 widows, under pretence that they prolong their prayers. They will receive a greater condemnation. And Jesus looked upon the rich, who cast their XXL oblations into the treasury. (2) And he saw also 2 a certain poor widow, who cast in two mites.^ (3) And he said : Truly I say to you, that this poor 3 widow hath cast in more than any one. (4) For 4 all they, from what was superfluous to them, have cast into the receptacle of oblations to God ; but she, from her penury, hath cast in all that she possessed. And when some spoke of the temple, as adorned 5 with goodly stones and oblations, Jesus said to them : (6) [As for] these things, on which ye gaze, 6 the days will come, in which there will not be left a stone upon a stone, that is not cast down. (7) And 7 they questioned him, and said : Teacher, when will these things be ? And what is the sign that they are near to take place ? (8) And he said to 8 them: See, that yc be not deceived; for many will come in my name, and will say : I am Messiah ; and the time is near. But go ye not after them. (9) And when ye shall hear of wars and commo- 9 tious, be not afraid ; for these things arc previously 10 to take place, but the end is not yet come. (10) For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against 11 kingdom; (11) and great earthquakes will occur in several places, and famines, and pestilences;'' and there will be terrors, and trepidations, and great signs from heaven will be seen, and there will be great 12 tempests. — -(12) But before all these things, they will lay hands upon you, and will persecute you, and will deliver you up to councils^ and to prison, and will arraign you before kings and governors, ^^ 13 on account of my name. (13) But it will be to 14 3'ou for a testimony. (14) And settle it in your hearts, that ye will not previously seek instruction for making a defence. (15) For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your enemies will be unable to withstand. (16) And j^our parents, and your brothers, and your relatives, and your friends, will deliver you up, and cause some of you to die. (17) And ye will be hated by every one, on account of my name. (18) But a hair of your 19 head shall not perish. (19) And b}'' your patience, 20 will ye preserve your souls. — (20) And when ye shall see Jerusalem with an army encompassing it, then know ye, that its destruction draweth nigh. (21) Then let them who shall be in Juda?a, flee to the mountain [district] ; and let them, who are in the midst of it,^ flee away; and those in the fields, not enter it. (22) For these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. (23) But woe to them that are with child, and to them that nurse chil- dren, in those days ; for then will be great distress 24 in the land,'' and wrath upon this people. (24) And they will tall by the edges' of the sword, and be carried captive to every place. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the 25 times of the Gentiles shall be completed. — (25) And there will be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and distress of nations on the earth; and clasping of hands, from astonishment 26 at the noise of the sea; (26) and dismay that driveth out the souls of men, from fear of that which is to come on the earth ; and the powers'^ 27 of heaven will be moved. (27) And then will they see the Son of man coming in the clouds, with 28 much power, and with great glory. (28) And when these things shall begin to be, take courage, 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 ' Sy. mortalUies. or, synagogues. ' Sy. ^ i. e. Jerusalem. Sy. earth. Sy. mouth. or, armies. 154 LUKE, XXII. Sy. lAoj Sy. earth. 'Sy. "(j.^ 29 30 31 P.9. and lift up your heads, for your deliverance draw- eth nigh. — (29) And he uttered a similitude to them. Look at the fig-tree, and all the trees. (30) When they bud forth, ye at once understand from them, that summer approacheth. (81) So also, when ye shall see all these things take place, know ye that the kingdom of God is near. (32) Verily I say to you, That this generation' will not pass away, until all these things occur. (33) Heaven 33 and earth will pass away ; but my word will not pass"" away. — (34) Take heed to yourselves, that 34 your hearts be, at no time, stupefied by gluttony and ebriety and worldly care; and so that day come upon you unawares. (35) For, like a hunter's snare, it will spring upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole land.^ (36) Be ye there- fore vigilant, at all times, and prayerful ; that ye may be worthy to escape the things that are to take place, and may stand before the Sou of man. — (37) And, in the daytime he taught in the tem- ple, and at night he went out and lodged in the mount, called the Place of Olives. (38) And all the people came early to him in the temple, to hear his discourse. 35 36 38 And the feast of unleavened cakes, which is XXII. called the passover, drew near. (2) And the chief 2 priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him, for they were afraid of the people. (3)' And 3 Satan* entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve. (4) And he went 4 and conferred with the chief priests and Scribes, and the military commanders of the temple, how he might betray him to them. (5) And they were 5 glad, and covenanted to give him money. (6) And 6 he promised them, and sought opportunity to be- tray him to them, in the absence of the multitude. And the day of unleavened cakes arrivetl, on 7 which it was customary for the passover to be slain. (8) And Jesus sent Cephas and John, and said to 8 them: Go, prepare for us the passover, that wc may eat it. (9) And they said to him: Where 9 wilt thou, that we prepare? (10) He said to them : 10 Lo, when ye enter the city, there will a man meet you, bearing a vessel of water. Go after him; (11) and where he entcrcth, say ye to the lord of 11 LUKE, XXII. 155 the liouse : Our Rabbi saith, Is there a place of re- freshment, in which 1 may eat the Passover, with 12 my disciples? (12) And lo, he will show you a large upper room that is furnished ; there prepare 13 ye. (13) And they went, and found as he had said to them: and they made ready the passover. 14 — (14) And when the time arrived, Jesus came and reclined; and the twelve Legates'' with him. 15 (15) And he said to them: I have greatly desired*^ to eat this passover with you, before I suffer. 16 (16) For I say to you, That henceforth I shall not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 17 (17) [And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and 18 said: Take this, and divide it among j-ou. (18) For I say to you. That I shall not drink of the product of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.*] — (19) And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to them, and said: This is my body, which is given for j^our sakes. This do ye, in remembrance of me. (20) And in like manner also concerning the cup, after they had supped, he said: This cup is the new testamenf^ in my blood, which, for your sakes, is poured out! — (21) But, behold, the hand of him that betra_yeth me is on 22 the table. (22) And the Son of man goeth, as it was determined; but woe to that man, by whom he is betrayed. (23) And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was, that would do this. And there was contention also among them, who among them would be greatest. (25) And Jesus said to them : The kings of the nations, are their lords; and those exercising authority over them, are called benefactors. (26) But yc, not so: but he that is great among you, must be as the least ; and he that is chief, as the servitor. (27) For, which is the greater, he that roclineth, or he that serveth? Is not he that reclineth ? But I am among j^ou, as he that serveth. (28) Ye are they 29 who have continued with me in my trials : (29) and I promise to you, as my Father hath promised to me, a kingdom : (30) that ye may eat and drink at the table of my kingdom, and may sit on thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel. 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 or, Apostles. Sy. Sy..» O .A >> * Adler says, verses 17, 18, are wanting in all MSS. of the Pesiiito. And Jesus said to Simon : Simon, lo, Satan liatb 31 desired to sift thee, as wheat: (32) but I have 32 prayed for thee, that thy faith may not faih And thou also, in time, turn ; and confirm thy brethren. (33) And Simon said to him : My Lord, with thee 33 I am ready, both for prison and for death. (34) Jesus said to him: I tell thee, Simon, the 34 cock will not crow this day, until thou hast tliree times denied that thou knowest me. — (35) And he 35 said to them: When I sent you without purses, without Avallets and shoes, lacked 3'e any thing? The}^ say to him : Nothing. (36) He said to them : 36 Henceforth, let him that hath a purse, take it ; and so likewise a wallet. And let him that hath no s\\^ord, sell his garment, and buy himself a sword. (37) For I say to 3^ou, That tliis also, which was 37 written, must be fulfilled in me : I shall be num- bered with transgressors. For, all that relates to me, will be fulfilled. (38) And they said to him: 38 Our Lord, lo, here are two swords. He said to them : They are suflieient. And he went out, and proceeded, as was his cus- 39 torn, to the mount of the j)lace of Olives; and his disciples followed him. (40) And when he arrived 40 at the place, lie said to them : Pray ye, that ye en- ter not into temptation. (41) And he retired from 41 them, about a stone's throw; and kneeled down, and prayed, (42) and said : Father, if it please thee, 42 let this cup pass from me. Yet not my ])leasure, but thine, be done. (43) And there appeared to 43 him an angel from heaven, who strengthened him. (44) And as he was in fear, he prayed earnestly ; 44 and his sweat was like drops of blood; and it fell on the ground. (45) And he arose from his 45 prayer, and came to his disciples: and he found them sleeping, from sorrow. (46) And he said to 46 them: Why sleep ye? Arise, and pra}', lest ye enter into temptation. — (47) And Avhile he was 47 speaking, lo, a maltitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, came at their lu'ad. And he came up to Jesus, and kissed him. For he had given them this sign: Whom I shall kiss, he it is. (48) Jesus said "to him: Judas, is it with a kiss 48 thou betraycst the Son of man ? (49) And when 49 they that were with him, saw what occurred, they said to him : Our Lord, shall we smite them with LUKE, XXII. 157 52 5-J: 55 56 57 58 50 the sword? (50) And one of them smote a ser- vant of the high priest, e and took off his right ear. 51 (51) And Jesus answered, and said: Sufficient, thus far. And he touched the ear of him that was smitten, and healed him. — (52) And Jesus said to those who had come upon him, — the chief priests and Elders and military captains^ of the temple : Have ye come out against me, as against a robber, Avith swords, and with clubs, to take me ? (53) I was with you daily in the temple, and ye laid not hands upon me. But this is your hour, and the reign of darkness. (54) And they took him, and conducted him to the house of the high priest. And Simon followed after him, at a dis- tance, (do) And they kindled a fire in the middle of the court, and sat around it; and Simon also sat among them. (56) And a certain maid saw him sitting at the fire, and she looked upon him, and said : This man also was with him. (57) But he denied, and said : Woman, I have not known him. (58) And a little after, another [person] saw him, and said to him : Thou too art one of them. And 59 Cephas said : I am not. (59) And an hour after, another contended and said: Certainly, this man also was with him, for he likewise is a Galilean. 60 (60) Cephas said: Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he was speaking, the cock crew. (61) And Jesus turned, and looked upon Cephas. And Simon remembered the word of our Lord, which he spoke to him : Before the cock shall crow, thou wilt deny me three times. (62) And Simon went out, and wept bitterly. — (63) And the men who had taken Jesus, insulted 64 him, and blinded him, (61:) and smote him on his face, and said: Prophesy thou, who smote thee? Q6 (65) And many other things they revilingly ut- tered, and spoke against him. 66 And when the day dawned, the Elders and chief priests and Scribes assembled together ; and they 67 led him to the place of their meeting, (67) and said to him : If thou art the Messiah, tell us. He said to them : If I tell you, ye will not believe in me. 68 (68) And if I should ask you, ye will not return 69 me an answer ; nor will ye release me. (69) From this time, the Son of man will sit on the right hand 70 of the majesty? of God. (70) And they all said : 61 62 63 Sy. e OT, power. 158 LUKE, XXIII. '' Sy. worils. «Sy. ^ Sy. 1ja2'>1 Thou art then, the Son of God ? Jesus said to them: Ye say that I am. (71) They say: What 71 further need have we of witnesses? For we have heard from his own mouth. And the whole company of them arose, and XXIII. carried him before Pilate. =^ (2) And they began 2 to accuse him, and said : We have found this man seducing our people, and forbidding to pay the capitation money to C«sar, and declaring himself to be king Messiah. (3) And Pilate interrogated 3 him, and said to him : Art thou king of the Jews ? He said to him: Thou hast said. (4) And Pilate 4 said to the chief priests and the company : I find no crime upon this man. (5) And they vocifera- 5 ted, and said : He raiseth disturbance among our people, by teaching in all Judaea, commencing from Galilee, and quite to this ])lace. (6) And Pilate, 6 when be heard the name Galilee, inquired if the man were a Galilean. (7) And having learned 7 that he was from under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod ; for he was at Jerusalem on those days. — (8) And Herod rejoiced greatly when 8 he saw Je,'?us, for he had been desirous to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things of him, and he hoped to see some sign from him. (9) And he asked him many questions;^ but Jesus 9 gave him no reply. (10) And the chief priests 10 and Scribes stood up, and accused him vehemently, (11) And Herod and hiswarriors^ contemned him. 11 And when he had mocked him, he clothed him in a purple robe, and sent him to Pilate. (12) And 12 on that day, Pilate and Herod became friends to each other ; for there had previously been enmity between them. — (13) And Pilate called the chief 13 priests and the rulers*^ of the people, (14) and said 14 to them : Ye have brought this man before me, as a disturber of your people ; and lo, I have examined him before you, and I find in the man no crime, among all that 3'-e charge upon him. (15) Neither 15 yet Herod: for I sent him to him, and lo, nothing deserving death hath been done by him. (16) I 16 will therefore chastise him, and release him. — (17) For it was a custom, that he should release one 17 at the festival. — (18) And all the company vocifer- 18 atcd, and said : Away with this man ; and release 20 21 22 23 19 to us Barabbas.*^ (19) He was one wlio liad been thrown into prison, on account of a sedition and murder which had occurred in the citj. (20) And Pilate, being disposed to release Jesus, conversed with them again. (21) But they cried out, and said : Crucify him ; crucify him. (22) And he said to them the third time: But, what evil hath he done? I find no crime in him deserving of death. I will scourge him, therefore, and release him. (23) But they were urgent, with a loud voice ; and demanded of him, that they might cru- 2-1 cify him. (24) And Pilate decreed, that their re- 25 quest be granted. (25) And he released to them him, who for sedition and murder had^been cast into prison, for whom they petitioned ; and he de- livered up Jesus to their pleasure, 26 And as they led him away, they seized Simon the Cyrenian, coming from the fields, and laid upon 27 him the cross, to bear [it] after Jesus. (27) And there followed after him a great multitude of peo- ple ; and those women [also] who wailed and la- 28 mented over him. (28) And Jesus turned to them, and said to them : Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me; but weep rather for yourSelves, and 29 for your children. (29) For lo, the days are com- ing, in which they will say: Happy the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts 80 that never nursed. (30) Then will they begin to say to the mountains. Fall upon us! and to the 31 hills, Cover us ! (31) For if they do these things in a green tree, what will be in the dry? — 32 (32) And there went along with him two others, malefactors, to be crucified. 33 And when they came to a certain place which is called a Skull,^ they crucified him there; and the two malefactors, the one on his right hand, and the 34 other on his left. (34) And Jesus said: Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they divided his garments, casting a lot upon 35 them. (35) And the people stood and looked on -^ and the rulers? also derided him, and said : He quickened'^ others; let him quicken himself, if he 36 is the Messiah, the chosen of God. (36) And the soldiers likewise mocked him, coming to him and 37 offering him vinegar, (37) and saying to him: K thou art the king of the Jews, quickeai thyself « Sy. ]^]-^ Sy. ^ Sy. IjOiii") I' Gr. i(fu(fe. Gr. tfw(J'ov. 160 LUKE, XXIII. k Sy. l-m .y,c^ ' or, earth. ^ Sy. *j>_»j05 Sv. .i"(^o\on (38) And there was likewise a superscription over 38 hira, written in Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew : This is the King of the Jews. And one of the malefactors who were crucified 39 with him, reproached him, and said: If thou art the Messiah, rescue thyself, and rescue us. (40) But his fellow [malefactor] rebuked him, and 40 said to liim : Art thou not afraid even of God, see- ing thou art under the same sentence? (41) And 41 we justly ; for we have a retribution according to our deserts, and according to our deeds ; but noth- ing hateful hath been done by him. (42) And he 42 said to Jesus : My Lord, remember me, when thou comest into thy kingdom. (43) Jesus said to him : 43 Verily I say to you. That this day thou shalt be with me in paradise. i^ And it was about the sixth hour ; and darkness 44 was over all the land,' until the nintli hour. (45) And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of 45 the door of the temple was rent through its mid- dle. (46) And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and 46 said : My Father, into thy hand I commit my spirit."" Thus he spake, and expired. (47) And when the 47 centurion saw what occurred, he glorified God, and said: Certainly, this was a righteous man. (48) And all the multitudes who had assembled at 48 this spectacle, on seeing what occurred, returned, smiting upon their breasts. (49) And there were 49 standing at a distance, all they that knew Jesus, and those women who came with him from Galilee ; and they beheld these things. And there was a certain man, whose name was 50 Joseph, a counsellor," from Eamath a city of Judtea, who was a good man and righteous; (51) and he 51 had not consented to their decision and deed ; and he was waiting for the kingdom of God. (52) This 52 man went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. (53) And he took it down, and wrapped it in a 53 winding-sheet of linen; and laid it in an excava- ted sepulchre, in which no one had hitherto been laid. (54) And it was the day of preparation, 54 and the sabbath began to dawn. (55) And those 55 women who came with him from Galilee, approach- ed, and viewed the sepulchre, and the manner in which the body was deposited. (56) And they 56 I returned, and prepared perfumes and aromatics; LUKE, XXIV. 161 and they rested on the sabbath, as it is command- ed. XXIV. And on the first day of the week, in the morning, while it was yet dark, they came to the sepulchre, and brought the aromatics they had prepared. And there were other women with 2 them. (2) And they found the stone rolled from 3 the sepulchre. (3) And they entered, and found 4 not the body of Jesus. (4) And as they wondered • at this, behold, two men stood opposite them ; and 5 their raiment was effulgent. (5) And they were in fear, and bowed their faces to the ground. And the men said to them : Why seek ye the living 6 among the dead ? (6) He is not here ; he is risen. Remember how he conversed with you, when he 7 was in Galilee, (7) and said. That the Son of man was to be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and to be crucified, and to rise on the third day. 8 (8) And they remembered his words. — (9) And 9 they returned from the sepulchre, and related all these things to the eleven, and to the rest. 10 (10) Now they were Mary Magdalena, and Joan- na, ^ and Mary the mother of James, and the others with them, who related these things to the Legates.^ 11 (11) And these words appeared in their eyes as 12 dreams: and they believed them not. (12) But Simon arose, and ran to the sepulchre, and looked in, and saAv the linen lying by itself: and he went away wondering in himself at what had occurred. And lo, two of them, on the same day, were going to a village named Emmaus," distant sixty furlongs'^ from Jerusalem. (14) And they talked together of all that had occurred. (15) And as they conversed, and questioned each other, Jesus came, and drew near, and walked with them. 16 (16) And their eyes were held, that they did not 17 recognize him. (17) And he said to them : What are these discourses, which ye hold with each other, as 18 ye walk and are sad ? (18) And one of them, whose •name was Cleopas,^ answered and said to him : Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, that thou know- est not the things that have occurred there in these days ? (19) He said to them : What things ? They say to him: In regard to Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet, and mighty in discourse and 13 14 15 19 Sy. joQ_» or, Apostles. Sy. »£Cc]iaL <> Sy. Gr. rfTacJia, Sy. 162 LUKE, XXIV. in action, before God, and before all the people. (20) And the chief priests and Elders delivered 20 him up to a sentence of death, and crucified him. (21) But we expected that he was to deliver Israel. 21 And lo, three days [have passed], since all these things occurred. (22) And moreover, certain 22 women of ours astonished us ; for they went early to the sepulchre ; (23) and as they did not find the 23 body, they came and said to us : We saw angels there, and they said that he is alive. (2-i) And 24 also some of us went to the sepulchre ; and they found, as the women reported ; but him they saw not. — (25) Then Jesus said to them: 0 deficient in 25 understanding, and slow of heart to believe all the things that the prophets uttered. (26) Were not 26 these things to be ; that the Messiah should suffer, and that he should enter into his glory ? (27) Then 27 he began from Moses, and from all the prophets, and expounded to them concerning himself from all the scriptures. (28) And they drew near to the vil- 28 lage to which they were going; and he made them feel, as if he would go to a more distant place. (29) And they urged him, and said to him : Tarry 29 with us, for the day inclineth towards dark. And he went in to remain with them. (30) And it 30 occurred, while he reclined with them, that he took bread, and blessed, and brake, and gave to them. (31) And instantly, their eyes were opened, and 31 they knew him. And he took himself from them. (32) And they said one to another : Did not our 32 heart burn* within us, while he talked with us by the way, and explained to us the scriptures? — (33) And they arose, the same hour, and returned 33 to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven assem- bled, and those with them, (34) who were saying : 34 Certainly, our Lord hath risen; and he hath ap- peared to Simon. (35) And they also related what 35 occurred by the way, and how he became known to them, when he broke bread. And while they were talking of these things, 36 Jesus stood in the" midst of them, and said to them : Peace be with you! It is I; be not afraid. * The printed copies read, ^ «o . loCTI, ions burning ; but an old MS. at Orooraiah reads. ; « n , "joCTI was heavy, or dull. — Perkin^s Residence in Persia, p. IG. LUKE, XXIV. 163 37 (37) And they were in trepidation and fear, for 88 they supposed they saw a spirit.^ (38) Jesas said to them: Wliy are ye agitated? And Avhy do 39 imaginations? arise in your hearts? (39) Look at my hands and my feet, that it is myself. Handle me, and know; for a spirit'^ hath not flesh and 40 bones, as ye see me have. (40) And as he said thus, he showed them his hands and his feet, 41 (41) And while they still believed not, for their jo}', and were astonished ; he said to them : Have 42 ye here any thing to eat? (42) And they gave him a piece of broiled fish, and of honeycomb. 43 (43) And he took, [and] ate before them.' 44 (44) And he said to them : These are the things'^ which I said to you while I was with you, That all things written 'of me, in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, must be fulfilled. 45 (45) Then he opened their mind to understand the 46 scriptures. (46) And he said to them : Thus it is written, and thus it Avas right^ for Messiah to suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day ; 47 (-17) and that, in his name, repentance for the re- mission of sins should be preached among all nations, and that the commencement be at Jeru- 48 salem. (48) And ye are the witnesses of these 49 things. (49) And I will send upon you the promise of my Father. But remain ye at Jerusalem, until ye shall be clothed v/ith energy"' from on high. 50 And he led them out as iar as Bethan}^, and 61 lifted his hands, and blessed them. (51) And it occurred, while he blessed them, that he was separated from them, and ascended to heaven. 52 (52) And they worshipped him, and returned to 53 Jerusalem with great joy. (53) And they were con- tinually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. Comfletion of the liolij Gospel" of Luke the Evangelist.^ ' Sy. Ui05 ^ or, thoughts. ^ Sy. ]ja05 ' Sy. their eyes. ''or, words. Sy. *D5l Sy.]] oy. IJ.BJJ Sy. Sy. IjJdIo ^"^idDj llO^ ^_J_KjQ_,J Uop;^ |jLjr-0 ^Q-A^o] The Holy Gospel, tlic Proclamation of John the Herald ; wliii'li he uttered and proclaimed, in Greek, at Ephesus. 'Sy.A» ■ i;*~) •• Sy. IzWLd <= Sy. \L^ <* Sy. "jJaiQJ <=Sy.VL4lQ_, f Sy. OfX^Z] e Sy. "jl in. >■ Sy. I* Sy. ]mnVni ' Sy. 13^ I. In the beginning,^ was the Word;b r^nd the Word was with God; and the Word was God. (2) He was in the beginning with God. (3) Every thing was by his hand ; and without him, was not any thing whatever that existed, (-i) In him was Hfe;'= and the life was the ]ight<^ of man. (5) And this hght shineth in the darkness; and the dark- ness apprehended it not. — (6) There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. (7) He came for tcstimon}-, to bear witness concerning the hght. (8) He was not himself the light, but [came] to bear witness concerning the light. — (9) The true light was that, which enlighteneth every man who Cometh into the world. (10) He was in the world ; 10 and the world was by his hand; and the world did not know him. (11) He came to his own [people] ; 11 and his own [people] received him not. (12) But 12 sucli as received him, to them gave he the pre- rogative^ to be children of God ; [even] to them that believe on his name ; (13) Avho are born,^ not of blood, nor of the pleasures of the flesh, nor of the pleasure of man, but of God. — (14) And the Word became flesh, ^ and tabernacled with us : and Ave saw his glory, a glory as of the only be- gotten' from the Father, that he was full of grace and truth. (15) John testified of him, and cried, 15 and said: This is he, of whom I said. That he Cometh after me, and is before me; for he was prior to me. (16) And of his plenitude have we 16 all received, and grace for grace. (17) For the 17 lawk -y^yg (riven by the hand of ]\Ioses ; but the reality' and grace was by the haud of Jesus Mes- 13 U JOHN, I. 165 18 siah. (18) No man bath ever seen God ; tlie only begotten God, be wbo is in the bosom of bis Father, be bath declared [him]. 19 And tbis is the testimony of John, when the Jews of Jerusalem sent to bim priests and Levites, 20 to ask him, Who art ti)ou? (20) And be confessed, and denied not, bat confessed : I am not the Mes- 21 siab. (21) And they asked bim again : Wbo then ? Art tbou EUjab? And be said: I am not. Art 22 tbou a propiict? And be said, No. (22) And tbey said to biui: Wbo art thou? that we may give answer to them that sent us. What sayest 23 tbou of thyself? (28) He said : I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make smooth the way of the Lord ; as said the prophet Isaiah. 24 (24) And they who were vSent, were of the Pliari- 25 sees. (25) And they asked him, and said to him : Why then baptizest'" tbou, if thou ai't not the 26 Messiah, nor Elijab, nor a prophet? (2()) John answered, and said to them; I bai)ti/ewith water; but among you standetb one, wliom ye do not 27 know. (27) lie it is that coraeth after me, and was before me, whose shoe-strings I am not worthy 28 to untie. (28) These things occurred in Bethany," 29 where John was baptizing. — (29) The da}-- after, John saw Jesus coining towards bim, and said : Behold, the Lamb of God, that beareth the sin of 30 the world. (30) This is be of whom I said, After me Cometh a man, wbo is before me, for be was 31 prior to me. (31) And I knew bim not; but that he might be known to Israel, therefore am I come 32 baptizing with water. (32) And John testified, and said: I saw the Spirit descend from heaven, 33 as a dove,o and rest upon bim. (33) And I did not know him; but be wbo sent me to baptize with water, be said to me: On wbom tbou seest the Spirit descend, and rest upon bitn, be baptizetb 34 with the Holy Spirit. (34) And I saw; and I testify, that this is the Son of God. 35 And the next day, John was standing, and two 36 of bis disciples. (36) And he h)oked upon Jesus as he walked, and said : Behold, the Lamb of God ! 37 (37) And bis two disciples beard bim when be 38 said [it], and tbey went after Jesus. (38) And Je- sus turned, and saw them coming after bim, and be said to them: What seek ye? Tbey said to him: ■ Sy. Sy.- Sy. 166 JOHN, 11. P Sy.'^Kj.AlO • Sy. tnthjason cf Israel. " Sy. Sy-M^ Sy. ^-jlLC)? = Ijiit. qaad- rantalia, or amphora: ; wine-jars. Our Rabbi, where stajest thou ? (39) Ue said to 39 them: Come, and sec. And they came and saw where he lodged; and they were with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. (40) And 40 one of those who heard John and went after Jesus, was Andrew, the brother of Simon. (41) He first 41 saw Simon his brother, and said to him: We have found the Messiah. p (42) And he brought him to 42 Jesus. And Jesus looked upon him, and said: Thou art Simon the son of Jona; thou shalt be called Cephas. — (43) The next day, Jesus was dis- 43 posed to depart for Galilee: and he found PhiHp, and said to him. Come after me. (44) And Philip 44 was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Simon. (45) And Phili]i found Nathaniel, and said to him: 45 We have found him, of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the propliets, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is of JSTtizareth. (46) Nathaniel said to him : Can 46 there be any good thing from Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come, and see. (47) And Jesus saw 47 Nathaniel coming towards him, and said of him: Behold' a real Israelite,'" in whom is no deceit. (48) Nathaniel said to him : Whence knowest thou 48 me? Jesus said to him : Before Pliilip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee. (49) Nathaniel answered, and said to him : Rabbi, 49 thou art the Son of God;^ thou art the King of Israel. (50) Jesus said to him: Because I said to 50 thee, that I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? Thou wilt see greater things than these. (51) lie said to him : Verily, verily, I say to you, 51 That hereafter ye will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending unto the Son of man. And on the third day there Avas a feast in Cana,^ 11. a city of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there. (2) And also Jesus and his disciples were 2 invited to the feast. (3) And the wine fell short: 3 and his mother said to Jesus: They have no wine. (4) Jesus said to her : What is [in conunon] tome 4 and thee ? Not yet hnth my hour come. (5) His 5 mother said to the waiters: Whatever he saith to you, do [it]. (6) And there were there six water- 6 pots of stone, set for the purification of Jews, con- taining each two or three quadrantalia."* (7) Jesus 7 JOHN, II. 167 said to them : Fill those water-pots with water. 8 And they iilled them to the top. (8) He said to them : Draw now, and carry to the master'' of the 9 feast. And they carried. (9) And when the mas- ter of the feast tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know whence it came, (although the waiters knew, as they had filled the pots with Avater,) the master of the feast called the bride- 10 groom, (10) and said to him: Every man first bringeth forward the good wine, and when they are satiated, then that which is inferior ; but thou 11 hast kept the good wine till now. (11) This is the first sign-fi which Jesus wrought at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory : and his disciples be- lieved on him. 12 Afterwards he went down to Caj)ernaum, he and his mother and his brothers and his disciples; and 13 they were there a few daj's. (13) And the pass- over of the Jews drew near ; and Jesus went up to 14 Jerusalem. (11:) And he found in the temple those who sold beeves and sheep and doves, and the 15 money-changers sitting [there]. (15) And he made himself a whip from a cord, and turned them all out of the temple, and the sheep and the beeves and the money-changers ; and he poured out their 16 mone}'', and overset their tables : (10) and he said to them that sold doves, Take away these things; and make not my Father's house a house of traffic. 17 (17) And his disciples remembered, that it is writ- ten : The zeal of thy house hath devoured me. 18 (18) But the Jews replied, and said to him : What sign showest thou to us, since thou doest these 19 things? (19) Jesus answered, and said to them: Demolish this temple, and in three days I will 20 again erect it. (20) The Jews said to him : Forty and six years, this temple was building ; and wilt 21 thou build it again in three days? (21) But he 22 sp;dvc of the temple of his body.e (22) And when he was arisen from the dead, his disciples remem- bered, thiit he spoke this: and they believed the scriptures, and the word that Jesus spake, — 23 (23) And while Jesus was in Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover, many believed on him, •be- 21 cause they saw the signs he wrought. (21) But Jesus did^not confide himself to them ; because he 25 knew all men : (25) And he needed not that any sy-Ul Sy.cn ^ 168 JOHN, III. Sy. "Ijodj") 5> ^1d ' Sy. "jjoOJ * Sy. "^jOJ f Sy. ]i<^\^ KSy. " Sy. U' Sy. /;;/ /iis liaiid. one should testify to liim respecting any man ; for he himself knew what is in man. And there was a man. of the Pharisees there, III whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler^ of the Jews. (2) And he came to Jesus by night, and said to ^ him : liabbi, we know that thou art a teacher sent from God ; for no one can work those signs which thou workest, unless God be with him. (3) Jesus i replied, and said to him: Verily, verily, I say to thee, That, unless a man be born'' anew,'= he can- not behold the kingdom of God. (-i) Nicodemus 4 said to him : How can an old man be born ? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born ? (5) Jesus replied, and said to him : C Verily, verily, I say to thee, That, unless a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. (6) That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit. (7) Be not surprised that I said to thee, Ye must be born anew. (8) The wind^ bloweth, where it chooseth; and thou hearest its sound, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one, that is born of the Spirit." (9) Nicodemus answered, and said to him: IIow can these things be? (10) Jesus answered, and 10 said to him : Art thou a teacher^ of Israel, and knowest not these things? (11) Verily, verily, I 11 say to thee : We speak, what we know ; and we testify to what we have seen ; but ye receive not our testimony. (12) If I have spoken to you of 12 things on earth, and ye believe not; how will ye believe, if I speak of things in heaven? (13) And 13 no one hath ascended to heaven, but he that de- scended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. (11) And as Moses elevated the serpent 11 in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted u]): (15) that every one Avho believeth in him, 15 may not perish, but may have life eternal.? (16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his 16 only begotten^ Son, that whosoever .believeth on him, should not perisli, but should have life eternal. (17) For God sent not his Son into the world, to 17 condemn the world; but that the world might live by means' of him. (18) Ue that believeth on him, 18 is not condemned; but he that believeth not, is 9 JOHN, III. 169 already condemned; because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 (19) And this is the [ground of] condemnation, that light hath come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, for their deeds 20 have been evil. (20) For every one that doeth abominable things, hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 (21) But he that doeth right,k cometh to the hght, that his works may be known to be done in God. 22 After these things, came Jesus and his disci])les into the land of Jud«a; and there he abode with 23 them, and baptized. (23) And John also was baptizing in -^Enon,i which is near to Saliui,'" be- cause there were many waters there : and the 21: people came, and were baptized, (21) F(jr John 25 had not yet fallen into prison. — (25) And one of John's disciples and a certain Jew had disputed 26 respecting purification. — (26) And they came to John, and said to him: Our Kabbi, he wlio was Avith thee beyond Jordan, and of whom thou gavest testimony, lo, he also baptizeth; and many-go after 27 him. (27) John answered, and .^aid to them: A man cannot take any thing by his own choice, un- 28 less it be given him from heaven. (28) Ye are witnesses for me, that I said : I am not tiie Messiah, 29 but am sent to go bef(.)re him. (29) lie that iiath the bride, is the bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and listeneth to him, rejoiceth with great joy on account of tlu^ bride- groom's voice : this my joy, therefore, lo, it is full. 30 (30) To him must be increase, and to me decrease. 31 (31) For he that cometh from above, is above all ; and he that is from the earth, is of the earth, and talketh of the earth. lie that cometh from heaven, 32 is above all ; (32) and what he hath seen and heard, he testifieth; and his testimony, no one receivetb. 33 (33) But he that receiveth his testimony, hath set 34 his seal, that God is true. (34) For he wdiom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God ; for God hath not given the Spirit by measure [to him]. 35 (35) The Father loveth the Son, and hath given 36 every thing" into his hands. (36) He that be- lieveth on the Son, hath life eternal ; but he who obeyeth not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God will abide upon him. sy- 15; • Sy. ,CL. y. :>o»\t> Sy. Sy. Sy. Sy. lilD And Jesus knew, that the Pharisees had heard IV. that he made many disciples, and baptized more than John. (2) Yet Jesus himself did not baptize, 2 but his disciples. (3) And he left Judaea, and 3 went again into Galilee. (4) And in going, he had 4 occasion to pass through the midst of the Samari- tans. (5) And he came to a city of the Samaritans 5 called S3'char,=i near the field which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (6) And Jacob's well of water G was there. iVnd Jesus was Aveary with the toil of travelling, and seated himself by the well : and it was at the sixth hour. (7) And a woman from 7 Samaria came to draw water. And Jesus said to her: Give me Avater to drink. (8) And his disci- 8 pies had gone to the city, to buy themselves food. (9) The Samaritan woman said to him: IIov/ dost 9 thou, a Jew, ask drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? For the Jews have no Himiliarity with Samaritans. (10) Jesus replied and said to her : 10 If thou hadst known the gift'' of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living waters.*^ (11) The woman said 11 to him : My lord, thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep; how hast thou living waters? (12) Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who 12 gave us this well, and drank from it himself, and his children, and his flocks? (13) Jesus replied 13 and said to her: Whoever shall drink of these waters, will thirst again ; (14) but whoever shall 14 drink of the waters which I shall give him, will not thirst for ever; but the waters, which I shall give him, will be in him a fountain of waters, spi'inging up unto life eternal. (15) The woman said to hiin: 15 My lord, give me of these waters, that I may not thirst again, and may not come to draw from here. (16) Jesus said to her: Go, call thy husband, and 16 come hither. (17) She said to him: I have no 17 husband. Jesus said to her: Thou hast well said, I have no husband ; (18) for thou hast had five 18 husbands, and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband. In this thou didst speak truly. (19) The 19 woman said to him: My lord, I perceive thou art a prophet. (20) Our fathers worshipped in this 20 mountain; but ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where it is proper to worship. (21) Jesus 21 JOHN, IV. said to her: Womnn, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, 22 jQ will worship the Father. (22) Ye worship, ye know not what; but Ave worship what we know; 23 for life^ is from the Jews. (28) Bat the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers will Avorship the Father in spirit and in truth ; for the Father requireth that Avorshippers be such. 24 (24) For God is a Spirit; and they that Avorship 25 him, should Avorship in spirit and in truth. (25) The Avoman said to him: I know that Messiah will come ; and Avhen he cometh, he Avill teach us every 26 thing. (26) Jesus said to her: I, Avho talk with 27 thee, am he, — (27) And while he was speaking, his disciples came. And they wondered tiiat he would converse with the Avoman ; yet no one said, What seekest thou? or. Why talkest thou Avith her? 28 (28) And the Avoman left her Avater-pot, and Avent 29 to the city, and said [to ths people] : (29) Come, see a man that told me every thing I ev'er did: is 30 not this the Messiah? (30) x\nd the people went 31 out of the city, and came to him. — (31) In the mean time, his disciples entreated him, and said to him : 82 Our Kabbi, eat. (32) But he said to them : I liave 33 food to eat, of Avhich ye are ignorant. (33) The disciples said among tliernselves : liath any one 34 brought him something to eat ? (34) Jesus said to them : My food is to do the pleasure of him that 35 sent me, and to accrJmplish his work. (35) Do ye not say, that after four months cometh tlie harvest? Behold, I say to you, and lift up your eyes, and look upon the grounds," that they are white, and 36 have already come to the harvest. (36) And he that reapeth, receiveth Avages, and gathereth fruits unto life eternal; and the sower and the reaper 37 equally rejoice. (37) For in this, is the proverb^ ti'ue, that one is the sower, and another the reaper. 38 (38) I sent you to reap that, on which ye labored not: for others toiled, and ye entered into their 39 labor. — (39) And many Samaritans of that cit}^ believed on him, because of the discourse of the Avoman, Avho testified, He told me all that I ever 40 did. (40) And when these Samaritans came to hiin, they requested him to tarry with them; and 41 he remained with them two days. (41) And many 42 believed on him, becausj of his discourse. (42) And 171 '^ Gr. tfwrrjpj'a. ^ or, lands. ' Sy. word. 172 JOHN, V. e Sy. Gr. djjTr.p. Sy. Sy. Sy. 7«!(6-/j /.ICO- ])le. they said to the woman: Henceforth we believe in him, not on account of thy word ; for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he truly is the Mes.siah, the Life-Givers of the world. And after two days Jesus departed from there, 43 and went into Galilee. (44) For Jesus himself 44 testilied, that a prophet is not honored in his own city. (45) And when he came to Gahlee, the 45 Galileans received him, having seen all the signs which he wrought in Jerusalem at the feast ; for they too had gone to the feast. — (46) And Jesus 46 came again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was at Capernaum a king's servant, whose son was sick. (47) He heard that 47 Jesus had come from Judica to Galilee; and he went to him, and besought him that he would come down and heal his son; for he was near dj'ing. (48) Jesus said to him: Unless ye see signs and 48 wonders, ye will not believe. (49) The king's 49 servant said to him: My lord, come down, before the child dieth. (50) Jesus said to him : Go, thy 50 son liveth. And the man believed the word which Jesus spake to him, and went away. (51) And ns 51 he was going down, his servants met him, and in- formed him and said to him : Thy son liveth. (52) And he asked them, at what lime he recovered. 52 And they said to him : Yesterday, at the seventh hour the fever left him. (53) And his father knew, 53 that it was at the hour in Avhich Jesus said to him. Thy son liveth. Ami ho believed, and all his house. (54) This again was the second sign that 54 Jesus wrouglit, when he came from Judaea to Galilee. After these things there was a feast of the Jews, Y. and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. (2) And there was 2 there in Jerusalem a certain place of baptizing, a- which was called in Hebrew Bethesda;^ and tlu>re were in it five porches. (3) And in them were laid a 3 great multitude'^ of the sick, and the blind, and the lame, and the withered, waiting for the moving of the waters. (4) For an angel, from time to time, de- 4 scended into the baptistery, and moved the waters; and he who first went in, after the moving of the waters, was cured of whatever disease he h;id. (5) And a certain man was there, who had been 5 JOHN, V. 173 6 diseased thirty and eight years. (6) Jesus saw him lying, and knew that [his disease] had been a long time upon him, and said to him : Desirest 7 thou to be healed ? (7) And the sick man answered and said : Yes, my lord ; but I have no one who, when the water is moved, will put me into the baptistery; but while I am coming, another de- 8 scendeth before me. (8) Jesus said to him : Arise, 9 take up thy bed, and walk. (9) And immediately the man was healed; and he arose, took up his bed, and walked ; and it was the sabbath day. 10 (10) And the Jews said to him that was healed : It is the sabbath ; it is not lawful for thee to bear 11 thy bed. (11) But he answered, and said to them: He that made me whole, he said to me, Take up 12 thy bed and walk. (12) And they asked him : Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy 13 bed and walk ? (13) But the man that was healed, knew not who it was; for Jesus had slid away, in the great multitude that was in the place. 14 (14) After a time, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him : Lo, thou art healed ; sin not again, lest something worse come upon thee than 15 before. (15) And the man went and told the Jews, 16 that it was Jesus who had cured him. (16) And for tliis cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him ; because he had done these things on 17 the sabbath. (17) But Jesus said to them: My 18 Father worketh. until now, and I work. (18) And for this, the Jews sought the more to kill him, not only because he had broken the sabbath, but be- cause he had said of God, that he was his Father, 19 and had equalled^ himself with God. (19) And Jesus answered, and said to them : Verily, verily, I say to 3'ou : The Son can do nothing of his own pleasure, but what he seeth the Father do : for what things the Father doeth, these in like manner doeth 20 the Son. (20) For the Father loveth his Son, and showeth him every thing he doeth: and greater works than these, will he shoAV him, that ye may 21 wonder. (21) For as the Father raiseth the dead, and vivifieth them ; so also the Son vivitieth whom 22 he pleaseth. (22) For neither doth the Father judge any one, but hath given all judgment to the 23 Son : (23) that every man may honor the Son, as he honoreth the Father. He that honoreth not the 174 JOHN, V. « Sy. CTL^li^] sy. ]i Son, lionorctli not the Father that sent hirn. (2-i) Verily, verily, I say to you. That he Avho hear- 24 eth my word, and belicveth on him that sent me, hath life eternal, and will not come into condemna- tion, but hath passed from death to life. (25) Verilj^, 25 verily, I say to you, That the hour cometn, and is even now come, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God ; and they that hear, will live. (26) For, as the Father hath life in himself, so hath 26 he given *to the Son also, to have life in himself: (27) and hath moreover given him authority^ to 27 execute judgment,''^ But that he is the Son of man, (28) wonder not at this; for the hour cometh, 28 when all that are in their graves will hear his voice; (29) and will come forth; they thht have 29 done good, to the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of con- demnation. (80) I can do nothing of my own 30 pleasure; but as I hear, so I judge. And my judgment is just; for I seek not my own pleasure, but the pleasure of him that sent me. (81) If I 31 should bear testimony respecting myself, my testi- mony would not be valid.'" (32) There is another 32 that beareth testimony concerning me ; and I know that the testimony which he beareth concerning me is true. (33) Ye sent unto John ; and he bore 33 testimony to the truth. (84) And I have not re- 34 ceived testimony from men: but these things I say, that ye may live. (35) He was a burning and 35 shining lamp ; and ye were willing for a time, to glory in his light. (36) But I have a testimony, 36 which is greater than that of John; for the works? which my Father hath given me to accomplish, these Avorks which I do, testify of me that the Father hath sent me. (37) And the Father who 37 sent me, he testifieth of me. Ye have not at any time heard his voice, nor have ye seen his visage. (38) And his word abideth not in you, because ye 38 believe not in him whom he hath sent. (39) Search 39 the scriptures ; for in them, ye think, there is life * Tlie Syrlac punctuation here differs from the Greek, and o-reatly alters the sense. If the Greek punctuation were applied to the Syriac, this and the follow- ing verse might be rendered thus: — (27) "and hat!i moreover ghcn him authority to execute judgment, as he is also the Son of man. (28) iVIarvel not at this; for the hour cometh," &,o. This is probably the true rendering of the passage; since the other scarcely makes any intelligible sen^e. JOHN, VI. 175 40 eternal for you ; and they testify of me. (40) And ye are unwilling to come to me, that life eternal 41 may be j^ours. (41) I do not receive glory from 42 men. (42) But I know you, that the love of God 43 is not in you. (43) I came in the name of my Father, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 (44) How can ye believe, who receive glory from one another, and seek not the glory which cometh 45 from God only ? (45) Do ye suppose, that I shall accuse you before the Father? There is one that will accuse you, that Moses, on whom ye rely. 46 (46) For, if ye believed Moses, ye would also believe me; for Moses wrote concerning me. 47 (47) But if ye believe not his writings, how will ye Delieve my words ? VI. After these things, Jesus went to the other side 2 of the sea of Galilee [or] of Tiberias.=^ (2) And great multitudes went after him ; because they liad seen the signs'' which he wrought upon the siclc. 3 (3) And Jesus ascended a mountain, and there he 4 seated himself with his disciples. (4) And the 5 feast of the Jewish passover was near. — (5) And Jesus raised his eyes, and saw a great multitude coming towards him ; and he said to Philip : "Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat ? 6 (6) And this he said, to try him ; for he knew 7 what he was about to do. (7) Philip said to him: Two hundred denarii in bread would not sufl&ce 8 them, that each might take but a little. (8) One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Cephas, 9 said to him: (9) There is a lad here, who hath with him five cakes of barley, and two fishes; but 10 what are these for all those [people] ? (10) Jesus said to them : Make all the people recline. Now there was much grass in that place: and the people 11 reclined, in number five thousand. (11) And Jesus took the bread, and blessed, and distributed to them that reclined. And so also, with the fish ; as much 12 as they desired. (12) And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples : Gather up the fragments 13 which remain, so that nothing be lost. (13) And they collected and filled twelve baskets, with frag- 'ments of what remained to them that had eaten of 14 the five barley cakes.— (14) And those people, ^ Sy. ]Lol] 176 Sy. luLlD JOHN, VI. when tliey saw tlie sign wliich Jesus had wrought, said: Certainly, this is that j^rophet who was to come into the world. (15) And Jesus knew, that 15 they Avere about to come and take him by force, and make him king : and he retired into a moun- tain alone. And when it was evening, his disciples went 16 down to the sea, (17) and sat in a ship, and were 17 going over to Capernaum. And darkness came on, and Jesus had not come to them. (18) And the 18 sea was boisterous against them, for a violent wind was blowing. (19) And they had gone about five 19 and twenty or thirty furlongs, when they saw Jesus walking upon the sea : and as he drew near to the ship, they were afraid. (20) But Jesus said to 20 them : It is I ; be not afraid. (21) And they were 21 glad to receive him into the ship. And, directly, the ship was at the laud to which they were going. — (22) And the next day, the multitude, who had 22 remained on the other side of the sea, saw that there was no other ship there, except that in which the disciples embarked, and that Jesus did not embark in that ship with his disciples; (23) yet 23 that other shi|)s had come from Tiberias, near to the place where they ate the bread when Jesus blessed [it]. (21) And when the multitude saw, 24 that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples; they embarked in ships, and came to Capernaum, and sought for Jesus. — (25) And when they found him 25 on the other side of the sea, they said to him : Our Rabbi, when camest thou hither? (26) Jesus 26 replied and said to them : Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the signs, but because ye ate the bread and were satisfied. (27) Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for 27 the food that abideth unto life eternal, which the Son of man will give to you ; for him hath God the Father sealed. (28) They said to him : What 28 shall we do, in order to work the works of God ? (29) Jesus replied and said to them : This is the 29 work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent— (30) They say to him: What sign doest 30 thou, that we may see and believe in thee ? What workestthou? (31) Our fathers ate the manna,^ 31 in the wilderness ; as it is written, Ho gave them bread from heaven to cat. . (32) Jesus said to them: 32 JOHN, VI. 177 Yerily, verily, I say to you, Moses gave you not the bread from heaven ; but my Father giveth you 33 the real bread from heaven. (33) For the bread of God is, he that came down fi^om heaven, and 34 giveth life to the world. (34) They say to him : 35 Our Lord, give us at all times this bread. (35) Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life: he that Cometh to me, shall not hunger; and he that 36 believeth on me, shall not thirst, for ever. (36) But I said to you. That ye have seen me, and do not 37 believe. (37) All that my Father gave me, will come to me : and him, that cometh to me, I will 38 not cast out. (38) For I came down from heaven, not to do my own pleasure, but the pleasure of 39 him that sent me. (39) And this is the pleasure of him that sent me, that whatever he hath given me, I should lose nothing of it, but should raise it 40 up at the last day. (40) For this is the pleasure of my Father, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have life eternal ; and I 41 will raise him up at the last day. — (41) Then the Jews murmured at him, because he said : I am the 42 bread, who have descended from heaven. (42) And they said : Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, Avhose father and mother we know ? And how 43 doth he say : I came down from heaven ? (43) Jesus replied and said to them : Murmur not, one with 44 another. (44) No man can^i come to me, unless the Father Avho sent me, shall draw^ him ; and I 45 will raise him up at the last day. (45) For it is written, in the prophet: And they shall all be taught of God. Whoever, therefore, heareth from the Father, and learneth from him, cometh to me. 46 (46) Not that any one hath seen the Father, except him who hath come from God ; he it is, hath seen 47 the Father. — (47) Verily, verily, I say to you : That, to him who believeth in me, there is life 48 eternal. (48) I am the bread of life.f (49) Your 49 fathers ate the manna, in the wilderness, and they 50 died. (50) But this is the bread which cometh from heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die. 51 (51) I am the bread of life, who have come down from heaven : and if a man shall eat of this bread, he will live for ever. And the bread which I shall give, is my body,? which I give for the life of the 52 world. — (52) Then the Jews contended one with Sy. C7lr.^J _Sy. Sy. .^ 178 JOHN, VII. Sy. ^\^ ■ Sy. ivord. Sy.'U4£D 59 60 another, and said : How can he give us his body to eat ? (53) And Jesus said to them : Verily, 53 verily, I say to you, That, unless ye eat the body of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life within you. (5 J:) But he that eateth of my 5-i body, and drinketh of my blood, to him is life eternal ; and I will raise him up at the last day. (55) For my body truly is food, and my blood 55 truly is drink. {66) He that eateth my body, and 56 drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. (57) As the living Father hath sent me, and I live 57 because'^ of the Father ; so he that shall eat me, he also will live because of me. (58) This is-the bread 58 that came down from heaven : not as your fathers ate the manna, and died ; whoever shall eat of this bread, will live for ever. — (59) These things he uttered in the synagogue, while teaching at Caper- naum. (60) And many of his disciples who heard [him], said : This is a hard speech, Avho can hear it. — (61) And Jesus knew in himself, that his dis- 61 ciples murmured at this; and he said to them. Doth this stumble you ? (62) If then, ye were to 62 see the Son of man ascend, to where he was from the beginning ! — (63) It is the Spirit that vivifieth ; 63 the body profiteth nothing. The words which I have used with you, they are spirit, and they arc life. (61) But there are some of 3-ou, that believe 61 not. For Jesus knew, from the beginning, Avho they were that believed not, and who it was that would betray him. (65) And he said to them: 60 For this reason, I said to you. That no one can' come to me, unless it be given to him by my Father. — (66) On account of this spcech,k many of 66 his disciples turned back, and walked not with him. (67) And Jesus said to the twelve : Arc ye also 67 disposed to go away ? (68) Simon Cephas replied, 68 and said : My Lord, to whom shall we go ? The words of life eternal are with thee. (69) And we 69 believe, and know, that thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God. (70) Jesiis said to them : 70 Have not I chosen you twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.i (71) This he spoke of Judas Iscariot, 71 the son of Simon ; for he was afterwards to betray hhn, beino; one of the twelve. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee ; for YII. JOHN, Vli. 179 he would not walk in Judoca, because the Jews 2 sought to slay him. — (2) And the Jewish feast of 3 tabernacles drew near. (3) And the brothers'^ of Jesus said to him : Leave here, and go into Jud£ea ; that thy disciples may see the works thou doest. 4 (4) For there is no one who doeth any thing in secret, while he wisheth to become public. If thou doest these things, show thyself to the world. 5 (5) For even his brothers did not believe in Jesus. 6 (6) Jesus said to them : My time hath not yet come : 7 but your time is always ready. (7) The world cannot hate you, but me it hateth ; because I testify 8 of it, that its deeds are evil. (8) Go ye up to the feast ; I do not go up to this feast now, because my 9 time is not yet completed. (9) These things he 10 said, and remained still in Galilee. (10) But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but as it were secretly. — 11 (11) And the Jews sought for him at the feast; 12 and they said, Where is he ? (12) And there was much altercation among the people respecting him ; for some said, lie is a good man ; while others said, 13 No ; but he deceiveth the people. (13) Yet no one spoke openly of him, from fear of the Jews. 11 And in the midst^ of the days of the feast, Jesus 15 went into the temple, and taught. (15) And the Jews wondered, and said : How knoweth this man 16 literature, having not been educated? (16) Jesus answered and said : My doctrine is not from me, 17 but from him that sent me. (17) He that wisheth to do his pleasure, will understand my doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from 18 my own pleasure. (18) He that speaketh accord- ing to the pleasure of his own mind, seeketh glory for himself: but he who seeketh the glory of him that sent him, is veracious, and evil is not in his 19 heart. (19) Did not Moses give you the law? 20 Yet no one of you observcth the law. (20) Why do ye seek to kill me ? The multitude answered and said: Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to 21 kill thee? (21) Jesus replied, and said to them: I have wrought one work, and ye all wonder. 22 (22) Because Moses gave you circumcision, (not that it was from Moses, but it was from the fathers,) 23 ye circumcise a child on the sabbath. (23) And if a child is circumcised on the sabbath day, that the Sy. ^lOlQ-Kj") ^ Sy. iflien the daijs of the feast were dicided. 180 JOHN, VII. Sy. i in 1 n O «> Sy. "j 2.32.1 or, IS. law of Moses may not be violated, do ye mumiur at nie, because I have made a man entirely sound on the sabbath day ? (24) Judge not, with a re- 24 spect for persons ; but judge 3^e a righteous judg- ment.— (25) And some from Jerusalem said: Is 25 not this he, whom th6y seek to kill? (26) And 26 lo, he discourseth publicly, and they say nothing to him. Do our Elders'"- know, that he really is the Messiah ? (27) Yet we know this man, whence 27 he is; the Messiah, when he shall come, no one knoweth whence he is. (28) And Jesus, v.diile 28 teaching in the temple, raised his voice and said : Ye both know me, and ye know from whence I am. And I did not come of my own accord ; but he that sent me is true. Him ye know not; (29) but I know him ; because I am from him, and 29 he sent me. — (80) And they sought to apprehend 80 him ; but no one laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. (31) And many of the 81 multitude believed on him, and said: When the Messiah cometh, will he work greater signs'^ than these which this man doeth ? (32) And the Phari- 82 sees heard the multitude say these things of him : and they and the chief priests sent constables to take him. (33) And Jesus said: A little while 83 longer I am with you, and then I go to him that sent me. (3-1) And ye will seek me, and will not 34 find me; and where I am, ye cannot come, (85) The Jews said among themselves: AVhither 85 is he about to go, that we cannot find him? AVill he go to some region of the Gentiles, and teach the profane? (36) What means^ this speech he ut- 36 tered: Ye will seek me, and will not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come ? And on the great day, which was the last of the 37 feast, Jesus stood and cried, and said : If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink. (38) Who- 38 ever believeth in me, as the scriptures have said, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living vv\aters. (39) (This he said of the Spirit, which they who 39 believe in him were to receive: for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.) (40) And many of the multitude 40 who heard his discourses, said: Certainly, he is a prophet. (41) Others said: He is the Messiah. 41 Others said : Doth Messiah come from Galilee ? JOHN, VIII. 42 (42) Dotli not the scriptures say, That Messiah Cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem 43 the town of David ? (48) And there was a division 44 among the multitude respecting him. (44) And there were some of them who wished to apprehend 45 him. But no one laid hands on him. — (45) And the constables came to the chief priests and Pharisees ; and the priests said to them : Why have ye not 46 brought him ? (46) The constables say to them : Never did a man speak, as this man speaketh. 47 (47) The Pharisees said to them : Are ye also de- 48 ceived? (48) Have any of the chiefs,^ or of the 49 Pharisees, believed in him? (49) Bat this peo- 60 pie, who know not the law, are accursed. (50) One of them: Nicodemus, he who came to Jesus by 61 night, said to them: (51) Doth our law condemn a man, unless it first hear him, and know what he 62 hath done? (52) The}^ answered, and said to him : Art thou also from Galilee ? Search, and see, that 63 no prophet ariseth from Galilee. (53) So they went every one to his own house.* VIII. And Jesus went to the mount of Olives. 2 (2) And in the morning he came again to the tem- ple; and all the people came to him, and he sat 3 down and taught them. (3) And the Scribes and Pharisees brought forward a woman that was caught in adultery. And when they had placed 4 her in the midst, (4) they say to him: Teacher, this woman was caught openly in the act of adul- 5 tery. (5) And in the law of Moses, [God] hath commanded us to stone such persons. What there- 6 fore dost thou say? (6) And this they said, tempt- ing him, so that they might have [ground] to accuse him. But Jesus having stooped down, was writing 7 on the ground. (7) And as thej^ continued asking him, he straightened himself up, and said to them: Whoever among you is without sin, let him first 8 cast a stone at her. (8) And, having again stooped 9 down, he wrote on the ground. (9) And they, when they heard [it], went out one by one, begin- ning with the okler;* and the woman was left 10 alone, where she had stood in the midst, (10) And 181 Sy. "U-.": S}^ *) ti > « n * This 53d verso is wanting in many early editions of the Syriac N. Testament. So also the whole story of the adulteress, in the following chapter, v. 1-11. 182 JOHN, VIII. '' Sy. corporeal- ly. when Jesus had straightened himself up, he said to the woman: Where are they? Doth no one condemn thee? (11) And she said: No man, 11 Lord, And Jesus said: Neither do I condemn thee. Go thou, and henceforth sin no more. And Jesus asiain conversed with them, and said : 12 I am the hght of the world : he that cometh to mc, will not walk in darkness; but will hud for himself the light of life. (13) The Pharisees said 13 to him : Tliou bearest witness of thyself, thy testi- mony is not certain. (14) Jesus answered and said 1-1 to them : Although I bear witness of myself, my testimony is certain, because I know whence I came, and whither I go. But ye do not know, whence I came, and whither I go. (15) Ye judge 15 according to the flesh :b Ijudgenoone. (16) Yet 16 if I judge, my judgment is certain, because I am not alone, but I and my Father who sent me. (17) And in your law it is written, that the testi- 17 mony of two persons is certain. (18) I am one 18 who bear witness of myself, and my Father who sent me, beareth witness of me. (19) They say to 19 him: Where is thy Father? Jesus replied, and said to them : Ye neither know me nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would also have known my Father. — (20) These words spake Jesus in the 20 treasury, as he taught in the temple : and no one laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. Again Jesus said to them: I go away, and ye 21 will seek me, and will die in your sins. And whither I go, ye cannot come. (22) The Jews said : 22 Is he about to kill himself, that he should say, Whither I go ye cannot come? (23) And he said 23 to them: Ye are from below, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world. (2-1) I said to you. That ye will die in your si us; 2-1 for if ye believe not that I am he, ye will die in your sins. (25) The Jews said to him : Who art 25 thou? Jesus said to them: Although I have begun to converse with you, (26) I have yet many things 26 to say and to judge concerning you. But he that sent me is true : and the thiugs which I have heard from him, them I speak in the world. (27) And 27 they did not know, that he s])ake to them of the Father. (28) Jesus said to them again : When ye 28 JOHN, VIII. 183 32 33 35 36 37 38 sball have lifted up the Son of man, then will ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing from my own pleasure, but as my Father taught me, so I 29 speak. (29) And he that sent me, is with me; and my Father hath not left me alone, because I 30 do, at all times, that which pleaseth him. — (30) And when he had spoken these things, many believed 31 on him. (31) And Jesus said to those Jews who believed on him: If ye continue in my word, ye Avill be truly my disciples. (32) And ye will know the truth; and the truth will make you free. (33) They say to him : We are the seecl of Abraham, and never were in servitude to any man ; and how sayest thou. Ye will be freemen ? 31: (31:) Jesus said to them: Verily, verily, I say to ■you, That whoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin. (35) And a servant abideth not for ever^ in the house ; but the Son abideth for ever. (36) If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye will really be free men. (37) I know that ye are the children of Abraham ; but ye seek to kill me, be- cause ye do not acquiesce in my word. (38) I speak that which I have seen with my Father, and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 (39) They answered, and said to him : Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them : If ye were children of Abraham, ye would do the works of •10 Abraham. (-10) But now ye seek to kill me, a man who hath told you the truth, which I have 41 heard from God : this did not Abraham. (41) But ye do the works of your father. They say to him : We are not [the offspring] of whoredom ; we have 42 one Father, God. (42) Jesus said to them : If God were your Father, ye would love me ; for I pro- ceeded and came from God : I did not come of my 43 own accord, but he sent me. (43) Why do ye not understand ni}^ speech? It is because ye cannot 44 hear my speech. (44) Ye are of your lather, the calumniator ]^ and the lust of your father jo are disposed to do. He was from the beginning a manslayer, and abode not in the truth ; for the truth is not in hira, and when he speaketh a lie he speak- eth from himself, for he is a liar, and the fiither 45 of it. (45) But me, because I speak the truth, ye 46 believe me not. (46) Which of you convicteth me of sin ? And if I speak the truth, why do ye not Sv Sn\v\ Sy. ]^^:^1 184 JOHN, IX. « Sy. »iZU] Sy. believe me ? (47) He that is of God, hearetli the 47 words of God. Therefore je do not hear, because ye are not of God. (48) The Jews answered, and 48 said to him : Did we not well say, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? (49) Jesus said to 49 them : I have no demon : but I honor God ; and ye contemn me. (50) But I seek not my own 50 glory : there is one that seeketh [it], and judgeth. (51) Verily, verily, I say to you : He that keepeth 51 my word, will never see death. (52) The Jews 52 say to him : Now we know, that thou hast a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets ; yet thou saycst : He that keepeth my word, will never taste death. (53) Art thou greater than our father 53 Abraham who is dead, or than the prophets who died? What dost thou make thyself? (54) Jesus 54 said to them : If I glorify mysell', my glory is noth- ing. It is my Father that glorilieth me, of whom ye say, He is our God. (55) And ye know him 55 not. But I know him ; and if I should say, I know him not, L should be a liar, like you : but I do know him, and I observe his word. {5Q) Abraham 56 your father desired to sec mj^ day : and he saw it, and rejoiced. (57) The Jews say to him: Thou 57 art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? (58) Jesus said to them : Verily, verily, 58 I sa}^ to you. That before Abraham existed, ^ I was. (59) And they took up stones to stone him. But 59 Jesus concealed himself, and went out of the temple, and passed along among them, and went away. And while passing, he saw a man blind from his IX. mother's womb. (2) And his disciples asked him, 2 and said : Our Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind ? (3) Jesus said to 3 them : Neither did he sin, nor his parents ; but that the works of God might be seen in him. (4) I 4 must work the works of him that sent mc, while it is day ; the night cometh, in which no one can work. (5) So long as I am in the world, I am the 5 light of the world. (6) And having spoken thus, G he spit on the ground, and made mud with the spittle, and spread it on the eyes of the blind man ; (7) and said to him : Go, wash in the baptistery^' of 7 Siloam. And he went, and washed, and came JOHN, IX. 185 8 away seeing. (8) And Lis neighbors, and they by whom he had before been seen begging, said : Is 9 not this he, who sat and begged ? (9) Some said, It is he: and others said, No ; bat he is very like him. 10 But he said : I am he. (10) And they said to him: 11 How were thy eyes opened? (11) He answered, and said to them : A man whose name is Jesus, made mud and spread it on my ej'es, and said to me, Go, wash in the waters of Siloam. And I went, and washed, and my sight was restored. 12 (12) Thej^ said to him: Wliere is he? He said to them : I know not. 13 And they brought him that had been bhnd, 14 before the Pharisees. (14) Now it was on the sab- bath that Jesus made the mud, and opened his 15 eyes. (15) And again the Pharisees aslced him : How was thy siglit restored? And he said to them : He put mud upon my eyes, and I washed, 16 and my sight was restored. (16) And some of the Pharisees said : This man is not of God, for he doth not observe the sabbath. Bat others said : How can a man that is a sinner, work these signs ? And 17 there was a division among them. (17) They say again to the blind man : What sayest thou of him, seeing he hath opened thy eyes? He said to them : 18 I say, that he is a prophet. (18) And the Jews would not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and recovered sight, until they called 19 the parents of him who recovered sight. (19) And they asked them : Is tliis your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind ? And how doth he now 20 see? (20) And his parents answered and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born 21 blind; (21) but how he now seeth, or who opened his eyes, we know not. He hath come to his years, 22 ask him ; he will speak for himself (22) These things said his parents, because they feared the J ews : for the Jews had decided, that if any one should confess him to be Messiah, they would 23 expel him from the synagogue. (23) For this reason his parents said. He hath come to his 3'ears, 24 ask him. — (24) And they called a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him: Give glory to God ; for we know that this man is a 25 sinner. (25) He replied, and said to them : Whether he is a sinner, I know not; but, one thing I know, 186 JOHN, X. •> Sy. not from of old. that I was blind, aiid lo, now I see. (26) They 26 said to him again : What did lie to thee ? How did he open thy eyes ? (27) He §aid to them : I have 27 told you, and ye did not hear. Why would 3'e hear again ? Do 3^e also wish to become his disci- ples? (28) But tliey reproached him, and said to 28 him : Thou art his disciple, but we arc the disci- ples of ]\Ioses. (29) And we know that God con- 29 versed with Moses ; but as for this man, we know not whence he is. (30) The man replied and said 30 to them: In this therefore is [something] to be admired, that ye know not Avhence he is, and yet he hath opened my eyes. (31) Now Ave knoAv, that 31 God heareth not the voice of sinners ; but him that feareth him, and doeth his pleasure, him he hear- eth. (32) Never'' hath it been heard, that any one 32 opened the eyes of one born blind. (33) If this 33 man were not of God, he could not do this thing. (34) They replied, and said to him: Thou wast 34 wholly born in sins ; and dost thou teach us? x\nd they expelled him. And Jesus heard that thej* had expelled him ; 35 and he found him, and said to him : Believest thou on the Son of God ? (36) And he that was healed, 36 answered and said : My Lord, Avho is he, that I may believe on him? (37) Jesus said to him: 37 Thou hast seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. (38) And he said : My Lord, I believe : and 38 he fell down, and worshipped him. — (39) And 39 Jesus said : For the judgment of this world, have I come ; that they who see not, might see ; and that they who see, might become blind. (40) And 40 [some] of those Pharisees who were with him, heard these things; and they said to him: How? Are we also bUnd ? (41) Jesus said to them : If ye 41 were blind, ye would be Avithout sin ; but now ye say, We see ; therefore your sin is establislicd. Verily, vcril}^, I say to you. That he avIio doth not X. enter by the door into the fold of the flock, but climbeth up in some other place, he is a thief and a robber. (2) But he that entereth by the door, is the 2 shepherd of the flock. (3) And to him the door- 3 keeper openeth the door; and the sheep hear his voice. And he calleth the sheep b}- their names, and leadeth them out. (4) And when he hath led out his 4 JOHN, X. flock, lie goetli before it ; and his slieep follow liim, because they know his voice. (5) But after a stranger the flock will not follow, but it fleeth from him ; because it knoweth not the voice of a stran- ger. (6) This allegory^ spake Jesus to them ;** but 187 12 7 they knew not what he said to them. — (7) And Jesus said to them again : Verily, verily, I say to 8 you. That I am the door of the flock. (8) All those who have come, were thieves and robbers: but 9 the flock did not hear them. (9) I am the door : and if any enter by me, he will live, and will come 10 in and go out, and will find pasture. (10) The thief Cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy. I have come, that they may have 11 life, and may have that which is excellent. (11) I am a good shepherd. A good shepherd exposeth his life for the sheep. (12) But a hireling, who is not the shepherd, and to whom the sheep do not belong, when he seeth the wolf coming, leaveth the flock, and fleeth ; and the wolf cometh, and teareth, and disperseth the flock. (13) And a hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and hath no concern for the flock. (14) I am a good shepherd ; and I know my own [sheep], and am known by my own. (15) As my Father knoweth me, so know I my Father ; .and I expose my life for the flock. (16) And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold : and them also I must bring ; and they will hear my voice ; and the whole will be one flock, and one shepherd. (17) For this cause my Father loveth me, that I lay down my life, to resume it again. 18 (18) There is no one that taketh it from me ; but I lay it down of my own pleasure: for I have authority to lay it down, and authority to resume it again ; because I have received this command from my Father. — (19) And again there was a division among the Jews, on account of these say- ings. (20) And many of them said : He hath a demon, and is wholly beside himself; why hear ye him? (21) But others said: These are not the discourses of a demoniac : can a demon open the eyes of one blind ? And the feast of the dedication^ was [held] at^*- Sy. "JZjOjj Jerusalem, and it was winter. (23) And Jesus walked in the temple, in the porch of Solomon. 21 (21) And the Jews gathered around him; and said 11 15 10 17 19 20 21 22 23 Sy. U]]£) 188 JOHN, XI. or, perish, Sy. "loi^ <= Sy. l-CivN to him : how long hoklest thou our mind in sus- pense? If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly. (25) Jesus answered, and said to them : I have told 25 you, and ye did not believe. The works which I do in the name of my Father, they testify of me. (26) But ye do not believe, because ye are not of 26 my sheep, as I have said to you. (27) My sheep 27 hear my voice: and I know them: and they go af- ter me. (28) And I give to them life eternal: and 28 they will never be lost:^ nor will any one pluck them fi-om my hand, (29) For ray Father, who gave 29 [them] to me, is greater than all ; nor can any pluck from my Father's hand. (30) I and my Father are 30 one. (31) And again the Jews took up stones, to 31 stone him. (32) Jesus said to them : Many good 32 works have 1 showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? (33) The 33 Jews said to him : It is not on account of good works, that we stone thee : but because thou blas- phemest ; and, whilst thou art a man, thou makest thyself (jrod. (34) Jesus said to them : Is it not 34 written in your law, I have said. Ye are gods?^ (35) If he called them gods, because the word of 35 Grod was with them, and the scripture cannot be nullified; (36) do ye say to him, whom the Father 36 hath sanctified and sent into the world. Thou blas- phemest; because I said to you, I am the Son of God? (37) And if I do not the works of my Father, 37 believe me not, (38) But if I do [them], although 38 ye believe not me, yet believe the works ; that ye may know and believe, that my Father is in me, and I in my Father. — (39) And again they sought 39 to lay hold of him; but he escaped out of thi-ir hands; (-10) and retired to the other side^ of the 40 Jordan, to the place where John at first baptized, and tarried there. (41) And many persons came 41 to him: and they said, John indeed wrought not even one sign; but every thing that John said of this man, was trua (42) And many believed on 42 him. And a certain man wns sick, Lazarus'^ of the XL town of Bethany, the brother of Mary and Martha. (2) It was that Mary who anointed the feet of Jesus 2 with perfume, and wiped [them] with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. (3) xVnd his two 3 JOHN, XI. 189 sisters sent to Jesus, and said : Our Lord, he 4 whom thou lovest is sick. (•!) iVnd Jesus said : This sickness is not that of death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glori- 5 lied by means of it. (5) Now Jesus loved Martha 6 and Mary, and Lazarus. (6) And when he heard that he was sick, he remained in the place where 7 he was two days. (7) And afterwards he said to his disciples : Come, let us go again into Judaea. 8 (8) His disciples say to him : Our Rabbi, the Jews have just sought to stone thee ; and goest thou 9 again thither. (9) Jesus said to them : Are there not twelve hours in the day ? And if a man walk in the daytime, he stumbleth not; because he 10 seeth the light of the world. (10) But if one walk in the night, he stumbleth ; because there is 11 no light in him. (11) These things said Jesus, and afterwards he said to them: Lazarus our friend 12 reposeth.'J But I go to awake him. (12) His dis- ciples say to him: Our Lord, if he sleepeth, he is 13 recovering. (13) But Jesus spoke of his death ; and they thought, he spoke of the sleep of repose. 14 (14) Then Jesus said to them explicitly : Lazarus 15 is dead. (15) And I rejoice, for your sakes, that I was not there ; that je may believe. But let us go 16 there. (16) Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples : Let us also go [and] die with him. 17 And Jesus came to Bethany, and found that he 18 had been in the grave four days. (18) Now Beth- any was near to Jerusalem, distant from it about 19 fifteen furlongs. (19) And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mar}^, to comfort «= them con- 20 cerning their brother. (20) And Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went out to meet 21 him ; but Mary was sitting in the house. (21) And Martha said to Jesus : My Lord, if thou hadst been 22 here, my brother had not died. (22) But even now, I know, that whatever thou wilt ask of God, 23 he will give it thee. (23) Jesus said to her: Thy 24 brother will rise. (24) ]\Iartha said to him: I know, that he will rise in the consolation, "^ at the 25 last day. (25) Jesus said to her : I am the conso- lation, and life. And he that belie veth in me, 26 though he should die, will live. (26) And every one that.liveth, and believeth in me, will not die ^ Sy. .'-^n» <= Sy. to speak to their hearts. ^ or, resurrec- tion. for ever. Belie vest thou this? (27) She said to 27 him : Yes, my Lord ; I beheve, that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, that cometh into the world. — (28) And when she had thus said, she 28 went and called her sister Mary, secretly, and said to her: Our Rabbi hath come, and calleth for thee. (29) And Mary, when she heard [it], rose up 29 quickly, and went to meet him. (30) And Jesus 30 had not 3^et entered the village, but was in the place where Martha met him. (31) Those Jews 31 also, who were with her in the house and consoled her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed after her; for they supposed, she was going to the grave to weep. (32) And 32 Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, and said to him : If thou hadst been here, my Lord, my brother had not died. (33) And when Jesus saw her weeping, and the 33 Jews weeping who came with her, he was moved in spirit, and was agitated. (34) And he said: 3-4 Where have ye laid him ? They say to him : Our Lord, come, and see. (35) And the tears of Jesus 35 came. (36) And the Jews said : See, how much he 36 loved him. (37) And some of them said: Could 37 not he who opened the eyes of the blind man, have caused that this also should not have died? — (38) 38 And Jesus, still agitated within, came to the grave. Now the grave was a cave, and a stone was laid upon its entrance. (39) And Jesus said: Take 39 away this stone. Martha, the sister of the de- ceased, said to him : My Lord, by this time he is putrid; for four days have elapsed. (40) Jesus 40 said to her: Did I not tell thee, that if thou wouldst believe, thou shouldst see the glory of God ? (41) And they took away the stone. And 41 Jesus raised his eyes on high, and said: Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. (42) And I 42 know that thou hearcst me alwa^'s ; but on account of this multitude that standeth here, I say these things ; that they may believe, that thou hast sent me. (43) And when he had thus spoken, he called 43 with a loud voice : Lazarus, come forth ! (44) And 44 the dead man came forth, with his hands and his feet sAvathed Avith bandages, and his foce with a na])kin. Jesus said to them : Loose him, and let him f^o. JOHN, XII. 191 45 And many of tlie Jews who had come to Marj, when they saw what Jesus did, beheved on him. 46 (46) But some of them went to the Pharisees, and 47 told them all that ^'esus had done. — (47) And the chief priests and Pharisees assembled together, and said : What shall we do ? For this man worketh 48 many signs. (48) And if we thus let him alone, all the people will believe in him ; and the Ro- mans e will come, and will take away our place 49 and our nation. (49) But, one of them, named Caiaphas, was the high priest of that year ; and he 50 said to them : Ye know not any thing. (50) Nei- ther do ye consider, that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not that this 51 whole people perish. (51) This he said, however, not from the promptings of his own mind ; but be- ing the high priest of that year, he prophesied, that 52 Jesus was about to die for the people: (52) and not only for the people, ^ but also that he might collect together the sons of God that were dis- 53 persed. (53) And from that day, they plotted to 54 kill him. — (54) And Jesus did not walk openly among the Jews ; but retired from them to a place near the v/ilderness, to a town called Ephraim ; s 55 and there he abode with his disciples. — (55) And the passover of the Jews drew near: and many went up from the villages to Jerusalem, before the 56 feast, that they might purify themselves. (56) And they sought for Jesus ; and they said one to another, in the temple : What think ye ? that he will not 57 come to the feast? (57) And the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if any one knew Avhere he was, he should make it known to them, that they might take hira. XII. x\.nd six days before the passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where was that Lazarus whom Jesus 2 raised from the dead. (2) And they made a sup- per for him there: and INIartha served, and Laz- 3 arus was one of the guests* with hira. (3) And Mary took an alabaster box of perfume of choice spikenard, of great price ; and anointed the feet of Jesus ; and she wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the odor of the perfume. 4 (4) Then said Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he 5 that was about to betray him: (5) AThy was not Sy.*^. OOIJ '' i. 0. the Jews in Judcca. f Sy. )iCl^'^'\ Sy. rediners. 192 JOHN, XII. '' or, felt into it. Sy. ] 1 S »o] this ointment sold for tlirce liuudred denarii, and given to the poor ? (6) And this he said, not be- 6 cause he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and held the purse, and carried what was put^ in it. (7) Bat Jesus said : Let her alone ; she hath 7 kept it for the day of my burial. (8) For the poor 8 are always with you, but 1 am not with you always. — (9) And great multitudes of the Jews heard that 9 he was there : and they came, not only on ac- count of Jesus, but also that they might see Laz- arus, whom he raised from the dead. (10) And 10 the chief priests deliberated about killing even Lazarus: (11) because many of the Jews, on his 11 account, went and believed in Jesus. And the next day, a great multitude who had 12 come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, (13) took boughs of palm- 13 trees, and went out to meet him. And they cried, and said: Hosanna,^ Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel ! (14) And 14 Jesus found an ass, and sat upon it ; as it is written, (15) Fear not, daughter of Sion. Behold, thy king 15 cometh to thee ; and he rideth upon a colt, the foal of an ass. (16) These things understood not 16 his disciples, at that time ; but when Jesus was glorified, then his disciples remembered that these things were written of him. and that they did them to him. — (17) And the multitude that had been with 17 him, testifiea that he had called Lazarus from the grave, and raised him from the dead. (18) And 18 for this reason, great multitudes went out to meet him, as they had heard that he wrought this sign. (19) But the Pharisees said, one to another: i)o 19 ye see, that ye are gaining nothing? For, lo, the whole world is going after him. And there were also among the people, some 20 who had come up to worship at the feast. (21) These 21 came, and approached Pliilip, who was of Bethsai- da in Galilee, and said to him: My lord, we are desirous to see Jesus. (22) Philip came and told 22 Andrew; and Andrew and Philip told Jesus. (23) And Jesus answered, and said to them: The 23 hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified. (24) Verily, verily, I say to you. That a kernel of 24 wheat, unless it fall and die in the ground, rcmaineth alone ; but if it die, it produceth numerous fruits. JOHN, XII. 193 25 (25) He that loveth his life,'^ will lose it; and he that hatetli his life, in this world, will preserve it 26 unto lifee everlasting. (26) If any one is servant to me, he will come after me; and where I am, there also will my servant be. Him that serveth 27 me, will the Father honor. (27) Behold, now is my souK troubled ; and what shall I say ? My Father, deliver me from this hour ? But for this 28 very cause, came I to this hour. (28) Father, glorify thy name ! And a voice was heard from heaven : I have glorified [it] ; and I will glorify 29 [it] again. (29) And the multitude standing by, heard [it] ; and they said : There was thunder. But others said: An angel spoke with him. 30 (3-0) Jesus answered, and said to them : This voice 31 was not for mj sake, but for yours. (31) Now is the judgment of this world : now the rulers of this 32 world is cast out. (32) And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me. 33 (33) And this he said, to show by what manner of 34 death, he was to die. — (31) The multitude said to him : We have heard from the law, that the Mes- siah abideth for ever : [and] how sayest thou, that the Son of man is to be lifted up ? Who is this 35 Son of man ? (35) Jesus said to them : A short time longer, the light is with you. Walk, while ye have the light, lest the darkness overtake you. He that walketh in the dark, knoweth not whither he 36 goeth. (36) While the light is with you, confide in the light ; that ye may be children of the light. — These things said Jesus, and departed, and con- cealed himself from them. 37 And although he wrought all these signs before 38 them, they believed him not ; (38) that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, who said : My Lord; who hath believed our report? And 39 to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed ? (39) For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah 40 said again : (10) They have blinded their eyes, and darkened their hearts ; that they might not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be converted ; and I should heal them, 41 (41) These things spake Isaiah, when he saw his 42 glory, and spoke of him. (42) And of the chiefs^ also, many believed on him ; but on account of the Pharisees, they did not confess [him], lest they Sy. .» «» gM e Sy. "JJODJ] Sy. V^V 194 JOHN, XIII. ' or, save. t Sy. X*-^ Sy. U^CD ^ Gr. Simon Pe- ter. should be put out of the synagogue ; (43) for they 43 loved the praise of men, more than the praise of God. — (44) And Jesus cried, and said: He that 44 believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him that sent me, (45) And he that seeth me, seeth 45 him that sent me. (46) I have come into the 46 world, a light, that whoever believeth in me, might not abide in darkness. (47) And whoever sliall 47 hear my words, and not observe them, I judge him not; for I did not come to judge the world, but to vivify' the world. (48) Whoever rejecteth me, 48 and receiveth not my words, there is one to judge him ; the word which I speak, will judge him, at the last day, (49) For I have not spoken from 49 myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should speak, and what I should say. (50) And I know that his command- 50 ment is lifek eternal. Therefore, these thino-s which I speak, as my Father hath said to me, so I speak. And before the feast of the passover, Jesus XIII, knew that the hour had come when he should de- part from this world unto the Father. And he loved his own [people], who were in the world; and he loved them unto the end. (2) And when 2 the supper was passed, it had been injected by Satan=>' into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him. (3) And Jesus, because he 8 knew that the Father had given all things into his hands ; and that he came out from the Father, and was going to God; (4) arose from the supper, and 4 laid aside his long garments, and took a linen cloth, and wrapped it about his loins; (5) and poured 5 water into a wash-basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples : and he wiped them with the linen cloth with which he had girded his loins. (6) And 6 when he came to Simon Cephas, i^ Simon said to liim: Dost thou, my Lord, wash my feet for me? (7) Jesus answered, and said to him : What I do, 7 thou understandest not now: but liereafter thou wilt understand. (8) Simon Cephas said to him : 8 Never shalt thou wash my feet. Jesus said to him : Unless I wash thee, thou hast no part with me. (9) Simon Cephas said to him : Then, my Loi'd, not 9 my feet only shalt thou Avash, but also my hands JOHN, XIII. 195 10 11 12 and my head. (10) Jesus said to Lira: He tliat hath bathed, c needeth not but to wash his feet; for he is all clean. And ye also are clean ; but not all of you. (11) For Jesus knew, who would betray him : therefore he said, Ye are not all clean. — (12) And when he had washed their feet, he re- sumed his long garments, d and reclined. And he said to them : Understand ye what I have done to 13 you ? (13) Ye call me, Our Rabbi, and Our Lord ; 14 and ye speak well ; for I am so. (14) If then I, your Lord and your Rabbi, have washed your feet, how much more ought ye to wash the feet of one another ? (15) For I have given you this example, that ye might do, as I have done to you. (16) Verily, verily, I say to you, That no servant is greater than his lord; and no legate^ is greater than he who sent him. (17) If ye knoAv these 18 things, happy will ye be if ye do them. (18) Not of you all, do I speak: I know whom I have chosen. But that the scripture may be fulfilled. He that eateth bread with me, hath lifted his heel against me. (19) From this time, I tell you, before it occurs, that when it shall occur, ye may know! that I am he. (20) Verily, verily, I say to you:; He that receiveth him whom I send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Sy. "i*,KrD> Sy- Sy. ]j^ >\ 9 me. These things said Jesus, and he was agitated in his spirit ;f and he testified, and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, That one of you will betray me. (22) And the disciples stared at one another ; because they knew not, of Avhom he spake. (23) And there was one of his disciples, who was reclining on his bosom, he whom Jesus loved ; (24) to him Simon Cephas beckoned, that he should ask him, who it was of whom he spoke. (25) And that disciple fell upon the breast of Jesus, and said to liim: My Lord, Avhich is he? (26) Jesus an- swered and said: He it is, to Avhom I give the bread w^hen I have dipped it. And Jesus dipped the bread, and gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. (27) And after the bread, then Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him : What 28 thou doest, do quickly. (28) And no one of those reclining, knew, wherefore he said this to him. 29 (29) For some of them supposed, because the purse f Sy. ai^OiS::) 196 JOHN, XIV. s Sy. h Sy. cnsj OTA 30 31 32 was in the hands of Judas, that Jesus expressly charged hiiii__to buy something needful for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor. (30) And Judas took the bread at once, and went out of the house. And it was night when he went out. And Jesus said : jSTow is the Son of man glori- fied ;s and God is glorified in him. (32) And if God is glorified in him, God will glorify him in himself;'' and will glorify him speedily. (33) My 33 children, a little longer I am Avith you ; and ye will seek for me ; and, as I said to the Jews, Whither I go ye cannot come, so I now say to you. (34) A new commandment I give to you, that ye 34 be affectionate to each other. As I have loved you, do ye also love one another. (35) By this will every one know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love for each other. — (36) Simon Cephas said to him : Our Lord, whither goest thou ? Je- sus answered, and said to him : Whither I go, thou canst not now come after me ; but thou wilt at last come. (37) Simon Cephas said to him: My Lord, why can I not come after thee? I would lay down my life for thee. (38) Jesus said to him: 38 Wouldst thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I say to thee. The cock will not crow, until thou hast three times denied me. Let not your heart be troubled : believe in XIV. God, and, believe in me. (2) There are many 2 mansions in the house of m}'' Father : and if not, I would have told you ; for I go to prepare a place for you. (3) And if I go to prepare for j'ou a 3 place, I will come again and take you to myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (4) And 4 whither I go, ye know ; and the way ye know. — (5) Thomas said to him: Our Lord, we know not 60 36 37 whither thou goest; and how can we know the way ? (6) Jesus said to him : I am the way, and 6 truth, and life : no one cometli unto my Father, but by me. (7) If ye had known me, ye would 7 also have known my Father: and henceforth, ye know him, and have seen him. — (8) Philip said to 8 him : Our Lord, show us the Father, and it will suffice for us. (9) Jesus said to him: Have I 9 been all this time with you, and hast thou not JOHN, XIV. 197 known me, Philip? He that seeth me, seeth the Father : and how sayest thou, Show us the Father? 10 (10) Believest thou not, that I am in my Father, and my Father in me? And the words which I speak, I speak not from myself: but my Father, who dwelleth in me, a- he doeth these works. 11 (11) Believe, that I am in my Father, and my Father in me. And if not, believe, at least, on 12 account of the works. (12) Verily, verily, I say to you : He that believeth in me, the works which I do, will he also do. And greater tlmn these will 13 he do, because I go unto my Fatlier. (13) And what ye shall ask in my name, I will do for 3^ou ; 14 that the Father may be glorified in his Son. (14) And if ye shall ask of me, in my name, I Avill do 15 [it]. — (15) If ye love me, keep my commands. 16 (16) And I will ask of my Father, and he will give you another Comforter, ^ that he maj^ be with 17 you for ever, (17) the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, and knoweth him not: but ye know him, because he 18 abideth with you, and is in you. (18) I shall not leave you orphans : for I shall come to you in a 19 little while. (19) And the world will not see me ; but ye will see me. Because I live, ye will live 20 also. (20) In that day ye will know, that I am in my Father; and that ye are in me, and I in you. 21 (21) He, with whom are my commands, and who keepeth them, he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me, will be loved by my Father : and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 22 — (22) Judas, — not Iscariot, — said to him : My Lord, how is it that thou art to manifest thyself to 23 us, and not to the world? (23) Jesus answered, and said to him : He that loveth me, observeth my instruction ;« and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. 24 (24) But he that loveth me not, observeth not my instruction. And the instruction which ye hear, is 25 not mine, but the Father's who sent me. — (25) These things have I said to you, while I was with you. 26 (26) But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you every thing, and will remind you of all that I say to 27 you. (27) Peacc^ I leave with you ; my peace I give to you. It is not as the world^ giyeth, that I Sy. Sy. from Gr. 'rfapay.XriTog. or, discourse. Sy. JV^N * Sy. ]V)\s 198 fSy. 0TJJ105] Sy. words ^ or, lovers. Sy. .^V) v>^ JOHN, XV. give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor be afraid. (28) Ye have heard what I said to 28 you that I go away, and come [again] to you. If ye had loved me, ye would have rejoiced, that I go to my Father; for my Father is greater than I. (29) And now, lo, I have told you, before it occur- 29 reth ; so that when it shall have occurred, ye may believe. (30) Hereafter I shall not converse much 30 with you ; for the ruler^ of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. (31) But that the world? may 31 know, that I love my iather, and as my Father commanded me, so I do. Arise ; let us go hence. I am the true vine ; and my Father is the culti-XV. vator. (2) Every branch in me, which yieldeth 2 not fruits, he taketh it away: and that which yieldeth fruits, he cleanseth it, that it may yield more fruits. (3) Ye henceforth are clean, on ac- 3 count of the discourse I have held with you. (4) Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch 4 cannot yield fruits of itself, unless it abide in the vine; so also, neither can ye, unless ye abide in me. (5) I am the vine, and ye are the branches. 5 He that abideth in me, and I in him, he yieldeth much fruit; for without me, ye can do nothing. (6) And if a man abide not in me, he is cast forth 6 as a withered branch ; and they gather it up, and cast it into the fire to be burned. (7) But if ye 7 shall abide in me, and my instructions^^- shall abide in you, whatever ye shall be pleased to ask, it will be given to you. — (8) In this is the Father glori- 8 fied, that ye bear much fruit; and ye Avill be my disciples. (9) As my Father hath loved me, I also 9 have loved you : abide ye in the love of me. (10) If 10 ye shall keep my commands, ye will abide in the love of me, as I have kept the commands of my Father, and abide in his love. (11) These things 11 have I spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. (12) This is 12 my command, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. (13) There is no greater love than 13 this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.'' (14) Ye are my friends, if ye do all that I command 14 you. (15) I no longer call 3'-ou servants; because 15 a servant knoweth not what his lord docth : but I have called you my friends ;«= because, whatever I JOHN, XVI. 199 have heard from my Father, I have made known 16 to you. (16) It is not ye that chose me, but I that have chosen you ; and I have appointed you, that ye also should go and yield fruits, and that your fruits should continue; so that whatever ye may ask of my Father in my name, he may give it you. 17 (17) These things I command you, that ye should 18 love one another. — (18) And if the world hate you, 19 know ye, that it hated me before you. (19) And if ye were of the world, the world would love what is of it. But ye are not of the world, for I have chosen you out of the world ; for this cause, the 20 world hateth you. (20) Remember the word that I spoke to you, That there is no servant, who is greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you ; and if they have ob- served my teaching, they will also observe yours. 21 (21) But all these things will they do to you, on account of my name, because they know not him 22 that sent me. (22) If I had not come and dis- coursed with them, sin would not have been to them ; but now there is no excuse for their sins. 23 (23) He that hateth me, hateth my Father also. 21 (2-1) If I had not wrought before them works which no other j^erson ever did, sin would not have been to them : but now they have seen, and have hated, 25 both me and my Father ; (25) so that in them will be fulfilled the word Avhicli is written in their law : 26 They hated me, without a cause. ^ — (26) But when the Comforter shall come, whom I will send to you from my Father, that Spirit of truth who proceed- 27 eth from the Father, He will testify of me. (27) And do ye also testify ; for ye have been with me from the beginning. XVL These things have I said to you, that ye may 2 not be stumbled. (2) For they will eject you from their synagogues ; and the hour will come, that whoever shall kill you, will suppose that he pre- 3 senteth an offering to God. — (3) And these things will they do, because they have not known either 4 my Father, or me. (4) These things have I spoken to you, that when the time of them cometh, ye may recollect, that I told 3-0 u of them. And I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I 5 was with you. (5) But now, I am going to Ilim gratuitously. 200 JOHN, XVI, • Sy. '' or, rebuke. Sy. ]jao5l <>Sy. • Sy. ] « 1; «-> that sent me; and none of youasketh me. Whither goest thou? (6) And because I have told you 6 these thing.s, sorrow hath come and hath filled your hearts. (7) But I tell you the truth, that it is 7 profitable for you that I go away ; for, if I go not away, the Comforter^ will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. (8) And when 8 he is come, he will convict'' the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. (9) Of sin, 9 because they believe not in me : (10) and of righ- 10 teousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more: (11) and of judgment, because the 11 ruler"^ of this world is judged. (12) Moreover, I 12 have much to say to you : but ye cannot compre- hend [it] now. (13) But when the Spirit of truth 13 shall come, he will lead you into all the truth. For he will not speak from his own mind ; but whatever he heareth, that will he speak : and he will make known to you things to come. (11) He 14 will glorify me ; because he will receive of what is mine, and will show [it] to you. (15) Whatever^^ 15 the Father hath, is mine: therefore said I to you, that he will receive of what is mine, and will show [it] to you. — (16) A little while, and ye will not 16 see me; and again a little while, and ye will see me; because I go to the Father. (17) And his dis- 17 ciples said one to another : What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and ye will not see me, and again a little while, and ye will see me, because I go to my Father ? (18) And they said : What 18 is this little while, of which he speaketh? We know not what he saith. (19) And Jesus knew, 19 that they desired to ask him ; and he said to them : Are ye debating with each other, of what I said to you, A little while, and ye will not see me, and again a little while, and ye will see me? (20) Veril}', 20 verily, I say to you, That ye will weep and lament: and the world will rejoice, while to you will be sorrow. But your sorrow will be turned to joy. (21) A woman, in bringing forth, hath sorrow, for 21 the day of her travail hath come : but when she hath brought forth a son, she remembereth not her anguish, because of the joy that a human beings is born into the world. (22) Ye also now have sor- 22 row ; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will deprive you of your joy. JOHN, XVII. 201 23 (23) And in that day ye will ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you, That whatsoever ye shall ask of my Father in my name, he will give to 24 you. (24) Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye will receive; that your joy 25 may be complete. — (25) These things have I spoken to you in allegories •/ but the hour will come, when I shall not speak to you in allegories, but I will 26 speak to you plainly of the Father. (26) In that day ye will ask in my name ; and I do not say to 27 you, that I will pray to the Father for you; (27) for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I proceeded from 28 the presence of the Father. (28) I proceeded forth from before the Father, and came into the world ; and again I leave the world, and go to the Father. 29 — (29) His disciples say to him : Lo, now thou speakest plainly, and thou utterest no allegory. 30 (30) Now know we, that thou knowest every thing ;? and thou hast no need, that any one should ask thee: by this we believe, that thou didst proceed 31 from God. (31) Jesus said to them : Do ye believe? 32 (32) Behold, the hour cometh, and hath now coiije, when ye will be dispersed, each to his place ; and ye will leave me alone. But I am not alone, for 33 the Father is with me. (33) These things have I said to you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world }' e will have trouble : but, take courage, I have vanquished the world. XVII. These things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said : My Father, the hour is come : glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify 2 thee. (2) As thou hast given him authority'*' over all flesh, that he might give life eternal to as many 3 as thou hast given him. (3) And this is life eter- nal, that they may know thee, that thou art the only true God, and whom thou hast sent, Jesus 4 Messiah. (4) I have glorified thee on the earth the work'' which thou gavest me to do, I have 5 finished. (5) And now, my Father, glorify thou me, with that glory which t had with thee before 6 the world was. — (6) I have made known thy name to the men, whom thou gavest me from the world : thine the}^ were, and thou gavest them to me ; and 7 they have kept thy word. (7) Now I^ have known, Sy. ]L]\£1^ e Sv. Sy.M^^ >Q-» Gr. they. 202 JOHN, XVII. ^ or, tchich name. e Sy. \2r^]. ^cnZwliiQ^ that whatever thou hast given me, was from thee. (8) For, the words thou gavest to me, I have given 8 to them ; and they have received them, and have known certainly, that I came from thy presence ; and they have believed that thou didst send me. (9) And I pray for them ; it is not for the world 9 that I pray, but for them whom thou hast given me, for they are thine. (10) And all that is mine 10 is thine, and what is thine is mine; and I am glori- fied in them. (11) Henceforth I am not in the 11 world ; but these are in the world, and I go to thee. Holy Father, keep them in that thy name, Avhich'^ thou hast given to me ; that they may be one, as we are. (12) While I have been with them in the 12 world, I have kept them in thy name. Those thou gavest me, have I kept; and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, ^ that the scripture might be fulfilled. (13) But now I come to thee; and 13 these things I speak in the world, that my joy may be complete in them. (14) I have given them th}- 1-1 word: and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. (15) I pray not, that thou wouldst take 15 them out of the world, but that thou wouldst keep them from evil: (16) for they are not of the 16 world, even as I am not of the world. (17) Father, 17 sanctify them by thy truth, thy word is the truth. (18) As thou didst send me into the world, so have 18 I also sent them into the world. (19) And for 19 their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth. — (20) And it is not for 20 them only that I pray, but also for those who shall believe in me through their discourse ;*" (21) that they all may be one ; as thou, ni}^ Father, 21 [art] in me, and I in thee ; that they also may be one in us ; so that the world may believe, that thou didst send me. (22) And the glory which thou 22 gavest me, I have given them ; that they may be one, as we are one. (23) I in them, and thou in 23 me ; that they may be perfected into one ; and that the world may know tliat thou didst send me, and that thou hast loved them as also thou hast loved me. (24) Father, I desire that those whom tiiou 24 hast given me, may also be with me where I am ; that they may see that glory of mine which thou hast given me, as thou lovedst me before the foun- JOHN, XVIII. 203 25 dation of the world. (25) My rigliteous Father, the world hath not known thee ; but I have known thee, and these have known, that thou didst send 26 me. (26) And I have made known to them thy name ; and I will make it known ; so that the love, with which thou lovedst me, may be in them, and I in them, XYIII. These things spake Jesus, and went forth Avith his disciples over the brook Cedron,a- where there was a garden, into Avhich he and his disciples 2 entered. (2) And Judas also, the betrayer, knew the place ; because Jesus often there met with his 3 disciples. (3) Then Judas received a regiment, i' and from the presence of the chief priests and Pharisees he had officials ;<= and he came to the place 4 with lanterns and lamps and weapons. — (4) And Jesus, as he knew every thing that was to befall him, went forth and said to them : Whom seek ye? 5 (5) They say to him : Jesus the Nazarean. Jesus said to them : I am he. And Judas the betrayer 6 was also standing with them. (6) And when Jesus said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell 7 upon the ground. (7) And again Jesus asked them: Whom seek ye? And they said: Jesus the 8 Nazarean. (8) Jesus said to them: I have told you that I am be ; and if ye seek me, let these go 9 away : (9) that the speech might be fulfilled, which he uttered: Of them, whom thou hast given me, I 10 have lost not even one. — (10) And Simon Cephas had upon him a sword ; and he drew it, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And the servant's name was Malchus.'^ 11 (11) And Jesus said to Cephas: Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? 12 Then the regiment and the chiliarchs° and the officials of the Jews laid hold of Jesus, and bound 13 him ; (13) and they led him first to the presence of Annas ;f for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, 1-1 who was the high priest of that year. (14) And it was Caiaphas? who counselled the Jews, that it was expedient, one man should die for the people. 15 — (15) And Simon Cephas and one other of the disciples went after Jesus. And that other disciple knew the high priest; aud he entered with Jesus Sy. v05rO Sy. ri^ml Gr. (firs7pa, Lat. coliors. Sy. ]Ji_K»5 ^ Sy. .^AVn eSy. ' Sy. ^J_.^ f Sy. |.£LkID 20i JOHN, XVIII. ^ Sy. hour. Lnt. Prcclo- 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 into the hall. (16) But Simon stood without at the door; and that other disciple, who knew the high priest, Avent out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought in Simon, (17) And the maid who kept the door, said to Simon: Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? And he said: I am not. (18) And the servants and officials were standing, and had placed a fire to warm themselves. •(19) And the high priest interrogated Jesus re- specting his disciples, and respecting his doctrine. (20) And Jesus said to him : I have discoursed openly with the people, and have at all times taught in the synagogue and m the temple, where all the Jews assemble ; and I have uttered nothing in private. (21) Why dost thou interrogate me? Ask them who have heard, what I said to them : lo, they know what I have said. (22) And as he said these things, one of the officials standing by, smote the cheek of Jesus, and said to him : Givest thou such an answer to the high priest? (23) Jesus 23 replied, and said to him : If I have spoken evil, bear witness of that evil ; but if well, why smitest thou me? (24) Now Annas had sent Jesus bound to Caiaphas the high priest. — (25) And Simon Cephas was standing and warming himself; and they said to him: Art not thou also one of his disci- ples? And he denied, and said: I am not. (26) And 26 one of the servants of the high priest, a kinsman of him whose ear Simon cut off, said to him : Did I not see thee with him in the garden? (27) And again Simon denied: and at that moment'' the cock crew. And they led Jesus from the presence of Caia- phas unto the PnBtorium;' and it was morning. But they did not enter the Prnetorium, lest they should defile themselves before they had eaten the passover. (29) And Pilate went forth to them without, and said to them : What accusation have ye against this man ? (30) They replied, and said to him : If he were not a malefactor, we should not have delivered him up to thee. (31) Pilate said to them: Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews said to him: It is not lawful for us to put a man to death : (32) that the speech 32 of Jesus might be fulfilled, when he made known by what death he was to die. (33) And Pilate 33 2-1 25 27 28 29 30 31 JOHN, XIX. went into tlie Prastorium, and called Jesus, and said to him : Art thou the king of the Jews ? S-i (34) Jesus said to him: Sayest thou this of thyself, 35 or have others said [it] to thee of me ? (35) Pilate said to him : Am I a Jew ? Thy countrymen and the chief priests have delivered thee to me. What 36 hast thou done? (36) Jesus said to him : My king- dom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have fought, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews : but now, 37 my kingdom is not from hence. (37) Pilate said to him : Then thou art a king? Jesus said to him : Thou hast said, that I am a king. For this was I born ; and for this came I into the world, that I might bear testimony to the truth. Every one that 38 is of the truth, heareth my voice. (38) Pilate said to him : What is the truth ? ^ And as he said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them : 39 I lind not any crime in him. (39) And ye have a custom that I should release one to you at the pass- over; will ye, therefore, that I release to you this 40 king of the Jews? (40) And they all cried out, and said: Not this man, but Barabbas.i Now this XIX. Barabbas was a robber.'" — XIX. Then Pilate 2 scourged Jesus. (2) And the soldiers braided a crown of thorns, and. put it on his head ; and they 3 clothed him in purple garments : (3) and they said : Iiail,»- king of the Jews! and smote him on his 4 cheeks, (4) And Pilate went out again, and said to them: Lo, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find against him no offence whatever. 5 (5) And Jesus went forth, having on him the crown of thorns, and the purple garments. And 6 Pilate said to them : Behold, the man ! (6) And when the chief priests and officials saw him, they cried out, and said: llangb him; hang him. Pilate said to them: Take ye him, and crucify <= 7 him ; for I find no offence in him, (7) The Jews say to him : We have a law, and, according to our law, he deserveth death, because he made himself 8 the Son of God, (8) And when Pilate heard that 9 declaration, he feared the more. (9) And he went again into the Preetorium ; and he said to Jesus : Whence art thou ? And Jesus gave him no an- 10 swer. (10) Pilate said to him: Wilt thou not speak to me ? Knowest thou not, that I have au- 205 ' Sy. 1'^ CLliD ' Sy. ]££L Sy. Peace to thee. .Sy. aOI 1 'no \ » _ 0) = Sy. aC71Q.2LO0l 206 ^ Sy. 4^. Gaphiphtlui. ( Sy. E Sy. w£}ar)il Sy ^^ = Gazullha. Sy. Zul^f^v. ZUJLDOOIJO Sy. CTLi_iZ.ao JOHN, XIX. thorit}^ ^ to release thee, and have authority to cru- cify thee? (11) Jesus said to him: Thou wouldst 11 have no authority at all over me, if it were not given to thee from on high : therefore his sin who delivered me up to thee, is greater tlian thine. (12) And for this reason, Pilate was disposed to 12 release hira. But the Jews cried out : If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend : for whoever maketh himself a king, is the adversary of Cassar. (13) And w^hen Pilate heard this dec- 13 laration, he brought Jesus forth, and sat upon the tribunal, in a place called the pavement of stones; but in Hebrew it is called Gabbatha.° (14) And 11 it was the preparation for the passover ; and it was about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews : Behold, your king. (15) But they cried out: 15 Away with him, away with him; hangf hira, hang him. Pilate said to them: Shall I crucify? your king? The chief priests said to him: We have no king, but Ciesar. (16) Then he delivered 16 him to them, that they might crucify him. And they took Jesus, and led him away, (17) 17 bearing his cross, to a place called a Skull, and in Hebrew called Grolgotha ; '^ (18) where they cru- 18 cified him ; and two others with him, the one on this side, and the other on that, and Jesus in the middle. (19) And Pilate also wrote a tablet, and 19 affixed it to his cross. And thus it was written : This is Jesus the Nazarean, king of the Jews. (20) And many of the Jews read this label; be- 20 cause the place where Jesus was crucified, was near to Jerusalem ; and it was written in Hebrew and Greek and Latin.' (21) And the chief priests 21 said to Pilate : Write not that he is king of the Jews, but that he said I am king of the Jews. (22) Pilate said: What I have written, I have 22 ■written. — (23) And the soldiers, -when they had 23 crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parcels of them, a parcel for each of the soldiers. And his tunic ^ was without seam from the top, woven throughout, (24) And they said one to 24 another : We will not rend it, but will cast the lot upon it, whose it shall be. And the scripture was fulfilled, which said: They divided my garments among them ; and upon my vesture they cast the lot. These things did the soldiers. — (25) And 25 JOHN, XIX. 207 there were standing near the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, and Mary [the 26 wife] of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalena. (26) And Jesus saw his mother, and that disciple whom he loved, standing bj, and he said to his mother : 27 Woman, behold, thy son. (27) And he said to that disciple : Behold, thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her near himself. — 28 (28) After these things, Jesus knew that every thing was finished ; and, that the scripture might 29 be fulfilled, he said : I thirst. (29) And a vessel was standing there, full of vinegar. And they filled a sponge with the vinegar, and put it on a 30 hyssop [stalk], and bore it to his mouth. (30) And when Jesus had received the vinegar, he said: Lo; Done. And he bowed his head, and yielded up his spirit.^ 31 And because it was the preparation,™ the Jews said : These bodies must not remain all night upon the cross : because the sabbath was dawning ; " and the day of that sabbath was a great day. And they requested of Pilate, that they should break the legs of those crucified, and take them down. 82 (32) And the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with 33 him. (33) But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead ; and they broke not 3-i his legs. (34) But one of the soldiers thrust a spear into his side ; and immediately there issued So out blood and water. — (35) And he who saw [it], hath testified : and his testimony is true : and he knoweth, that he speaketh the truth, that ye also 36 may believe. (36) For these things occurred, that the scripture might be fulfilled, which said: A 37 bone of him shall not be broken, (37) And again another scripture, which saith : They will look on him, whom they pierced. 38 After these things, Joseph of Kamath, (lor he was a disciple of Jesus, and kept concealed through fear of the Jews,) requested of Pilate, that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate permit- ted. And he came, and bore away the body 39 of Jesus. (39) And there came also Nicodemus, (he who previously came to Jesus by night,) and he brought with him a compound of myrrh and OT_kjO> ' i. e. Friday. or, comin'T on. Sy. _.;4A 40 aloes, about a hundred pounds." (40) And they{= Gr. Xlrpai. 208 JOHN, XX. Sy. known. bore away the body of Jesus, and wound it in linens and aromatics, as it is the custom of the Jews to bury. (41) And there was a garden in 41 the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new sepulchre in which no person had ever been laid. (42) And there they laid Jesus, 42 because the sabbath had commenced, and because the sepulchre was near. And the first day of the week, in the morning, XX. while it was yet dark, Mary Magdalena came to tlie sepulchre : and she saw that the stone was removed from the grave. (2) And she ran, and came to 2 Simon Cephas, and to that other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them : They have taken away our Lord from the sepulchre, and I know not where they have laid him. (3) And Simon set 3 out, and the other disciple, and they were going to the. sepulchre. (4) And they both ran together; 4 but that disciple outran Simon, and came first to the sepulchre. (5) And he looked in, and saw the 5 linen cloths lying : but he did not go in. (6) And 6 after him came Simon ; and he entered the sepul- chre, and saw the linen cloths lying ; (7) and the 7 napkin, that had been wrapped about his head, was not with the linen cloths, but was folded up, and laid in a place by itself (8) Then entered also the 8 disciple who came first to the sepulchre ; and he saw, and believed. (9) For they had not yet 9 learned^ from the scriptures, that he was to arise from the dead. (10) And those disciples went 10 away again to their place. — (11) But Mary re- 11 mained standing at the sepulchre, and weeping; and as she wept, she looked into the sepulchre, (12) and saw two angels in white, who were sitting, 12 one at the pillows and one at the feet, Avhere the body of Jesus was laid. (13) And they said to 13 her : Woman, why weepest thou ? She said to them: Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. . (14) Having said this, she turned round, and saw 14 Jesus standing, but did not know that it was Jesus. (15) Jesus said to her : Woman, why weepest thou? 15 and, whom dost thou seek? And she supposed that he was the gardener: and she said to him: My lord, if thou hast borne him away, tell me JOHN, XX. 209 19 20 where thou hast laid him, [and] I will go and take 16 him away. (16) Jesus said to her: Mary! And she turned, and said to him in Hebrew : Rabbuni ;^ 17 which is interpreted Teacher.'' (17) Jesus said to her : Touch me not ; for not yet have I ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren, and say to them : I ascend to my Father and your Father, and 18 to my God and your God. (18) Then came Mary Magdalena, and told the disciples that she had seen our Lord ; and that he had said these things to her. And on the evening of that first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came, and stood in the midst of them, and said to them : Peace be with jouA (20) Having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. And the disciples rejoiced, when 21 they saw our Lord., (21) And Jesus said to them : Peace be with you. As my Father hath sent me, 22 I also send you. (22) And as he said these things, he breathed on them, and said to them : Receive ye 23 the Holy Spirit. (23) If ye shall remit" sins to any one, they will be remitted to him ; and if ye shall retain^ [those] of any one, they will be retained. But Thomas, who was called the Twin,? one of the twelve, was not there with them, when Jesus came. (25) And the disciples said to him : We have seen our Lord. But he said to them : Unless I see in his hands the places of the nails, and put my fingers into them, and extend my hand to his side, I wnll not believe. — (26) And after eight days, the disciples were again within, and Thomas with them : and Jesus came, while the doors were closed, stood in the midst, and said to them: Peace be with you. (27) And he said to Thomas : Reach hither thy finger, and look at my hands ; and reach out thy hand and extend it to my side : and be not 28 incredulous, but believing. (28) And Thomas answered, and said to him: My Lord, and my God '.h (29) Jesus said to him : Now, when thou hast seen me, thou believest : blessed are they, who have not seen me, yet believe. — (30) And many other signs did Jesus before his disciples, which are not written in this book. (31) But these are writ- ten, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God ; and that when ye believe, ye may have life eternal by his name. 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 Sy. .1 10 n5 J Sy "jVoV V^^^^ « Sy. f Sy. ^r*AL ' Sy. MZ Sy. ^jlD Sy. ]l4.0 ■Sy.]2^ After these things, Jesus showed himself again XXI. to his disciples, at the sea of Tiberias : and he showed himself thus: (2) There were together, 2 Simon Cephas, and Thomas called the Twin, and Xathanicl who was of Cana^^ in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of the disciples. (3) Simon Cephas said to them: I will go [and] 3 catch fishes. They said to him : We will go with thee. And they went, and embarked in a ship : and that night, they caught nothing, {■i) And 4 when it was morning, Jesus stood on the shore of the sea : and the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. (5) And Jesus said to them: Lads,^ have 5 ye any thing to eat? They say to him: No. (6) He said to them : Cast your net on the right 6 side of the ship, and ye will find them. And they cast; and the}* could not draw up the net, because of the multitude of fishes it contained. (7) And 7 that disciple whom Jesus loved, said to Cephas: That is our Lord. And Simon, when he heard that it was our Lord, took his tunic, and girded his loins, (for he had been naked,) and threw himself into the sea, to go to Jesus. (8) But the other 8 disciples came in the ship, (for they were not very fur from the land, only about two hundred cubits,) and they dragged the net with the fishes (9) And 9 when they came upon the land, thay saw, coals placed, and fish laid on them, and bread. (10) And 10 Jesus said to them : Bring [some] of the fishes, which ye have just caught. (11) And Simon 11 Cephas embarked, and drew the net to land, full of huge fishes, one hundred and fifty and three. And with all this weight, the net was not rent. — (12) And 12 Jesus said to them: Come and dine. And no one of the disciples presumed to ask him, who he was ; for they knew that it was our Lord. (13) And 13 Jesus came, and took bread and fishes, and gave to his disciples. (14) This is the third time that 14 Jesus appeared to his disciples when he had arisen from the dead. And when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon 15 Cephas: Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me, more than these do ? He said to him : Yes, my Lord : thou knowest that I love the6. Jesus said to him : Feed my lambs for me. (16) Again, he said to IG him the second time : Simon, son of Jonas, lovest JOHN, XXI. 211 thou me ? He said to liim : Yes, mj Lord ; tliou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him :*Feed 17 my sheep for me. (17) Again, Jesus said to him the third time : Simon, sou of Jonas, lovest thou me ? And it grieved Cephas, that he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me ; and he said to him: My Lord, thou understandest^ all things, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him : 18 Feed my sheep for me. (18) Verily, veril}^, I say to thee : When thou wast young, thou girdedst thy own loins, and walkedst whither it pleased thee : but Avhen thou shalt be old, thou wilt extend thy hands, and another will gird thy loins for thee, and wdll conduct thee whither thou wouldst not. 19 (19) And this he said, to show by what death he was to glorify God. And having said these things, 20 he said to him: Follow me. — (20) "And Simon turned himself, and saw coming after him, that disciple whom Jesus loved, who fell on the breast of Jesus at the supper, and said, i\Iy Lord, who is 21 it will betray thee? (21) llim Cephas saw, and said to Jesus: My Lord, as for this man, what? 22 (22) Jesus said to him : If I will, that he abide here until I Come, what [is that] to thee ? Follow 23 thou me. (23) And this saying went forth among the brethren, that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say, that he would not die ; but. If I will that he abide here until I come, what [is that] to thee. 21 This is the disciple who hath testified of all these things, and hath written them : and we know, 25 that his testimonyis true. — (25) And there are also many other things, which Jesus did; which, if written out with particularity, •i the world itself, as I suppose, would not suffice for the books that would be written. Completion of the Holy Gospel, the announcement of John the Evangelist ; which he uttered, in Greek, at Ephesus. Sy. :>q::ijo ^ Sy. one hij one. The Book of Acts; tlmt is, Narratives of the Blessed Legates: Compiled by Saint Liilvp, llie Evangelist. The former book have I written, O Theophilus, concerning all the things which our Lord Jesus Messiah began to do and teach, (2) until the day when he was taken up, after he had instructed those legates^i whom he had chosen by the Holy Spirit. (3) To whom also he showed himself alive after he had suffered, by numerous signs, during forty days, while he was seen by them, and spoke of the kingdom of God. (4) And when he had eaten bread with them, he instructed them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which (said he) ye have heard from me. (5) For John baptized with water; but ye will be baptized with the Iloly Spirit after not many days. — (6) And thc}^, when assembled, asked him and said to him : Our Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? (7) He said to them : It is not yours, to know the time or times which God hath placed in his own power. (8) But when the Holy Spirit shall come upon you, ye will receive energy,*' and will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judaa, and also among the Samaritans, and unto the ends of the earth. — (9) And when he had said these things, while they beheld him, he was taken up, and a cloud received him, and he was hidden from their eyes. (10) And while they were looking toward heaven, as he de- parted, two men were found standing near them, in white garments, (11) and saying to them: Ye Galilean men, why stand ye and look toward heaven? This Jesus, who is taken up from you to heaven, will so come, as ye have seen him as- cend to heaven. 10 11 ACTS, I. 213 12 And afterwards they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called the place of Olives, which was near to Jerusalem, and distant from it about seven*^ 13 furlongs. (13) And when they had entered, they went to an upper chamber ; where were Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, and Philip, and Thomas, and Matthew, and Bartholomew, and James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes,'^ 14 and Judas the son of James. (14) All these uni- tedly persevered in praj^er, with one soul,^ together with the women, and with Mary the mother of 15 Jesus, and with his brothers.- — (15) And in those days stood up Simon Cephas in the midst of the disciples, (the persons there assembled being about 16 one hundred and twenty,) and said: (16) Men, brethren, it was righf that the scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spake, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas who was guide 17 to them that apprehended Jesus. (17) For he was numbered with us, and had a parts in this ministry. 18 (18) He purchased a field with the wages of sin ; and he fell upon his face on the ground, and burst in the middle, and all his entrails were poured out. 19 (19) And this was known to all that dwelt at Jeru- salem ; so that the field was called, in the language of the country, Aceldama, ^ which is interpreted 20 Field of Blood. (20) For it is written, in the book of Psalms: Let his habitation be desolate, and let no resident be in it; and let another take his 21 service.! (21) It should therefore be, that one of these persons, who have been with us all the time that our Lord Jesus went in and out with us, 22 (22) commencing from the baptism of John, unto the day he was taken up from us, — should be, 23 with us, a witness of his resurrection. (23) And they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabas, whose 24 surname was Justus, and Matthias. (24) And when they had prayed, they said : Thou, Lord, knowest what is in the hearts of all, manifest which thou 25 hast chosen of these two, (25) that he should take partk in this ministry and legateship,! from which Judas broke away, that he might go to his own 26 place. (26) And they cast lots, and it came upon Matthias ; and he was numbered with the eleven legates.™ Gr. a sahhath day's journey. Sy. . n g^l f Sy. ^i] e or, lot. h Sy. Sy. or, lot. or, aposilcship. or, Apostles. Sy. U» 05 OT,Jii-e. Sy. "UjO? ^ Gr. Mesopota- Sy. "jjOj.^ f or, middle nf the forenoon. P or, Elders. And when the days of pentecost were fully come while they were all assembled together, (2) sud- 2 denly there was a sound from heaven, as of a violent wind;!^ and the whole house where they were sitting was filled with it. (3) And there ap- 3 peared to them tongues, which were divided like ilame;^ and they rested upon each of them. (4) 4 And they were all filled Avith the Holy Spirit,c and began to speak in diverse languages, as the Spirit gave them to speak. (5) Now there were resident 5 at Jerusalem persons who feared God, Jews from all the nations under heaven. (6) And when that 6 sound occurred, all the people collected together ; and they were agitated, because they every one heard them speaking in their own languages. (7) 7 And tliey were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another: All these who speak, behold, are they not Galileans? (8) And how 8 do we hear, each his own lano-uage, in which we were born ? (9) Parthians, and Medes, and Elam- 9 ites, and those dwelling between the rivers, '• Jews and Cappadocians, and those from the region of Pontus and of Asia, (10) and those from' the 10 region of Phrygia, and of Pamphylia, and of Egypt, and of the parts of Lybia near Gyrene, and those who have come from Kome, Jews and prosel^'tes;^ (11) and those from Crete, and Arabians. — Lo, 11 we hear them speak in our own languages the wonders of God. (12) And they all wondered and 12 were astonished, saying one to another: From whom is this thing? (13) Others however ridi- 13 culed them, saying : They have drunken new wine, and are intoxicated. And afterwards Simon Cephas rose up, with the 14 eleven legates, and elevated his voice, and said to them : Men, Jews, and all ye that reside at Jerusa- lem ; be this known to you, and hearken ye to my - words. (15) For these are not intoxicated, as ye 15 suppose : for (IG) But this is prophet: (17) It God, that I will it is yet but the third hour.^' what was spoken by Joel the 16 shall be in the last days, saith 17 pour my Spirit upon all flesh : I and your sons shall prophesy, and your daughters; ;and your young men shall see visions, and your joldsf men shall dream dreams. (18) And upon 18 Imy servants and my handmaids will I pour my ACTS, II. 215 Spirit, in those days, and they shall prophesy, 19 (19) And I will give signs in heaven, and prodi- giesii on earth, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 (20) And the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and 21 fearful day of the Lord come. (21) And it shall be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord, 22 shall live.i (22) Men, sons of Israel, hear ye these words : Jesus the Nazarean, a man made manifest among you by God, by those deeds of power and prodigies which God Avrought among yon by his 23 hand, as ye yourselves know ; (23) him, being hereto appointedi^ by the prescience and the good pleasure of God, — ye have delivered into the hands of the wicked; and have crucified and slain. 24 (24) But God hath resuscitated him, and hath loosed the cords^ of the grave ; because it could not be, 25 that he should be held in the grave."" (25) For David said of him: I foresaAV my Lord at all times J for he is on my right hand, so that I shall 26 not be moved. (26) Therefore my heart doth re- joice, and my glory exult, and also my body shall 27 abide in hope. (27) For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave, nor wilt thou give thy pious one 28 to see corruption. (28) Thou hast revealed to me the path of life ; thou wilt fill me with joy with 29 thy presence. (29) Men, brethren, I may speak to you explicitly of the patriarch David, that he died, and also was buried; and his sepulchre is with 30 us to this day. (30) For he was a prophet, and he knew, that God had sworn to him by an oath : Of the fruit of thy bowels, I will seat [one] on thy 31 throne. (31) And he foresaw, and spoke of the resurrection of Messiah, that he was not left in the grave, neither did his body see corruption. 32 (32) This Jesus hath God resuscitated ; and we all 33 are his witnesses. (33) And he it is, who is ex- alted by the right hand of God, and hath received from the Father a promise respecting the Holy Spirit, and hath sent this gift which^ lo, ye see and 34 hear. (34) For David hath not ascended into heaven ; because he himself said : The Lord said to 85 my Lord, seat thyself at my right hand, (35) until I shall place thy enemies a footstool to thy feet. 86 (36) Therefore, let all the house of Israel know, Sy. \ or, be saved. ^ Sy. separated. or, pan^s. > Sy.^0 i fi D 216 ACTS, III. or, he saved. " or, persons, f or, Apostles. = Gr. sup^a- pi(f T la. assuredly, that God hath made that Jesus whom ye crucified, to be Lord and Messiah. And wiien they heard these things, they were agi- 37 tated in their heart; and they said to Simon and to the rest of the legates : Brethren, what shall we do ? (88) Simon said to them : Repent, and be bap- 38 tized every one of you, in the name of the Lord Jesus, for the remission of sins; so that ye may receive the gift of the Iloly Spirit. (39) For the 39 promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those afar oft' whom God will call. (40) And in 40 many other words he testified to them, and en- treated of them, saying: Live ye" from this per- verse generation. — (41) And some of them readily 41 received his discourse, and believed, and were baptized. And there were added, on that day, about three thousand souls." (42) And they per- 42 severed in the doctrine of the legates;? and were associateci together in prayer, and in breaking the eucharist.r — (43) And fear was on every mind : 43 and many signs and prodigies were [wrought] by the hand of the legates in Jerusalem. (44) And 44 all they who believed, were together; and what- ever belonged to them, was of the community. (45) And they who had a possession, sold it, and 45 divided to each one as he had need. (46) And 46 they continued daily in the temple, with one soul : and at home, they broke bread and took food rejoicing, and in the simplicity of their heart. (47) And they praised God, and had favor with all 47 the people. And our Lord added daily to the as- sembly those who became alive. And it occurred, as Simon Cephas and John III. went together up to the temple, at the time of prayer, being the ninth hour, (2) that, lo, those 2 accustomed to bring a man lame from his mother's womb, brought him and laid him at the gate of the temple called Beautiful ; that he might ask alms of those going into tlie temple. (3) This man, 3 when he saw Simon and John going into the tem- ple, asked them to give him alms. (4) And Simon 4 and John looked on him, and said to him : Look on us. (5) And he looked on them, expecting to 5 receive something from them. (6) Simon said to 6 him : Gold and silver, I have not ; out what I have, ACTS, III. 217 I give to thee; in the name of our Lord Jesus 7 Messiah, the Nazarean, rise up and walk. (7) And he took him by tlie right hand, and raised him up: and forthwith, his feet and his heels recov- 8 ered strength. (8) And he sprang, stood up, and walked : and he entered with them into the temple, 9 walking, and leaping, and praising God. (9) And all the people saw him, as he walked and praised God, 10 (10) And thej knew that he was the beggar, who sat daily and asked alms, at the gate called Beauti- ful: and they were filled Avith wonder and admira- tion at what had occurred. 11 And as he held fast to Simon and John, all the people admiring ran to them at the portico called 12 Solomon's. (12) And when Simon saw [it], he answered and said to them : Men, sons of Israel, why do ye wonder at this ? or why do ye gaze on us, as if by our own power or authority we had 13 made this man to walk ? (13) The God of Abra- ham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he would have justified him and set him free. 14 (14) But ye denied the holy and just One, and de- manded that a murderer should be released to you. 15 (15) And that Prince of life^ ye slew; and him, hath God raised from the dead, and all of us are 16 witnesses of it.^ (16) And, by the faith in his name, he hath strengthened and cured this man, whom ye see and know ; and faith in him hath given the man this soundness before you all. 17 (17) And now, my brethren, I know that through misapprehensions ye did this, as did also your 18 chiefs :" (18) and God, according as he had pre- viously announced by the mouth of all the prophets that the Messiah would sufter, hath in this manner 19 falfilled [it]. (19) Repent, therefore, and be con- verted; that so your sins may be blotted out, 20 (20) and times of rest may come to you from before the face of the Lord ; and he may send to you him, who was made ready for you, Jesus the Messiah : 21 (21) whom the heavens must retain,) I a .>5 or, his wit- nesses. Sv. <^ L.i_a_>) <" or, receive. 218 ACTS, IV. " or, person. ' Sy. ^^]l ^Sy.)jOZ\_i5=: Sy. "ijODJ] Sy. ^\j_»^ Sy. lioiDJl ^ or, redemption. * or, te saved. brethren ; to liim hearken ye, in all that he shall say to you. (23) And it will be, that every soule 23 who will not hearken to that prophet, that soul shall perishf from his people. (24) And all the 2-i proj^hcts that have been, from Samuel and those after him, have spoken and proclaimed of these days. (25) Ye are the children of the prophets : 25 and that covenants which God made with our fathers, — when he said to Abraham, that in thy seed sliall all the families of the earth be blessed, — (26) he hath first established to you : and God 26 hath sent his Son to bless you, if ye will be con- verted, and repent of your wickedness. And while they were speaking these words to lY. the people, the priests and the Sadducees and the rulers ^ of the temple rose up against them ; (2) 2 being angry with them, that they taught the peo- ple, and preached a resurrection from the dead by the Messiah. (3) And they laid hands on them, 3 and kept them until the next day ; because even- ing was drawing near, (-i) And many who had 4 heard the word, believed ; and they were, in num- ber, about five thousand men. — (5) And the next 5 day, the rulers and the Elders and the Scribes assembled ; (6) and also Annas the high priest, 6 and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and they who were of the kindred of the high priests. (7) And when they had set them in the midst, 7 they interrogated them: By what power ^ or what name, have ye done this ? — (8) Then Simon 8 Cephas was filled Avith the Holy Spirit, and said to them : Ye rulers <= of the people, and Elders of the house of Israel, hear ye. (9) If we are judged by 9 you this day, respecting the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he was healed ; (10) be 10 it known to you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Messiah tlie Nazarean, whom ye crucified, and whom God hath raised from the dead, lo, by him, doth this [man] stand here before you recovered. (11) This is the stone, 11 which ye builders rejected ; and it hath become the head of the corner. (12) Neither is there deliv- 12 erancc^ in any other; tor there is not another name under heaven, which is given to men, where- by to live.c — (13) And when they heard the speech ] 3 ACTS, IV. 219 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 of Simon and John, whicL they pronounced confi- dentlj, they reflected that these were unlearned and plebeian f men; and they were surprised at them, and recognized them as having been conversant with Jesus. (14) And they saw that the lame man, who had been healed, stood near them ; and they could say nothing to confront them. (15) Then they commanded to remove them from the presence of the council ; and said one to another : (10) What shall we do to these men? For lo, that a manifest sign hath been wrought by them, is known to all that reside at Jerusalem, and we can- not deny it. (17) But that the fame of it spread no further, let us interdict their speaking any more to any man in this name. (18) And they called them, and commanded them not to speak nor to teach at all in the name of Jesus. (19) Si- mon Cephas and John answered, and said to them: Whether it be right before God, that Ave hearken to you more than to God, judge ye. (20) For we cannot but speak that which we have seen and heaixl. (21) And they threatened them, and dis- missed them. For they found no ground for pun- ishing them, because of the people : for every one 22 25raised God for what had been done ; (22) for the man, on whom this sign of healing had been wrought, was more than forty years old.s And when they were dismissed, they went to their brethren, and told them all that the priests and Elders had said. (24) And they, when they heard [it], imitedly lifted up their voice to God, and said: Lord, thou art God, who hast made heaven, and earth, and seas, and every thing in 25 them. (25) And it is thou who hast said, by the Holy Spirit in the mouth of David thy servant : Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? (26) The kings of the earth and the potentates stood up, and they consulted to- gether, against the Lord, and against his anoint- ed. ^ (27) For, in reality, against thy holy Son Jesus whom thou hast anointed, » Ilerod and Pi- late, with the Gentiles and the congregation of Israel, have been combined together in this city, (28) to do whatever thy hand and thy pleasure previously marked out to be done. (29) And also now. Lord, behold and see their menaces: 23 24 26 27 28 29 Sy. |.^Q_,jcn := Gr. }StCJ- s Sy. son of more than 40 years. ■Sy. his 3Iessiah. Sy. L^^^mId 220 ^ Sy. "jj.,^ ' Sy. IZq^ Sy. ]in Kj Sy. "|^x^L» Sy. 4i\« ACTS, V. and grant to thy servants, that they maj proclaim thy word boldly, (30) while thou extendest thy 30 hand for cures and prodigies, to be done in the name of thy holy Son Jesus. — (31) And when 31 they had prayed and made supplications, the place in which they Avcre assembled was shaken ; and they were all tilled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God boldly. And in the assembly of the persons that be- 32 lieved, there was one soul, and one mind : and no one of them said, of the property he possessed, that it was his own ; but whatever was theirs, it was the community's. (33) And with great power, ^ the 33 legates testified to the resurrection of Jesus Mes- siah : and great grace ^ was with them all. (34) 34 And no one among them was destitute ; for those who pos.sessed lands or houses, sold, and brought the price of what was sold, (35) and placed [it] at 35 the feet of the legates ; and distribution was made to every one, as he had need. (36) And Joseph, 36 who by the legates was surnamed Barnabas, (which is interpreted Son of Consolation,) a Levite of the country of Cyprus, (37) had a field : and he sold 37 it, and brought the price of it, and laid [it] before the feet of the legates. And a certain man whose name was Ananias,^ Y, with his wife whose name was Sapphira,'' sold his field, (2) and carried away [part] of the price and 2 concealed it, his wife consenting ; and he brought [a part] of the money, and laid [it] before the feet of the legates. (3) And Simon said to him: Ana- 3 nias, why hath Satan so filled thy heart, that thou shouldst lie against the Holy Spirit, and conceal of the money of the price of the field ? (4) Was it 4 not thine own before it was sold ? And wnen sold, again thou hadst authority*^ over the price of it. Why hast thou set thy heart to do this purpose? Thou hast not lied against men, but against God. (5) And when Ananias heard these words, he fell 5 down, and died. And great fear was upon all them that heard [of it]. (6) And the young men 6 among them arose, and gathered him up, and car- ried [him] out, and buried him. — (7) And when 7 three hours had passed, his wife also came in, without knowing what had occurred. (8) Simon 8 ACTS, V. 221 said to her: Tell me, if ye sold the field for this price ?«^ And she said: Yes, for this price. (9) Simon said to her: Since ye have been equals in tempting the Spirit of the Lord, lo, the feet of the buriers of thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out, (10) And immediately she fell before their feet, and died. And those young men came in, and found her dead ; and they took up, carried forth, and buried her by the side of her husband. — (11) And great fear was on all the as- sembly, ^ and on all them that heard [it]. And there were many signs and prodigies wrought by the legates among the peojole. And they were all assembled together in the porch of Solomon. (13) And of the others, no one ventured to come near them; but the people magnified them. (14) And the more were those added who feared the Lord, a multitude both of men and of women. (15) So that they brought out into the streets the sick, laid on beds, that when Simon should pass, at least his shadow might cover them. (16) And many came to them from other cities around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those who had unclean spirits ; and they were all cured. And the high priest was filled with indignation, and all those with him who were of the doctrine*" of the Sadducees. (18) And they laid hands on the legates, and took and bound them in prison. (19) Then the angel of the Lord, by night, opened the door of the prison, and let them out ; and said to them : (20) (ro, stand in the temple, and speak 21 to the people all these words of life. (21) And in tlie morning, they went and entered into the tem- ple, and taught. And the high priest and those with him, convoked their associates and the Elders of Israel, and sent to the prison to bring forth the legates. (22) And when those sent by them went, they found them not in the prison ; and they re- 23 turned and came back, (23) and said : We found the prison carefully closed, and also the keepers standing before the doors; and we opened, but 2-4 found no one there. (24) And when the chief priests and rulers of the temple heard these words, they were astonished at them ; and they studied 25 what this could mean. (25) And one came and informed them : Those men, whom ye shut up in 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 00 ^ Sy. these pri- ces. the church. ^ or, sect. 222 ACTS, V. Sy. prince and Saviour. Sy. words. Sy. ]yoL "' Sy. be. " Sy. // comclh not to ijour hand. 26 27 0 the prison, lo, they are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. — (26) Then went the rulers with attendants, to bring them without violence ; for they feared, lest the people should stone them. (27) And when they had brought them, they placed them before the whole council ; and the high priest began to say to them : (28) Did we not 28 strictly charge you, to teach no person in this name ? And behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine ;& and ye would bring the blood of this man upon us. — (29) And Simon, with the 29 legates, answered and said to them : God is to be obeyed, rather than men. (30) The God of our fathers hath raised up that Jesus, whom ye slew when ye hanged him on a tree. (31) Him hath God established as a head and vivifier;'' and hath exalted him to his own right hand, so that he might give repentance and remission of sins to Israel. (32) And we are the witnesses of these things;' and also the Holy Spirit, whom God giveth to them that believe in him. — (33) And when they heard these things, thc}^ burned with indignation, and thought of putting them to death. (34) Then rose up one of the Pharisees whose name Avas Gamaliel, k a teacher of the law, and honored by all the people ; and he directed them to put the legates aside for a short time. (35) And he said to them : Men, sons of Israel, take heed to your- selves, and consider what ye ought to do in regard to these men. (36) For before this time, rose up Tlieudas,! and said of himself, that he was some great one ; and there went after him about four hundred men. And he was slain ; and they who went after him, were dispersed and became as nothing. (37) And after him, rose up Judas a Galilean, in the days when the people were enrolled for the capitation tax; and he seduced much people after him. And he died, and all they that went after him were dispersed. (38) And now, I say to you : Desist from these men, and let them alone. For il" this device and this work originate™ from men, they will dissolve and come to nothing. (39) But if it be from God, it is not in your power" to frustrate it : that ye may not be found placing yourselves in opposition to God. — And they as- sented to . him. (-10) And they called the legates, 40 32 33 34 35 36 38 39 ACTS, VI. and scourged them, and commanded tliem not to teach in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them. 41 (41) And they went from before them, rejoicing that they were worthy to sufi'er abuse on account 42 of that name. (42) And they ceased not to teach daily, in the temple and at home, and to preach concerning our Lord Jesus Messiah. VI. And in those days, when the disciples had be- come numerous, the Grecian disciples murmured against the Hebrew, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration^^ [to the needy]. 2 (2) And the twelve legates convoked the whole company of the disciples, and said to them : It is not proper, "^ that we should neglect the word of 3 God, and serve tables. . (3) Therefore brethren, search out, and elect from among you, seven men of whom there is good testimony, men full of the Spirit of the Lord, and of wisdom ; that we may 4 place them over this business : (4) and we will continue in prayer, and in the ministration of the 5 word. (5) And this proposal^ was acceptable be- fore all the people. And they elected Stephen, a man who was full of faith and of the Holy Spirit ; and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas an Antiochian 6 proselyte.'^ (6) These stood before the legates ; and when they had prayed, they laid the hand on 7 them. — (7) And the word of God increased, and the number of disciples was enlarged at Jerusalem greatly ; and many people from among the Jews, were obedient to the faith. 8 And Stephen was full of grace and energy ;" and he wrought signs and prodigies among the 9 people. (9) And there rose up some of the syna- gogue which is called that of the freed men, Cyre- nians, and Alexandrians, and persons from Cilicia and from Asia ; and they disputed with Stephen. 10 (10) And they could not withstand the Avisdom and 11 the Spirit that spoke by him. (11) Then they sent men, and instructed them to say : We have heard him speak words of blasphemy, against 12 Moses and against God. (12) And they excited the people, and the Elders, and the Scribes; and they came, and rose upon him, and seized him, and 13 carried him into the midst of the council. (13) And 223 •■ Sy. jji^a. Sy. icoriL Sy. 15 '^ Sy.U- 224 ACTS, VII. or, in Mesopo- tamia. Sy. ^i-*^ « Sy. toZUj Sy. 'U.^i 14 15 they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to utter words contrar}^ to the hiw, and against this holy place. (14) For we have heard him say, that this Jesus the Nazarean will destroy this place, and will change the rites which Moses delivered to you. (15) And all they who were sitting in the council looked upon him, and they beheld his face, as the face of an angel. — (Vil.) And the high priest asked him : Are these YII. things so ? (2) And he said : Men, brethren, and 2 our fiithers, hear ye. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was between the rivers,^ before he came to reside in Charran; (3) and he said to him: Depart from thy country, 3 and from thy kindred, and go to a land which I will show to thee. (4) And then Abraham de- 4 parted from the land of the Chaldeans, and came and dwelt in Charran.^ And from there, after his father had died, God removed him to this land, in which 3^e this day dwell. (5) And he did not give 5 him an inheritance in it, not even a foot-track : but he promised that he woald give it him, as an inher- itance to him and to his seed, when as yet he had no son. (6) And God conversed with him, and said to him : Thy seed will be a sojourner in a foreign land ; and they will reduce it to servitude, and will treat it ill, during four hundred years. (7) And the nation, to whom they perform bond- service, I will judge, saith God. And afterwards, they will go out, and will worship me in this land. (8) And he gave them the covenant<= of circumci- sion. And then he begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. And Isaac begat Jacob : and Jacob begat our twelve fathers. — {9) And those our fathers envied Joseph, and sold him into Egypt: but God was with him, (10) and delivered 10 him from all his afflictions ; and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him chiefs over Egypt, and over all his house. (11) And there was a famine and great distress in 11 all Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, and our fathers lacked food. (12) And when Jacob heard 12 that there was bread-stuff in Egypt, he sent our fathers a first time. (13) And when they went the 13 second time, Joseph made himself known to his brethren ; and the kindred of Joscj^h was known 6 9 ACTS, VII. 225 14 to Pharaoh. (14) And Joseph sent and brouglit his fatlier Jacob, and all his family ; and they were 15 in number seventy and five souls.^ (15) And Jacob went down into Egypt ; and he died there, 16 he and our fathers. (16) And he was transported to Sychem, and was deposited in the sepulchre which Abraham bought with money of the sons of 17 Emmor. — (17) And when the time arrived for that which God had promised to Abraham with an oath, the people had multiplied and become strong, 18 in Egypt: (18) until there arose another king over 19 Egypt, who knew not Joseph. (19) And he dealt craftily with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers, and gave orders that their infants should be cast 20 away, and should not live. — (20) At that time was Moses born ; and he was lovely to God:^ and he was nursed three months in his father's house. 21 (21) And when he was cast out, by his people, the daughter of Pharaoh found him, and brought him 22 up for her own son. (22) And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians ; and he was eminents' in his words, and also in his deeds. 23 (23) And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of 21 Israel. (24) And he saw one of the raceii of his kindred treated with violence; and he avenged him, and did him justice, and killed the Egyptian 25 who had abused him. (25) And he supposed that his brethren the sons of Israel would have un- derstood, that by his hand God would give them 26 deliverance ; but they understood not. (26) And on another day, he appeared to them, as they were quarrelling one with another. And he exhorted them to become reconciled, saying: Men, ye are brethren ; why do ye seek to harm each other ? 27 (27) But he who did the wrong to his fellow, re- pulsed him from him, and said to him : Who con- 28 stituted thee a ruler and a judge over us? (28) Dost thou seek to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian 29 yesterday? (29) And Moses fled at that speech, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian.' 80 And he had two sons. — (30) And when forty years had been passed by him^ there, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of mount 31 Sinai, in a fire that burned in a bush. (31) And when Moses saw [it], he admired the sight: and as or, persons. f or, very lovely. ^ Sy. j_.Al ■> Sy. sons. ' Sy. ^ylD ^ Sy. were full to him. 226 ACTS, VII. Sy. in a \oice. '° Sy. I seeing have seen. Sy. Sy. ^5 he drew near to behold [it], the Lord said to hira, audibly :^ (32) I am the God of thy fathers, the God 32 of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and dared not to gaze at the sight. (33) And the Lord said to him: Loose thy shoes 33 from thy feet ; for the ground on which thou stand- est is holy. (34) I have attentively seenm the afflic- 3-i tioii of my people, who are in Egypt ; and I have heard their groans, and have come down to deliver them. And now, come, I will send thee to Egypt. — (35) This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, 35 Who constituted thee a ruler and judge over us ? this same did God, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush, send to them to be their captain and deliverer. (36) He it was that" 36 brought them out, working signs and wonders and prodigies in the land of Egypt, and at the sea of rushes, and in the desert, forty years. — (37) This 37 Moses is the man who said to the children of Israel: A prophet, like me, will the Lord God raise up to you from among your brethren; to him give ear. (38) He it was, who was in the congregation 38 in the wilderness, with the angel that conversed with him and with our fathers at mount Sinai; and he it was, received the living words to give [them] to us. (39) And our fathers would not 39 hearken to him, but forsook him, and in their hearts returned again to Egypt; (-iO) when 40 they said to Aaron : Make us gods who may go before us ; because, as for this Moses who brought us from the land of Egypt, we know not what hath become of him. (41) And he made them a calf in 41 those days ; and they offered sacrifices to idols, and were voluptuous with the work of their hands. (42) x\nd God turned away, and gave them up to 42 worship the hosts of heaven : as it is written in the book of the prophets: Did ye, for forty years, in the wilderness, present to me a slain animal or a sacrifice, ye sons of Israel? (43) But ye bore the 43 tabernacle of Malchum," and the star of the god licphon,o images which ye had made, that ye might bow down to them. I will transport you beyond Babylon. — (44) Lo, the tabernacle of the 44 testimony of our fathers, was in the wilderness; as he who talked with Moses, commanded to make it after the form which he showed him. (45) And 45 ACTS, VIII. 227 46 47 48 50 51 52 tliis same tabernacle, our fathers, with Joshua, actually brought into the land which God gave to them for an inheritance from those nations which he drove out before them ; and it was borne about, until the days of David. (46) He found favor before God ; and he requested, that he might find a residence for the God of Jacob. (47) But Solo- mon built the house. (48) Yet the most High lodgeth not in a work of [human] hands ; as saith 49 the prophet : (49) Heaven is my throne, and earth the footstool under my feet. What is the house, ye will build for me ? saith the Lord : or, what is the place of my Vepose ? (50) Lo, hath not my hand made all these things? — (51) O ye stiff of neck, and uncircumcised in their heart, and in their hearing ; ye do always set yourselves against the Holy Spirit ; as your fathers, so also ye. (52) For, which of the prophets did not your fathers perse- cute and kill, [even] them, who foretold the coming of the Just One, whom ye delivered up and slew ? 53 (53) And ye have received the law by the ordina- tion? of angels, and have not kept it. And when they heard these things, they were filled with rage in their souls ; and they gnashed their teeth against him. (55) And he, as he was full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, looked towards heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus stand- ing at the right hand of God. (56) And he said : Lo, I see heaven open, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. (57) And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and all rushed upon him. (58) And they seized him, and hurried him out of the city, and stoned him. And they who testified against him, laid their clothes at the feet of a certain j^oung man who was called Saul. (59) And they stoned Stephen, while he prayed and said : Our Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. (60) And- when he had kneeled down, he cried with a loud voice, and said : Our Lord, establish not this sin against them. And when he Vni.had said this, he fell asleep.^ (VHL) And Saul was consenting and participating in his death. — And there was, in that day, a great persecution against the church^ that was at Jerusalem ; and they were all dispersed, except the legates, among the villages of Judaea and likewise among the Sa- 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 =z precepl. Sy. .nn» = he laid himself down. Sy. Ua 228 ACTS, VIII. or, zoord. Sy- ^VjiO") Sy.]J. Sy. ^SV)» maritans. (2) And believing men gathered up and 2 buried Stephen. And they lamented over hi in greatly. (8) And Saul persecuted the church of 3 Grod, entering houses, and dragging forth men and women and committing them to prison. And they who were dispersed, travelled about, 4 and preached the word of God. (5) And Philip 5 went down to a city of the Samaritans, and preached concerning the Messiah. (6) And when the people 6 who were there heard his discourse,'' they gave ear to him, and acquiesced in all that he said ; because they s.iw the signs which he wrought. (7) For 7 many who were possessed by unclean spirits, cried with a loud voice, and came out of them : and others, who w«re paralytic and lame, were healed. (8) And there was great joy in that city. — (9) And 8 there was a certain man there, whose name was 9 Simon, e who had resided in that city a long time, and who seduced the people of the Samaritans by his sorceries, magnifying himself, and sa3'ing, I am a great personage. (10) And they all inclined towards him, great and small ; and they said, This is the mighty power^^ of God. (11) And they ac- quiesced in him, because for a long time he had astonished them by his sorceries. (12) But when they gave credence to Philip, as he preached the king;dom of God, in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah ; they were baptized, both men and women. (13) And Simon himself also believed, and was 13 baptized, and adhered to Philip. And when he saw the signs and mighty deeds which were wrought by his hand, he was surprised and astonished. — (14) And when the legates at Jerusalem, heard that 14 the people of the Samaritans had received the word of God, they sent out to them Simon" Cephas and John. (15) And they went down, and prayed 15 over them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit. (16) For he was not yet on any one of them; and 16 they had only been baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus. (17) Then they laid the hand on 17 them ; and they received the Holy Spirit. — (18) And 18 when Simon saw that, by the imposition of a hand of the legates, the Holy Spirit was given, ho- offered them money, (19) saying: Give me also this pre- 19 rogativc,^ that he on whom I impose a hand, may receive the lloly Spirit. (20) Simon Cephas said 20 10 11 12 ACTS, VIII. to him: Thy money go with thee to perdition! because thou hast supposed, that the gift of God 21 may be purchased by a worldly substance. (21) Thou hast no part nor lot in this faith ; because 22 thy heart is not right before God. (22) Neverthe- less, repent of this thy wickedness, and entreat of God, if perhaps the guile of thy heart may be for- 23 given thee. (23) For I perceive that thou art in 24 the bitter gall and in the bonds of iniquity. (24) Si- mon answered and said: Intercede ye with God for me, that nothing of which ye have mentioned may 25 come upon me. — (25) And Simon and John, when they had testified, and had taught them the word of God, returned to Jerusalem. And they had preached in many villages of the Samaritans. 26 And the angel of the Lord spake with Philip, and said to him: Arise, go to the south, along the desert way that leadeth down from Jeursalem to 27 Gaza. (27) And he arose and went. And there met him a eunuch, who had come from Cush,& an officer of Candace, queen of the Cushites, who had charge of all her treasure ; and he had come to 28 worship a^ Jerusalem. (28) And as he turned to go, he was sitting in his chariot, and was reading 29 in Isaiah the prophet. (29) And the Holy Sjjirit said to Philip: Go near, and join thj^self to the 30 chariot. (30) And when he came near, he heard him reading in Isaiah the prophet ; and he said to him: Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 (31) And he said : How can I understand, unless some one instruct me ? And he requested of Philip, that he would come up and sit with him. 32 (32) And the section of scripture in which he was reading, was this : As a Iamb to the slaughter he was led away, and as a sheep before the shearer is silent, so also he in his humility opened not his 33 mouth. (33) From prison and from judgment he was carried : and his generation, ^ who will de- clare ? for his life is taken away from the earth. 34 (34) And the eunuch said to Philip : I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this '? of himself, or 35 of some other person? (35) Then Philip opened his mouth, and, from that scripture, began to preach 86 to him concerning our Lord Jesus. (36) And as they proceeded on the way, they came to a certain place in which there was water. x\nd the eunuch 229 ^ Sy. .^QJD Sy. CJl5> 230 ACTS, IX. * or, roatj. ' or, sharp points. r. U-IJ-K. said: Lo, [here is] water; what doth forbid, that I should be baptized? (37) [And Philip said: If 37 thou believest with all thy heart, it is allowable. And he answered, and said : I believe that Jesus Messiah is the Son of God.]* (38) And he com- 38 manded the chariot to stop; and they both went down to the water, and Philip baptized the eunuch. (39) And when they came up from the water, the 39 Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip ; and the eunuch saw him no more ; but he went on his way rejoicing. (-iO) And Philip was found at Azotus ; 40 and from there he travelled about, and preached in all the cities, until he came to Caesarea. And Saul was still full of threats and deadly IX. hatred against the disciples of our Lord. (2) And 2 he requested that a letter from the high priest might be given him, unto Damascus to the syna- gogues; that if he should find persons pursuing this course, =^ men or women, he might bind and bring them to Jerusalem. (3) And as he was 3 going, and began to approach Damascus, suddenly there was poured upon him a' light frolfc heaven, (■i) And he fell to the ground ; and he heard a -i voice which said to him : Saul ! Saul ! why perse- cutest thou me? It will be hard for thee to kick against the goads.'' (5) He replied, and said : 5 Who art thou, my Lord? And our Lord said : I am Jesus the Nazarean, whom thou persecutest. (6) But arise and go into the city, and there it will 6 be told thee what thou oughtest to do. (7) And 7 the men who travelled with him in the way, stood amazed ; for they heard merelj^ the voice, and no one was visible to them. (8) And Saul arose from 8 the ground ; and nothing was visible to him, with his eyes opened. And they took him by the hand, and led him into Damascus. (9) And he had no 9 sight for three days; and he neither ate nor drank. — (10) And there was in Damascus a certain disci- 10 pic, whose name was Ananias." And the Lord said to him, in a vision : Ananias ! And he said : Lo, I [am here], my Lord. (11) And our Lord 11 said to him : Arise, go to the street which is called Straight; and inquire in the house of Judas, for * This 37tii verse b not in any of the earlier editions, and is excluded from the text of the London editions of 1816 and 182G. 12 Saul who is from the city of Tarsus : for, lo, while he prayed, (12) he saw in vision a man named Ananias, who came and laid his hand upon him, 13 that his eyes might be opened. (13) And Ananias said: My Lord, I have heard of this man, from many, how much evil he hath perpetrated towards 11: thy saints at Jerusalem. (14) And, lo, here also, he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all 15 them that call on thy name. (15) The Lord said to him : Arise and go ; for he is to me a chosen vessel, to carry my name to the Gentiles, ^^ and to 16 kings, and among the sons of Israel. (l6) For I will show him, how much he is to suifer on account 17 of my name. — (17) Then Ananias went to the house to him ; and he laid his hand upon him, and said to him : Saul, my brother, our Lord Jesus, he who appeared to thee by the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thy eyes might be opened, and 18 thou be filled with the Holy Spirit. (18) And im- mediately there fell from his eyes something like a scab ; and his eyes were opened. And he arose 19 and was baptized. (19) And he took food, and was invigorated. — And he was [some] daj^s with 20 the disciples of Damascus. (20) And forthwith he announced Jesus, in the synagogues of 'the Jews, 21 that he is the Son of God. (21) And all they that heard him were amazed ; and they said : Is not this he, who persecuted all them that call on this name in Jerusalem ? xVnd lo, for this very thing also, was he sent hither, that he might bind and 22 carry them to the chief priests. (22) But Saul was the more strengtherfed ; and he confounded those Jews who dwelt at Damascus, while he demonstrated 23 that this is the Messiah. — (23) And when he had been there many days, the Jews formed a con- 21 spiracy against him, to kill him. (21) And the plot which the}^ sought to execute upon him, was made known to Saul : and they watched the gates of the city by day and by night, in order to kill 25 him. (25) Then the disciples placed him in a basket, e and let him down from the wall by night. 26 And he went to Jerusalem ; and he wished to join himself with the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a dis- 27 ciple. (27) But Barnabas took him, and brought or, nations. = Gr. tftfupij. 232 Gr. churches. E Sy. joli '' Sy. |sQ_i Sy.lAxn^ ACTS, IX. him to the legates, and related to them how the Lord appeared to him in the waj, and how he con- versed wMth him; and how, in Damascus, he had discoursed openly in the name of Jesus. (28) And 28 he went in and out with them, at Jerusalem. (29) And he spoke openly in the name of Jesus, 29 and disputed with those Jews who understood Greek. But they wished to kill him : (80) and 30 when the brethren knew [it], they conducted him by night to CjBsarea, and from there they sent him to Tarsus. — (31) Moreover the church,^ in all Judasa, 31 and in Galilee, and in Samaria, had peace and was edified; and it walked in the fear of God, and abounded in the consolation of the Holy Spirit. — (32) And it occurred, that, as Simon travelled 32 about the cities, he came down to the saints also who dwelt in the city of Lydda.s (33) And he 33 found a certain man whose name was ^neas, who had lain on a bed and been paralytic eight years. (34) And Simon said to him : ^Eneas, Jesus the 34 Messiah doth heal thee ; arise, and spread thy bed. And he rose up immediately. (35) And all they 35 that dwelt at Lydda and Saron, saw him; and they turned to God. And there Avas in the city of Joppa,^ a certain 36 female disciple named Tabitha ; [and] she was rich in good works, and in the alms which she did. (37) And she fell sick in those daj's, and died ; and 37 they washed her, and laid her in an upper room. (38) And the disciples heard that Simon was in the 38 city of Lydda, which is near to Joppa ; and they sent two men to him, to request of him that he would not delay to come to them. (39) And 39 Simon arose and went with them. And when he arrived, they conducted him to the chamber ; and there were assembled around her all the widows, weeping, and showing him the tunics and the cloaks which Tabitha had given them when alive. (40) And Simon put all the people out, and fell on 40 his knees and prayed; and he turned to the corpse, and said : Tabitha, arise.' And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Simon, she sat up. (41) And he reached to her his hand, and raised 41 her up : and he called the saints and the widows, and presented her to them alive. (42) And this 42 became known throughout the city ; and many ACTS, X. 233 43 believed on our Lord. (43) And he tarried in Joppa not a few days : and he lodged in the house of Simon a tanner. X.' And there was a certain man in Caesarea, whose name was Cornelius, a centurion of the regiment^ 2 called the Italian. (2) And he was righteous, and feared God, he and all his house ; [and] he did much alms among the people, and prayed to God 3 at all times. (3) This man distinctly saw, in a vision, aboiit the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God, who came in to him and said to him : Cor- 4 nelius! (4) And he looked upon him, and was afraid; and he said: What, my Lord? And the angel said to him : Thy praj^ers and thy alms have 5 come up in remembrance before God. (5) And now, send men to the city of Joppa, and bring 6 Simon who is called Cephas. ((3) Lo, he lodgeth in the house of Simon the tanner, which is by 7 the side of the sea. (7) And when the angel that talked with him was gone, he called two of his household,'' and a soldier who feared God and was 8 obedient to him. (8) And he related to them all 9 that he had seen, and sent them to Joppa. — (9) And the next day, as they travelled the road and approached the city, Simon ascended the roof to 10 pray, at the sixtli hour. (10) And he became hungry, and desired to eat. And while they were providing for him, he fell'^ into a trance. 11 (11) And he saw the heavens opened, and a certain vessel fastened at the four corners, and it was like a great sheet; and it descended from heaven to the 12 earth. (12) And there were in it all fourfooted animals, and creeping things of the earth, and 13 fowls of heaven. (13) And a voice came to him, 14 which said : Simon, arise, slay and eat. (14) And Simon said : Far be it, my Lord : for never have I 15 eaten any thing unclean and polluted. (15) And again the second time, there was a voice to him : What God hath cleansed, make thou not unclean. 16 (16) And this was done three times ; and the vessel was taken up to heaven. 17 And while Simon was wondering with himself, what the vision he had seen could denote, the men who were sent by Cornelius arrived; and they inquired for the house in which Simon lodged, and or, cohort. ■> Sy. sons of his house. ■ Sy. a trance fell on him. 234 ACTS, X. ^ Sy. sons of his kindred. « Sy. vp to noic. came and stood at the gate of the court. (18) And 18 there thej called out, and asked if Simon Avho is called Cephas lodged there? (19) And while 19 Simon was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him : Lo, three men are inquiring for thee. (20) Arise, go down, and accompany them ; and 20 let not thy mind hesitate, for I have sent them. — (21) Tlieu Simon went down to the men, and said 21 to them : I am he for whom ye inquire : what is the cause for which ye have come? (22) They 22 say to him: A certain man whose name is Cor- nelius, a centurion fearing God, and of whom all the people of the Jews bear good report, was told in vision, by a holy angel, to send and bring thee to his house, that he might hear discourse from thee. (23) And Simon led them in, and enter- 23 tained them where he lodged. And the following day, he arose, departed, and went with them : and some of the brethren of Joppa also went with them. (2-4:) And the next 24 day, they entered Caisarea. And Cornelius was expecting them : and all the kindred'^ of his family, and also such intimate friends as he had, were assembled with him. — (25) And as Simon came up, 25 Cornelius met him, and fell down worshipping at his feet. (26) And Simon raised him up, and said 26 to him: Arise ; I also am a man. (27) And as he 27 talked with him, he went in, and found that many had come there. (28) And he said to them : Ye 28 know, that it is not lawful for a Jewish man, to associate with an alien who is not of his race : but God hath showed me, that I should not say of any one, that he is defiled or unclean. (29) Therefore 29 I came readily, when ye sent for me. But, I ask you, for what cause did ye send for me? (30) And Cornelius said to him : It is four days 30 ago,*' that, lo, I was fasting; and at the nintli hour, while I was praying in my house, a certain man stood before me, clothed in white, (31) and said to 31 me : Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and there is remembrance of thy alms before God. (32) But 32 send to the city of Joppa, and bring Simon who is called Cephas: lo, he lodgeth in the house of Simon the tanner, which is by the side of the sea. And he will come and converse with thee. (33) And immediately I sent to thee ; and thou 33 ACTS, XL 285 f] hast done well to come : and lo, we are all of us before thee, and desirous to hear whatever is com- manded thee from God. 34 And Simon opened his mouth, and said: Truly, I discover that God is no respecter of persons: 35 (35) but, among all the nations, he who feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable with 36 him. (36) For [this is] the word, which he sent to the sons of Israel, announcing to them peace and rest by Jesus Messiah, — He is Lord of all ; — 37 (37) and ye also know the word, which was in all Judcea, which commenced from Galilee, after the 38 baptism that John preached, (38) concerning Jesus, who was of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power.f And he it was, who went about and healed those that were suffer 39 ing from evil, because God was with him. (39 And we [are] his witnesses, as to whatever he d in all the region of Judiea and in Jerusalem. This same person the Jews hanged on a tree, and slew 40 him. (40) And him did God raise up, on the third day ; and caused him to be seen with naked eyes ; 41 (41) not indeed by all the people, but by us, who were chosen of God to be his witnesses, [and] who ate and drank with him after his resurrecticni from 42 the dead. (42) And he commanded us to j^roclaim and testify to the people, that he is appointed? of God to be judge of the living and of the dead, 43 (43) And of him all the prophets testify, that who- ever believeth in his name, will receive remission 44 of sins. — (44) And while Simon was uttering these things, the Holy Spirit overshadowed'* all them 45 that were hearing the word. (45) And the circum- cised brethren who came with him, were amazed and astonished, that the gift of the Holy Spirit was 46 poured out upon the Gentiles also. (46) For they heard them speak with diverse tongues, and mag- 47 nify God. (47) And Simon said : Can any one forbid water, that those should not be baptized, they who have received, lo, the Holy Spirit, as well 48 as we ? (48) Then he commanded them to be bap tized in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah. And they requested him to remain with them [some] days. XI. And it was reported to the legates and the. Sy.U- s Sy. separated. ^ or, covered. 236 ACTS, XI. » Sy. words. ^ or, be saved. ' Sy. were siill. ^ or, salvation. 6 brethren in Judsea, that the Gentiles also had re- ceived the word of God. (2) And when Simon went up to Jerusalem, they who were of the cir- cumcision contended with him, (3) saying; that he had gone in to be with uncircumcised persons, and had eaten with them, — (4) And Simon began to address them methodically: (5) As I was in Joppa, praying, I saw in vision, that a certain vessel de- scended, which was like a sheet, and it was tied at its four corners; and it descended from heaven, and came to me. (6) And I looked upon it, and I saw that in it were fourfooted animals, and rep- tiles of the earth, and fowls of heaven. (7) And I heard a voice, which said to me : Simon, arise, slay and eat. (8) And I said : Far be it, my Lord. For never hath any thing pojluted or unclean entered my mouth. (9) And again, a voice from heaven said to me : What God hath cleansed, make thou not unclean. (10) And this was done three times; and the whole was taken up to heaven. (11) And at the same instant^ three men, who were sent to me by Cornelius from Csesarea, came and stood at the gate of the court where I lodged. (12) And the Spirit said to me : Go with them, without hesitation. And these six brethren went also with me, and we entered the man's house. (13) And he related to us, how he had seen an angel in his house, who stood and said to him : Send to the city of Joppa, and bring Simon who is called Cephas; (14) and he will utter to thee discourses,^ by which thou wilt live,b thou and all thy house. (15) And when I there commenced speaking, the Holy Spirit overshadowed them, as it did us from the beginning. (16) And I remem- bered the word of our Lord, when he said : John baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. (17) If then God equally gave 17 the gift to the Gentiles that believed in our Lord Jesus Messiah, as he did to us : who was I, that I could forbid God? — (18) And when they heard these words, they desisted ;*= and they glorilied God and said : Now to the Gentiles also doth God give repentance unto life.'' And they who were dispersed, by the oppres- sion which occurred on account of Stephen, trav- elled as far as Phenicia, and even to the country 9 10 11 12 1-1 15 16 18 19 ACTS, XII. of Cyprus, and to Antioch, speaking the word to 20 none except to Jews only, (20) And there were some of them from Cyprus and from Cyrene, who went up to Antioch, and spoke to the Greeks, and 21 preached concerning our Lord Jesus. (21) And the hand of the Lord was with them ; and many 22 beheved, and turned to the Lord. (22) And this camee to the ears of the sons of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. 23 (23) And when he came there, and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced: and he entreated them, that with all their heart, they would adhere to our 24 Lord. (24) For he was a good man, and was full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith. And many 25 people were added to our Lord. — (25) And he 26 went away to Tarsus, to seek for Saul. (26) And when he had found him, he brought him with him to Antioch. And a whole year they met together in the church, and instructed many people. — From that time forth, the disciples were first called Christians, f at Antioch. 27 In those days came prophets thither from Jeru- 28 salem. (28) And one of them whose name was Agabus, stood up and informed them, by the Spirit, that there would be a great famine in all the country. And that famine occurred in the 29 days of Claudius Caesar. (29) And moreover the disciples, each of them according to his several ability,? determined to send to the relief of the 30 brethren who dwelt in Judaea. (30) And they sent, by the hand of Barnabas and Saul, unto the Elders there. XII. And at that time Herod the king, who was sur- named Agrippa, laid hands on some of the church, 2 to maltreat them. (2) And he killed James the 3 brother of John with the sword. (3) And when he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded^ also to arrest Simon Cephas. And the days of 4 unleavened bread were then passing. (4) He seized him and cast him into prison,'' and deliv ered him to sixteen soldiers, who were to guard him; that he might, after the passover, deliver 5 him up to the people of the Jews. (5) And while Simon was in custody in the prison, continual prayer to God in his behalf, was oftered to God 237 « Sy. was lieard Sy. = Gr. Xpitfriavo?. s or, means. Sy. added. Sy. hovse of prisoners. 238 ACTS, XII. Sy. pertaining to. ^ Sy. turned up- on her course. " Sy. art con- fused to be confused. by the church. — (6) And on the night before<^ the 6 morning in which he was to be delivered up, while Simon was sleeping between two soldiers, and was bound with two chains, and others were guarding the doors of the prison ; (7) an angel of the Lord 7 stood over him, and a light shone in all the building; and he pricked his side, and awaked him, and said to him: Arise, instantly. And the chains fell from his hands. (8) And the angel said to him : Gird 8 thj loins, and put on thy sandals. And he did so. And again he said to him : Wrap thyself in thy cloak, and come after me. (9) And he went out 9 and followed iiim, not knowing that what had been done by the angel was a reality ; for he sup- posed, that he saw a vision. (10) And when the 10 first ward was passed and the second, they came to the iron gate, -and it opened to them-of its own accord. And when they had gone out, and had passed one street, the angel departed from him. (11) Then Simon recognized [where he was] ; and 11 he said : Now I know, in reality, that God hath sent his angel, and delivered me from the hand of Herod the king, and from what the Jews were devising against me. — (12) And when he had con- 12 sidered, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John surnamed Mark ; because many brethren were assembled there and praying, (lo) And he 13 knocked at the gate of the court; and a maid named Ehoda came to reply to him. (14) And 14 she recognized the voice of Simon: and, in her joy, she did not open to him the gate, but ran back,d and told them: Lo, Simon is standing at the gate of the court. (15) They said to her : 15 Thou art delirious.^ But she maintained that it was a fact. They said to her: Perhaps it is his ghost. (16) And Simon was knocking at the gate; 16 and they went out, saw him, and were astonished. (17) And he beckoned to them with the hand to 17 be still ; and he went in, and related to them how the Lord had released him from the prison. And he said to them : Tell these things to James and to the brethren. And he went out, and departed to another place. — (18) And when it was morning, 18 there was a great dispute among the soldiers con- cerning Simon, what had bocomeof him. (19) And 19 Herod, when he sought him, and could not find ACTS, XIII. 239 him, arraigned^ the keepers, and sentenced tbem to die. And he went from Judiea, and resided at Caesarea. 20 And because he was angry against the Tjrians and Sidonians, they assembled and came to him in a body ; and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they begged of him that they might have peace; because the supplies of their country were derived from the kingdom of Herod. 21 (21) And on a day appointed,? Herod was arrayed in royal apparel, and sat on a tribunal, and made a 22 S23eech to the assembly. (22) And all the people shouted, and said : These are the utterances^ of a 23 God, and not of a mortal. (23) And, because he gave not the glory to God, immediately the angel of God smote him ; and he was eaten of worms, 24 and died. — (21) And the gospel of God was pro- ■ claimed, and made' progress. 25 And Barnabas and Saul, after they had com- pleted their ministration, returned from Jerusalem to Antioch. And they took with them John, who XIII. was surnamed Mark. — (XIII.) Now there were in the church at Antioch, [several] prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simon called Niger, and Lucius who Avas from the city Gyrene, and Menaen, a son of the guardians of Herod the Tetrarch, and 2 Saul. (2) And while they were fasting and ma- king supplication to God, the Holy Spirit said to them : Separate to me Saul and Barnabas, for the 3 work to which I have called them. (3) And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid the hand on 4 them, and sent them away. — (4) And they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Se- leucia, and from there they went by sea as far as 5 Cyprus. (5) And when they entered the city of Salamis, they announced the word of our Lord in the synagogues of the Jews. And John minis- 6 tered to them, (6) And when they had travelled over the whole island as far as the city Paphos they found a certain man, a sorcerer, a Jew, who was a false prophet, and whose name was Bar 7 Suma.=^ (7) He adhered to a wise man, who was the proconsul, and was called Sergius Paulus. And the proconsul sent for Saul and Barnabas, and requested to hear from them the word of God. 8 (8) And this sorcerer, Bar-Sama, (whose name Sy. judged. s or, celebrated. ^ Sy. daughters of the voice. Sy. grew. Sy. Sy.U n O is interpreted, Elymas,) withstood them; because he wished to divert the proconsul from the faith. (9) And Saul who is called Paul, was filled with 9 the Holy Spirit; and he looked upon him, (10) and 10 said: 0 thou full of all subtilties, and all mischiefs, thou child of the calumniator, and enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? (11) And now, the hand 11 of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, and shalt not see the sun for a time. And imme- diately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and he went about, inquiring who would .take him by the hand. (12) And when the proconsul saw 12 what occurred, he was astonished; and he believed the doctrine of the Lord. And Paul and Barnabas went by sea, from the 13 city of Paphos, and came to Perga, a city of Pam- phylia. And John separated from them, and went away to Jerusalem. (14) And they departed from 1-L Perga, and came to Antioch, a city of Pisidia : and they entered the synagogue, on the sabbath day, and sat down. (15) And after the law had been read, and the prophets, the Elders'^ of the syna- gogue sent to them, and said: Men, brethren, if ye have a word of exhortation, address the people. — (16) And Paul arose, and waved his hand, and said: Men, sons of Israel, and ye that fear God, hear ye. (17) The God of this people chose our 17 fathers, and raised them up, and multiplied them, when they resided in the land of Egypt; and, with a high arm, he brought them out of it. (18) And 18 he fed them in the wilderness forty years. (19) And 19 he extirpated seven nations in the land of Canaan, and gave them their land for an inheritance. (20) And for four hundred and fifty years he gave 20 them judges, until Samuel the prophet, (21) And 21 then they asked for themselves a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years. (22) And he re- moved him, and raised up to them David as king : and he testified of him, and said: I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart : he will do all my pleasure. (23) From the seed of this man, hath God raised up to Israel, as he promised, Jesus a deliverer. (2-1) And, before his 24 advent, he sent John to proclaim tlic baptism of 15 16 22 23 ACTS, XIII. 241 26 27 28 29 30 25 repentance to all the people of Israel. (25) And while John was fulfilling his ministry, he said: Who, suppose ye, that I am? I am not he. But lo, he Cometh after me ; of whom I am not worthy to untie his shoe-strings. — (26) Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and all who, with you, fear God, to you is this word of life° sent. (27) For, those inhabitants of Jerusalem and their chiefs, did not apprehend it; neither [did they apprehend] also the writings of the prophets, which are read every sabbath ; but they condemned him, and fulfilled all the things writ- ten. (28) And while they found no ground for [his] death, they desired of Pilate that they might kill him, (29) And when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning him, they took him down from the cross, and laid him in a sepulchre. (30) But God raised him from the dead. (31) And 31 he was seen many days, by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem; and they are 32 now his witnesses to the people. (32) And lo, we also announce to you, that the promise, which was 33 made to our fothers, (33) lo, God hath fulfilled it to us their children, in that he raised up Jesus ; as it is written in the second psalm : Thou art my Son ; 31 this day have I begotten thee. (31) And God hath so raised him from the dead, that he will not return again and see corruption ; as he said : I will give to you the sure^ grace of David. (35) And again he said, in another place : Thou hast not given thy devout one to see corruption. (36) For David, in his generation, served the pleasure of God, and went to restjC and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption. (37) But this person, whom God raised up, did not see corruption. (38) Know therefore, brethren, that through this man remis- sion of sins is proclaimed to you.* (39) And every one that belie veth in this man, is made just^ from all things, from which ye could not be made just 40 by the law of Moses. (10) Beware, therefore, lest that come upon you, which is written in the proph- ets: (11) Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish ; for I work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though a man relate it to you. And when they had gone from them, they be- sought them to speak the same things" to them the 35 36 37 38 39 41 42 ■= or, saltation. ^ or, faithful. or, fell asleep. Sy. JDjjllD Sy. tliese words. 242 ACTS, XIV. '' or, sakalion. i Sy. .^n»rr> next sabbath daj. (43) And when the synagogue 43 was dismissed, many Jews went after them, and likewise proselytes who feared God. And they conversed with them, and persuaded them to ad- here to the grace of God. — (44) And the next sab- 44 bath, the whole city assembled to hear the word of God, (45) And when the Jews saw the great 45 assembly, they were filled Avith envy, and set them- selves against the words which Paul spoke, and blasphemed. (46) And Paul and Barnabas said, 46 openly: To you first, ought the word of God to be spoken ; but because ye repel it from you, and decide, against yourselves, that ye are not worthy of life eternal, lo, we turn ourselves to the Gen- tiles. (47) For so hath our Lord commanded us ; 47 as it is written : I have set thee a light to the Gentiles ; that thou shouldst be for life'> unto the ends of the earth. (48) And when the Gentiles 48 heard [this], they rejoiced and glorified God. And those believed, who were appointed' to life eternal. (49) And the word of the Lord was talked of in 49 all that region. — (50) But the Jews stirred up the 50 chiefs of the city, and the opulent Avomen who with them feared God, and set up a persecution against Paul and against Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders. (51) And when they 51 went out, they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and went to the city of Iconium. (52) And the disciples were filled with joy, and 52 with the lloly Spirit. And they came and entered into the synagogue XIY. of the Jews, and so spoke with them, that many of the Jews and of the Greeks believed. (2) But 2 Jews of the class of unbelievers, excited the Gentiles, to maltreat the brethren. (3) And they 3 continued there a long time, and spoke openly concerning the Lord ; and he gave testimony to the word of his grace, by the signs and prodigies which he wrought by their hands. (4) And the 4 whole multitude of the city was divided ; and a part were with the Jews, and a part adhered to the legates. (5) And an assault was made on them, by 5 the Gentiles, and by the Jews and their chiefs, to insult them, and to stone them with stones. (6) And 6 when they knew [it], they departed and fled to the ACTS, XIV. 243 cities of Ljcaonia and Lystra and Derbe, and to the 7 villages around them ; (7) and there they preached. 8 — (8) And a certain man dwelt in the city Lystra, who was afflicted in his feet, a cripple from his 9 mother's womb, who had never walked. (9) He heard Paul speak: and when Paul saw him, and 10 knew that he had faith to live;!^ (10) he said to him, with a loud voice : In the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, I say to thee, Eise upon thy feet. 11 And he- sprang up, stood, and walked. (11) And the assembly of people, when they saw what Paul had done, raised their voice, and said, in the lan- guage of the country: The gods have assumed the likeness of men, and have come down to us. 12 (12) And they named Barnabas the Lord of the Gods; and Paul Hermes, '^ because he commenced 13 the speaking. (13) And the priest<^ of the Lord of the Gods, who was without the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gate of the court where they lodged, and was disposed to offer sacrilices to 14 them. — (14) But Barnabas and Paul, when they heard [it], rent their garments, and sprang and 15 went among the throng,'! (15^ am;j called out, and said : Men, what do ye ? We also are frail mortals like yourselves, who preach to you, that ye should turn from these useless things, unto the living God, who made heaven and earth and seas, and what- 16 ever is in them. (16) He, in former ages, left all 17 the nations to go in their own ways : (17) although he did not leave himself Avithout testimony, Avhile he did them good from heaven, and sent down the rain, and made the fruits to grow in their s&asons, and filled their hearts with food and pleasure. 18 (18) And, by saying these things, they with diffi- culty prevented the people from ofiering sacrifice to them. 19 But Jews came hither from Iconium and An- tioch, and excited the people against them. And they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, 20 supposing that he was dead. (20) And the disci- ples assembled around him ; and he arose, and went into the city. — And the next day, he departed from there, with Barnabas ; and they came to the city of 21 Derbe. (21) And while they were preaching to the inhabitants of that city, they made many disci- ples. And turning back, they came to the city or, 65 cured. ^Sy. Gr. EpfXi^j. Sy. ]-^, OD i Sy. Gr. oyXo;. 244 ACTS, XV. Sy. 010x0] Sy. ] ■ 1 ■ n or, he saved. ^ Sy. home. « or, doctrine. Sy. word. Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch, (22) con- 22 firming the souls of tlie disciples, and entreating them to persevere in the faith ; and they told them, that it was necessary, through much affliction, to enter into the kingdom of God. (23) And they 23 established^ for them Elders^ in each church, while they fasted with them, and prayed, and commended them to our Lord in whom they believed. (24) And 24 when they had travelled over the region of Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. (25) And when they 25 had spoken the word of the Lord in the city of Perga, they went down to Attalia. (26) And 2G thence they proceeded by sea, and came to Anti- och ; because from there they had been commended to the grace of the Lord, for that work which they had accomplished. (27) And when they had col- 27 lected together the whole church, they narrated all that God had wrought with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. (28) And 28 they remained there a long time with the disciples. And certain men came down from Judiea, and XA^. taught the brethren, that unless ye be circumcised, in accordance with the rite of the law, ye cannot have life.'^ (2) And Paul and Barnabas had much 2 trouble and disputation with them. And it re- sulted, that Paul and Barnabas, and others with them, went up to the legates and Elders at Jerusa- lem, because of this matter. (3) And the church 3 waited on them, and sent them away ; and they travelled through all Phenicia and the territory'' of the Samaritans, narrating the conversion of the Gentiles, and causing great joy to all the brethren. (4) And when they came to Jerusalem, they were 4 received by the church, and by the Elders, and by the legates ; and they recounted all that God had wrought by them, (5) And some who from the 5 sectc of the Pharisees had believed, rose up and said : It is necessary for you to circumcise them, and to command them to observe the law of Moses. And the legates and Elders assembled, to look 6 into this matter. . Sy. Wi 'Sy. peace. ■'or. souls. 246 ACTS, XV. or, in discourse. Sy. AjjD5 (25) Therefore Ave all have thought fit, when assem- 25 bled, to choose and send men to jou, with our be- loved Paul and Barnabas, (26) men who have 26 given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah. (27) And we have sent with them Jude 27 and Silas, that they may tell you the same things orally.' (28) For it was pleasing to the Holy Spirit, 28 and to us, that there should not be laid upon you any additional burden, besides these necessary things: (29) that ye keep aloof from a sacrifice [to 29 idols], and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from whoredom. And if ye keep yourselves from these, ye will do Avell. Be ye steadfast in the Lord. And they who were sent, came to Antioch, and 30 assembled all the people, and delivered the letter. (31) And when they had read [it], they rejoiced 31 and were comforted. (32) And with abundant dis- 32 course they strengthened, the brethren ; and the. associates'" of Jude and Silas established them, be- cause they also were prophets. (33) And when 33 they had been there some time, the brethren dis- missed them in peace to the legates. [(3-1)* But it 34 was the pleasu're of Silas to remain there.] (35) 35 Paul also and Barnabas remained at Antioch ; and they taught and proclaimed, with many others, the word of God. And after [some] days, Paul said to Barnabas : 36 Let us return, and visit the brethren in every city, in which we have preached the word of God ; and let us see what they are doing. (37) And Barna- 37 bas was disposed to take John, who was surnanied Mark. (38) But Paul was not willing to take him 38 with them ; because he left them when they were in Pamphjdia, and went not with them. (39) In 39 conscf{uence of this strife, they separated from each other: and Barnabas took Mark, and the}'' trav- elled by sea and went to Cyprus. (40) But Paul 40 chose Silas for his companion, and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of God. (41) And he travelled through Syria, and through 41 Cilicia, and strengthened the churches. * This verse is removed to the margin in the editions of the British and Foreign Bible Society. ACTS, XVI. 247 XVI. And he came to tlie city Derbe, and to Lystra. And tliere was a certain disciple there, whose name was Timothy, the son of a beUeving Jewess, but his 2 father was a Gentile. ^^ (2) And all the disciples of Lystra and Iconiuni gave good testimony of him. 3 (3) Him Paul was disposed to take with him : and he took him, and circumcised him, because of the Jews that were in that region ; for they all knew 4 that his father was a Gentile. (4) And as they went among the cities, they preached and taught them, that they should observe those injunctions which the legates and Elders at Jerusalem had 5 written. (5) And so were the churches^established in the fiiith, and were increased in number daily. 6 (6) And they travelled through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia ; and the Holy Spirit forbid 7 them to speak the word of God in Asia. (7) And when they came into the region of Mysia, they were disposed to go from there into Bithynia, but 8 the Spirit of Jesus permitted them not. — (8) And when they departed from Mysia, they came down 9 to the region of Troas. (9) And in a vision of the night, there appeared unto Paul, a man of Mace- donia, who stood and besought him, sayi'ng: Come 10 to Macedonia and help us. — (10) And when Paul had seen this vision, immediately we were desirous to depart for Macedonia ; because we inferred, that our Lord called us to preach to them. 11 And we sailed from Troas, and came direct to Samothrace; and from there, on the following day, 12 we came to the city Neapolis. (12) And from there to Philippi, which is the chiefs [city] of Macedonia, and is a colony. And we remained in 13 that city certain days. (13) And on the sabbath day, we went without the gate of the city to the side of a river, because a house of prayer was seen there. And when we were seated, we conversed 14 with the women who there assembled. (14) And a certain woman who feared God, a seller of pur- ple, whose name was Lydia, from the city of Thy- atira, [was there]. Her heart our Lord opencc 15 and she hearkened to what Paul spake. (15) And she was baptized, and her household. ^ And she 16 entreated us, saying: If ye are really persuaded that I have believed in our Lord, come and take lodging in my house. And she urged us much. — ' Sy. "UO'I, or, Aramaean. Sy."i.«^5 248 ACTS, XVI. •* Sy. divined. ' or, salvation. ' Sy. Gr. tfrparrjyo; 8 or, he saved. ^ OT, be saved. (16) And it occurred that, as we were going to the 16 house of prayer, a certain maid met us, who had a spirit of divination, and who procured for her lords great gain by the divination which she performed.'' (17) And she followed after Paul and us, and cried, 17 saying: These men are the servants of the Most nigh God, and they announce to you the way of lifee (18) And this she did many days. And 18 Paul was indignant ; and he said to that spirit, I command thee, in the name of Jesus Messiah, that thou come out of her. And it came out the same hour. (19) And when her lords saw that the pros- 19 pect of their gain from her was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and drao^ging them alono^ brouo;ht them to the market-place, (20) and set them before 20 the prefects^ and chiefs of the city, and said : These men disturb our city; for they are Jews, (21) and 21 they preach to us customs, which it is not lawful for us to receive and to practise, because we are Koraans, (22) And a great company was collected 22 against them. Then the prefects rent their gar- ments, and commanded to scourge them. (23) And when they had scourged them much, they cast them into the prison, and commanded the keeper of the prison to keep them with care. (24) And he, hav- ing received this command, carried and immured them in the inner part of the prison, and confined their feet in the stocks. (25) And at midnight 25 Paul and Silas were praying and glorifying God : and the prisoners heard them. (26) And suddenly 26 there was a great shaking, and the foundations of the prison were moved ; and at once all the doors opened, and the bands of all were loosed. (27) And 27 when the keeper of the prison awoke, and saw that the doors of the prison were open, he took a sword ana sought to kill himself; because he supposed the prisoners had escaped. (28) But Paul called 28 to him, in a loud voice, and said : Do thyself no harm, for we are all here. (29) And he lighted for 29 himself a lamp, and sprang and came in, trembling, and fell at the feet of Paul and Sihis. (30) And 30 he brought them out, and said to them : My lords, what must I do, that I may have life?s (31) And 31 they said to him: Believe on the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, and thou wilt have life,'' thou and thy house. (32) And they spoke the word of the 32 :>0 24 ACTS, XVII. 249 Lord to him, and to all the members^ of his house. 83 (33) And the same hour of the night, he took and washed them from their stripes ; and he was bap- tized immediately, he and all the members^ of his 3-i house. (34) And he took them and brought them into his house, and set a table for them ; and he re- joiced in the faith of God, he and all the members^ 35 of his house. — (35) And when it was morning, the prefects sent rod-bearers™ to say to the superior" of 36 the prison : Let those men loose. (36) And when the superior of the prison heard [it], he went in, and said the same thing" to Paul; [namelj^], that the prefects have sent [word] that ye be set free. And now, [said he,] Go ye out, and depart in 37 peace, (37) But Paul said to him : They have scourged us, unoffending men, and Romans, before all the world, and have cast us into prison; and now, do they secretly let us out ? No, surely : but let them come themselves and bring us out. 38 (38) And the rod-bearers went and told to the pre- fects tlie words which were told to them: and when they heard that tliey were Romans, they 39 were afraid, (39) and came to them, and entreated of them that they would come out, and tliat they 40 would leave the city. (40) And when they came out from the prison, they entered the house of Lydia ; and there they saw the brethren, and com- forted them, and departed. XVII. And they passed through the cities of Am- phipolis and Apollonia, and came to Thessalonica, 2 where was a synagogue of the Jews. (2) And Paul, as was his custom, went in to them ; and during three sabbaths he discoursed with them 3 from the scriptures ; (3) expounding and showipg, that the Messiah was to sufter, and to arise from the dead, and that this Jesus whom I announce to you 4 is the Messiah. (4) And some of them believed, and adhered to Paul and Silas ; and of those Greeks who feared God, a great many ; and also of noted 5 women, not a few. (5) But the Jews were indig- nant, and gathered to themselves evil men from the market-place of the city, and formed a great mob ; and tliey alarmed the city, and came and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to draw them from 6 it, and to deliver them up to the mob. (6) And Sy. sons. Sy. sons. Sy. sons. ' i. e. liclors. Sy. »!2i3 or, iDord. 250 ACTS, XVII. Sy. —.VUj, ingenuous. ^ Sy. made bit- ter. 0 Sy. collector of words. <> Sy. "jcri^, gods. when they found them not there, they drew Jason and the brethren who were there, and brought them before the chiefs of the city, crying out : These arc they who have terrified all the country ; and lo, they have come hither also: (7) and this 7 Jason is their entertainer : and they all resist the commands of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. (8) And the chiefs of the city, 8 and all the people, were alarmed when they heard these things. (9) And they took sureties from 9 Jason, and also from the brethren, and then re- leased them. — (10) And the brethren immediately, 10 on the same night, sent away Paul and Silas to the city of Berea. And when they came there, they entered into the synagogue of the Jews. (11) For 11 the Jews there were more liberal * than the Jews of Thessalonica ; and they gladly heard the word from them daily, and searched from the scriptures whether these things were so. (12) And many of 12 them, believed; and so likewise of the Greeks, many men, and women of note. (13) And when 13 the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached by Paul in the city of Berea, they came thither also, and they ceased not to excite and alarm the people. (14) And the 1-1 brethren sent away Paul, that he might go down to the sea. But Silas and Timothy abode in that city. And they who conducted Paul, went with him 15 to the city of Athens. And when they departed from him, they received an epistle from him to Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him speedily. (16) And while Paul was waiting [for 16 them] at Athens, he was pained** in his spirit ; be- cause he saw that the Avhole city was full of idols. (17) And in the synagogue he spoke with the Jews, 17 and with those that feared God, and in the mar- ket-place with them who daily assembled there. (18) And also philosophers of the sect of Epicure- 18 ans, and others who were called Stoics, disputed with him. And one and another of them said: What doth this word-monger <= mean? Others said : lie announceth foreign deities ;<* because he preached to them Jesus and his resurrection. (19) And they took him and brouglit him to the 19 place of judgments called Areopagus, and said to ACTS, XVII. 251 him : May we know what this new doctrine which 20 thou preachest . is ? (20) For thou scatterest^ in our ears strange words ; and we wish to know 21 what they are. (21) For all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there, cared for nothing else 22 but to tell or to hear something new. — (22) And as Paul stood in the Areopagus, he said: Men, Athenians, I perceive that in all things ye are ex- 23 cessive in the worship of demons. (23) For, as I was rambling about, and viewing the temples of your worship, I met with an altar, on which was inscribed, To the hidden God. Him, therefore, whom ye worship while ye know him not, the 21: very same I announce to you. (24) For the God who made the world and all that is in it, and who is Lord of heaven and of earth, dwelleth not in 25 temples made with hands. (25) Nor is he minis- tered to by human hands, neither hath he any wants ; for he it is givetli life and breath ^ to every 26 man. (26) x\nd of one- blood hath he made the whole world of men, that they might dwell on the face of all the earth : and he hath separated the seasons by his ordinance ; and hath- set bounds to 27 the residence of men : (27) that they might inquire and ^earch after God, and, by means of his crea- tions, might find him; because he is not afar off 28 from each one of us : (28) for in him it is we live, and move, and exist : as one of your own wise men 29 hath said : From him is our descent. (29) There- fore we, whose descent is from God, ought not to suppose that the Deity? hath the likeness of gold, or silver, or stone, sculptured by the art and skill 30 of men. (30) And the times of this error God hath made to pass away ; and at the present time, he commandeth all men, that each individual, in every 31 place, should repent. (31) Because he hath appoint- ed a day, in which he will judge all the eartli, with righteousness, by the man whom he hath designa ted : and he turneth every man to faith in him, in 32 that he raised him from the dead. — (32) And when they heard of the resurrection from the dead, some of them ridiculed, and others of them said : At another time, we will hear thee on this matter. 33 (33) And so Paul departed from among them. 34 (31) And some of them adhered to him, and be lieved; one of these was Dionysius from among « Sy. sowest. ^ or, a soul. Sy-UocnlL 252 ACTS, XVIII. ' Sy. son of their trade. *' Sy. the pro- fane. " Gr. Justus. " Sy. ^3 « Sy. sons. f Sy. Gr. av^-^ntarlg. the judges of Areopagu.s, and Damaris, and others with them. a woman named 6 And when Paul departed from Athens, he XVIII. went to Corinth. (2) And he found there a man, a 2 Jew, whose name Avas Aquihi, who was from the re- gion of Pontus, and had Just tlicn arrived from the country of Italj-, he and Priscilla his wife, because CLaudius Ctesar had commanded that all Jews should depart from Rome. And he went to them ; (3) and, because he was of'^ their trade, he took 3 lodgings with them, and worked with them; for by their trade they were tent-makers. (4) And he 4 spoke in tlie synagogue every sabbath, and persua- ded the Jews and Gentiles. "^ (5) And when Silas 5 and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was impeded in discourse, because the Jews stood up against him, and reviled, as he testified to them that Jesus is the Messiah. (6) And he shook his garments, and said to them : Henceforth I am clean ; I betake myself to the Gentiles. (7) And he went away, and entered into the house of a cer- tain man named Titus, «^ one who feared God, and whose house adjoined the synagogue. (8) And Crispus, the presidenf^ of the synagogue, believed on our Lord, he and all the members^ of his house. And many Corinthians gave ear, and believed in God, and were baptized. (9) And the Lord said to Paul in a vision: Fear not, but speak and be not silent: (10) for I am with thee, and no one is 10 able to harm thee ; and I have much people in this cit}'. (11) And he resided in Corinth a 3'ear 11 and six months, and taught them the word of God. And when Gallio was proconsuK of Achaia, the 12 Jews assembled together against Paul ; and they brought him before the judgment-seat, (13) saying: 13 This man pcrsuadeth the people to worship God contrary to the law. (14) And when Paul re- quested that he might open his mouth and speak, Gallio said to the Jews : If your accusation, 0 Jews, related to any wrong done, or any fraud, or base act, I would listen to you suitably. (15) But if the contests are about words, and about names, and concerning your law, ye must see to it among yourselves, for I am not disposed to be a judge of 9 14 15 ACTS, XIX. 253 16 such matters. (16) And he repelled them from 17 his judgment-seat. (17) And all the Gentiless laid hold of Sosthenes an Elder^ of the synagogue, and smote him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio disregarded these things. 18 And when Paul had been there many days, he bid adieu to the brethren, and departed by sea to go to Syria. And with him Avent Priscilla and Aquila, when he had shaved his head at Cenchrea, 19 because he had vowed a vow. — (19) And they came to Ephesus; and Paul entered the synagogue, and 20 discoursed with the Jews. (20) And they requested him to tarry with thefti : but he could not be per- 21 suaded. (21) For he said: I must certainly keep the approaching feast at Jerusalem. But, if it 22 please God, I will come again to you. (22) And Aquila and Priscilla he left at Ephesus, and he himself proceeded by sea and came to Caesarea. And he went up and saluted the members' of the 23 church, and went on to Antioch. — (23) And when he had been there some days, he departed, and travelled from place to place in the regions of Phrygia and Galatia, establishing all the disciples. 2i And a certain man named Apollos, a Jew, a na- tive of Alexandria, who was trained to eloquence, and well taught in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25 (25) He had been instructed in the ways of the Lord, and was fervent in spirit ; and he discoursed and taught fully respecting Jesus, while yet he 26 knew nothing except the baptism of John. (26) And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And when Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him to their house, and fully showed him the way of the 27 Lord. (27) And when he was disposed to go to Achaia, the brethren anticipated him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. And, by going, through grace, he greatly assisted all them that be- 28 lieved. (28) For he reasoned powerfully against the Jews, before the congregation ; and showed from the scriptures, respecting Jesus, that he is the Messiah. XIX. And while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul trav- elled over the upper countries to Ephesus. And he inquired of the disciples whom he found there, 2 (2) Have ye received the Holy Spirit, since ye be- 5 Sy. the pro- fane. Sy- 254 ACTS, XIX. Sy. Aramaeans, Sy. P1k> Sy. Sy, Sv, Inom *0> Sy. Aramaeans. licved ? They answered and said to him : If there be a Holy Spirit, it hath not come to our hearing. (3) He said to them : Into what then were ye bap- 3 tized? They say: Into the baptism of John. (4) Paul said to them: John baptized the people 4 with the baptism of repentance, while he told them to believe in him who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus the Messiah. (5) And when tliey heard 5 these things, they were baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah. (6) And Paul laid [his] 6 kand on them; and the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in various tongues, and pro- phesied. (7) And all the persons were twelve. — 7 (8) And PaAil entered into the synagogue, and 8 spoke boldl}^ three months, persuading in regard to the kingdom of God. (9) And some of them were 9 hardened, and disputatious, and reviled tlie way of God before the assembl}^ of the people! Then Paul withdrew himself, and separated the disciples from them. And he discoursed with them daily in the school of a man named Tyrannus. (10) And 10 this continued for two years, until all who resided in [Proconsular] Asia, both Jews and "Gentiles,^ heard the word of the' Lord. (11) And God 11 wrought very great miracles^ by the hand of Paul : (12) so that, from the clothes on his body, napkins 12 and rags were carried and laid upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and demons also went out. — (13) And moreover certain Jews, who went 13 about exorcising*^ demons, were disposed to exor- cise in the name of our Lord Jesus over those who had unclean spirits, by saying: We adjure you, in the name of that Jesus whom Paul announceth. (14) And there were seven sons of one Soeva,"! a 14 Jew, and chief*-' of the priests, who did this. (15) 15 And the evil demon answered and said to them : Jesus I well know, and Paul I know, but as for you, who are ye? (1(3) And the man in whom IG was the evil demon leaped upon them; and over- powered them, and threw them down : and they fled out of the house denuded and bruised. (17) 17 And this became known to all the Jews and Gen- tiles, f who resided at Ephesus. And fear fell on them all, and the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah was exalted. — (18) And many of them that be- 18 lieved, came and narrated their faults, and confess- mP^ . ACTS, XIX. 19 ed what they had done. (19) And also naany ma- gicians collected their books, and bronght and burned them before every body : and they compu- ted the cost of them, and it amounted to fifty thou- 20 sand [pieces] of silver. (20) And thus with great power was the faith of (rod strengthened and in- creased. 21 And when these things had been accomplished, Paul purposed in his mind, to make the circuit of all Macedonia and Achaia, and [then] go to Jeru- salem. And he said : After I have gone thither, I 22 must also see Borne. (22) And he sent two per- sons, of those that ministered to hira, Timothy and Erastus,? into Macedonia; but he himself remained 23 for a time in Asia. — (23) And at that time there was great commotion respecting the way of God. 24 (24) For a certain silversmith was there, named Demetrius, who made silver shrines for Diana, and afforded great profits to the artisans'^ of liis trade. 25 (25) He assembled all the artisans of his trade, and those who labored with them, and said to them : Gentlemen,! ye know that our gains are all from 26 this manufacture. (26) And ye also know and see, that not only the citizens'^ of Ephesus, but also the mass of all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and en- ticed away, by saying, that those are not gods, 27 which are made by the hands of men. (27) And not only is this 'occupation slandered and impeded, but also the temple of the great goddess^ Diana is accounted as nothing; and likewise the goddess herself of all Asia, and whom all nations worship, 28 is contemned. — (28) And when they heard these things they were filled with wrath ; and they cried out, and said: Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 29 (29) And the whole city was in commotion; and they ran together, and entered the theatre. And they caught, and bore along with, them, Gains and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, and associates of 30 Paul. (30) And Paul was disposed to go into the 31 theatre : but the disciples restrained him. (31) And likewise the chiefs"^ of Asia, because they were his friends, sent and requested of him, that he would not expose himself by going into the theatre. 32 (32) And the multitudes that were in the theatre were in great confusion, and cried, some one thing, and some another : and many of them knew not 255 s Sy. Aristus. Sy. sons. Sy. Men. ■ Sy. sons. Sy. Uoi:^ Sy. ptjj 256 ACTS, XX. " Sy. ]« i3 Sy. ]« •n^-^ Sy-U-L oo B6 37 38 for wliat cause they had come together. (33) And 33 the Jewish people who were there, brought for- ward one of their men, a Jew, named Alexander. And he, rising up, waved his hand, and wished to make a defence before the people. (34) But they, 3-i knowing him to be a Jew, all cried out with one voice, about two hours: Great is Diana of the Ephe- sians. (35) But the chief" of the city tranquillized them, by saying : Men of Ephesus, "What person is there, among men, who doth not know the city of the Ephesians to be devoted to the worship of the gTeat Diana, and of her image that descended from heaven? (36) Since therefore no one can gainsay this, ye ought to be tranquil, and to do nothing with precipitancy. (37) For ye have brought forward these men, when they have robbed no temples, and have not reviled our goddess. (38) But if Demetrius and the men of his trade have a controversy with any one, lo, there is a pro- consul in the city, they are men of dexterity, let them approach and litigate with one another. (39) Or if you desire any other thing, it may be determined in the place assigned by law for an as- sembly." (40) Because too we are now in danger of being accused as seditious, since we cannot give a reason for the meeting of this day, because we have assembled needlessly, and been tumultuous without a cause. And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.? And after the tumult had subsided, Paul called XX, the disciples to him, and comforted them, and kissed them, and departed, and went into Mace- donia. (2) And when he had travelled over those ^ regions, and had comforted them with many dis- courses, he proceeded to the country of Greece. (3) And he was there three months. And the £ Jews formed a plot against him, when he was about to go to Syria : and he contemplated returning to Macedonia. (4) And there departed with him, as 4 far as Asia, Sopater of the city Bcrca, and Aristar- chus and Secundus who were of Thessalonica, and Gaius who was of the city of Dcrbe, and Timothy of Lystra, and of Asia Tychicus and Trophimus. (5) These proceeded on before us, and waited for c us at Troas. (6) And we departed from Philippi, t 40 ACTS, XX. a city of tlie Macedonians, after the days of unleav- ened bread ; and proceeded by water and arrived at Troas in five days, and remained there seven 7 days. — (7) And on the first day of the week, when we assembled to break the eucharist,=i Paul dis- coursed with them, because he was to depart the next day ; and he continued his discourse till mid- 8 night. (8) And there were many lamps burning in 9 the chamber where we were assembled. (9) And a young man named Eutychus was sitting in a win- dovvT and listening. And while Paul prolonged his discourse, he sunk into a deep sleep; and, in his sleep, he fell from the third loft, and was taken up 10 as dead. (10) And Paul went down, and bent over him and embraced him, and said: Be not 11 agitated, for his soul^ is in him. (11) And when he had gone up, he broke the bread and tasted [it], and discoursed until the morning dawned. And 12 then he departed to go by land. (12) And they brought the young man alive, and rejoiced over 13 him greatly. — (13) And we went on board the ship, and sailed to the port of Thesos;<= because, there we were to take in Paul : for so had he bidden us 14 when he proceeded on by land. (14) And when we had received him at Thesos, we took him on 15 board ship and proceeded to Mitylene. (15) And from there, the next day, we sailed over against the island Chios ; and again, the next day we ar- rived at Samos, and stopped at Trogyllium ; and 16 on the following day we arrived at Miletus. (16) For Paul had determined with himself to pass by Eph- esus, lest he should be delayed there ; because he hasted on, if possible, to keep the day of pentecost in Jerusalem. 17 And from Miletus, he sent and called the Elders'^ 18 of the churche at Ephesus. (18) And when they had come to him, he said to them : Ye yourselves know, how, at all times, since the first day that I 19 entered Asia, I have been with you ; (19) laboring for God, in great humility, ^ and with tears, amid the trials which beset me from the plottings of 20 Jews : (20) and I shunned not that which was ad- vantageous to your souls, that I might preach to 21 you, and teach in the streets and in houses, (21) while I testified to Jews and to Gentiles, s as to repentance towards God and faith in our Lord Je- 257 Sy. Sy. m o V) i nl f or, nations. (5) As the liigli priest is my witness, and likewise 5 all the Elders ;<= from whom I received letters, that I might go to the brethren in Damascus, and bring those who were there prisoners to Jerusalem, to receive capital punishment.'' (6) And as I travelled 6 and began to approach Damascus, at noonday, from amidst tranquillity, a great light from heaven burst upon me. (7) And I fell to the earth : and I 7 heard a voice, which said to me : Saul, Saul ! why persecutest thou me? (8) And I answered and 8 said: Who art thou, my Lord? And he said to me : I am Jesus the jSTazarean, whom thou perse- cutest. (9) And the men who were with me, saw 9 the light, but heard not t>he voice that talked with me. (10) And I said: My Lord, what must I do? 10 And our Lord said to me: Arise, go to Damascus; and there will be told thee, all that it is commanded thee to do. (11) And as I could see nothing, be- 11 cause of the glory of that light, those with me took me by the hand, and I entered Damascus. (12) And 12 a certain man, Ananias, who was upright according to the law, as all the Jews there testilied concern- ing him, came to me. (13) And he said to me : 13 My brother Saul ! open thine eyes. And instantly my eyes were opened ; and I looked upon him. (14) And he said to me : The God of our fathers 1-1 hath ordaincdc thee to know his will, and to behold the Just One, and to hear the voice of his mouth. (15) And thou shalt be a witness for him before 15 all men, concerning all that thou hast seen and heard. (16) And now, why delay est thou? Arise, 16 be baptized, and be cleansed from thy sins, while thou invokest his name. — (17) And I returned and 17 came hither to Jerusalem. And I prayed in the temple. (18) And I saw him in a vision, when he 18 said to me : Make haste, and get thee out of Jeru- salem ; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. (19) And I said : My Lord, they 19 well know that I have delivered up to prison, and have scourged in all synagogues, those who believed in thee. (20) And when tlie blood of thy martyr 20 Stephen was shed, I also was standing with them, and performed the pleasure of his slayers, and took charge of the garments of those that stoned him. (21) But he said to me: Depart; for I send thee 21 afar, to preach to the Gentiles.^ ACTS, XXIII. 263 22 23 24 And wlien they had heard Paul as far as this sentence,? they raised their voice, and cried out : Away with such a man from the earth ! for he ought not to live ! (23) And as they vociferated, and cast off their garments, and threw dust into the air, (24) the Chiliarch gave orders, to carry him into the castle : and he commanded, that he should be examined with stripes ; that he might know, for 25 what cause they cried out against him. (25) And as they Avere stretching him with ropes,^ Paul said to the centurion who stood over him : Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, who is a Roman,' and 26 not yet found guilty? (26) And when the centu- rion heard [it], he went to the Chiliarch, and said to him: What doest thou? For this man is a Roman. (27) And the Chiliarch came to him, and said to him : Tell me ; Art thou a Roman ? And he said to him : Yes. (28) The Chiliarch replied and said to him : With much money I acquired Roman citizenship.^ Paul said to him : And I was born in it. (29) And immediately they who were intending to scourge him, fled from him : and the Chiliarch was afraid, when he learned that he was a Roman, because he had stretched him [for scourging]. And the next day, he wished to know truly what the accusation was, which the Jews brought against him: and he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests, and the whole company of their head-men,' to assemble; and he took Paul, and brought him down, and placed him among them. — [XXIIL] And when Paul had looked on the as- sembly of them, he said : Men, my brethren ; I have lived in all good conscience before God up to 2 this day. — (2) And Ananias, the priest, commanded those who stood by his side, to smite Paul on the 3 mouth. (3) And Paul said to him : God is here- after to smite thee, [thou] Whited Wall ! For, sittest thou judging me agreeably to law, while thou transgressest the law, and commandest to smite 4 me ? (4) And those standing by, said to him : 5 Dost thou reproach the priest of God ! (5) Paul said to them : I was not aware, my brethren, that he was the priest : for it is written, Thou shalt not 6 curse the ruler^^ of thy people. — (6) And, as Paul knew that a part of the people were of the Saddu- 27 28 29 30 ^ Sy. zcord. *" or, thongs. ' or, Roman cit- izen. Sy. Roman- ship. Sy. ^(71 » » I? Sy. U-5 264 ACTS, XXIII. 'Sy. q1D;_»j1o Sy. \ji. >? 9 10 11 cees, and a part of the Pharisees, lie cried out, in the assembly : Men, my brethren ; I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee ; and for the hope of the resurrection of the dead, I am judged. (7) And when he had said this, the Pharisees and Sadducees fell upon one another, and the people were divided. (8) For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrec- tion, nor angels, nor a spirit: but the Pharisees confess all these. (9) And there was great vocifer- ation. And some Scribes of the party of the Phar- isees rose up, and contended with them, and said : We have found nothing evil in this man : for if a spirit or an angel hath conversed with him, what is there in that ? — (10) And, as there was great commotion among them, the Chiliarch was afraid lest they should tear Paul in pieces. And he sent Romans, to go and pluck him from their midst, and bring him into the castle. (11) And when night came, our Lord appeared to Paul, and said to him : Be strong ; for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusa- lem, so also art thou to testify at Rome. — (12) And 12 when it was morning, several of the Jews assembled together, and bound themselves by imprecations, ^ that they would neither eat nor drink until they had slain Paul. (13) And they who had established this compact by oath, were more than forty persons. (14) And they went to the priests and Elders, and 1-1 said : We have bound ourselves by imprecations, that wc will taste of nothing, until we shall have slain Paul. (15) And now, do ye and the chiefs'^ of the congregation request of the Chiliarch, that he would bring him unto you, as if ye were desirous to i n vestigate truly his conduct : and we are prepared to sla}'- him, ere he shall come to you. — (16) And the son of Paul's sister, heard of this plot : and he went into the castle, and informed Paul. (17) And Paul sent and called one of the centurions, and said to him : Conduct this youth to the Chiliarch ; for he hath something to tell him. (18) And the centurion took the young man, and introduced him to the Chiliarch, and said : Paul the prisoner called me, and requested me to bring this youth to thee, for he hath something to tell thee. (19) And the Chiliarch took the young 19 man by his hand, and led him one side, and asked him : What hast thou to tell me ? (20) And the 13 15 16 17 18 20 ACTS, XXIII. 265 young man said to him : The Jews have projected to ask thee to bring down Paul to-morrow to their assembly, as if wishing to learn something more 21 from him. (21) But be not thou persuaded by them : for, lo, more than forty persons of them watch for him in ambush, and have bound them- selves by imprecations, that they will neither eat nor drink until they shall have slain him: and lo. they are prepared, and are waiting for thy promise. 22 (22) And th6 Chiliarch dismissed the young man, after charging him : Let no man know, that thou 23 hast showed me these things. — (23) And he called two centurions, and said to them: Go and prepare two hundred Romans to go to Cajsarea, and sev- enty horsemen, and shooters with the right handf^ two hundred ; and let them set out at the third 2-1 hour of the night. (24) And provide also a saddle beast, that they may set Paul on it, and carry him 25 safely to Felix the governor. (25) And he wrote 2G a letter and gave them, in which was, thus: (26) Claudius Lysias to the excellent governor Felix; 27 greeting. (27) The Jews seized this man, in order to kill him ; but I came with Romans, and rescued 28 him, when I learned that he was a Roman. (28) And as I wished to know the offence, for which they criminated him, I brought him to their assembly. 29 (29) And I found, that it was about questions of their law they accused him, and that an offence worthy of bonds or of death, was not upon him. 80 (30) And when the wiles of a plot formed by the Jews against him came to my knowledge, I forth- with sent him to thee. And I have directed his accusers, to go and contend with him, before thee. 31 Farewell. — (31) Then the Romans, as tliey had been commanded, took Paul by night, and brought 32 him to the city of Antipatris. (32) And the next day, the horsemen dismissed the footmen their as- 83 sociates, that they might return to the castle. (33) And they brought him to Ca3sarea : and they de- livered the letter to the governor, and set Paul 3-1 before him. (3-1) And when he had read the letter, he asked him of what province he was? 35 And when he learned that he was of Cilicia, (3-4) he said to him : I will give thee audience, when thy accusers arrive. And he ordered him to be kept in the Prnetorium of Herod. or, javelin 266 ACTS, XXIV. » Sy. Im^h ^ or, doctrine. And after five days, Ananias the high XXIV. priest, with the Elders, and with Tertallus the orator, went down, and made a communication to the governor against Paul. (2) And wlien he 2 had been called, Tertullus began to accuse him, and to say : (3) Through thee, we dwell in much 3 tranquillity ; and many reforms have come to this nation, under thy administration; and we all, in every place, receive thy grace, excellent Felix. (4) But, not to weary thee with numerous [partic- 4 ulars], I pray thee to hear our humbleness, in brief. (5) For we have found this man to be an 5 assassin, and a mover of sedition among all Jews in the whole land : for he is a ringleader* of the sect'' of the Nazareans. (6) And he was disposed 6 to pollute our temple. And having seized him, we wished to judge him according to our law. (7) Bat Lj^sias the Chiliarch came, and with great 7 violence took him out of our hands, and sent him to thee. (8) And he commanded his accusers to 8 come before thee. And if thou wilt interrogate him, thou canst learn from him respecting all these things of which Ave accuse him. (9) And the 9 Jews also pleaded against him, saying that these things were so. — (10) Then the governor made 10 signs to Paul, that he should speak. And Paul answered and said : I know thee to have been a judge of this nation for many years, and I there- fore cheerfully enter upon a defence of myself. (11) B(^cause thou canst understand, that there 11 have been but twelve days, since I went up to Jerusalem to worship. (12) And they did not 12 find me talking with any person in the temple, nor collecting any company, either in their synagogues, or in the city. (13) Nor have they the power to 13 prove, before thee, the things of which they now accuse me. (14) But this indeed I acknowledge, 14 that in that same doctrine of which they speak, I do serve the God of my fathers, believing all the things written in the law and in the prophets. (15) And I have a hope in God, which they also 15 themselves expect, — that there is to be a resurrec- tion of the dead, both of the righteous and the wicked. (16) And for this reason, I also labor to 16 have always a pure conscience before God, and before men. (17) And, after many 3-ears, I came 17 ACTS, XXV. to the people^ of mj own nation, to impart alms/' 18 and to present an offering. (18) And "vvhen I had purified mj'self, these men found me in the temple ; not with a throng, nor with a tumult. But certain 19 Jews, who came from Asia, were tumultuous; (19 who ought, with me, to stand before thee, and 20 make acciisation of their own affair. (20) Or let these here present say, whether they found aTiy offence in me, when I stood before their assembly; 21 (21) except this one thing,^ that I cried, while standing in the midst of them : Concerning the resurrection of the dead, am I this day on trial 22 before you. — (22) And FeHx, because he under- stood that way fully, deferred them, saying: Wiien the Chiharch shall come, I will give hearing 23 between you. (23) And he commanded a centu- rion to keep Paul, at I'est ; and that no one of his acquaintances should be forbidden to minister to 21 him. — (21) x\.nd after a few days, Fehx, and Dru- silhi his wife who was a Jewess, sent and called for Paul ; and they heard him concerning faith in the 25 Messiah. (25) And while he was discoursing with them on righteousness, and on holiness, and on the future judgment, Felix was filled with fear; and he said : For the present time, go : and when I 26 have opportunity, I will send for thee. ' (26) He hoped, moreover, that a present would be given him by Paul; [and] therefore, he often sent for 27 him, and conversed with him. — (27) And when two years were fulfilled to him, another governor, whose name was Porcius Festus, came into his place. And Felix, that he might do the Jews a favor, left Paul a prisoner. XXV. And when Festus arrived at CcBsarea, he, after 2 three days,, went up to Jerusalem. (2) And the chief priests and the head men^^ of the Jews made 3 representations to him concerning Paul. (3) And they petitioned him, asking of him the favor, that he would send for him to come to Jerusalem; they placing an ambush to slay him by the way. 4 (4) But Festus made answer: Paul is in custody 5 at Ca3sarea, whither I am in haste to go. (5) There- fore, let those among you who are able, go down with us, and make presentment of every offence 6 there is in the man. — (6) And when he had been 267 •= Sy. sons. ' Sy. IAdjI ® Sv. word. Sy. ( » >■* 268 ^ Sy. give me to them as a gift. ' Sy. sons of his counsel. ^ Sy. ACTS, XXV. there eight or ten days, he came down to Caesarea:. And the next day, he sat on the tribunal, and com- manded Paul to be brought. (7) And when he 7 came, the Jews who liad come from Jerusalem sur- rounded him, and preferred against him many and weighty charges, Avhich they were unable to sub- stantiate. (8) Meanwhile Paul maintained, that he 8 had committed no offence, either against the Jew- ish law, or against the temple, or against Ciesar, (9) But Festus, because he was disposed to con- 9 ciliate the favor of the Jews, said to Paul: Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be tried before me for these things? (10) Paul replied, and said: 10 I stand before Caesar's tribunal : here I ought to be tried. Against the Jews I have committed no of- fence, as thou also well knowest. (11) If I had 11 committed any crime, or done any thing worthy of death, I would not refuse to die. But if none of the things of which they accuse me, is upon me, no one may sacrifice me to their pleasure.^ I an- nounce an appeal to Caesar. (12) Then Festus 12 conferred with his counsellors,*^ * and said : Hast thou declared an appeal to Casar? Unto Caesar, shalt thou go. And when [some] days had passed, Agrippa the 13 king, and Bernice, came down to Caesarea to salute Festus. (14) And when they had been with him 14 [some] days, Festus related to the king the case of Paul, saying: A certain man was left a prisoner by Felix : (15) And when I was at Jerusalem, the 15 chief priests and the Elders of the Jews informed me respecting him, and desired that I would pass judgment upon him in their favor. (16) And I 16 told tliem. It is not the custom of the Romans, to give up a man gratuitously to be slain ; until his accuser appeareth and chargeth him to his face, and, opportunity is afforded him, to make defence respecting what is charged upon him, (17) And 17 when I had come hither, without delay, I the next day sat on the tribunal, and commanded the man to be brought before me. (18) And his accusers 18 stood up with him ; and they were not able to substantiate any criminal charge against him, as I had expected; (19) but the}'' had certain contro- 19 versies with him respecting their worship, 'i and respecting one Jesus, who died, but who, as Paul ACTS, XXVI. 20 said, was alive. (20) And because I was not well established in regard to these questions, I said to Paul : Dost thou ask to go to Jerusalem, and there 21 be judged concerning these matters? (21) But he requested to be reserved for a trial before Caesar : and I ordered him to be kept, till I could send 22 him to.Co3sar. — (22) And Agrippa said: I should like to hear that man. And Festus said : To-mor- 23 row thou shalt hear him. (23) And the next day, came Agrippa and Bernice, with great pomp, and entered the house of trials, with the Chiliarchs and chiefs of the city : and Festus commanded, and 24 Paul came. (24) And Festus said : King Agrippa, and all persons present with us; concerning this man whom ye see, all the people of the Jews ap- plied to me, at Jerusalem and also here, crying 25 out, that he ought no longer to live. (25) Yet on investigation, I found that he hath done nothing deserving death. But, because he requested to be reserved for the hearing of Ccesar, I have ordered 26 him to be sent. (26) And I know not what I can write to Caesar, in regard to him : and therefore I wished to bring him before you, and especially before thee, king Agrippa ; that when his case shall have been heard, I may find what to write. 27 (27) For it is unsuitable, when we send up a pris- oner, not to designate his offence. XXVI. And Agrippa said to Paul : Thou art per- mitted to speak in thy own behalf. Then Paul extended his hand, and made defence, saying: 2 (2) In regard to all the things of which I am ac- cused by the Jews, king Agrippa, I consider my- self highly favored, that I may this day make 8 defence before thee : (3) especially, as I know thee to be expert in all the controversies:'- anc[ laws of the Jews. I therefore request thee to hear me 4 with indulgence. — (4) The Jews themselves, if they would testify, know well my course of life from my childhood, which from the beginning was 5 among my nation and in Jerusalem. (5) For they have long been persuaded of me, and have known, that I lived in the princely'' doctrine'^ of the Phari- 6 sees. (6) And now, for the hope of the promise which was made by God to our fathers, I' stand 7 and am judged. (7) To this hope, our twelve 269 Gr. Zv;rT)fjLara. Sy. |i ■ .? or, sect. 270 Sy. "^uj^rj Sy. XaJlo ACTS, XXVI. tribes hope to come, with earnest prayers by day and b}^ night: and for this same hope, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews. (8) How 8 judge 3'e? Are we not to believe, that God will raise the dead? — (9.) For I myself, at first, re- 9 solved in my own mind, that I, would perpetrate many adverse things against the name of Jesus the Nazarean. (10) Wliich I also did at Jerusa- 10 lem; and by the authority I received from the chief priests, I cast many of the saints'^ into prison ; and when they were put to death by them, I took part with those that condemned them. (11) And 11 in every synagogue I tortured them, while I press- ed them to become revilers of the name of Jesus. And in the great wrath, with which I was filled against them, I also went to other cities to perse- cute them. (12) And, as I was going for this 12 purpose to Damascus, with the authority and li- cense of the chief priests, (13) at mid-day, on the 13 road, I saw, O kins;, a Wuht exceeding that of the sun, beaming from heaven upon me, and upon all those with me. (14) And we all fell to the ground; 1-1 and I. heard a voice, which said to me, in Hebrew: Saul, Saul ! why persecutest thou me ? It will be a hard thing for thee to kick against the goads. (15) And I said: My Lord, who art thou? And 15 our Lord said to me : I am Jesus the Nazarean, whom thou persecutest. (10) And he said to mc : IG Stand upon thy feet ; for I have appeared to thee, for this purpose, to constitute thee a minister and a witness of this thy seeing me, and of thy seeing me hereafter. (17) And I will deliver thee from 17 the people of the Jews, and from other nations ; to whom I send thee, (18) to open their eyes; that 18 they may turn from darkness to the light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God ; and may receive remission of sins, and a portion with the saints,^ by fiiith in me. (19) Wherefore, king 19 Agrippa, I did not contumaciously withstand the heavenly vision : (20) but I preached from the first 20 to them in Damascus, and to them in Jerusalem and in all the villages of Judcca; and I preached also to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and should turn to God, and should do the works suitable to repentance. (21) And on account of 21 these things, the Jews seized me in the temple, and ACTS, XXVII. 271 22 songbt to kill me. (22) But unto this day God bath helped me ; and lo, I stand and bear testi- monjj to the small and to the great; yet saying nothing aside from Moses and the prophets, but the very things which they declared were to take place: 23 (23) [namely,] that Messiah would suffer, and would become the first fruits^ of the resurrection from the dead; and that he would proclaim light to the 2-i jjeople and to the Gentiles. — (24) And when Paul had extended his defence thus far, Festus cried, with a loud voice : Paul, thou art deranged : much 25 study hath deranged thee, (25) Paul replied to him : I am not deranged, excellent Festus ; but 26 speak words of truth and rectitude. (26) And king Agrippa is also well acquainted with these things ; and I therefore speak confidently before him, because I suppose not one of these things hath escaped his knowledge ; for they were not done in 27 secret. (27) King Agrippa, believest thou the 28 prophets ? I know that thou believest. (28) King Agrippa said to him : Almost, thou persuadest me 29 to become a Christian. (29) And Paul said: I would to God, that not only thou, but likewise all that hear me this day, were almost, and altogether, 30 as I am, aside from these bonds. (30) And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and 31 those who sat with them. (31) And when they had gone out, they conversed with one another, and said : This man hath done nothing worthy of death 32 or of bonds. (32) And Agrippa said to Festus: The man might be set at liberty, if he had not an- nounced an appeal to Ctesar. XXVII. And Festus commanded, respecting him, that he should be sent to Italy, unto Ca?sar. And he delivered Paul, and other prisoners with him, to a certain man, a centurion of the Augustan cohort, ^^ 2 whose name was Julius. (2) And when w^e were to depart, we embarked in a ship which was from the city of Adraniyttium, and was going to the country of Asia. And there embarked with us in the ship, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of the city of 3 Thessalonica. (3) And the next day, we arrived at Zidon. And the centurion treated Paul with kindness, and permitted him to visit his friends 4 and be refreshed. (4) And on sailing from there, Sy. ]Ant> .3 '^ or, rcgimeiii. 272 ACTS, XXVII. '•i. e.on the 10th of Tisri, or Sept. 20th, Sy. Phcenix. Sy. looked. *= Sy. wind of tempest. ' Sy. hand. E Gr. Clauda. '• Gr. a quick- sand. because the winds were against us, we sailed around to Cyprus. (5) And we passed over the sea of Gihcia and Pamphylia, and arrived at Myra, a city of Lycia. — (6) And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria, which was going to Italy ; and he set us on board of it. (7) And as it was hard navigating, we had scarcely arrived, after many days, over against the isle of Cnidos. And, because the wind would not allow us to pursue a straight course, wc sailed around by Crete, [and came] opposite the city of Salmone. (8) And with difficulty, after sailing about it, we arrived at a place called the Fair Havens, near to which was the city called Lassa. — (9) And we were there a long time, and till after the day of the Jewish fast.*^ And it was hazardous [then] for any one to go by sea ; and Paul counselled them, (10) and said : Men, I perceive that our voyage will be [attended] with peril, and with much loss, not only of the cargo of our ship, but also of our lives. (11) But the centurion listened to the pilot, and to the owner of the ship, more than to the words of Paul. (12) And, because that harbor was not commodious for wintering in, many of us were desirous to sail from it, and if possible, to reach and to winter in a certain harbor of Crete, which was called Phenice,^ and which opened'^ towards the south. — (13) And when the south wind breezed up, and they hoped to arrive as they desired, we began to sail around Crete. (14) And shortly after, a tempest of wind<^ 10 11 12 14 arose upon us, called T}' phonic Euroclydon. (15) 15 And the ship was whirled about by the wind, and could not keep head to it ; and we resigned [the ship] to its power.f (16) And when we had passed 16 a certain island, called Cyra,s we could hardly re- tain the boat. (17) And after hoisting it [on 17 board], we girded the ship around [the waist], and made it strong. And, because we were afraid of falling upon a precipice'^ of the sea, we pulled down the sail ; and so we drifted. (18) And as 18 the storm raged violently upon us, we the next day threw goods into the sea. (19) And on the 19 third day, with our own hands, we threw away the tackling of the ship. (20) And as the storm held 20 on for many days, and as no sun was visible, nor moon, nor stars, all hope of our surviving was ACTS, XXVII. 273 21 wliollj cut off. — (21) And as no one liad taken a meal of food, Paul now stood up in the midst of them, and said: If ye had given heed to me, 0 men, we should not have sailed from Crete, and we should have been exempt from this loss and 22 peril. (22) And now, I counsel you to be without anxiety ; for not a soul of you will be lost, but 23 only the ship. (23) For there appeared to me this night, the angel of that God whose I am, and 24 whom I serve;' (24) and he said to me: Fear not, Paul ; for thou art yet to stand before Cassar ; and, lo, God hath made a gift to thee of all them 25 that sail with thee. (25) Therefore, men, be ye courageous ; for I confide in God, that it will be as 26 was told to me. (26) Yet we are to be cast upon 27 a certain island. — (27) And after the fourteen days of our roaming and tossing on the Adriatic sea, at midnight, the sailors conceived that they ap- 28 proached land. (28) And they cast the lead, and found twenty fathoms.'^ And again they advanced 29 a little, and they found fifteen fathoms. (29) And as we feared lest we should be caught in places where were rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern of the ship, and prayed for the morning.' — 30 (30) And the sailors sought to flee out of the ship. And from it they lowered down the boat into the sea, under pretence that they were going in it to 31 make fast™ the ship to the land. (31) And when Paul saw [it], he said to the centurion and to the soldiers : Unless these remain in the ship, ye can- 32 not be saved. (32) Then the soldiers cut the boat- 33 rope from the ship, and let the boat go adrift. — (33) And while it was not yet morning, Paul advised them all to take food, saying to them : In conse- quence of the peril, it is now the fourteenth day 34 that ye have tasted nothing. (34) Therefore I entreat you, to take food for the sustenance of your life ; for not a hair from the head of any of you, 35 will perish. (35) And having said these things, he took bread, and gave glory to God before them 36 all; and he broke [it], and began to eat. (36) And they were all consoled ; and they took nourish- 37 ment. (37) And there were of us in the ship two 38 hundred and seventy-six souls. (38) And when they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, and took the wheat and cast it into the sea. — 18 or, worship. Sy. statures, i. e. of a DKin. Sy. day. Sy. to tie. Sy. high place. Sy. deeps. P Sy. I^.kJ^ g"ii'e ///e to. Now, Malta. ^ Sy. w/tic/i z^fls. Sy. "U-^J (89) And when it was day, the sailors knew not 39 what land it was : but they saw on the margin of the land an inlet of the sea ; whither, if possible, they intended to drive the ship. (40) And they 40 cut away the anchors from the ship, and left them in the sea. And they loosened the bands of the rudder, and hoisted a small sail to the breeze, and made way towards the land. (41) And the ship 41 struck upon a shoal" between two chaunelso of the sea, and stuck fast upon it. And the forward part rested upon it, and was immovable ; but the after part was shattered by the violence of the waves. — (42) And the soldiers were disposed to slay the 42 prisoners ; lest they should resort to swimming, and escape from them. (43) But the centurion kept 43 them from it, because he was desirous to preserve? Paul. And those who were able to swim, he com- manded to swim off first, and pass to tlie land. (44) 44 And the rest, he made to transport themselves on planks, and on other timbers of the ship. And so they all escaped safe to land. And we afterwards learned, that the island XXYIII. was called Melita.'^ (2) And the barbarians who 2 inhabited it, showed us many kindnesses. And they kindled a fire, and called us all to warm our- selves, because of the gTcat rain and cold at that time.'' — (3) And Paul took up a bundle of fagots 3 and laid them on the fire : and a viper, [driven] by the heat, came out of them, and bit his hand. (4) And when the barbarians saw it hanging on 4 his hand, they said : Doubtless, this man is a mur- derer; whom, though delivered from the sea, jus- tice will not suffer to live. (5) But Paul shook 5 his hand, and threw the viper into the fire : and he received no harm. (6) And the barbarians 6 expected, that he would suddenly swell, and fall dead on the ground. And when they had looked a long time, and saw that he received no harm ; they changed their language, and said, that he was a god. — (7) And there were lands in that quarter, 7 belonging to a man named Publius, who was the chief mane of the island : and he cheerfully re- ceived us at his house three days. (8) And the 8 father of Publius was sick with a fever and dysen- tery. And Paul went in to him, and prayed, and ACTS, XXVIII. 275 9 10 11 laid his hand on him, and healed him. (9) And after this event, others also in the island who were sick, came to him and were healed. (10) And they honored us with great honors : and when we left the place, they supplied us with necessaries. And after three months we departed, sailing in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the island, and which bore the signal of the Twins. '^ 12 (12) And we came to the city of Syracuse ; and 13 remained there three days, (13) And from there we made a circuit, and arrived at the city Rhegium. And, after one day, the south wind blew [favor- abl}'] for us, and in two days we came to Puteoli, 14 a city of Italy. (14) And there we found breth- ren ; and they invited us, and we remained with them seven days : and then we proceeded towards Rome. (15) And the brethren there, hearing [of our approach], came out to meet us as far as the village called Appii Forum, and as far as the Three Taverns. And when Paul saw them, he gave thanks to God, and was encouraged. (16) And we went on to Rome. And the centurion allowed Paul to reside where he pleased, with a soldier who guarded him. And after three days, Paul sent and called for the principal Jews. And when they were assem- bled, he said to them : Men, my brethren, al- though I had in nothing risen up against the people or the law of my fathers, I was at Jeru- salem delivered over in bonds to the Romans : 18 (18) and they, when they had examined me, were disposed to release me, because they found in 19 me no offence deserving death. (19) And, as the Jews withstood me, I was compelled to utter an appeal to Cassar ; but not because I had any thing of which to accuse the people^ of my nation. 20 (20) For this reason I sent for you to come, that I might see you, and might state these things to you : for it is on account of the hcipe of Israel, that I am bound with this chain. (21) They said to him : We have received no epistle from Judoea against thee ; and none of the brethren who have come from Jerusalem, have told us any evil thing of thee. (22) But we are desirous to hear from thee what tnou thinkest; for this doctrine, we know, is not received by any one. — (23) And they 15 16 17 21 22 i. e. Castor and Pollux. " Sy. sons. 276 ACTS, XXVIII. Sy. against. e Sy. made fat. ^ Sy. appointed liim a day ; and many assembled, and came to him at his lodgings. And he explained to them respecting the kingdom of God, testifying and persuading them concerning Jesus, out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morn- ing till evening. (24) And some of them as- 2-i sented to his discourses, and others did not assent. (25) And they went out from him, disagreeing 25 among themselves. And Paul addressed to them this speech : Well did the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of Isaiah the prophet, speak couccrningf your fathers, (26) saying: Go unto this people, 26 and say to them, Hearing ye will hear, and will not understand ; and ye will see, and will not comprehend. (27) For the heart of this people is 27 stupefied,^ and their hearing they have made heavy, and their eyes they have closed ; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and be converted unto me, and I should forgive them. (28) There- 28 fore, be this known to you, that to the Gentiles is this redemption^ of God sent : and, moreover, they will hear it. (29) And when he had thus said, 29 the Jews retired; and there were great disputations among them.* And Paul hired a house, at his own cost, and 30 resided in it two years ; and there he received all that came to him. (31) And he preached concern- 81 ing the kingdom of God, and taught boldly con- cerning our Lord Jesus Messiah, Avithout hinder- ance. Completion of the Acts of the blessed Legates ; that is, their Histories. * This verse (29) is not in the MSS., nor in any of the earlier editions : and tlie later editions place it in the margin. The Epistle of Paul the Legate, to the Romans. L Paul, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, called and sent;a- and separated unto the gospel'' of God, i 2 — (2) (which he had before promised, by his pro- 3 phets, in the holy scriptures, — (3) concerning his Son, (who was born in the flesh, <= of seed of 4 the house of David, (i) and was made known as the Son of God, by power, > Sy. ^^iXjo = in behalf of. <= Sy. ]Q)»n ^ Sy. fallen to fall. depth, nor any other creature, will be able to sever me from the love of God, which is ia our Lord Je- sus Messiah. I say the truth in Messiah, and do not misrepre- IX. sent ; and my conscience bearcth me witness in the Holy Spirit ; (2) that I have great sorrow, and the 2 sadness of my heart is 'unceasing. (3) For I have 3 prayed, that I myself might be accursed^ from Messiah, for'' my brethren and my kinsmen in the flesh : (4) who are sons of Israel, to whom belonged 4 the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the cove- nants," and the law, and the ministration, and the promises, and the fathers ; (5) and from among 5 whom, Messiah appeared in the ilesh, who is God over all ; to whom be praises and benediction, for ever and ever ; Amen. Not, however, that the word of God hath 6 actually failed. Sy. ZojALd Sy. j_«.£iji Sy. 11 12 our Lord it is we die. Whetlier we live, tlierefore, or whether we die, we are our Lord's, (9) More- 9 over, for this cause Messiah died, and revived, and arose ; that he might be Lord of the dead and of the hving. (10) But thou, why dost thou judge 10 thy brother? or, why dost thou despise thy bro- ther ? For we must all stand before the judgment seat of Messiah, (11) as it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow; and to me every tongue shall give praise. (12) So then, every one of us must give account of himself to God. — (13) Henceforth, judge ye not one anoth- 13 cr; but rather, judge ye this, that thou erect not a stumbling-block for thy brother. (14) I know, 14 indeed, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothins- which is unclean in itself; but to him who thinketh any thing to be unclean, to him only it is defiled. (15) But if thou grievest thy brother, because of food, thou walkest not in love. On account of food, destroy not him for whom Messiah died. — (16) And let not our good thing be matter of reproach. (17) For the kingdom^ of God, is not food and drink ; but is righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. (18) For he who is in these things a servant of Messiah, is pleasing to God, and approved before men. (19) Now let us strive after peace, and after the edi- fication of one another. (20) And let us not, on account of food, destroy the work of God. For every thing is, [indeed,] pure ; yet it is evil, to the man who eateth with stumbling. (21) It is proper, ^ that we neither eat flesh, nor drink wine, nor [do] any thing, whereby our brother is stumbk^d. (22) Thou art one in whom there is faith ; keep it 22 to thyself, before God. Blessed is he, who doth not condemn himself, in that thing wliich he al- loweth. (23) For he who eateth and doubteth, is 23 condemned ; because [he eateth] not in faith. For every thing which is not of faith, is sin. We then who are strong, ought to bear the XV. infirmity of the weak, and not to please ourselves. (2) But each of us should please his neighbor, in 2 good things, as conducive to edification. =^ (3) Be- 3 cause Messiah also did not please himself; but, as it is written : The reviling of thy revilers fell upon 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ROMANS, XV. 299 4 me. (4) For every thing written of old, was written for our instruction ; that we, by patience and by the consolation of the scriptures, might possess hope. 5 (5) And may the God of patience and of consola- tion, grant to you, to think in harmony one with 6 another, in Jesus Messiah ; (6) so that with one mind and one mouth, ye may glorify God, the 7 Father of our Lord Jesus Messiah. — (7) Wherefore, receive ye and bear up one another, as also Messiah 8 received you, to the glory of God. (8) Now I say, that Jesus Messiah ministered to the circumcision, in behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm 9 the promise [made] to the fathers ; (9) and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercies upon them, as it is written : I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing psalms, 10 (10) And again he said : Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with 11 his people. (11) And again he said: Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles ; [and] laud him, all ye na- 12 tions. (12) And again Isaiah said : There will be a root of Jesse ; and he that shall arise, will be a prince for the Gentiles ; and in him will the Gen- 13 tiles hope. — (lo) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace, by faith ; that ye may abound in his hope, by the power'' of the Iloly Spirit. Now I am persuaded, my Brethren, even I, con- cerning you ; that ye too are full of goodness, and are replenished with all knowledge, and are able also to instruct others. (15) Yet I have written rather boldly to you, my Brethren, that I might jDut you in remembrance ; because of the grace 16 which is given to me by God, (16) that I should be a minister of Jesus Messiah among the Gentiles, and should subserve the gospel of God, that the oblation*^ of the Gentiles might be acceptable, and 17 be sanctified by the Holy Spirit. (17) I have therefore a glorying in Jesus Messiah, before God. 18 (18) Yet I presume not to speak of any thing [done] for the obedience of the Gentiles, which Messiah hath not wrought b}' me, in word and in deeds, 19 (19) by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Holy Spirit ; so that from Jerusa- lem I have made a circuit quite to Illyricum, and have fulfilled the announcement of the Messiah ; 20 (20) while I was careful not to preach where the 1-4 15 or, energy. Sv. P_Ci3Q_0 300 ROMANS, XVI. "J Sy. that a communica- tion should he,