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Introduction Translation : : : : Appendix I.: Omissions from Greek Text : Appendix II.: Additions in Syriac Text as translated . Notes to the English Translation Addenda and Emendenda to Syriac Text of 1894 . Syriac pages re-printed : Non-Corrigenda in the Text of 1894 Reasons for the Lacune in the Syriac Text . Notes to the Syriac Text INTRODUCTION. HE text of the Four Gospels from the Syriac palimpsest discovered by me in the Convent of St Katharine on Mount Sinai in 1892, was transcribed by the late Professor Bensly, Mr J. Rendel Harris, and Mr F. ©. Burkitt during our second visit to Sinai in 1893. Α con- siderable part, however, amounting to nearly a fifth of the whole, was still undeciphered when the transcribers were compelled by the pressure of other duties to leave Sinai. Some of this was recovered by Mr F. C. Burkitt, whilst the work was going through the Press, from fresh photo- graphs which I placed at his disposal, but there was still much which was too faint in the MS. to be thus reproduced. I therefore undertook a third journey to the Convent during the months of February and March 1895, in company with my sister, Mrs James Y. Gibson. My efforts were greatly facilitated by the continued good-will of the monks, and of Archbishop Porphyrios, who was then in residence, and also by the ready help of my sister, who undertook the duty of examining all those points about which doubt had been expressed, either by the transcribers themselves in their notes, or by others. I am therefore in a position to complete the translation which I published last year, through Messrs. Macmillan and Co., whose courtesy in resigning their copyright to me, enables me to include it in this volume with a reprint of 98 pages hitherto defective in the Syriac edition published by the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press in 1894, and with eight pages of smaller addenda. Each of these 98 pages bears an additional number in brackets, which will facilitate its being interleaved with the Syndics’ edition. These have all been re-read by me from the palimpsest manuscript, and are printed in two colours, the black denoting what we already possessed through the labours of the original transcribers, and the blue what I have gleaned since they left the field. Where a few letters of a word only have been read by them, I have frequently been obliged to reprint that word altogether in blue, because the expense and trouble to the printers of dividing these words would have been very great, and because I only have read them in their entirety. A cautious use of the re-agent, made sometimes in the presence of Archbishop Porphyrios and of the other reverend owners of the manuscript, has enabled me to abolish a whole L. b Χ INTRODUCTION. host of brackets, even in pages which I do not reprint. If, in a few instances, my reading of obscure passages differs from that of the original transcribers, I trust it will be found that these passages are more than counterbalanced by the numberless instances in which my sister and I have proved their conjectures to be right; for we together verified every questionable case. We were fortunately able to include in our exami- nation those passages concerning which doubt was recently expressed by Dr Wellhausen in “Der syrische Evangelienpalimpsest vom Sinai”; and the occurrence of a few mistakes, very few in comparison with the amount of accurate work done, will surprise those only who have never them- selves tried the difficult work of reading a _palimpsest. RESULTS OF A FRESH INVESTIGATION. The first point which we ascertained is that there is no title, or that the title has been completely erased. The appearances which deceived us and others in my photograph of fol. 82 r are due to both writings on the reverse side appearing through the vellum. On this reverse side the Gospel text is most distinct, so there can be no mistake about the remarkable reading in Matt. 1. 16, “Joseph, to whom was espoused Mary the Virgin, begat Jesus who is called the Christ.” With regard to quire marks, the beth of Mr Rendel Harris and the gemel of Prof. Bensly and Mr Burkitt’, are both equally clear and distinct, and are of a reddish hue like the rest of the Gospel text. I obtained the Archbishop’s permission to number the leaves with a light pencil, and I found that the titles in the published volume are perfectly correct. The manuscript is in urgent want of re-binding, nearly all the stitching has given way, and the old cover having dropped off piece- meal, reveals the only page which is not palimpsest, that containing the text of Matt. xiv. 18—31. Mr Harris could only see a small part of this page in 1893; and I have left vv. 20—23 undeciphered, rather than run the risk of tearing the vellum, by detaching the small triangular portion of binding which still adheres to it. All the leaves of this manuscript, which were sticking together so closely when I separated them in 1892, seem now to be imbued with a repulsion for one another, they are also excessively dry, and I trust that ere this book is published, I may receive the welcome news that they have been coaxed into the binding which it was my first care to send out for them after my return home. The date of the upper writing, at the end of the Martyrology, has become clearer, probably owing to my having washed it with the re- agent in 1893. It reads thus: ++» arha : Ole shasrs :eoha re : plhsw **T+ >a :wagala :45 :Sasorom : watsmales 1 Introduction (ed. 1894), p. xix. bas whee δι ee eee eine Lb: SPF δ ie they Ἐν INTRODUCTION. ΧΙ cr 7 * * &* * * NUP Moa Ly» warlh -Ὁα.....-9 Δα." δι s+ λα Ὁ ΔΟΣ, imps : τ ..1] : Sas; see τ τσ : γτόϑδια : Sahar : alah > aacas aA σα eM OD EN The J which I erroneously inserted before Masaxaca in 1892? is a stroke belonging to the Greek under-writing. Mrs Gibson copied several pages of the Greek sloping uncials which underlie the upper writing of the last twelve leaves of the MS. They appear to be part of a sermon on the Day of Judgment; but as no single line of her copy can be read consecutively with the line beneath it, we conclude that John the Recluse cut short the sermon in the year A.D. 778 by trimming its leaves to suit those of the Syriac Gospels. It is a matter for thankfulness that this summary process was not reversed. We also made a fruitless search for the 17 missing leaves. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TEXT. The additional portions of the Gospel text which I now publish show the same characteristics as those already known; the same con- ciseness, the same occasional neglect of copulative conjunctions, and the same disposition to add slight graphic touches to the narrative. I subjoin a list of the more striking variations in the whole manuscript. In the first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, v. 8, our Codex coincides with the majority of ancient MSS. in reading the name of ‘Ozia immediately after that of Joram, and the three kings, Ahazia, Joash and Amazia, who come between them in Cureton’s MS. are absent. In v. 16 we come to the most startling variation in our Codex, a variation which has excited lively discussion both in this country and abroad. Into all the merits of this discussion I have no wish to enter, but I would simply point out, what has already often been noticed, that the word ‘begat’ in this genealogy is used in a purely con- ventional sense, for we are told in v. 8 that Joram begat his own great- grandson ‘Ozia*; and in v. 12 that the childless Juchonia of Jer. xxi. 30, begat Shealtael, and that this consideration will cover the to thee” in v. 21 and the m\ “to him” in v. 25. We know also from Matt. xiii. 55, Luke i. 48, John i. 45, vi. 42 that our Lord was 1 These four words were invisible on the very dirty discoloured vellum of the MS. I did not see them in my photograph, but on a lantern transparency which was made from it by Messrs Newton & Co. 2 Introduction (ed. 1894), p. xv. 8 2 Kings viii. 25, xiii. 1, xiv. 1, xv. 1, 7. b2 ΧΙ INTRODUCTION. conventionally, that is, legally and socially, though not actually, the son of Joseph. We have therefore no need to adopt the ingenious and_ plausible suggestion first made by Mrs Gibson’, and afterwards quite independently of her, by Dr Zahn’, that the Syriac translator may have had _ before him a Greek MS. in which the word ἐγέννησε, as applied to Mary, was misunderstood by him as being applied to Joseph. Mr Allen’ and Dr Rahlfs‘ have pointed out that the minuscule 346 of the Ferrar group must be a descendant of such a Greek MS., for it contains the reading iwond ᾧ μνηστευθεῖσα παρθένος μαριὰμ ἐγέννησεν ἰησοῦν τὸν λεγόμενον χριστόν. So also does 556 Greg. (=526 Scr.) of the same group. I am not, however, inclined to adopt it, because it implies a mistake of the translator, and because, as has often been pointed out, the statement that ‘Joseph begat Jesus” is the only logical ground for the incorporation of his genealogy in the LEvangelist’s narrative. We must either prove, beyond a doubt, that some part of this intro- ductory chapter is a later addition to the Gospel, or we must reconcile it with its context by taking it in a purely conventional sense. ¢ In Matt. x. 23 we have the interpolation “and if they persecute you in the other city, flee ye to another,’ which is found also in Codex Bezae. In Matt. xi. 17 Dr Zahn has pointed out an assonance between the words wadhsot “danced” and .adhssinw lamented, whilst Dr Nestle observes another in the ς αδολσ “I will give you rest,” and the inc ον “for 1 am meek” of v. 29, both readings being found likewise in the Curetonian and in the Peshitta. In Matt. xvii. 17 we have “tell it unto the synagogue,” instead of “unto the church.” In Matt. xvii. 19 after “Again, verily I say unto you,” a line has perhaps been dropped, a line which must have read: “If two of you.” The text continues, “shall agree (without a visible nominative) upon earth about everything, what they shall ask shall be theirs from my Father which is in heaven.” Or possibly a faint we “if” which I saw dimly outside the column of writing, belongs to the text, so that it may read “If they shall agree,” etc. without the conjecture of a dropped line. Matt. xvii. 20 gives us a reading similar to that of Codex Bezae “For there are not two or three gathered together in my Name, and I not amongst them.” We could believe that the Syriac translator had confounded the Greek words οὐ and οὗ were it not that he has given us a perfectly idiomatic expression. 1 Times, Nov. 2nd, 1894. 5 Theologisches Literaturblatt, Jan. 18th, 1895, col. 29. 3 Academy, Dec. 15th, 1894. * Academy, Dec, 29th, 1894, p. 557. Cf. Gregory (Tischendorf, vol. m1. p. 1251, 528). INTRODUCTION. ΧΙ In Matt. xix. 4 we have, “Have ye not read, that he who made the male made also the female?” In Matt. xx. 12 we have, “the burden of the day in the heat.” Matt. xx. 28 occurs on a lost page: but a calculation of spaces shows that the great interpolation of D and the Latin MSS. (found also in the Curetonian) beginning “uos autem quaeritis de minimo crescere,’ and ending “et erit tibi hoc utile,” cannot have been present in our Codex. ᾽) In Matt. xxi. 32, by the omission of a single word w\ “not we have, as in Codex Bezae, the statement that the chief priests and elders at last repented and believed in John the Baptist. Matt. xxi. 18 gives us a graphic picture of Pharisaic pretensions. “Ye hold the key of the kingdom of heaven before men: for ye neither enter in yourselves, nor those that are coming do ye _ suffer [them] to enter.” In Matt. xxiv. 36 some significance has been held to attach to the omission of the phrase, “neither the Son.” But if the scribe omitted it here by design, he left it untouched in Mark xiii. 32, and in this omission our Codex is not singular. In Matt. xxv. 1 we are told that the ten virgins “went forth to meet the bridegroom and the bride.” In Matt. xxvi. 25, and in Mark xiv. 19 the question of the disciples, “Is it I, Lord?” is put in a somewhat stronger and more interesting form, It begins with a word which in Syriac corresponds partly to the Latin ne.... forte, and to the Greek pyas. This suggests that the question was a deprecatory one, and as it cannot be rendered in English, we have had recourse to the idiom which would probably rise to the lips of one of our own countrymen in a similar case, “Not I, surely, Master ?” In Matt. xxvii. 17, Pilate offers to release “Jesus Bar-Abba, or Jesus who is called the Christ.” In Matt. xxvii. 56 the companion of Mary the Magdalene is called “Mary the daughter of James and the mother of Joseph.” This is repeated in Mark xv. 40. Mary is also called the daughter of James in the two Palestinian Syriac Lectionaries which were found by Mr Rendel Harris and myself in the Sinai Convent. (Cf. Lesson xv in Codd. B and C.’) In Mark iii. 21 we have the very interesting statement that when our Lord’s brothers heard of His preaching, and of His appointment of the apostles, they went out to lay hold on Him, for they said “He has gone out of his mind.” In Mark villi. 32 we have an assonance (observed by Dr Nestle) between wreésx “he pitied” and tasx “be it far.” 1 See notes to English Translation, p. 139. X1V INTRODUCTION. In Mark x. 50 we are told that blind Timai, son of Timai, took up his garment when he rose and came to Jesus. This, to any one who has watched Eastern habits, seems a more natural action than if he had cast it away. In Mark xii. 38 and in Luke xx. 46 we are told that the scribes loved “to walk in the porches” (στοαῖς) instead of ‘‘in long garments” (στολαῖς). In Mark xiv. 51 we have an interpolation, ‘and many people came” and laid hold on the young man. In Mark xvi. 8 the expression used of the stone at the door of the sepulchre, “for it was very great,” is put in what appears to be its right place, in the thoughts of the women who were wending their way thither with oil and spices, in place of its being at the end of wv. 4 where it hardly seems so much wanted. A similar reading occurs in the Gospel of Pseudo-Peter c. 12, τίς δὲ ἀποκυλίσει ἡμῖν καὶ τὸν λίθον τὸν τεθέντα ἐπὶ τῆς θύρας τοῦ μνημείου, ἵνα εἰσελθοῦσαι παρακαθεσθῶμεν αὐτῷ καὶ ποιήσωμεν τὰ ὀφειλόμενα ; μέγας γὰρ ἦν ὁ λίθος, καὶ φοβούμεθα μή τις ἡμᾶς ἴδῃ. It would be interesting to know whether one of these documents is an echo of the other, or whether the arrangement is a primitive one. The most remarkable feature in our text of Mark is the omission of twelve verses, chap. xvi. 9—20. This, as is well known, occurs in other ancient codices, notably in the Sinaiticus and in the Vaticanus. But in the former it is open to question if their absence is not due to can- celling by a later hand. In ours there can be no doubt that they never existed. St Mark ends about the middle of f 68x, col. Ὁ, of the original MS. and St Luke begins a little lower down on the same column, the intervening space being filled up by the colophon written with red ink, ‘Here endeth the Gospel of Mark.’ Then comes a line of ornamental dots, and then ‘“‘The Gospel of Luke” also in red. Our Codex is thus differentiated from the Curetonian, where, strangely enough, these verses must have existed; for all that is there preserved to us of St Mark’s Gospel is xvi. 17—20. The testimony of the Old Syriac version to their being part of the sacred record is therefore equivocal. We may hope that fresh light will be thrown on this subject through the investigations which have been prompted by Mr F. C. Conybeare’s remarkable discovery of the signature Ariston Hrizow (Ariston the Presbyter’s) to the last twelve verses of Mark xvi. in an Armenian MS. of the tenth century’. In Luke 1. 63, 64 we have the statement, “And they marvelled all” transferred to its natural place, so that it becomes an effect produced by the string of Zacharia’s tongue being suddenly loosened, and not simply by his writing the name of John. In Luke 1. 5 we are told that Joseph went to Bethlehem to be enrolled with Mary his ‘‘ wife,” a more satisfactory title being given to the Virgin than either the ἐμνηστευμένῃ of the Greek MSS. or the “espoused” of the Peshitta. 1 Expositor for September 1894. ee ν Ὁ ν ς' INTRODUCTION. XV In Luke iu. 14 we have the old reading of the TYextus Receptus ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία “ goodwill to men.” In Luke i 36 we are told that Hanna the prophetess had lived seven days only with her husband. In Luke iv. 17 a beautifully characteristic touch is restored to the narrative of our Lord’s conduct in the synagogue of Nazareth. Before He stood up to read, He waited modestly until the book of Isaiah the prophet was put into His hand. In Luke iv. 27 the word “Naaman” though obviously implied, is omitted. In Luke iv. 44 our Codex agrees with δὲ, B, C, L, Q, R, etc., in saying that Jesus preached in the synagogues ‘“‘of Judza” (not ‘of Galilee”). In Luke vi. 23 we have, “Rejoice ye in that hour” (instead of “in that day”). In Luke vi. 40 we are told that ‘There is no disciple who is perfect as his master in teaching.” In Luke vii. 29 we are told that the people and the _ publicans who heard our Lord speak about John the Baptist “justified themselves to God” (not “justified God”). In Luke ix. 37 we are told that on the same day (not on the next day) whilst our Lord and His disciples were coming down from the Mount, they were met by a great multitude, and by the father of the epileptic boy. Here our Codex agrees with the Curetonian. In Luke x. 16 we have the same interpolation as in the Curetonian, “and he that heareth me, heareth him that sent me.” In Luke x. 22 we read: “And who knoweth the Son, except the Father ? and who knoweth the Father, except the Son?” In Luke x. 41 our Lord’s praise of Mary is accompanied by no reproach to Martha. “But one thing is needful” (in v. 42) is also omitted, ag it is in Cod. Bezae and in several of the Old Latin MSS. In Luke xvii. 10 our Lord commands us to say, “ We are servants,” the word “unprofitable” being omitted. In Luke xx. 10 there is a gradation of violence in the treatment which the husbandmen meted out to the servants of the lord of the vineyard. The first they beat, the second they wounded, the third they smote. In Luke xxii. we have a fresh arrangement of the narrative from v. 17 to v. 21. We have also our Lord saying of the sacramental cup, (v. 20) “This is my blood, the new testament.” In Luke xxiii. vv. 10-—12 are wanting, and with them all mention of the reconciliation and of the former enmity between Herod and Pilate. ΧΥΙ INTRODUCTION. In Luke xxiii. 15 Pilate says: ‘No, nor yet Herod: for I sent him to him ; nothing that is worthy of death did he find against him, nor has anything worthy of death been done by him.” In Luke xxiii. 34 these words are omitted: ‘and Jesus said, Father, » forgive them; for they know not what they do.” They have already been marked with suspicion by Westcott and Hort’, not on the ground of their being unhistorical; but as not being found in some of the best authorities, and not belonging originally to the book in which they are now included. In Luke xxiii. 37 we are told that the crown of thorns was placed on our Lord’s head whilst He was hanging on the Cross. A _ similar reading is found in Cureton’s MS. and in the Latin MS. ο. In Luke xxii. 48 we have the interpolation already known to us from Cureton’s MS. and from the apocryphal Gospel of Peter, ‘“‘ Woe unto us, what hath befallen us! woe unto us, for our sins!” It has been suspected that they were also in Tatian’s Diatessaron and in the Doctrine of Addai. In John 111. 6 we are told that “God is a living Spirit.” In John ii. 15 the words, “should not perish, but” although omitted by Westcott and Hort, are here preserved, as they are also in our Revised Version. In John iv. 2 we read that “not only was our Lord baptizing but his disciples.” In John iv. 25 the Samaritan woman says, ‘Behold, the Christ cometh: and when he is come, he will give everything” (instead of “he will tell us all things”). In John iv. 27 we read that when the disciples returned to our Lord, with provisions from the city of Shechem, ‘they wondered that with the woman he was standing and speaking.” In v. 6 we read that He had been sitting, wearied, on the well when they left Him. It is open to conjecture whether this change of attitude was due to enthusiasm about the subject He had been discussing or whether it was prompted by courtesy towards the degraded specimen of womanhood whom He, the embodiment of the highest manhood, was addressing. In John iv. 36 we are told that the reaper in the Lord’s harvest field “straightway receiveth wages.” In John vi. 13 we have an interpolation “Now the men which did eat of this bread were five thousand.” In John vi. 42 we have our Lord’s conventional name, “Is not this Jesus Bar-Joseph, and we know his father?” The word “mother” is omitted, as it is also in the Curetonian. 1 New Testament. Notes on Select Readings, p. 68. © £5: we Ὁ ΧΦ ὙΦ Oe bn Pa 8 — ht ie INTRODUCTION. XVil In John vi. 59 “These things said he in the synagogue as he taught in Capernaum,” becomes “These things said he in Capernaum, in the synagogue, as he taught.” This reading would lead-us to suspect that our English version of the Gospels shews a misunderstanding of the Greek text—ratta εἶπεν ἐν συναγωγῇ διδάσκων ἐν Kadapvaovp. Here διδάσκων probably refers rather to ἐν συναγωγῇ which precedes it, than to ἐν Kadapvaovp which follows. In John vi. 63 we read “It is the spirit that quickeneth the body.” This is probably due to the fact that the word σάρξ which follows was originally rendered by wtXa. In John vii. 48, “For who of the chief men or of the Pharisees has believed on him? only this mob, which knoweth not the law.” John vii. 53—vilil. 11 is, as was to be expected, wanting. In John viii. 34 we have “ Whoso committeth sin is a slave”; the words “οἵ sin” being absent. In John vii. 38 we read “I do” (not “I speak”) “that which 1 have seen with my Father.” In John viii. 57 the question ‘‘and hath Abraham seen thee?” follows more naturally on our Lord’s previous statement ‘Abraham was longing to see my day; and he saw and was glad,” than the usual reading, “and hast thou seen Abraham ?” John ix. 4 agrees with the Textus Receptus and the A.V. in having “T must work” (ἐμὲ det) as against the text of Westcott and Hort and the Revised Version, which have “We must work” (ἡμᾶς δεῖ). In John ix. 25 the man who was born blind says, “but one thing I know, that I was blind, and because of him, lo! I see.” In John ix. 35 our Lord calls Himself ‘‘Son of man,” as in x, B, D, instead of ‘Son of God.” In John x. 85 the clause “If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came,” is omitted. In John xi. 33 we have a duplicate reading “he was vexed in his soul, and was troubled in his spirit.” In John xi. 38 we are told that the grave of Lazarus was an artificial one, hewn out of the rock, like a cave. In v. 39 we see a vivid picture of the way in which Martha was startled, when she saw the bystanders obeying our Lord’s command, from her exclamation, “Lord, why are they lifting away the stone?” In John xi. 55 we read “it was the evening.” This has no logical connection with the succeeding clause, but we may surmise that the Evangelist here intended to begin the story of the supper at which Lazarus was seated, whilst Martha served (chap. xii. v. 1), and then in vv. 55, 56, 57 made a little necessary digression in order to explain the circumstances in which that supper was made. L. Ο XVil INTRODUCTION. In John xii. 3 we learn that Mary began her loving ministrations to our Lord by pouring the ointment first on His head. In John xii. 31 we read “now the governor of this world shall be cast down.” In v. 32 we have an antithesis ‘and I, when I am lifted up.” In John xii. 48 we read “ Whoso asketh me” (instead of “rejecteth me”) “and receiveth not my words, there is one who judgeth him.” In John xii. 34 a change in the punctuation shews us that our Lord said, ‘But now a new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another.” In John xiii. 37 a similar change shews us that Peter said, ‘“ Now will I lay down my life for thy sake.” John xiv. begins “And then Jesus said, ‘Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, and in me ye are believing.’” Here the first πιστεύετε is rendered by an imperative, as in the margin of the Revised Version, and the second πιστεύετε by the present participle, the auxiliary verb being implied, but not expressed in Syriac. When read thus, as can be done naturally in the Greek text, it contains a strong assertion of our Lord’s divinity’. John xvi. 28 gains in force by the omission of the phrase “1 leave the world.” In John xvi. 29, 30 we have one of those readings which, like that in John vill. 57, commend themselves to our sense of what is probable, and on which we may found a claim for our Codex to the honour of transmitting a fragment of the true text. For it tells us that the disciples said to our Lord, “Lo! now also speakest thou plainly, and speakest no parable at all unto us. Now we know that thou knowest all things, and needest not that thou shouldest ask any man” (instead of “that any man should ask thee”). If the assertion of our Lord’s divinity is weakened by the statement in His prayer, as recorded in John xvii. 5, “And now also give me the glory, my Father, from beside thyself, from that which thou gavest me when the world was not yet,” instead of “The glory that I had with thee before the world was,” we notice that this is only in agreement with the words of v. 24. That assertion is as clear and strong as ever in chap. xx. v. 31. And we perceive from chap. xvii. vv. 5, 6 that some part at least, of this glory, is “the men which thou gavest me out of the world.” In John xvii. 11 we have an expansion of one of our Lord’s prayers for His people, “Ὁ my holy Father, take, keep them in thy name.” . In John xvii. 14 the phrase, “even as I am not of the world” is omitted, but it occurs in v. 16. 1 1 found it impossible to make the Sinai monks understand that this reading is in any way different from their own. INTRODUCTION. ΧΙΧ The effect of the transposition of the narrative in John xviii. is to shew that Caiaphas, not Annas, was the high priest who questioned our Lord, and to make the story of Peter’s denial an unbroken narrative. It may be the original form of the history, or it may be, as Dr Zahn’ thinks, a harmonistic arrangement, borrowed from the Diatessaron of Tatian. In John xvii. 23 instead of our Lord’s words, “If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil, but if well,” we have the simple asser- tion, “I have spoken well.” In John xix. 42, xx. 1 we have some graphic touches in the Evangelist’s account of our Lord’s burial, and of Mary the Magdalene’s visit to the sepulchre. ‘And hastily, suddenly, they laid him in the sepulchre, for it was near to that place, because the sabbath was dawning. And at night, as the first day of the week was dawning, while it was yet dark, very early in the morning, came Mary the Magdalene,” etc. In John xx. 8 Peter shares with John the credit of having been the first to see and believe in our Lord’s resurrection. In John xx. 16 we are told that Mary the Magdalene, when she recognized our Lord by the sound of her own name on His lips, “ran towards him, that she might touch him.” This addition is found also in the Ferrar group of MSS. In John xxi. 7 we are told that Simon Peter was swimming in his eagerness to reach the land where Jesus stood. Supposep AGE oF THE MS. AND OF THE VERSION WHICH IT REPRESENTS. With regard to the age of the manuscript, we may safely assume, with Mr Harris? and Mr Burkitt® that it is not later than the beginning of the fifth, or the latter half of the fourth century. It is manifestly older than Cureton’s, if we may judge from its greater conciseness, from its having been less influenced by Greek MSS. and by its omission of doubtful passages such as Mark xvi. 9—20 and John vu. 53—vin. 11. But in regard to the date of the version, of which the manuscript is only a representative, the opinion of scholars is still divided. Mr Rendel Harris’ has judged it to be anterior to the Diatessaron, and therefore to belong to the second century. Mr Burkitt* did the same, and Dr Nestle’ considered it the very earliest translation of the Gospels into Syriac, on which the Diatessaron and the Curetonian are both founded. 1 Theologisches Literaturblatt, Jan. 11, 1895, p. 21. * Contemporary leview, Nov. 1894. 3 Guardian, Oct. 31st, 1894, p. 1707. 4 Guardian, Oct. 31st, 1894, p. 1708. 5 Allgemeine Zeitung, Nov. 20th, 1894, 02 xX INTRODUCTION. On the other hand, A. 1. and Dr Zahn’ place it betwixt the Diatessaron and the Curetonian. “T ist und bleibt,” says the latter, “das ilteste nachweisbare Evangelium der syrischen Kirche.” But as he goes on to say “So einfach liegen die Sachen nicht” the question is by no means so simple, and one great problem still remains unsolved. It is this: If the Gospels were written in the lifetime of their reputed authors, and therefore before the close of the first century, and if we know the date of Tatian to be at the very latest a.p. 170, can we imagine that the Syrian Church, to which the great bulk of the first disciples belonged, remained for so long a time without a version of the sacred narrative in their own tongue? If they did not, where is the version they used? and has our Codex any claim to represent it ? The epithet Mepharreshe tells us nothing, for though it implies an obvious allusion to the Mehallete, it may be a designation due to the scribe of the MS. and not to the translator of the version. THE CHARGE OF HERESY. Α still more serious question is the charge of heresy, which has been brought against our Codex. That charge rests chiefly on the remarkable reading in Matt. 1. 16, and it arose naturally before any of those who adopted it had either time or opportunity to become fully acquainted with the text as a whole. Mr Rendel Harris has given expression to what was at first the prevalent opinion in an able article in the Contemporary Review for November 1894, but the spirited discussion which followed in the Academy during the following months (Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.) did much to clear up our views on the subject, and the matured opinion of some foreign scholars such as Wellhausen, Zahn, Durand, etc. has been without hesitation in favour of its orthodoxy. The subject is so important that I must quote some of these: “Dass der Sin. hier (Matt. 1. 16) ebionitische Tendenzkritik treibe, ist eine unhaltbare Vermutung, die schon dadurch widerlegt wird, dass auch bei ihm die Geschichte der Geburt von der Jungfrau aus dem heiligen Geist (der iibrigens nicht gradezu als Vater betrachtet wird, (m7 ist Femininum und eigentlich Mutter) sofort auf die Genealogie folgt.” (Wellhausen*.) “Irgendwelche hiiretische Tendenzen vermag ich iiberhaupt in Ss. nicht zu entdecken.” (Th. Zahn*.) 1 Bulletin Critique, 15 juin 1895, p. 329. 5 Theologisches Literaturblatt, Jan. 11th, 1895, p. 21. ° Der syrische Lvangelienpalimpsest vom Sinai, p. 6, 1. 32. (Gottingen, Nachrichten der K. Gesell. der Wissenschaften, 1895, Heft 1.) * Theologisches Literaturblatt, Jan. 18th, 1895, p. 29. — INTRODUCTION. ΧΧΙ “Μ. Ss. qui a été probablement copié vers le sixiéme siécle, représente une version fort ancienne....La généalogie qui ouvre l|’Evangile selon saint Matthieu n’est pas une addition postérieure—d’origine ébionite.... Cette altération du texte n’a pas été inspirée par le désir de_pro- pager l’opinion ébionite de la génération naturelle du Christ.” (Le P. A. Durand, 8.J.’) “Mais il semble qu’on peut affirmer dés ἃ présent, non seulement la haute antiquité, mais la parfaite orthodoxie de la lecon sinaitique..... La portée du mot ‘engendra’ est done purement juridique. L’auteur de la généalogie ne pouvait en employer un autre sous peine d’atténuer la rigueur de sa démonstration.” (A. L.’) And we are not without hope that British scholars will eventually agree to the summary of conclusions proposed by Mr Willoughby G. Allen, which we quote: (a) The account of the Nativity in Cod. Sin. is homogeneous and consistent throughout. (Ὁ) It presupposes throughout the miraculous conception of our Lord. (c) It may be regarded as the source from which variant readings in other texts took their rise. d) It is a striking example of the very great value of the new codex both for textual critics and for theologians’. I may also remark that we do not brand with heresy all the Greek codices which report the words of our Lord’s mother in Luke 1]. 48, ‘‘thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing,” and that the expression “my chosen” in Luke ix. 35 and in John 1. 34 on which so much stress has been laid, and which is supposed to shew an Adoptionist tendency, actually occurs in our own Revised Version in Luke ix. 85 and in xxii. 35, and in the Sinai Codex is counter- balanced by the expression “my beloved” in Matthew in. 17, Mark ix. 7, Luke in, 22; Matt. xi 18 being defective, and xvu. 5 wanting, also Mark i. 11. If any critic still wishes to draw conclusions from the state of the MS. after considering the list of illegible passages which we give on page 142 we hope he will begin by explainng why John of Beth- Mari Kaddish left fol. 3 v (82 v) so beautifully clear and distinct, no evidence of a scraping knife being discernible anywhere on it. 1 Etudes Religieuses, 15 janvier 1895, p. 150. 2 Bulletin Critique, 15 juin 1895, pp. 328, 329. 3 Academy, Dec. 15th, 1894, p. 513. ΧΧΙΙ INTRODUCTION. RE-ARRANGEMENT OF THE SINAI LIBRARY. I have much pleasure in reporting that a great change has taken place in the Sinai Convent since our visit in 1893. A new Library has been made, under the personal superintendence of the Archbishop, partly by building, and partly by throwing down partitions between various dark closets. A special sunny room has also been built, in the best part of the Convent, for the use of students. Old boxes and baskets are for ever abolished, the only one spared being that in which I found the palimpsest of the Syriac Gospels and one of the Palestinian Syriac Lectionaries in 1892, and which I have brought home as a memento. The Semitic books are arranged on shelves according to the numbers in our catalogues and the Greek books according to the numbers in the monks’ catalogue, which was epitomized by Gardthausen. A MS. may now be obtained a few minutes after it is asked for, whereas, formerly, the search has been known to occupy two days. A whitewash brush has passed over the entire Convent, and order now reigns in the place of slovenliness. All this has been done at the sole expense of the monks. CONCLUSION. I have added to this volume in an Appendix a list of those words and phrases in Westcott and Hort’s Greek text for which the Syriac of our manuscript presents no equivalent, and also a list of English words and phrases whose equivalents are in the Syriac text, but are absent from Westcott and Hort’s Greek one. I trust that these will prove useful to those Biblical students to whom the Syriac is still a sealed book. Those doubtful words or passages in the Syriac text which have been examined by Mrs Gibson, and which she has ascertained to be in the exact form read by the transcribers are represented in the list entitled Non-Corrigenda (page 143). In translating proper names I have followed the wise rules of the Royal Geographical Society, by retaining the English forms of those names which are in common use amongst us, such as Jesus, John, James, etc. and by giving to the less common ones a form as near the Syriac as is consistent with euphony. Where a guttural occurs in the body of a word like sacs, which cannot be pleasantly re- produced in our language, I have placed it at the end. In many νου. Bae he tye Bor Ro ae ξο INTRODUCTION. XX1l1 instances I am obliged to defer, with Dr B. H. Kennedy’, “to that inconsistent but all-powerful dictator, Custom, Quem penes arbitrium est et ius et norma loquendi,” and also to prefer, with Gibbon, “the popular name to that obscure diligence which is rarely successful in translating the Oriental into the Roman alphabet.” I have again to thank my sister for her careful revision of all my proof-sheets; and Mr J. Rendel Harris for several valuable suggestions. I have also to thank the Rev. R. H. Kennett for reading my Syriac sheets, and for a few acceptable emendations in passages where I had seen only a few letters on worn-out portions of the manuscript. I have to thank the Rev. Eberhard Nestle, D.D., not only for reading the Syriac text and the translation, but for the solution of some important idiomatic difficulties, also for the marginal notes to Luke i. 3, John vin. 47, and for the changes of punctuation in John xiv. 1, 2, xvi. 24, 25. 1 Preface to the translation of the “Birds of Aristophanes,” p. vii. AGNES 5. LEWIS. CASTLE-BRAE, CAMBRIDGE, January, 1896. Pe CORRIGENDA. 22 line 8 (Matthew xxii 23) for ‘‘The same day” read ‘‘ And the same day” 75 78 79 81 83 84 85 86 3 3) 2) 2) 2) 3) 2) 3) 4 (Luke 31 (Luke 15 (Luke 36 (Luke 21 (Luke 1 (Luke 7 (Luke 26 (John xvii 35) for “Two women” read “ And two women” xx 24) for “And they shewed it to him, saying” read “And they shewed it, saying unto him” xxi 2) for ““widow” read “woman” xxil 47) for “ While” read ‘“‘ And while” xxili 35) delete “also” xxiii 55) for “went” read “came” xxiv 35) for “And they also told” read “ And they also told them” i 43) for “The day following” read ‘And the day following” ee i ei Φ οὐ A σι fk ὦ τ 21 THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. The book of the generations of Jesus the Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; Isaac begat Jacob; Jacob begat Judah and his brethren; Judah begat Phares and Zarah of Thamar; Phares begat Hesron ; Hesron begat Aram; Aram begat Aminadab; Aminadab begat Nahson; Nahson begat Shela; Shela begat Boaz of Rahab; Boaz begat “Obed of Ruth; ‘Obed begat Jesse; Jesse begat David the king; David begat Solomon of the wife of Uria; Solomon begat Rehoboam; Rehoboam begat Abia; Abia begat Asa; Asa begat Josaphat; Josaphat begat Joram; Joram begat ‘Ozia; “Ozia begat Jotham; Jotham begat Ahaz; Ahaz begat Hezekia; Hezekia begat Manasse; Manasse begat Amon; Amon begat Josia; Josia begat Juchonia and his brethren in the captivity of Babylon; Then after the captivity of Babylon, Juchonia begat Shealtael; Shealtael begat Zorobabel; Zorobabel begat Abiur; Abiur begat Eliakim; Eliakim begat ‘Azor; ‘Azor begat Sadoc; Sadoc begat Achin; Achin begat Eliud; Eliud begat Ele‘azar; Ele‘azar begat Matthan; Matthan begat Jacob; Jacob begat Joseph; Joseph, to whom was espoused Mary the Virgin, begat Jesus who is called the Christ. All these generations from Abraham until David are fourteen generations; and from David until the captivity of Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the captivity of Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations. But the birth of the Christ was on this wise: When Mary his mother was espoused to Joseph, when they had not come near one to the other, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, because he was just, did not wish to expose Mary, and was minded quietly to put her away. But while he thought on these things, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a vision, and said unto him, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary thy wife: for that which is begotten’ from her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bear to thee a son, and thou? shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their® sins. Now this which happened was that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by Isaiah the prophet, who said, Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which, being interpreted is, Our God with us. Now when Joseph arose from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took his wife: and she bore to him a son, and he called his name Jesus. And when Jesus was born in Beth Lehem of Judzea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, and _ said, L. 1 1R. V. marg. 2 Or ‘she shall call.” 3 Literally its sins. aS on nN 23 - W τὸ δ THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [π᾿ 3— Where is the king of the Jews that is born? for we have seen his star from the east, and are come to worship him. Now when Herod the king heard, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, and said unto them, Where is the Christ [to be] born ? They say unto him, [In] Beth Lehem of Judah, for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou too, Beth Lehem of Judah art not the least of the kings of Judah: for out of thee shall come the king, who shall shepherd my people Israel. Then Herod called those wise men privily, and enquired of them that he might know at what time the star appeared to them. And he sent them to Beth Lehem, and said unto them, Go search. concerning him, the child; and when ye have found him, come, shew me, that I also may go and worship him. They then, when they had received the commandment of the king, departed: and there appeared to them the star which they had seen in the east; it went before them till it came and stood there where the child was. And they, when they saw the star, rejoiced with great joy. And they came into the house, and saw the child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him: and they opened their treasures, and presented unto him gifts; gold, and myrrh and frankincense. And it appeared to them in a vision that they should not return unto Herod, and they went by another way into their country. And after them there appeared to Joseph the angel of the Lord in a dream, and said unto him, Arise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be there until I tell thee: for Herod is about to seek the child so as to destroy him. Joseph then arose, and took the child and his mother by night: and went his way into Egypt: and was there until Herod the king was dead: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the mouth of Isaiah the prophet, who had said, Out of Egypt did I call my son. Then Herod, when he saw that the wise men had mocked him, was exceeding wroth, and sent and slew the children, all that were in Beth Lehem and in its borders, from the child of two years old and under, according to the time which the wise men had said unto him. Then was fulfilled the word which Jeremia the prophet had spoken. A voice was heard in Ramtha, wailing and weeping, and much sighing, the voice of Rachel who was weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not. But when Herod the king was dead, there appeared unto Joseph in Egypt the angel of the Lord, saying to him in a dream, Arise, take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the child’s life. Then he arose, took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when Joseph heard that Archelaus was king in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: and it appeared in a dream that he should go into the region of Galilee: and he came thither, and dwelt in a city which is called Nazareth: and the word was fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, that he should be called a Nazarene. In those days came John the Baptist, and preached in the wilderness of Judea, saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. This is he that was written about by Isaiah the prophet, who said, Prepare ye a way for the Lord. And the same John was clothed in raiment of camel’s hair, and was girded about his loins with a girdle; and his meat was locusts and honey of the mountain. Then went sI - Ww Nn N σι © co “τ —iv. 16] THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. 3 to him they of Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all [from] beyond the river Jordan, and he baptized them in the river Jordan, each man confessing his sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees who were coming to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who hath shewn you to flee from the wrath that is about to come? Bring forth there- fore fruits which are meet for repentance: and say not, We have Abraham for our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And behold, the axe has reached the roots of the trees: and every tree that yieldeth not fruit is cut down, and is cast into the fire. For I baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with fire, and with the Holy Ghost: he who holds the fan in his hand, and will cleanse his threshingfloor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; and the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire. Then came Jesus from Galilee unto John that he might baptize him in the Jordan, and John forbad him, saying unto him, I have need that thou shouldest baptize me, and thou art come to me. Jesus answered and said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him to be baptized. And when he was baptized and went up out of the water, lo, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending in the likeness of a dove, and it abode upon him: and a voice was heard from heaven, which said unto him, Thou art my Son and my beloved, in thee I am well pleased. Then Jesus was led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. And after forty days and forty nights that he had fasted, he hungered. And the tempter came near and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, say to these stones that they become bread. Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord. Then the devil led him and brought him into the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself from hence: for it is written, that he shall command his angels concerning thee to keep thee, and on their arms they shall bear thee up, lest thou shouldest strike with thy foot on a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again Satan led him and taking him up, set him on a mountain which was very high, and shewed him all the kingdoms of this world; and said unto him, These kingdoms and their glory thou hast seen; to thee will I give them, if thou wilt fall down and worship before me. Then said Jesus unto him, Get behind with thee, Satan: for it is written, The Lord thy God shalt thou worship, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the tempter withdrew from him for a time, and angels came near and were ministering unto Jesus. And when he heard that John was apprehended, he withdrew into Galilee; and left Nazareth, and came to Capernaum, which is beside the sea, in Zebulon and in Naphtali: that the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, The land of Zebulon, and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, and beyond the river Jordan, Galilee of the nations; the people that sat in darkness saw a light; and those who sat in sadness and in the shadows 1—2 1 Syriac— ‘hunters 19 of fish.’ 2 Literally 21 ‘hunters.’ Nor Ὁ W WN 3 Syriac— ‘relax.’ 20 2 -- 7 THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [iv. 17— of death, light is sprung up on them. From that time began Jesus to preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven hath come near. And as he was beside the shore of the sea, he saw two brethren, Simon and Andrew his _ brother, preparing their nets and casting [them] into the sea: for they were fishermen’, He saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers* of men. And they in that hour left their nets and followed him. And again he came near, and saw two other brethren, James and John, sitting in the ship with Zebedee their father, and preparing their nets, and he called them. And they left their father in the ship, and followed him. And Jesus went round about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all disease and all sickness which were among the people. And they brought near unto him many that were tormented with hateful torments, and with sore sicknesses, and on each of them he laid his hand; and he healed everyone. And when there was a great multitude who were from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Juda, and from beyond Jordan, when he saw the great multitudes, he went up to the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: and he began to say unto them, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven, Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst for justice: for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful: for upon them shall be mercies. Blessed are those who are pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and persecute you, and when they shall say against you what is evil, for my own name’s sake. But rejoice ye, and be glad in that day: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted their fathers the prophets. Ye are the salt of the earth: if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? it is good for nothing, but to be cast out, and men shall trample upon it. Ye are the light of the world. And a city that is built on a hill cannot be hid. And a man doth not light a lamp, and set it under a bushel, but he setteth it on the top of a candlestick; and it giveth lhght unto all that are in the house. So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Think not that I am come to destroy the law and the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil them. For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass away, one letter iota shall not pass from the law, till all shall be. And whosoever shall destroy*® one of these small commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called little in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach thus, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven, For I say unto you, except your uprightness shall exceed the uprightness of the scribes, ye shall not enter into the kingdom. Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be condemned in the judgment: —vi. 6] THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. 5 22 but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be condemned in the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be condemned by the council: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Fool, shall be condemned to the Gehenna of fire. 23 Therefore if thou bring near thine offering to the altar, and there rememberest 24 that thy brother hath enmity against thee, leave thine offering there on the altar and go; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come, offer thine offering. 25 Be agreed with thine adversary quickly, whilst thou art yet in the way with him, 26 lest thine adversary deliver thee to the judge, and thou be cast into prison. And verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out from thence, until thou shalt pay 27 the last farthing. Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman and lusteth after her, hath 29 committed adultery with her in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should go to hell. 31 *It hath been said, Whosoever shall leave his wife, let him give her a writing ae 32 of divorcement: but I say unto you, That whosoever putteth away his wife, against i whom adultery hath not been alleged, he causeth her to commit adultery. And whosoever taketh a forsaken one committeth adultery. 33 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but 34 Shalt give unto the Lord the oath: but I say unto you, Swear not at all; not by the 35 heavens; for they are the throne of God: and not by the earth; for it is the foot- stool beneath his feet: and not by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36 And swear not by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair of the hair on 37 1t black or white. But let your word be, Yea, yea; and Nay, nay: whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one. 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for 39 a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whoso shall smite thee 49 on thy cheek, offer to him the other. And whoso will go to law with thee, and 41 take thy coat, leave to him also thy cloke. Whoso shall compel thee to go with 42 him a mile, go again with him other twain. And whoso asketh of thee, give to him, and whoso desireth to borrow of thee, refuse him not. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and 44 hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them 45 who persecute you, that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: he who maketh his sun to rise on the good and on the evil, and letteth 46 down his rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love 48 you, what reward have ye? even the publicans do thus. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. 6 And do not your righteousness in the presence® of men, that ye may be seen by 2 gyriac— 2 them, and no reward be yours with your Father which is in heaven. When thou ‘eye.’ doest alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified of men. Verily I say 3 unto you, they have received their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not 4 thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in 6 secret: and the Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. *But 3, 5 15 thou, when thou prayest, enter into the closet, and shut the door, and pray to omitted. 1 Or ‘mili- tary tribune.’ 2 Syriac— ‘my hand.’ the THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [vi. 7— thy Father in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, he shall reward thee. And when ye pray, do not say vain things, like the heathen: who think that with much speaking they shall be heard. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for he, your Father, knoweth, when ye have not yet asked him, what is wanted by you. After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. And let...come.... [vi. 10 to viii. 3 as on pages which have been lost from the original MS. before John Recluse used it in Α.Ὁ. 778.] Our Lord....his hand, and touched him, saying unto him, I will: be thou clean. And in that hour the leprosy was cleansed from him. Our Lord said unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the sacrifice as Moses commanded, that it may be a testimony unto them. After these things a chiliarch* came near to him and besought him saying, My servant is sick of the palsy, and lieth at home in great torment. He saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The chiliarch answered and said unto him, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: but speak with a word, and my boy shall be healed. For I also am a man who has authority, and soldiers are under me’: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and I say to another, Come, and he cometh; and I say to my servant, Do such a thing, and he doeth it. Now when our Lord heard this, he marvelled, and said to them that followed him, Verily I say unto you, I have not found faith like this even among Israel. I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and from the west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. And the children of the kingdom shall go out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then our Lord said unto the chiliarch, Go: as thou hast believed so be it to thee. And in that hour his boy was healed. And our Lord came into the house of Simon Cepha and saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and straightway the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. Now at sunset they brought near to him all those who had demons: and he cast them out with a word, and those that were sick he healed: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah, who said, He will take our infirmities, and bear our sicknesses. Now when our Lord saw a great multitude about him, he commanded that they should depart thence to the other side. And a certain scribe came near, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. Our Lord said, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; and the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Then another of his disciples said unto him, Suffer me first to go and bury my father, and I will come. He said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead, and follow thou me. And our Lord went up....to a ship, and his disciples followed him. And there was a great tempest in the lake and [it] was almost covered with the waves: but he was asleep. And his disciples came near and awoke him, saying unto him, Our Lord, save us: for behold, we perish, He said .... Why are ye ξὸ κα - ας; πὸ αν. nied ie tn OS —ix. 21] THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. 7 28 bw Onl fearful? Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the sea; and there was a great calm. But the men wondered, saying, Who is this, that the sea and the wind obey him! And when he was come to the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two men possessed with demons’, and they were very wicked, and were coming out of the tombs so that no man could pass by that way, and they cried with a loud voice, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Son of God? art EN OUMECOMORE. ahi. eal taht. s/s skin 608 was feeding a good way off from them. And those demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us into that herd of swine. He said unto them, Go. And they came out, and entered into the swine: and the whole herd ran to a steep rock and fell into the sea, and the hf{erdsmen] fled, and entered into the city, and told everything, and the things about the demons. And the whole city came out to meet our Lord, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coasts, ....and he passed over....sick of the palsy lying on a bed; and when our Lord saw their faith, he said....the sick of the palsy.... not ........ ΛΝ: said unto them, Why .... ye evil in your heart? .... whether is easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. And he arose, and took up his bed, and went to his house. And when the multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and glorified God, who had given this power unto men. And he departed thence, and when our Lord was passing, he saw a certain man sitting amongst the publicans whose name was Matthew, and he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him and when ....... . our Lord and with his disciples.) Then when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto his disciples .... ye eat .... But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that is, I seek mercy, and not sacrifice: for 1 am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Then came the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast assiduously, but thy disciples fast not? Our Lord said unto them, The children of the bride-chamber cannot keep a mourning as long as the bridegroom is with them: but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. No man putteth a piece of new cloth on a worn-out garment, lest the filling-up of the new piece should draw away the weak parts of the worn-out one, and the rent should be worse than before. And also they do not put new wine into worn-out wine-skins, lest the wine split these wine-skins, and the wine be spilled and the skins perish: but they put new wine into new _ wine-skins, and both are preserved. Now while he spake with them, behold, a certain ruler of their synagogue came, and falling down, worshipped him, saying, My daughter is now dead: but lay thy hand, and she shall live. And our Lord arose, and went with him, he and his disciples. And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came and touched the hem of his garment: for she said 1 Syriac— “upon whom were demons.’ 8 THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [ix. 99s 22 within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be healed. But he turned, and said unto her,.... Daughter, thy faith hath saved thee. And from 23 that hour that woman was made whole. And when our Lord came into the house of that ruler of the synagogue, and saw the minstrels and the crowd 24 who were making a tumult, he said unto them, Give place: for the maid is 2s not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed at him. And when he had put out 6 the crowd, he came and touched her hand, and immediately she arose. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. And as our Lord passed by, two blind men clave to him, crying with a loud voice, Have mercy on us, oh 28 son of David! And when he was come. into the house, the blind men came to him: he saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say 29 unto him, Yea, our Lord, we believe. Then touched he their eyes, saying, 30 According as ye have believed be it unto you. And straightway their eyes were opened; and our Lord charged them, saying unto them, Behold, see that 31 ye tell it to no man. But when they had gone out, they made it known to 32 every man in that country. And after they had gone out, they brought to ea ei 33 him a dumb man! possessed with a demon. And when the demon had gone out gems of him, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so upon,’ seen in Israel. ᾿ ὍΣ Hs 35 ?And our Lord walked about among the cities and villages, and taught in their synagogues, and preached the gospel of the kingdom, and healed every sickness 36 and every disease. But when he saw the multitudes, he had compassion on them, 37 because they were weary, and were scattered as sheep who have no shepherd. Then 38 he said unto his disciples, The harvest is plenteous, and the labourers few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his 10 ~=iharvest. And he called his twelve, and gave them power to cast out unclean spirits, and to heal every sickness and every disease. Now these are the names of his twelve disciples; The first, Simon Cepha, and Andrew his brother; and 3 James and John the sons of Zebedee; and Philip and Bar-Tholomai; and Thoma, 4 and Matthew the publican; and James the son of Halfai; and Simon the Zealot, and Judah the son of James, and Judah .the Iscariot, he who was the betrayer. | And our Lord sent forth these his twelve disciples, and commanded them, i saying unto them, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into a city of the : 6 Samaritans enter ye not: but go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye have received, 9 freely give. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor even brass in your purses, nor 3 Or scrip for the way, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor staves*: for the workman ‘cudgels.” 1 is worthy of his meat. Into whatsoever city ye enter, inquire who is worthy; 4Syriac— 12 and be there till ye go thence. And when ye come into an house, salute* that : ye to. 13 house. And if that house be worthy, your peace shall be on it: but if not, ἢ 14. your peace shall return upon you. Whoso shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or out of that city, shake off the dust 15 of your feet. And verily I say unto you, that for the land of Sodom and of Gomorra it shall be more tolerable in the day of judgment, than for that city. Behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and simple as doves. [Ὁ σι οὶ I 11 —xi. 6] THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. 9 42 or nN Beware of men: who will deliver you up to law courts, and will scourge you in their synagogues; and before kings and governors shall ye stand for my name’s sake, and for a testimony to them and to the nations. When they bring you near, take no thought what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaketh in you. For the brother shall deliver up his brother to death, and the father his son to death: and children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And men shall hate you for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end, he shall be saved. When they persecute you in this city, flee ye from it to another: and if they persecute you in the other city, flee ye to another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have finished all the cities of the house of Israel, till the Son of man be come. There is no disciple who is greater than his master. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and for the servant as his lord. And if they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, what shall they call them of his household? Therefore fear them not: for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed; nor hid, that shall not be made known. What I tell you in darkness, speak ye in the light: and what ye hear in your ears, proclaim upon the house-tops. And be not afraid of them which kill the body, and the soul they have no power to kill: but rather fear him who is able to cast both body and soul into hell. Two sparrows are sold for a farthing; and one of them doth not fall on the ground without your Father. But even the hairs of your hair are all numbered. Fear not therefore, for ye are of more value than many sparrows. Every man who shall confess me, I also will confess him before my Father which is in_ heaven, And whoso shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father which is in heaven. Think not that I came to sow’ peace on the earth: I came not to sow peace, but a sword. For 1 came to separate the son from his father, and the daughter from her mother, and the daughter-in-law from her mother-in- law. And a man’s foes shall be they’ of his household. But he who loveth his father and his mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he who loveth his son or his daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. And whosoever doth not take up his cross and follow me, is not worthy of me. For whosoever will find his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. For whoso receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, receiveth a prophet’s reward; and whoso receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall take a righteous man’s reward. And whosoever shall give to drink a cup of cold water unto one of these little ones in the name of discipleship, verily I say unto you, his reward shall not be lost. And it came to pass, when our Lord had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the works of our Lord, he sent his disciples and said? unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another ? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go, shew unto John what ye see and what ye hear. For behold! the blind see, and the lame walk....and_ the deaf hear, and the dead rise up, and blessed is he, who shall not be offended L. 2 1 Syriac— ‘cast.’ 2 Syriac— ‘the sons of his house.’ 3 Literally ‘fsent”’ as in the Cure- tonian. 12 10 in] ~I Nore w iva THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [x 7--- in me. And after these things, our Lord began to say unto the multitude concerning John, What went ye out to the wilderness to see? A reed which is shaken by the wind, and if not, what went ye out to see? A man who was clothed in soft raiment, Behold they that are clothed in soft raiment are in the house of kings. But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and he is more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare the way before thee. Verily I say unto you, there hath not arisen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: but he that is little in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent.... it ....For all the prophets pro- phesied until John; and if ye will receive it, this is Elia which was to come. Whoso hath ears, let him hear. But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the market, and sending to their fellows, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon. And the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man glutton- ous and a wine-bibber, and a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified of her children. Then began Jesus to upbraid the cities in which he had shewed many mighty works, and they repented not: and he said, Woe unto thee, Chorazin, woe unto thee, Bethsaida! if in Tyre [and] in Sidon the mighty works had been which were ....peradventure they would have repented in sackcloth and in ashes. Therefore I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you... which art exalted...... shalt be brought downs) to Sheol. ...... in, moodomagers ome mighty works that have been seen in you, it would have been standing until this day. I say that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee. At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise, and hast revealed them unto babes. Yea, my Father, so it was pleasing in thy sight. All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whom the Son wills to reveal [him.] Come unto me, all ye weary and carrying burdens, and I will give you rest. And take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me for I am meek, I am lowly in my heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls, for my yoke is gentle, and my burden is small. At that time Jesus was walking on the sabbath day amongst the corn-fields, and his disciples were an hungred, and they began rubbing the ears and eating. When the Pharisees saw them, they said unto him, Why do thy disciples do what is not lawful to do? He said unto them, Have ye not read what David did.... and they that were ‘with him................ lawful. for |him )ag9g- eee ee Be dhe ays behets For .......... behold a greater than the temple is here. And if ye had known....I seek mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Lord of the sabbath is the Son of Man. —xil. 42] THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. 11 9 10 _ -- 42 And when he had withdrawn from thence, he went to their synagogue: and behold a certain man whose right hand was withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful? that they might be able to accuse him. He said unto them, What man is (there) among you who hath a sheep, and it fall into.... on the sabbath day, and will he not draw it, lifting it? How much then is a man more than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath. Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand, and he stretched forth his hand, and it was restored like its fellow. And when the Pharisees had gone out, they took counsel against him, how they might destroy him. But Jesus knew and withdrew from thence, and many people followed him, and he healed them all; and he charged them that they should tell no man: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, who said, Behold,....I am well- pleased ....I will put my spirit upon him, that he may preach judgment to the nations. He shall not cry, nor strive, neither shall a man hear his voice. A bruised reed shall he not break, and a flickering lamp shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the nations hope. Then they brought unto him a certain man....in him....and he healed him, and he spake, ....and heard..... were astonished, and said, Is not this perhaps the son of David? But when the Pharisees heard [it] they said, This one doth not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the chief of the demons. But when he saw their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom which is divided against itself shall be made desolate ....and city that is divided.... he is divided against himself... . shall PE LOU Le Mee MOREMY MNES. FRate co NAMA a ls Ὑ ΕΟΌΥΝΟΣ Οὐ εκ τε, whee μενον, ORI... PEN) ἄνθος, ck Cans etree ee vatherethi note, . eels. 3h 2 eseattereth. Wherefore I say unto you, All sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven unto men: but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Spirit it shall not be forgiven him. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come. Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. O generation of serpents, how can ye, when ye are evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth utters. And a good man, out of the good treasures which are in his_ heart, bringeth forth good things; and an evil man out of the evil treasures that are in his heart, speaketh evil things. But I say unto you, That all idle words that men shall speak, they shall give account [of them] in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Then certain of the scribes and the Pharisees said unto him, Teacher, we would see some sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign; no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of Jona the prophet. And as Jona the prophet was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men? of Nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation, they shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jona; and behold, a greater than Jona is_ here. The queen of the South shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, 2—2 1 Syriac— ‘men, the sons of Nineveh.’ ly. 47 is omitted. 13 2Or‘it (se. 2 the seed) abides in him.’ 12 a NA uw THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [xi., 43— and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. When the spirit of uncleanness is gone out of a man, it goeth wandering about through places, where no water is, to find rest; and when it hath not found [it,] it saith, I will return and go to my house, from whence I came 5 out; and if it cometh, it findeth it empty, and swept, and garnished. Then it goeth, and taketh seven spirits worse than itself, and they enter in and dwell in it: and the last state of the man is worse than his first. Even so shall it be unto this wicked generation. While he yet talked to the multitude, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. ‘But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? or who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, These are my mother and my brethren; for whosoever doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven, he is my brother and my sisters and my mother. The same day Jesus went out, and sat by the sea-side. And great multi- tudes were gathered together unto him, and he went up and sat in a ship; and the whole multitude stood on the shore of the sea. And he spake with them many things in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow seed; and when he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the fowls came and picked it 5. up: and some fell on the rock: and because the sun rose, and there was not much earth, forthwith it sprung up: and with the shining of the sun which was upon it, it sank down: and.because it had not struck root, it withered. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it; but other fell into good ground, and gave fruit, some an _ hundred-fold, some sixty-fold, some thirty-fold. Everyone that hath ears let him hear. And his disciples came near, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? But he answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom, but to them it is not given. For whoso hath, to him shall be given: and whoso hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Because of this speak I with them in parables: that what they see they may not see; and what they hear they may not hear, and may not understand, and they may never be converted; that in them may be fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah the prophet, who said, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not see: for this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears have they made heavy, that they may not hear, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart. But as for your eyes, blessed are they, for they see: blessed are your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. Every man who heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth not, the wicked one cometh, and snatcheth the seed from his heart. This is what is sown by the wayside. And that which was sown on the rock, this is he that heareth the word and with joy receiveth it; because he hath not root in himself, a short time he abides in it?: but when there is distress " & —xil. 48] THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. 13 22 44 or persecution because of the word, quickly he is offended. And that which fell among the thorns is he that heareth the word, and is in the care of this world, and in the deceitfulness of riches; and these choke him, and he becomes without fruit. And that which fell upon good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; and then giveth fruit, and produceth, some an hundred, and some sixty, and some thirty. Again he continued, and spake another parable unto them, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: but while men slept, the enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, the tares appeared. The servants drew near to their lord, saying unto him, Our Lord, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence the tares in it? He said unto them, A man, an enemy, hath done this. His servants say unto him, If thou wilt, we will go and gather them up. He said unto them, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. But let them grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye first the tares, and bind them in bundles as for the fire: and gather the wheat into the barns. And he spake another parable unto them: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which a man taking, sowed it in his field. And it is the least of all seeds: and when it is grown, it is the greatest of all herbs, and becometh a tree, and the birds come and lodge in its branches. Another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, [and] hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: 5. that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, who said, I will open my mouth in parables; I will speak hidden things which are from of old. Then he sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came, saying unto him, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. And he answered and said unto them, The sower of the good seed is the Son of man; and the field is the world; and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; and the tares are the children of the wicked one. And the sower of them is the wicked one; and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall choose out of his kingdom all things that offend, and all the doers of iniquity; and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And then shall the righteous shine in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; which whoso hath found, he hideth it, and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking pearls: and when he had found one good pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a great net, which was cast’ into the sea, and gathered of every kind: and when they had filled it, they drew it 1 Syriac— ‘fell.’ 14 THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [xili, 49— to the shore of the sea, and sat down, and chose the very good fishes, and cast 49 the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come so forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the st furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Have ye under- 32 stood all these things? They say unto him, Yea. He said unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth from his treasure things new and 33 old. And when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence, and came s4 to his city. And he taught them in their synagogues, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this [man] all this wisdom and mighty works ? ss Is not this the son of Joseph? and is not his mother’s name Mary? and his 56 brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judah? and his sisters, are they not s7 all with us? Whence then hath this [man] all these things? And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, There is no prophet who is despised, 58 save in his city, and in his house. And he did not many mighty works there, because of their want of faith. . 14 2 But in time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, and said unto 1 Syriac—- his servants,.... John the Baptist; he is risen from the* dead; therefore great ἴεν ο: is his power. For Herod had laid hold on John, and cast him into prison for Herodia’s sake, his brother Philip’s wife. For John had said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to take her. And he would have put him to death, and he feared the people, because they held him as a prophet. But when it was Herod’s birth- ; day, the daughter of Herodia came in, and danced, and pleased Herod. And he promised her with an oath that whatsoever she would ask him he would give 8 her. And she, because ....was....of her mother, said, Give me [here] on a 9 charger the head of John the Baptist ....and because of....and because of them ro Which sat at meat, he commanded it to be given....And he sent, and took off ir the head of John from the prison. And they brought the head of John in a 12 charger, and it was given to the damsel: and she carried it to her mother. And 5 Syriac— 13 his disciples took up his body, and buried him,.... told? Jesus. Now when Jesus al 14 heard of it, he departed thence to a place....apart: ....the crowds who were Jesus.’ τ ἰποϊὴ 4s oe went their way..... and were gathered..... that they should buy 16 themselves..... He said unto them,....to them to go..... yer. PaO yeat hikes. to «shim, sethere: is, ποῦ... cee «ον fives. Mec Ree unto them, Bring them to me, i9 and he commanded the multitude to sit down on the green, and took these five loaves, and two fishes, and looked to heaven, and blessed, and brake the bread, 20 and gave it to his disciples, and his disciples gave to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up..... twelve .... full... . which 23 were broken from....he went up to a mountain apart to pray: and when it 24 Was evening, he was there alone....ship...and they were troubled... the lake adipic thse contrary to them...... but [in] the fourth...... he came unto them 26 walking on the water. When they saw that he walked on the waves of the sea, 3Lit.gave 27 they were shaken, and said, It is a demon, and they cried out* for fear. And voice.’ immediately Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good courage, it is I; be not 28 afraid. Simon Cepha answered, and said unto him, If it be thou, let me come 29 to thee on the water. But he said unto him, Come. And Simon Cepha went 30 down from the ship, and walked on the water, and came to Jesus. When he saw ὧν Pe RAR A Bs «ὦ pees Ἢ Ξ pe on a aie Ἢ ὌΨΟΥῚ — σι τα, ιν Ὁ ὦ —xv. 29] THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. 15 that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and began to sink, and cried with a 31 loud voice, saying, Lord, save me! Jesus straightway stretched forth his hand, 32 and caught him, and said unto him, O little of faith,...didst thou doubt? And 33 When they were come up into the ship, the wind ceased. And they that were in the ship came near and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of 3+ God. And when they went up to the dry land, they came to Gennesar. And the men of that place had knowledge of him, and sent to their country, and 36 brought unto him all that were very sick; and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made whole. 15 Then came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying unto him, 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the commandinent of the elders? they wash not 3 their hands and eat bread. He answered and said unto them, Why do ye also 4 transgress the commandment of God, because of your commandments? For God said, Honour thy father and thy mother: and whoso curseth his father or his 5 mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or 6 to his mother, It is an offering, if thou mightest be profited by me; and he honoureth not his father nor his mother. And ye have made the word of God of z none effect because of your commandments. Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah the 8 prophet prophesy concerning you, saying, This people honoureth me with its lips, 9 and in its heart it is far from me. But in vain do they fear me, teaching doc- io trines of the commandments of men. And he called the multitude, and said unto 11 them, Hear and understand: not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; 12 but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Then came near his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees when they 13 heard this saying were offended? But he answered and said, Every plant, that 14 the Father which is in heaven hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them alone: they be leaders of the blind. And the blind man who leads the blind 15 man shall fall with him into the ditch. Simon Cepha answered and said unto 16 him, Expound unto us this parable. He said unto him, Do ye also not yet under- 17 stand? Do ye not know that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into 18 the belly, and is cast out thence into the cleansings? And whatsoever proceeds 19 out of the heart, comes forth from the mouth; and that defiles the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts of murders, and of adulteries, and of fornications, 20 and of thefts, and of false witness, and blasphemies: these are the things which defile a man: but when a man eats bread with unwashen hands, the man is not 2. defiled. And Jesus went forth from thence, and went into the borders of Tyre and 22 Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman came out of these coasts, and cried, saying, Have mercy upon me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously 23 vexed with a demon. But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came near and besought him, saying, Send her away; for behold, she crieth, and followeth 24 us. But he answered and said to them, I am not sent but to the wandering 25 sheep of the house of Israel. Then she came near and worshipped him, saying 26 unto him, Lord, help me. But he answered and said unto her, It is not meet 2; to take the children’s bread and cast it to dogs. She said to him, Yea, Lord, 28 even the dogs eat from the tables of their masters, and live. Then he answered and said, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And 29 from that very hour her’ daughter was made whole. And Jesus departed from Ne Ew 16 21 32 33 34 35 36 37 28 29 16 1Partofv. 2 2 and νυ. 3 are omitted. 5 6 il 8 9 2 ‘baskets’ 15 in vv. 9 and 10 re- present 14 different Syriac 12 words borrowed from the 13 Greek ‘ κοφίνους and ; σφυρίδας. ᾿ ᾿ 15 It ieee 13 14 15 16 17 THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [xv. 80--- thence, and came to the shore of the lake of Galilee; and went up, and sat down on a mountain. And great multitudes came near unto him, having with them the lame, the blind, the maimed, the dumb, and many others, and cast them down at his feet; and he healed them: and the multitude wondered, for they saw the dumb who spake, the lame who walked, and the blind who saw: and they glorified the God of Israel. And Jesus called his disciples, and said, I have compassion on this multitude, for behold, three days they continue with me, and have nothing to eat: and I do not wish to send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. His disciples say unto him, Whence should we have bread in the wilderness to feed all this multitude? Jesus said unto them, How many loaves have ye? They said, Seven loaves, and a few fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And he took these seven loaves and the fishes, and blessed [them] and brake, and gave to his disciples, and his disciples placed them before the multitude. And they did all eat, and were satisfied: and they took up from before them what was left of the loaves seven baskets full) And the men that did eat were four thousand, besides women and children. And when he had sent away the multitude, he went up, and sat in a ship, and came into the borders of Magdan. And the Pharisees and Sadducees came near, tempting him, and asking him ; to shew them a sign from heaven. But he answered and said’, A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh a sign; and no sign shall be given unto it, but the sign of Jona the prophet. And he left them and went his way. And when they were come to the other side, his disciples had forgotten to take bread with them. Jesus said unto them, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. Then they reasoned among themselves, that they had not taken bread with them. And Jesus knew it, and said, Why reason ye among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have brought no bread? do ye not yet understand, do ye not remember the five loaves, and the five thousand who ate them, and how many baskets? ye took up from before them? nor yet those seven loaves,...of the four thousand who ate of them, and how many baskets ye took up from before them? How is it that ye do not understand that it was not concerning bread I said to you, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees? Then they understood that it was not of the leaven he bade them beware, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. And when Jesus came into the borders of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, What do men say con- cerning me? who then is this Son of man? They say unto him, Some say he is John the Baptist; others say he is Elia; others say he is Jeremia; others say he is one of the prophets. He saith unto them, Ye...... [xvi. 15 to xvii. 11 ts Jost.] .... things. But I say unto you, that Elia also is come, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. And the Son of man shall suffer of them. Then his disciples understood that he spake unto them of John. And when Jesus came to the multitude, there came a certain man, [and] fell on his knees, and said, Have mercy on me; my son, a spirit of epilepsy seizes on him, and he is sore vexed: and oft-times he falleth into the fire, and oft-times into the water. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him, Jesus answered and said, O perverse and faithless generation, how long shall 18 —xvil. 18] THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. 17 26 27 yn Nw ek W I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither to me. And Jesus rebuked him; and the demon went out of him: and from that hour the child was cured. Then his disciples came near to him apart, and said, Why could not we cure him ? He said unto them, Because ye have no faith: for verily I say unto you, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye should then have said unto this mountain, Remove, and it shall remove; and nothing shall prevail against you. 1And while they went about in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men: and they shall kill him, and after three days he shall rise. And they were exceeding sorry. And when they were come to Capernaum, they that collected drachmas came and said unto Simon, Thy master, doth he not give his drachmas? He saith, Yes. And when he was come into his house, Jesus spake first to him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon ? the kings of the earth, from whom do they take custom and tribute? of their chil- dren, or of strangers? He said unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free. But that we may not offend them, go, cast a hook into the sea, and the first fish that cometh up, take; and open his mouth, and thou shalt find there a stater: give to them for me and for thee. On that day his disciples came near, saying unto him, Who then shall be great in the kingdom of heaven? Jesus called a certain child, and set him amongst them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, [and] become as children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. For whoso shall humble himself as this child, he shall be great in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive such as one of these children in my name, receiveth me. And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were more profitable for him that the mill-stone of an ass were cast about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of the offences that are coming! for the offences are ready to come; but woe to the man by whose hand they shall come! If then thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that thou shouldest come into life whilst thou art halt or whilst thou art maimed, and not whilst thou hast two hands or two feet, thou shouldest go into eternal fire. If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee to enter into life, having one eye, and not whilst thou hast two, that thou shouldest go into the hell?’ of fire. See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. ον think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them go astray, doth he not leave the ninety-and-nine on the mountain, and go seeking that which is gone astray? And when he hath found it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more over it than over the ninety-and-nine which went not astray. Even so my Father which is in heaven willeth not that one of these little ones should perish. But if thy brother sin against thee, reprove him between thee and him: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, take with thee again one or two, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. But if he will not hear them, tell it unto the synagogue: and if he will not hear the synagogue, let him be accounted by thee as a heathen and as a publican; and verily I say unto you, What ye shall L. 3 ly, 21 15 omitted. 2Gehenna. ὃν. 11 is omitted also in R.V. and Palesti- nian Syriac. SS 1 The line “if two of them’’ has probably been drop- ped here. 2 ‘seven’ is repeated also in the Syriac text of Cureton and of the Peshitta. 19 3 Literally, ‘what is that which Moses command- ed?’ 4 ‘and whosoever marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery ’ is omitted. 18 tr am THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [xvill. 19— bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and what ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Again, verily I say unto you’, [if] they shall agree upon earth about every thing, what they shall ask shall be theirs from my Father which is in heaven. For there are not two or three gathered together in my Name, and I not amongst them. Then Simon Cepha came near, and said, Lord, how oft-times if my brother sin against me shall I forgive him? until seven times? He saith unto him, Not until seven, but until seventy times seven seven’. Therefore the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man, a king, which would take account from his servants. And when he began to reckon, there came to him one which owed him ten thousand talents. And when he had nothing to pay, he commanded to sell him, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had to be taken. That servant fell down, and worshipped his lord and said, Have patience with me, and I will pay all. He had compassion on him, and loosed him, and forgave him also the debt. That servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him one hundred pence: and he seized on him, and throttled him, and said, Give me that thou owest me. And his fellow-servant fell down, beseeching him and saying, Have patience with me, and I also will pay. But he did not receive his entreaty: but cast him into. prison, till he should pay what he owed. But when his fellow-servants saw what had happened, they were sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that had happened. Then his lord called him, and said unto him, O wicked servant, lo, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou desiredst me: shouldest thou not have had pity on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth against him, and delivered him to be scourged, till he should pay that s which he owed. So shall my Father which is in heaven do unto you, unless ye from your heart forgive every one his brother. And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came to the borders of Judea beyond Jordan; and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them. And the Pharisees came unto him there, tempting him and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? But he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he who made the male made also the female? For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh. Wherefore they are not twain, but one flesh. What [God] hath joined, let not man put asunder. They say unto him, Why did Moses command’, Whoso will put away his wife let him give her a writing of divorcement? He saith unto them, Moses, because of the hardness of your heart, suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. JI say then unto you, Whoso shall put away his wife, when there is no adultery, and shall take another, committeth adultery‘. o His disciples say unto him, If the case be so between a man and wife, it is II 12 not profitable to take a wife. He said unto them, Every man sufficeth not for this saying, but [those] to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs, which were eunuchs from their mother’s womb: there are eunuchs, whom men have made: and there are some who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. Every one who is able to bear. it, let him bear it. —xx. 12] THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. 19 27 28 20 20 ΘΟ ν᾽ W Then they brought unto him children, that he should put his hand on them, and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. Jesus said unto them, Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such as are like them, theirs is the kingdom of heaven. And he laid his hand on them, and went away. And a certain man came near and said unto him, Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may inherit eternal life? He said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning the good? for one is the good one’. If thou then wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, and thou shalt not bear false witness, honour thy father and thy mother, and thou shalt love thy neighbour like thyself. The young man said unto him, All these things I have kept, lo! since I was a boy. Jesus said unto him, If thou desirest to be perfect, go, sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and follow me. When the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich with goods. When Jesus saw it, he said unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to enter into the hole of a needle, than a rich man into the kingdom of heaven. But when his disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved? Jesus looked at them and said unto them, It is impossible that this should be from. men; but God is able to do everything. Then answered Simon Cepha, and said unto him, We have forsaken all, and followed thee, what then shall we have? Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto you, that ye who have followed me in the new birth, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones and shall judge the twelve tribes of the house of Israel. And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life. For there are many first who shall be last, and last who shall be first. The kingdom of heaven is like to a man, a householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And he agreed with them for one penny for one workman for one day, and sent them into his vineyard. And he went out at the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. He said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and what- soever is right I will give you. Again he went out at the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And he went out at the eleventh hour, and saw others who were standing. He saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, No man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into my vineyard. And when it was evening, the lord said unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their wages: and he began from the last unto the first. And when they came, who were in the eleventh hour, they took up every man a penny. And when the first came, they supposed that he would give them more; and they also received every man a penny. And when they saw it, they murmured against the householder, saying, These last, which have wrought one hour, thou hast made equal with us, who have borne 3—2 1 *God’ is omitted. 20 THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [xx. 13— 13 the burden of the day in the heat. But he answered and said to one of them, Friend, I wrong thee not: was it not for a penny that I agreed with thee? 14 Take thy penny, and go: if I wish to give to this last one, even as unto 1 Or‘with- 15 thee, have I not power to do what I will with’ mine own? or is thine eye own? 6 evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last: many be called, but few chosen. 17 And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took with him his twelve 18 in the way, and said unto them apart, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, 1g and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the people, and they shall mock him, and scourge him, and crucify him: and on the third day he shall rise. 20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children, she and her sons, and 21 she fell down, and worshipped him, and asked something of him. But he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Lord, that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom. 22 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able 23 to drink of the cup that I shall drink of? They say, We are able. Jesus saith unto them, Ye shall drink of my cup, but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give to you, except to those for whom my Father 24 hath prepared it. When the ten heard it, they murmured against these two brethren...... et: BEE ee) dio were Tie ee | ye .αὕὕᾧὕὌ [xx. 25 to xxi. 20 is lost. | 21 20 The disciples marvelled, and said, How did this fig-tree straightway wither 21 away? Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall do not only like [what is done unto] this fig-tree, but if ye shall say to this mountain, Be thou taken up, and fall into the sea; 22 it shall be so, And all, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. 23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came near unto him, saying, By what authority doest thou these 24 things? tell us, and who gave thee this authority? Jesus answered and said unto them, And I also will ask you one word, which if ye tell me, I will tell 25 you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or from men? And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, If we shall say it was from heaven, he will say unto us, Why did ye 26 not believe in him? And if we shall say, It was from men; we fear the 27 multitude; for they all held John as a prophet. And they answered and said unto Jesus, We know not. He also said unto them, Neither do I tell you by 28 what authority I do these things. But how does it seem to you? A certain man had two sons; he said unto the first, Go, my son, do the work in the 2g vineyard. He said unto him, I will not, but afterwards his soul repented, and 30 he went to the vineyard. And he said to the second likewise, and he answered 31 and said, Yes, sir, and went not. Whether of these did the will of his father ? * Cod, They say unto him, *The last. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, Vaticanus. Heras 32 That the publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For —xxi. 16] 99 ὦ0 i=) 16 ; the fruits. THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. oF John came unto you in the way of uprightness, and ye believed not in him; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, at last repented yourselves, that ye might believe in him. Hear another parable: A certain man was an householder, and he planted a vineyard, and made a hedge to it, and digged a [wine] press in it, and built a tower in it, and delivered it to husbandmen, and went away: but when it was the season of the fruits, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might send him some of And the husbandmen took his servants, and one they beat, and one they killed, and one they stoned. Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did unto them in like manner. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, Haply they will reverence my son. But the husbandmen, when they saw his son, said, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto these husbandmen? They say unto him, He will miserably destroy them, and will give the vineyard to other husbandmen, who will give the fruits in their season. Jesus said unto them, Have ye not read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, it is become the head of the corner: this is from the Lord, and it is a marvel in our eyes. Therefore I say unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and given to a nation which bringeth forth fruit. 1But when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spake against them. And they sought to take him, but they feared the people, because they took him for a prophet. 2 Again Jesus answered and spake unto them by parables. The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man, a king, which made a marriage feast for his son, and sent his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, Say ye to them which are bidden, Behold, everything is prepared, come unto? the marriage-feast. But they made light of it, and there was one who went to his farm, and one who went to merchandise: and the remnant who were left laid hold of his servants, entreated them spitefully, and slew them. And the king was wroth, and sent his armies, and they destroyed those murderers, and burnt up _ their city with fire. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding-feast is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy of it. Go ye therefore into the high- ways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the wedding feast. And _ those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all that they found, bad and good: and the house of the wedding feast was filled with guests. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who was not clad in a wedding dress: he said unto him, My friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? But he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Seize him by his hands and his feet, and put him out into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen. Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in talk. And they sent unto him his disciples, with the servants of Herod, saying unto him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and thou carest not for any man: for thou regardest not the faces of > ly, 44 is omitted. 2 Syriac— ‘the house of.’ 22 THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [xxu. 17— 17 men. How doth it then appear to thee? Is it fitting for us to give tribute 18 unto Cesar, or not? But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said unto them, Ye 19 hypocrites, why tempt ye me? Shew me the coin of the tribute money. And 20 they held out to him a penny. Jesus saith unto them, Whose is this image 21 and inscription? They say unto him, Cvsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Give 22 what is Cesar’s unto Cesar; and what is God’s unto God. And when they heard [it], they marvelled, and left him, and went away. 23 The same day there came to him the Sadducees, saying to him, There is 24 no life of the dead, and asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses said unto us, If a man 25 die, leaving no son, his brother shall marry his wife. And there were seven brethren: and the first died, having no son by her, and his wife was married 26 to his brother: Likewise also the second, and also the third, unto the seventh 77 of them. And last of all the woman died. In the last day, whose wife of all 29 the brothers shall she be? for behold, they all had her. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err greatly, and ye do not know the scripture[s] nor the 1 Literally 30 power of God. For in the resurrection’, they neither marry wives, nor are wives ae tre 31 [given] to husbands, but they are as the angels of God in heaven. But as touching dead.” 32 the resurrection from the dead, have ye not read what God said, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? and behold, he is 33 the God, not of the dead, but of the living. And when the multitude heard 34 these things, they were astonished at his doctrine. But when the Pharisees saw that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they gathered themselves together 35 unto him. And one of them asked him, tempting him, and saying unto him, 36 Teacher, which commandment is great in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and 35 with all thy strength. This is the great and first commandment. And after it 40 that which is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these 41 two commandments hang the Law and the Prophets. And while the Pharisees 42 were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, What witness ye concerning 43 the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith 44 unto them, And how doth David call him... for he saith, The Lord said unto my 45 Lord, Sit thou on my right hand till I....thime enemies beneath.... And if 46 David call him Lord, how is he his son? And they could not give him an answer, neither durst any man from that hour ask him again. 23 1,2 Then spake Jesus to the multitude and to his disciples, On the seat of 3 Moses sit the scribes and the Pharisees: and all that they tell you, do; but 4 do not ye like unto their works: for they say, and do not. And they bind heavy burdens and put them on the shoulders of men; but they do not touch them. For all things that they do are for to be seen of men: and they make broad the straps of their phylacteries, and lengthen the fringes of their garments, and love the chief places at feasts, and the honourable seats in the synagogues, and the salutations of the market places, and they desire that men should call them, Rabbi, 8 Rabbi. But do not ye call Rabbi: one is your teacher, and ye all are brethren, 9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is ro in heaven. Neither be ye called teachers, for your teacher is the Christ. He who 12 desires among you to be great shall be your servant. For whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted. “I DN σι 24 —xxiv. 1] THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. 23 Ne But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye hold the key of the kingdom of heaven before men: for ye neither enter in, nor those that are coming do ye suffer them to enter. *Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is become one, ye make him the child of hell? twofold more than yourselves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whoso shall swear by the temple, it doth not hurt; and whoso shall swear by the gold that is in the temple, he sins. Ye fools, and blind, whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And whoso shall swear by the altar, it hurteth not; but whoso shall swear by the gift that is upon the altar, he sins. Ye blind! whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy and faith: these ought ye to have done, and those ye ought not to have left. Ye blind guides, which strain at gnats, and swallow a camel. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and all uncleanness. Ye blind Pharisees, cleanse first the inside of the cup, that the outside of it may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto sepulchres, which are whitened outside, and within are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear unto men as righteous, but within are full of iniquity and confusion. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye confess that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. And ye also fill up the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how will ye flee from the judgment of hell?? Wherefore behold I send unto you prophets, and wise men and scribes: some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your 5 synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: that wpon you may come all the blood of the righteous, which hath been shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharia son of Barachia, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children even as a hen which gathereth her chickens that are under her wings, and ye would not! Behold your house is forsaken. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. And when Jesus went out from the temple, to go away: ‘his disciples 1y,14 is omitted. 2Gehenna. 3 Gehenna. 4MS.“and his dis- ciples ” 24 THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [xxiv. 2— 2 came shewing him the buildings of the temple. But he answered and said unto them, See ye all these stones? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came near saying unto him, Tell us when shall ....be,....the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? Jesus answered and said unto them, See that no man deceive you, for many shall come in my name, and shall say, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many. 6 But ye are about to hear....and rumours of war see that....but the end is 7 not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and 8 there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places. Now all these are the 9 beginning of travail. And then shall they deliver you up to afflictions, and shall το kill you: and every man shall hate you for my name’s sake. Then shall many 11 be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And 12 many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many. And because of the 13 abundance of iniquity the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for the witness of all nations: and then shall the end come. But when ye shall see the sign of uncleanness,...which was spoken of by Daniel 16 the prophet,—he that readeth, let him understand—then let them.... flee to the 17 mountain, and he who is on the house-top let him not come to take out of his 18 house: and he which is in the field, let him not return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child and to them who give suck in 20 those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on αι the sabbath: for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the 22 inhabiting of the world until this day, no, nor shall be. And if those days were not shortened no....should be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days 23 shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo! here is the 24 Christ, lo! he is there believe [it] not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall give great signs and wonders, so that if it were 25 possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you_ before. 26 If they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: or behold, 27 he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning lightens from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of 28 man. Where the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 29 But immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the light of the moon shall not shine, and the stars shall fall from 30 heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and ye shall see the Son of man coming 31 on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory. And he shall send his angels with a great trumpet, and shall gather his elect from the four winds, 32 from one end of heaven to the other. Now learn a parable from the fig-tree ; When its branches are tender, and put forth leaves, ye know that summer is fanee 33 nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near’, may ae 34 at the door. Verily I say unto you, This generation’? shall not pass, till all pee ee 35 these things shall be. Heaven and earth shall pass away, and my words shall * Or ‘tribe.’ not pass away. 25 —xxv. 34] THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. 25 But of that day and of that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but the Father only. For as it was in the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. For as before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until Noah entered into the ark, and knew not, until the flood came and carried them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. Then shall two be in the field; one shall be taken, and one shall be left. And two [women] shall be grinding at the mill; one shall be taken, and one shall be left. Watch....for ye know not in what hour your Lord doth come. But know this that if the lord of the house knew in what watch the thief would come, he would watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken into. Therefore be ye also ready, for in an hour when ye think not the Son of man cometh...is... faith- ful.... his lord shall set over his companions, to give them meat in_ its season? Blessed is that servant, whom if his lord cometh, he shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all that he hath. But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth to come; and shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; the lord of that servant shall come in a day that he thinketh not, and in an hour that he knoweth not. And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom and bride. Now five of them were foolish, and five were wise. And they that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: but the wise took oil in the vessels with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. The foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for behold, the lamps are going out. These wise ones said unto them, Perhaps it may not suffice for us and_ for you: but go ye to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage?: and the door was shut. Now at last those virgins came, saying, Our Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour. For like as a man who went on a journey, and called his servants, and delivered unto them his goods. There was [one] to whom he gave νοι ἐδ] Θηβ, ἀΠη6 ἴο One, νοι and ito One, “ONG. Theda. τος Pelle ok viele meee And likewise....he that....two...[traded] with two. But he that had received one went...... in the earth, and hid his lord’s money. But after a long time....of those servants came, and reckoned with them. And he that had received five talents came near, and offered five others, saying, Lord, thou gavest MGMIVORTOLCUUSMOONOLCHE PR Tid. . ΥΤΝ el eR. Td 2s ο΄ lo! take thine own. His lord answered and said unto him, Ὁ wicked....servant, thou knewest me, that Ireap....and I gather....strawed....and before him shall be gathered all nations, and he shall separate them one from another, like as a shepherd who divideth the sheep from the goats. And he shall set [the sheep] on his right hand, and the goats on his left. Then shall the King say unto them on his L. 4 1 This word is elsewhere translated *moun- tain.’ 2 Literally ‘to the house of the mar- riage.’ 26 1 Literally “near thee.” “ST Otn + ων THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [xxv. 35— right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit)... .... 207.0. 2%. ... 2. δ οἷς I was a stranger, and ye took me in. I was naked, and ye clothed δ. τὺ Cae. ene unto him..... Oh our Lord! when saw we thee athirst and gave thee to drink? And when saw we thee that thou wast a stranger and took thee in? or thou wast naked and we clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or wast thou in prison, and we came unto thee? And he answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you,....ye have done [it] unto one of these my little brethren, unto me ye have done [it]. Then shall he say unto them who are on his left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire which is prepared for the devil and for his angels. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me not to eat. I was thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink; and I was naked... I was sick, and I was in prison, and ye did not....me. Then shall those also answer and say, Our Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, 5. or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, What ye have not done to one of these little ones, also to me ye have not done it. And these shall go away into everlasting torture: but the righteous into life eternal. And it came to pass, when he had finished his sayings....... to his disciples, Ye....that after two days....the passover, and the Son..... is betrayed ..... Then assembled together the chief....and elders....unto the palace of the high priest, and consulted that....Jesus by subtilty and_ kill him. They said....be not....among the people. And when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, there came near a certain woman who had with her an alabaster box of sweet ointment, very precious, and she poured it on the head of Jesus as he sat at meat. But his disciples saw it and said, Why is this waste? For this could have been sold for much, and given [to the poor.] But Jesus knew and said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman ? she hath wrought a beautiful, a good work on me. For the poor are with you always; I am not with you always. But this one, nm that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it as for my burial. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this my gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall be told also this....that she hath done, for her memorial. Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judah the Iscariot, unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty [pieces] of silver. Then he sought an opportunity to betray him. Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples of Jesus came near, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? He said unto them, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, Our Master saith, My time is at hand; in thy house! will I keep the passover with my disciples. And his disciples did as Jesus had commanded them; and they made ready the passover. And when it was evening, he sat down with his twelve. And as they did eat, he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say, Not I surely, Lord? He said unto them, He who stretches out his hand with me in the dish, he shall betray me. And the Son of man goeth as it is written concerning him: but woe unto that man by whose hand I am betrayed! it would have been profitable —xxvi. 55] THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. 27 25 26 27 28 Ξ: 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 for him if he had not been born. And Judah, the betrayer, answered and said, Not I surely, Master? He said unto him, Thou hast said. And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed 101, and brake, and gave to his disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks over it, and gave to them, and said, Take, drink ye all of it; this is my blood, the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. For I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Fathers kingdom. And when they had sung praises, they went to the mount of Olives. Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended in me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of his flock shall be scattered abroad. And when I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Simon Cepha answered, and said, If they all shall be offended in thee, I will never be offended in thee. Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, This night, when the cock has not crowed, three times thou shalt deny me. Simon Cepha said unto him, If it should happen to me to die with thee, I will not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. Then Jesus cometh with them unto a place called Gedsemane®. He saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, until I go and pray. And he took Simon and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sad and to be anxious. Then saith he unto them, Behold, my soul is sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he withdrew from them a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, that this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not my will be done, but thine. And he cometh unto his disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Simon, Thus, not even one hour could ye watch with me? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Again the second time he went to pray, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away, except I drink it, thy will be done. And he came again, and found them asleep, because their eyes were heavy with sleep. And he left them, and went to pray the third time, and again he spake the same way. Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on henceforth, and take your rest: for behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us go hence: he has arrived, he who betrayeth me. While he yet spake, lo, Judah, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. And Judah, the betrayer, gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, take him. And he came near to Jesus and kissed him and said unto him, Hail, Master. But Jesus said unto him, Wherefore art thou come, my friend ? Then they came near and laid hands on him, and took Jesus. And behold, one of the disciples of Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew a sword, and struck the servant® of the high priest, and took off his ear. Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again the sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Or thinkest thou that I cannot ask of my Father, and he shall give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, As against a thief have ye come out against me, with swords and staves for to take me? Every day I sat in the temple, teaching, and ye laid no hold on me. 4—2 1 Literally, ‘blessed upon it.’ 2 Cod. * Guse- mani.’ 5 Literally ‘the lad.” 28 THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [xxvi. 56— 6 But all those things that have happened are that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. 57 Then all his disciples forsook him, and fled. And they laid hold on him and led him away to Caiapha the high priest, where the scribes and the elders of 58 the people were assembled. But Simon followed him afar off unto the high priest’s sg court, and went within and sat with the lictors, to see the end. And all the 60 assembly sought....witness....Jesus, so as to put him to death. And they 6: found [it] not. And there came many false witnesses and they found nothing.... At the last came two other false witnesses, and said, This one said, I am able to 62 destroy this temple, and in three days I will build it. And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Dost thou not give an answer? What do these witness against 63 thee? But Jesus was silent. The high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the 6, Son of God. He said unto him, Thou hast said: I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming on ὅς. the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, and said, He hath blasphemed ; what need have we again of witnesses? behold, ye have heard the blas- 66 phemy from his mouth. What will ye?.... They answered and said, He is guilty of 67 death. Then they took him, and spit in his face, and buffeted him, and others 68 smote him on the cheeks, saying, Prophesy unto us, the Christ, who smote thee? 69 Now Simon sat without in the court: and a certain damsel drew near unto 7o him, saying unto him, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. But he denied in the 1 Syriac— presence’ of them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest, neither do I under- ae γι stand. And when he had gone out to the door of the court, another (damsel) saw him, and said unto them, This one was with Jesus of Nazareth. And again 3 he denied and swore, I know not this man. And after a little while those who stood by came near, and said to Simon, Surely thou also art one of them; for 74 even thy speech is like. Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not this 75 man. And immediately the cock crew. And Simon remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he went out, he wept bitterly. 27 And when it dawned, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: And they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him to Pilate the governor. 3 Then when Judah, the betrayer, saw that he was condemned, he repented, and brought back the thirty (pieces) of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the blood of the righteous. They 5 say unto him, What is that to us? Thou knowest. But he cast down the silver in the temple, and departed, and went [and] hanged himself, and was nN 6 strangled. And the chief priests took the silver, and said, It is not lawful to put 2 Oy, 7 it into the treasury’, because it is the price of blood. And they took counsel, ce ea 8 and bought from it the potter’s field, for* a burial-place for strangers. Wherefore offerings.” 9 it was called, The field of blood, unto this day. Then was fulfilled that which pepe was spoken by the prophet, who said, I took the thirty pieces of silver, the place.’ price of him that was valued, which I was valued at by the children of Israel ; io and I gave them for the field of the potter, as the Lord commanded me. U3 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and he asked him, saying unto him, —xxvil. 43] THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. 29 24 25 fo) 2 2 Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said. And when the chief priests and Pharisees accused him, he gave them no answer. Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many witnesses witness against thee? But he gave him no answer; and greatly did the governor marvel. Now at every feast the governor was wont to release unto the people one prisoner, whom they would. And they had a prisoner, a certain notable man, whose name was Jesus Bar-Abba. He had been thrown into prison because of the evil (things) he had done, and he had committed murder. And when all the Jews were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Jesus Bar-Abba, or Jesus who is called the Christ? For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him unto him. And when he had sat down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying unto him, Have thou nothing to do with that just man, for I have suffered many things this day in my dream because of him. But the chief priests and elders persuaded the people that they should ask for Bar-Abba, and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said unto them, Whom do ye desire that I should release unto you? They say unto him, Bar-Abba. Pilate saith unto them, And what shall I do unto Jesus, who is called the Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified. He said unto them, Why, what evil hath been done by him? Then they cried out more exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified. And when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but the more the tumult increased, he took water, and washed his hands in the sight of all the multitude, saying, I am innocent of this blood: ye know. And all the people answered, and said, The blood of this [man] be on us and on our children. Then released he unto them Bar-Abba, and he scourged Jesus with whips, and delivered him to them to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into 28 the Pratorium, and gathered the crowd against him. And they clothed him with 29 w σι 37 aN a aN το 43 robes of purple and of scarlet. And they plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they made him hold a reed in his right hand: and they bent their knees before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail to thee, King of the Jews! And they spat in his face, and took up the reed, and smote him on his head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the garments that he was clothed with, and clothed him with his own garments, and led him away, and went to crucify him. Now as they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, whose name was Simon: and they compelled him to bear his cross. And they came to a place which is called Gogultha. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with gall: and he tasted it, and would not drink it. And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments’, casting lots upon them: and they were sitting, and watching there. And while they were sitting, they wrote the crime. They set it over his head, Jesus, the King of the Jews. Then there were crucified with him two malefactors, one on his right hand, and one on his left. And they that passed by blasphemed against him, wagging their heads, and saying, Destroyer of the temple, and builder of it in three days, if thou be the Son of God, save thyself, and come down from the cross. And the chief priests also, like the scribes and Pharisees, were mocking him, and insulting him, and saying, He saves others, himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he 1The latter half of v. 35 is omit- ted. 30 THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW. [xxvu. 44 44 said, 1 am the Son of God. And those malefactors also, which were crucified with 45 him, like the rest, insulted him. And from the sixth hour there was darkness 46 over all the land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with 1 Syriac— a loud voice, saying, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me*? See 47 And some of those people who stood there, when they heard it, said, This Sug 48 one calleth on Elia. And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and [ dipped it in vinegar, and tied it to a reed, and stretched it out to him to 49 drink. But others said, Let be, let us see whether Elia will come and save him. 5° But Jesus cried with a loud voice, and his spirit went up. And _ straightway the veil of the sanctuary was rent from the very top; and the earth did quake, s2 and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the 53 righteous, they which slept, arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrec- tion, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 54 Now the centurion, and they that were watching Jesus with him, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that happened, feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. 55 And many women were there beholding afar off, they which followed Jesus 56 from Galilee, ministering unto him: Mary Magdalene, and Mary the daughter of James and the mother of Joseph, and the mother of the children of Zebedee. s7 And when the even was come, there came a certain rich man of Ramatha, named 58 Joseph, and he also was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate, and asked the 89 body of Jesus; and Pilate commanded it to be given to him. And when Joseph 6o had taken the body, he wrapped it in a new linen cloth, and laid it in his own new-hewn tomb, which he had hewn for himself in the rock: and he cast a great stone on the door of the sepulchre, and he departed. 61 And there was there Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against 62 the sepulchre. Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation, the 63 chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying unto him, Our Lord, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I 64 will rise again. But command that they watch the sepulchre for three days, that his disciples may not come by night and steal him, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error be worse than the first. 65 Pilate saith unto them, Ye have a watch: go, watch the sepulchre, as ye know. 66 They went and watched his sepulchre, and sealed the stone with the watch. 28 Now on the evening of the sabbath, as the first day of the week dawned, 2 came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven 3 and rolled away the stone, and sat above it. And his appearance was like the 4 lightning, and his raiment like the snow: and for fear of him those who were watching did shake, and became as dead men. The angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: he is risen as he said unto you. Come, see the place where he was laid. Go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen; and behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there..... on =i ON [wv. 8 and following to the end of this Gospel are lost.] THE GOSPEL OF MARK. [ve 1 to 11 are lost.] 12 The spirit driveth him out into the wilderness) And he was there forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels were ministering unto him. And after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, and was preaching the gospel of God, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is come: repent ye, and believe his gospel. And as he walked by the shore of the lake of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting their net into the sea: for they were fishers. And Jesus said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers! of men. And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. And when he had walked again a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also sitting in the ship and mending their nets. And straightway he called them: and they left Zebedee their father with the hired servants in the ship, and they followed him. And he was teaching on the sabbath in the synagogue. And they were amazed at his doctrine: for he taught as one that had authority, and not as their scribes. And there was in their synagogue a man who had an unclean spirit; and he cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? thou art come to destroy us. I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying unto him, Shut thy mouth, and come out of him. And the unclean spirit threw him down, and when it had cried with a loud voice, it came out of him. And they were all amazed?, and were saying one to another, What is this new teaching? he hath authority, and commandeth the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. And his fame went abroad through all the region of Galilee, and many followed him. And he came out of the synagogue, and they came to the house of Simon Cepha and of Andrew: and James and John were with him. And Simon’s wife's mother was sick of a fever, and they told him of her. And he came near, and took hold of her, and lifted her up; and straightway the fever left her, and she arose and ministered unto them. Now when the sun did set, they brought all them that were sick with sore diseases, and all the city were gathered together at his door. And he healed many, and cast out many demons, and suffered them not to speak, because they knew him. And very early in the morning he went out, and departed into a desert place, and there he prayed. And Simon and those that were with him sought Ors ‘hunters.’ 2 ‘amaze- ment held them all.’ 1 Part of v. 42 is omitted. 21 22 THE GOSPEL OF MARK. [i. 37— him. And when they had found him, they said unto him, Many men seek thee. He said unto them, Up! Let us go into the nearest villages and towns, and I will preach there also: for therefore I am come. And he preached in all the synagogues of Galilee, and cast out demons. And there came to him a certain leper, and besought him, and fell at his feet, and said unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus had compassion on him, and put out his hand, and touched him, and said unto him, I will; be thou clean. And in that hour he was cleansed. And he charged him, and said, See thou.. . not [i. 44 to ii. 20 zs lost.] ....@ new patch on a worn-out garment: else the new filling-up draws away the weakness of the worn-out one, and the rent becomes worse than before. And no man putteth new wine into worn-out wine-skins: else the wine doth burst the wine-skins, and the wine is spilled, and the wine-skins perish: but they put new wine into new wine-skins. And it came to pass, that he walked on the sabbath-day among the corn-fields ; and his disciples ate the ears; The Pharisees said unto him, Why do thy disciples do on the sabbath that which is not lawful? He said unto them, Have ye never read what...... Cid Ms, Wate τ how he went into the house of God, and did eat the show-bread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? And he said unto them, The sabbath was created for man. Therefore the Lord of the sabbath is the Son of man. And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man whose hand was withered. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. He saith unto the man whose hand was withered, Stand up in the midst. But he said also unto them...... to; ‘save 1186, οὐ... ... being grieved about the deadness of their hearts, and he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it out: and it was restored like its fellow. And straightway the Pharisees went forth with those of the house of Herod, and took counsel how they might destroy him. And Jesus went with his disciples to the sea: and great multitudes from Galilee, and from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from beyond Jordan, and from Tyre, and from Sidon, who had heard everything that he did, came unto him. And he spake to his disciples, that they should bring a ship to him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. For he _ healed many; and many were pressing...... him, and they who had plagues of unclean spirits upon them fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. And he charged them much that they should not make him known. And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. And he chose twelve of them, that they should be with him, whom he might send to preach, and to have power to heal the sick and to cast out demons. And he called Simon Cepha; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother: he called them Beni-Ragshi; and Andrew and Philip, and Bartholomai, and Matthew, and Thoma, and James the son of Halfai, and Thaddai, and Simon the Zealot, and Judah the Iscariot, the betrayer. ee oe —v. 3] THE GOSPEL OF MARK. 33 And he went into the house. And the multitude came again to him, so that they could not even eat bread. And when his brothers heard [it] they went ont to lay hold on him: for they said, He has gone out of his mind. And and by the chief of the demons...... demons...... and spake...... in parables, and said, Satan cannot cast out Satan. And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan be divided against himself, he cannot stand, but it is his end. No man can enter into the house of a strong man, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then HSE OH his goods. .... verily I say unto you, that all sins which they shall blaspheme shall be forgiven unto men....... whosoever shall blaspheme...... Ηοὶν Ομβοβῦ...... που sin for ever. For they said, An unclean spirit is in him. eS Pr: hismmother, 27)7.). .standing 2.2% «sent ..2.+. he? sati. 2... /And when they said, Behold, thy mother and thy brothers...... without and seek for thee. He said unto them, Who is my mother or my brothers? And he looked on those who sat near him, and said, Behold, my mother, and behold my brothers! For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and my mother, Again he began to teach by the lake: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, and he....sat in a ship on the lake, and the whole multitude was standing by the lake. And he taught them many things in parables, and while he was teaching them, [he said] Hearken, behold, there went out a sower to sow: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured it. And some fell on the rock, and sprouted, and because there was no depth of earth below its root,...... 0{ῃΠ6 σι η 85... «ον and it withered. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And some fell on good ground, and did yield fruit...... thirty, and sixty, and an hundred. And he said, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And when he was...... his disciples asked him about those parables. And he said unto them, Unto you he hath given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables. That seeing they may not see; and hearing they may hear and not understand; lest haply they should repent, and their sins should be forgiven them. And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? The sower soweth the word. Now those that are by the way-side, are those who hear the word, and when they have heard, Satan cometh, and taketh away the word that was sown in their heart. And _ those that are upon a rock, are those who when they hear the word, receive it with joy. And they have no root in themselves, but. are for a time, and when there is affliction or persecution about the word...... [υυ. 18 to 41 are lost.] Ss ον obey him ? And he came unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gergesenes. And when he was come up out of the ship, there met him a certain man who had an unclean spirit, which? dwelt among the tombs; L. 5 1 ‘which dwelt’ refers grammati- cally to ‘spirit.’ 1 Literally ‘the of the demon.” 'MS. ‘your purses. ’ 94 σι 20 ον ~I THE GOSPEL OF MARK, [v. 4— and no man could bind him with chains, because he had broken many fetters and chains, and escaped, and no man could tame him, And always, by night and day, he was crying in the tombs, and in the mountains, and wounding himself with stones. And when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran, worshipped him, and cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. For he said unto him, Come, thou unclean spirit, out of the man. And he asked him, What is thy name? and be said unto him, Our name is Legion: for we are many. And those demons besought him that he would not send them out of the country. Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. And those demons besought him, Send us into those swine, that we may enter into them. And he gave them leave. And when those unclean spirits went out they entered into the swine: and the herd ran, and fell into the sea, about two thousand, and they were choked in the sea. And those that fed them fled, and told it in the cities, and also in the villages. And they went out to see what had come to pass. And they came to Jesus, and saw him from whom he had cast out the demon a, ΤΣ. and clothed, and sober: and they were afraid. And they told [it] to them, those who had seen it, how it befell to him in whom was [the demon], and also concerning the swine. And they began to beseech him that he would go away out of their coasts...... his disciples in the ship, he in whom the demon had been’ prayed him that he might be with him. And he suffered him not, but said unto him, Go home to thy house, to thy people, and shew them what the Lord hath done unto thee, and hath had mercy on thee. And he went, and began to preach in Decapolis what Jesus had done unto him: and they all wondered. And when Jesus had crossed over unto the other side, a great multitude gathered unto him on the shore of the sea. And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, whose name was Joarish; when he saw him, he fell at his feet, and besought him, saying unto him, My daughter is very sick, come and lay thy hand on her, and she shall live. And he went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and thronged him. And there was a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and...... nothing... #06 [v. 27 to vi. 5 is lost.] iia there none of the mighty works, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and they were healed. And he marvelled at their want of faith, And he went round about the villages, and taught; and called his twelve disciples, and sent them by two and two, and gave them power over unclean spirits, and commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, save a staff only: no scrip, and no bread, and no money in their purses!: and be shod with sandals, and not put on two coats. Into whatsoever house ye enter, there be until ye depart from thence. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust of your feet for a testimony unto them. And they went out, and preached that they should repent. And they cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil, and healed the sick. And Herod the —vi. 48] THE GOSPEL OF MARK. 35 king heard, (for his fame was well-known [unto him]:) and he said, John the 15 Baptist; he is risen from the dead, therefore great is his power. But others 16 said, He is Elia. Others said, He is a prophet, like one of the prophets. But when Herod heard it, he said, This is John, he whose head I cut off, he is risen. 17 For Herod had sent and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for 18 Herodia’s sake, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her. For John had το said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Then 20 Herodia had threatened him, and would have killed him, but she could not. For Herod feared John; for he knew that he was a just man and an holy, and observed 21 him: and many things that he heard from him he did, and heard him gladly. And it happened that on Herod’s birthday he made a supper to his lords, and chiliarchs?, ! Or ‘mili- 22 and the chiefs of Galilee: and the daughter of Herodia came in and danced, and pleased Hepere Herod and them that sat with him, and the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me, 23 and I will give thee, even unto the half of my kingdom. And he swore unto her 24 With an oath. And the damsel went forth, and took counsel with her mother, 25 What shall I ask? She said unto her, The head of John the Baptist. And she went in at once to the king, and said unto him, I will that thou give me im- 26 mediately the head of John the Baptist in a charger. And the king was exceeding sorry, but for the oath’s sake, and for their sakes that sat at meat?, he could not ° Or ‘re- 27 change. And he sent an executioner, that he should cut off his head and bring ee 28 it: and he went and cut off his head in the prison, and he brought it in a charger, 29 and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel carried it to her mother. And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. 30 And the apostles came unto Jesus, and told him what he had done and taught. 31 And he said unto them, Come, let us go into the desert apart, and rest a little. There were many going and coming to him, and they had no place not even 3? to eat bread. And they departed into a desert place by ship alone. And many 34 saw them, and knew them, and followed him by land, from all the cities. And when they came, and he saw the great multitude, he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them. 35 And when it began to be evening, his disciples came near, saying unto him, This 36 is a desert place, and the time is passed. Send away those people, that they may go into the villages that are round about, and buy themselves something to eat. 37 He said unto them, Give ye them to eat. They say unto him, Shall we go and 38 buy a hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? He saith unto them, Go, see how many loaves ye have. They say unto him, Five loaves and two fishes. 39 And he commanded them all to sit down on the grass. And they sat down by 41 companies, by hundreds, and by fifties. And he took those five loaves and two fishes, and looked to heaven, and blessed, and brake the bread, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and those two fishes they divided among them all. 42 And they did all eat, and were filled. And they took up from before them the fragments, twelve baskets full, the remains of these five loaves and of those two 44 fishes. Now they that did eat of them were five thousand men. 45 And straightway he commanded his disciples to go up into the ship, and to go 46 before him unto Bethsaida, while he sent away that multitude. And when he had 47 sent them away, he went to a mountain to pray. But when it was evening, and ea 48 the ship was in the midst of the lake, he* was alone on the land. And when he ne Oey 5—2 36 THE GOSPEL OF MARK. [vi. 49— saw them tormented with the fear of the waves, for the wind was against them, 49 he cometh to them walking on the waters, and would have passed by them. When so they saw him walking upon the waters, they thought that he was a demon. And when they all saw him, they cried out; and straightway he talked with them, and 51 saith unto them, Be of good courage, it is I, be not afraid. And he went up unto them into the ship, and the wind ceased: and they were astonished in them- 52 selves; for they understood not about the bread, because their heart was blinded. 53 And when they had passed over, they came up to the land of Gennesar. And 55 when he was come up out of the ship, in the hour that they knew him, they ran to 56 the whole region, and brought those that were sick, carrying them on beds. And wheresoever Jesus entered, into cities, or villages, or fields and streets, they placed the beds of the sick, and besought him that they might touch, if it were but the 7 border of his garment: and all who touched him were made whole. And Pharisees and scribes which came from Jerusalem, came together unto him. And they saw his disciples eating bread when they had not washed their hands. For all the Jews and Pharisees, unless they wash their hands, eat not bread, holding the ‘whenthey 4 tradition of the elders. And? from the market, except they wash, they eat not. derston aia And they keep many things which they have received, and the washing of cups 5 and vessels. And after these things the scribes and Pharisees asked him, saying unto him, Why do not thy disciples keep the commandments of the ancients, for 6 they wash not their hands and they eat bread? Jesus said unto them, Well hath Isaiah the prophet prophesied of you, as it is written that he said, This people 7 honoureth me with its lips, but with its heart it is far from me. But in vain do ἣ Lee g they worship me, who teach doctrines of the commandments of men. *Ye do well, ὃ who forsake the commandments of God, that ye may establish your commandments. το For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother: and whoso curseth his father τι or his mother, let him die the death. But ye say, that if he shall say to his father 1 and his mother, It is Corban, wherewith thou mightest be profited by me: and ye 13 suffer him not to honour his father or his mother: and ye reject the word of God because of your commandments. [4 And many such like things do ye. And he called all the multitude, and said 15 unto them, Hearken, all of you, and obey. There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him, can defile him: but what comes out of a man, this is what detiles the man. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. 18 But he saith unto them, Are ye yet so stubborn? Do ye not understand anything ? i9 that not everything which entereth into a man defileth him, because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and is cast out, and all meat is purged. * But that which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For out of the 22 heart proceed the evil thoughts of men, adultery, fornication, murder, theft, deceit, 23 wickedness, fraud, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these 3 Here the 24 evil things coming out from within, and defiling the man. And he arose, and τὸ w ae went to the borders of Tyre, and when he had entered into a house, he would nN ne . . . ines 25 have no man know him, but he could not be hid. And when a woman heard it, που ere 26 whose daughter had an unclean spirit, she came and fell down before him. That then” in- woman was a widow’, from the borders of Tyre of Phoenicia, and she besought him phe ae 27 that he would cast forth the spirit out of her daughter. Jesus said unto her, First —viil. 24] THE GOSPEL OF MARK. 37 a nN let the children be filled: it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to the dogs. The woman saith unto him, Lord, even the dogs eat of the crumbs which are over from the children’s table. He said unto her, For this saying go thy way; behold, the demon is gone out of thy daughter. And when she went to her house, she found her daughter and the demon had gone out of her, and she was lying upon the bed. And again he went out from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the lake of Galilee, in the midst of the borders of Decapolis. And they bring unto him a certain deaf stammerer; and they beseech him that he would put his hand upon him. And he led him from the multitude, and put his finger, and spat in his ears, and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said unto him, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he commanded them that they should tell no man: and as much as he commanded them a great deal more they proclaimed it, and the more were they astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh the deaf-mutes to hear, and to speak. And in those days again when there was a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples, and saith unto them, I have compassion on this multitude, for behold, three days they continue with me, and have nothing to eat: and if I send them away fasting to their homes, they will faint in the way: and some of them are come from far. His disciples said unto him, Whence art thou able to satisfy them with bread here in the wilderness? And he asked them and said unto them, How many loaves have ye? They said unto him, Seven. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground: and he took those seven loaves, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples, that they should set before them: and they set before the multitude. And there were a few fishes: and when he had blessed them? also, he told [them] to set before them. And they did eat, and were filled: and they took up what remained over of the crumbs seven baskets. The people that ate were about four thousand, and he sent them away. And he went up and sat in the ship with his disciples, and they came into the hill of Magdan. And the Pharisees went out, and began seeking from him, and asking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. He was troubled in spirit, and said, Why do this generation* seek a sign? verily I say unto you, there shall no sign be given unto this generation’, And he left them again, and sat in the ship, and went to the other side of the lake. And they forgot to take bread with them; for they had not one loaf in the ship, and he commanded them, saying unto them, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, There is no bread. But Jesus knew and said unto them, Why reason ye, that ye have no bread? even until now do ye not know, and do ye not understand? even until now is your heart blinded ? And ye have eyes, and do ye not see? and ye have ears, and do ye not hear? and do ye not remember? ‘Those five loaves which the five thousand ate of, and how many baskets full of fragments....? They say unto him,....He said unto them....seven to four thousand, how many baskets....? They say.... even until now do ye not understand? And he came to Beth Saida; and they brought unto him a blind man, and they besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the village, and spat on his eyes, eweveeteee 1 Literally blessed upon them, 2 Or ‘tribe.’ 38 THE GOSPEL OF MARK. [ viii. 25— 25 men as trees, walking. And again he put his hand on his eyes....and he was 26 restored, and saw everything clearly. And he sent him to his house, saying, Go not even into the village. 27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, to the villages of Cesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples by the way, saying unto them, What do men say 28 about me, that I am? They say unto him, Some say, John the Baptist: and 29 Others say, Elia: and others, One of the prophets. He saith unto them, And 30 ye, whom say ye that I am? Cepha saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. And 31 he charged them that they should tell no man of him, And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and they shall kill him, and the third day he 32 shall rise. And he was speaking the saying openly. Then Simon Cepha, as though 33 he pitied him, said to him, Be it far from thee. And when he had turned, he looked on his disciples, and he rebuked Cepha, and said, Get thee behind me Satan: for thou carest not for God, but for men. 34 And he called the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, Whoso 35 will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and come. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life for my 36 gospel’s sake shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall inherit the 37 Whole world, and lose his soul? And what shall a man give in exchange for his 38 soul? For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words in this adulterous . and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he 9 cometh in the glory of his Father and the holy angels. He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God coming with 2 power. And after six days, Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured 3 before them. And he became shining, and his raiment became white like snow: : and there appeared unto them Moses and Elia talking with him. Cepha answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good that we are here, and we may make three 6 tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elia. And he wist 7 not what he was saying, for fear had fallen upon him. And a cloud over- shadowed him: and a voice came out of the cloud, This is my Son, who is 8 beloved: hear him. And suddenly again when his disciples looked, no man 9 appeared to them, save Jesus only. As they went down from the mountain’, he 1 MS. commanded them that they should tell no man what they had seen, except when an ie το the Son of man was risen from the dead. And they kept the saying, reasoning eee with themselves, and saying, What is this word that he said? When he is risen tain,’ from the dead ? τ And they asked him, saying, The scribes say that Elia cometh first. He answered and said unto them, Elia cometh first, that he may restore every thing; and how it is written of the Son of man, is it not that must he suffer much, 13 and. be crucified? But I say unto you, That Elia is come, and they have done 14 with him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. When he came to his disciples, he saw about them a great multitude and the scribes questioning 5 with them. And _ straightway when they saw him they were amazed, and ran ἐς and saluted him. And he asked them, What question ye with them? And one —ix. 45] THE GOSPEL OF MARK. 39 20 43 45 of the multitude answered and said, Teacher, I have brought my son unto thee, who hath’ αἃ......ὅ OU. ome it reacheth him, it throweth him down, and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away; and I spake to thy disciples, that they should cast him out; and they could not. Jesus answered, and said unto them, O faithless generation, how long, till when shall I be with you and suffer you? Bring thy son to me. And he brought him unto him: and when he saw him, the spirit threw him down straightway, and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And Jesus asked his father, How long is it, since, behold! he hath been thus? He said unto him, Behold, from his childhood. And it hath thrown him often into the fire, and into the water, to destroy him: but as much as thou canst do, Lord, help me, and have compassion on me. Jesus said unto him, If thou believest, all things can happen unto thee. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, I believe, Lord, help my want. When Jesus saw that the people were running and coming, he rebuked the spirit, and said unto it, I charge thee, thou deaf and dumb spirit, come out of him, and enter not again into him. And it cried, and vexed him greatly, and came out of him, and he was like one dead, and many thought that he was dead. But Jesus took him by his hand, and raised him up, and delivered him to his father. And when he was come into his house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? He said unto them, This kind cometh out by nothing but by fasting and prayer. And when they had gone forth from thence, they passed through Galilee, and he would not that any man should know it. And he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and when they have killed him, on the third day he shall rise. And they understood not what he said unto them, and they were afraid to ask him. And he came to Capernaum; and when he had entered into his house, he asked them, What were ye speaking about one to another on the way? But they held their peace: for they had reasoned abont who should be greatest. And he sat down, and called his twelve, and said unto them, Whoso desires to be first, shall be last of all men, and servant of all men. And he took a certain child, and set him in the midst of them: and _ looked at him, and said unto them, Whosoever shall receive a child lke this in my name, receiveth me’: he receiveth not me, but him that sent me. John answered and said unto him, Our Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name, and we forbade him, because he followed not us. But he said unto them, Forbid him not, for there is no man who does anything in my name, and is able to speak evil against me. For he who is not against us is with us. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in the name _ that ye are the Christ’s, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe on me, it were better for him if a millstone of an ass were cast about his neck, and he were drowned in the sea. If therefore thy hand cause thee to offend, cut it off from thee: for it is better for thee that having one hand thou shouldst enter into life, and not that having two hands thou shouldst go into the unquenchable fire: "and if thy foot cause thee to offend, cut it off: cast it from thee: for it igs ? vv. 44,46 better for thee that being halt thou shouldst enter into life, and not that having ΤᾺ line has possi- bly been dropped here. are omit- ted. 40 THE GOSPEL OF MARK. [ix. 47— 47 two feet thou shouldst go into Gehenna. If thine eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out from thee: for it is better for thee that having one eye thou shouldst enter into the kingdom of God, and not that having two eyes thou order 48 Shouldst go into Gehenna: where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not there be ee quenched. For every one shall be salted with fire. Salt is good: but if the ses salt is seasonless, wherewith will we season it? Have salt’, and be at peace 10 one with another. And he arose from thence, and came into the borders of Judea beyond Jordan: and a multitude came together again unto him. As he 2 was wont, he healed and taught them. And they asked him, tempting him, Is it lawful for a man to leave his wife? And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? They said unto him, Moses suffered us ἴο write a bill of divorcement, and give it to her, and to put her away. Jesus answered and said unto them, Moses, because of the hardness of your heart allowed you this precept. But from the beginning God made them male and female. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother’, and they twain shall be one flesh: thenceforth they are not twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder. When he had 11 entered into the house, his disciples asked him again about this. He said unto them, Any woman who shall leave her husband, and be [married] to another, 12 committeth adultery. And any man who shall leave his wife, and take another, 13 committeth adultery. And they brought young children to him, that he should lay his hands on them, and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. 14 When Jesus saw it, he was displeased, and rebuked them, and said unto them, Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for those who are 15 like them, theirs is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a child, he shall not enter therein. 16 And he called them, and laid his hands on them, and blessed them. 17 As he journeyed in the way, one ran, and fell on his knees, and said unto 18 him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is no one good but one, God. 19 But thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do 20 not steal, Do not bear false witness. Honour thy father and thy mother. He answered and said unto him, Teacher, I have done these things, lo, I have kept 41 them from my youth. Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing is lacking to thee; go, sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor, and 22 thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and take up thy cross, and follow me. And he was sad about this saying, and went away grieved; for he had great 23 riches. And Jesus looked at his disciples, and said, How hard it is for them 24 who trust in their riches to enter into the kingdom of God! And _ his disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard it is for them who trust in their riches to 25 enter into the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to enter into 26 the eye of a needle, than for a rich man into the kingdom of heaven. And 27 they were the more astonished among themselves. Who then can be saved? Jesus looked upon them and said unto them, With men this is impossible, except with 28 God: for with God everything is possible. Cepha said unto him, Lo, we have 49 left all, and followed thee. Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, nm ph w 6 2K, V. marg. Ί 9 ο xi. 4] THE GOSPEL OF MARK. 41 -_ 3 47 11 n > ὦ that every man who leaves house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake and for my gospel’s sake, but he shall receive an hundredfold in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mother, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come he shall inherit eternal life. For many are first that shall be last: and last that shall be first. And while they were going up in the way to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, those who were with him were astonished, being afraid, And he took his twelve, and began to tell them what should happen unto him, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes: and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the people. And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit in his face, and shall kill him, and on the third day he shall rise. And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came unto him, saying unto him, Master, we wish that whatsoever we shall ask thee thou wilt do for us. He said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit on thy right hand, and on thy left hand, in thy glory. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink [of] the cup that I drink [of?] or be baptized with the baptism? They say unto him, We are able. Jesus said unto them, Ye may be able to drink [of] the cup that I drink of: and ye may be able to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: But to sit on my right hand or on my left hand, this is not mine to give, but for another’ it is prepared. And when , the ten heard it, they began to murmur against James and against John. And he called them, and said unto them, Ye know that the chiefs of the nations are their lords. Let it not be so among you: but whoso will be great among you, let him be your minister: and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, let him be servant of all men. Like as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. And he came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho, he and his disciples, and a great multitude, Timai Bar-Timai, a blind man, sat on the highway and begged. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, Son of David, have mercy on me. And many charged him that he should hold his peace: and again he cried the more, Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood still, and said that they should bring him near; and he called the blind man, and they said unto him, Fear not, rise, he calleth thee. And he rose, and took up his garment, and came to Jesus. Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord’, that I may see. He said unto him, Go, thy faith hath saved thee. And straightway his eyes were opened, and he followed him in the way. And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage, unto Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth two of his disciples, and saith, Go into the village over against you, and straightway when ye are entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man rode, loose him, and bring him. And if any man say anything unto you, say unto him, The Lord hath need of him; and immediately he will send him hither, And τι 0 1 mascu- line. 2 Or ‘Rabbuli.’ ly, 2015 omitted, see R.V. 12 42 δ 6 THE GOSPEL OF MARK. [xi 5— they went, and found the colt tied at the door of a court in the street. And as they loosed him, certain of them that stood there said, What do ye, loosing the colt? And they said unto them even as Jesus had said unto them. And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments [on it], and he rode upon it. And many spread their garments in the way: and they that went before him, and they that followed him, cried, saying, Osanna, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Blessed be the kingdom that cometh of our father David: peace in the highest. And they entered into Jerusalem, and he entered into the temple, and saw all things; but when it was evening, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve. And on the morrow, when he went out from Bethany, he was hungry. And he saw a certain fig tree afar off, having leaves, and he came to it, if haply he might find anything thereon, and he came, but found nothing but leaves: it was not the time of figs. He answered and said unto it, Henceforth and for ever let no man eat of thy fruit. And his disciples heard it. And when he was come to Jerusalem, and had entered into the temple of God, he began to cast out them that bought and sold in the temple, and the tables of the money changers, and the tables of them that sold doves, and would not suffer any man to carry a vessel through the temple. And he taught, and said, Is it not written thus, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations? but ye have made it a den of thieves. And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, for all the people were amazed at his doctrine. And when even came, he went out of the city. And when they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree dried up from its root. And when Cepha remembered, he said unto him, Master, the fig tree which thou cursedst is dried up. Jesus answered and said unto them, If ye have this faith of God, verily I say unto you, that if ye shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed, and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his mind, but shall believe that the thing which he saith shall come to pass, it shall come to pass. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye pray for, believing that ye shall receive them, ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive ought that ye have against any man: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your sins. “And they came again to Jerusalem, and he was walking in the temple, and there came to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, and say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask of you one word, which ye shall answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? Tell me. And they considered, and said, If we shall say, From heaven, he will say unto us, Why did ye not believe him? And if we shall say, It was of men, they feared the people: for they all held John, that he was a prophet. They said unto him, We do not know. Jesus answered and said unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. And he began to speak in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a wine-press in it, and built a tower in it, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. And he sent his servant at the season of fruit to the bhusbandmen, that they —xil. 33] THE GOSPEL OF MARK. 43 σι might send to him of the fruit of his vineyard. And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. ‘And again he sent to them another servant; and him also they killed: and many others; they beat some, and they killed some. He had one beloved son, he sent him to them, and said, Perhaps they will reverence my son. But those husbandmen said among them- selves, This is his son, his heir; come, let us kill him, and his inheritance shall be ours) And they laid hold of him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. When the lord of the vineyard cometh, what will he do? he will destroy these husbandmen, and will give his vineyard to others. And have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: this was from the Lord, and it is a marvel in our eyes? And they sought to lay hold on him, and they feared the people, for they understood that he had spoken this parable against them: and they left him, and went away. And they sent unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the house of Herod’, that they might catch him in a word. And they began to say unto him, deceitfully, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the face of man, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or shall we not give? And he knowing their craftiness, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. And they brought it to him. He saith unto them, Whose is this image and inscription? They say unto him, Cvsar’s. Jesus answered and said unto them, Render the things that are Cesar’s to Cesar, and the things that are God’s to God. And they wondered at him. And the Sadducees came unto him, those which say there is no resurrection ; and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us that when a man’s brother dieth, and he hath a wife, and leaveth not....take....that he may raise up seed unto his brother. There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died, and left no....and the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven took her [to wife]. Our Lord answered and said unto them, Behold, ye err, for ye know neither the scriptures, nor the power of God. For when they shall rise from the dead’, they neither marry wives, nor are wives given to husbands; but they are as the angels which are in heaven. But as touching the dead, that they rise; have ye not read....God spake....I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? and behold! God....of the dead, but of the living: for ye do greatly err. And when one of the scribes heard that he answered well to those who were questioning with him, he asked him, Which is the first commandment? Jesus answered and said, The first of all [is] Hear, O Israel;.... our God is one: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God from all thy heart, and from all thy soul, and from all thy mind, and from all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second which is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. The scribe said unto him, Master, thou hast spoken well in truth: for there is one God, and there is none other but he. And _ that a man should love him from all his heart, and from all his soul, and from all his strength, and that he should love his neighbour as himself, is more than 6—2 ly, 4is omitted. 2 Or ‘and of the He- rodians.’ 3 Literally, ‘from amongst the dead.’ 44 THE GOSPEL OF MARK. [xu. 34— 34 all burnt offerings and sacrifices. When Jesus saw that he returned him an answer well, he answered and said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man durst question him again. 35 Jesus said while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the 36 Christ is the Son of David? and David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit on my right hand, until I place thine enemies 1Literally, 37 beneath thy feet. And if David call him’ Lord, how was he his son? And all ‘ourLord.” 3. the multitude heard him gladly. And he said while he was teaching, Keep 2 In the yourselves from the scribes, who love to walk in the porches’, and love greetings pice. 39 in the market-places, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost 4o couches at feasts: and devour widows’ houses, on the pretence of lengthening their prayers: those shall receive greater condemnation. 41 And while Jesus stood over against the treasury, he beheld many who cast 42 money into the treasury: and many of the rich who cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, she threw in two mites, which make a farthing, 43 Jesus called his disciples and said unto them, Yea, I say unto you, This poor 44 widow hath cast in more than all men into the treasury: for every man has cast in from that which abounded to him; but she hath cast in all that 13 she possessed. And as Jesus went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples 2 said unto him, Master, behold, see the stones and the great building. Jesus said unto him, See that building? there shall not be left here stone upon stone that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat on the mount of Olives, over against the temple, Cepha, 4 and James, and John and Andrew asked him privately, Tell us when these things shall be, and what is the sign with which these things are accomplished ? Jesus said unto them, See that no man lead you astray. For many shall come in my name, and shall say, I am he; and shall lead many astray. But when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be not afraid: for it is about to 8 be, but the end till now is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, g famines and tumults: these things are the beginning of travail. And they shall deliver you up to the people, and to councils; and ye -shall stand before kings, and ye shall be beaten before governors for my sake, for a testimony to them and to all nations. or this gospel shall first be preached. But when they shall bring you nigh to deliver you up, take no thought what ye shall speak: but what shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the 12 Holy Ghost. For the brother shall deliver his brother to death, and the father his son; and the children shall rise up against the parents, and shall cause them to 13 be put to death. And all men shall hate you for my name’s sake. Whosoever 14 Shall endure to the end, he shall be saved. When ye see the sign of the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth 15 understand), then those that are in Judza, let them flee to the mountain: and he that is on the housetop, let him not come down into the house, and let him not 16 enter to take up anything from his house: and he that is in the field, let him not return back to take his clothes. 17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! And pray ye that it be not in the winter. For there shall be NI Qu Io II —xlv. 13] THE GOSPEL OF MARK. 45 20 τ᾽ "- τὸ [Ὁ iS) oO 14 σι 13 tribulation in those days, such as there hath not been the like of it, since the days when God created the world until this day, and never again shall be. And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he chose, the days are shortened. And then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ; lo, he is there; believe it not: for there shall arise false Christs, and prophets of lies, and shall give signs and wonders, so that, if possible, they may lead astray even the elect. But look ye, behold, I have foretold you all things. But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not shew her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, [and] the powers of heaven shall shake. And then shall they see the Son of man coming on the clouds with great power and with glory. And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. Now learn a parable from the fig tree: When her branches are tender, and her leaves shoot forth, ye know that summer is nigh: so also ye, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh’, at the doors. Verily I say unto you, that this generation? shall not pass, till all these things shall be. Heaven and earth shall pass away: and my words shall not pass away. But of that day and of that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, nor even the Son, but the Father. Watch ye then and pray: for ye know not the time. For like as a man who took a journey, and left his house, giving his goods to his servants, to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch: watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, if at even, or at mid [night], or at the dawn, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all of you, Watch. Two days before there was the unleavened bread of the passover the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death, For they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there be an uproar of the people. And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a certain woman, carrying an alabaster box of spikenard, very pure® and of great price; and she broke it, and poured it on his head. And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why.... for this might have been sold for three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her in their teeth. Then said Jesus unto them, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? for she hath wrought a good work on me. For the poor are with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may deal with them: but I am not with you always. For that which she hath done, behold, as if for my burying she hath done it, and hath anointed my body beforehand. Verily I say unto you, That when the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, there will be a memorial of what she hath done. And Judah the Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, so that he might betray him. And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him silver. And he sought for a way in which he might betray him. On the first day of unleavened bread, when the passover was being eaten, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover ? And he sent two of his disciples, and said unto them, Go ye into the city; lo, there shall meet you a certain man bearing a pitcher of water: follow 1 Or ‘that Tam nigh.’ 2 Or ‘tribe.’ 3 Syriac keeps πιστικός. 1 Literally, ‘by whose hand.’ 2Or ‘cudgels.’ 46 14 15 16 17 18 wy 20 21 THE GOSPEL OF MARK. [xiv. 14— him whither he shall go in. And say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, My time is come. Where is the gulest-chamber,] where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And behold, he will shew you a certain large upper room, strewn, and prepared: there make ready for us. His disciples went as he had said unto them, and came to the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. And when it was evening he came with his twelve. And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you which eateth with me, he shall betray me. But they began to be sorrow[ful,] and they say unto him one by one, Not I, surely? But he said unto them, One of the twelve who stretcheth out his hand with me in the dish. And the Son of man goeth, as it is written concerning him: but woe to that man by whom! the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for him if he had not been born. And as they did eat bread, he blessed, and breaking, gave to his disciples, and said unto them, Take: this is my body. And he took the cup, and blessed, and gave to them: and they drank of it. And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it with you anew in the kingdom of God. And they sang praises, and went out to the mount of Olives. Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended in me: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But when I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. Cepha answered and said unto him, If they all shall be offended, I will not. Jesus saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, that this day, in this night, before the cock shall crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Simon spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. Likewise also said they all. And they came to the place which was called Gedsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, until I pray. And he took Cepha, and James and John, and began to be very sad, and sore troubled, and he saith unto them, My soul is sorrowful, even unto death. And he went away a little, and fell on his face on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, My Father, all things are possible in thy hands; let this cup pass from me: but not my will be done, but thine. And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Cepha, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit is willing, but the body is weak. And he went away again, and prayed, saying the same word. And he came and found them again sleeping, for their eyes were carrying sleep, and they wist not what they should say unto him. And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep, and take your rest: the hour is come, the end is at hand; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners, Arise, let us be going: behold, he that betrayeth me is at hand. — And while he yet spake, cometh Judah, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, carrying swords and staves?, from the chief priests and scribes and elders. And he that betrayed him had given them a sign, saying unto them, He whom I shall kiss, that is he; take him cautiously, and lead him away. And immediately he cometh to him, saying unto him, Rabbi; and kisseth him. And they laid - hands on him, and took him. But one of those that stood by drew a sword, and 15 —xv..9] THE GOSPEL OF MARK, 47 48 nN - x [Ὁ n NI Qin smote the servant of the high priest, and took off his ear. Jesus answered and said unto them, As against a thief are ye come out with swords and staves’ to seize me? I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but that the scriptures might be fulfilled. And all his disciples left him, and fled. And a certain young man followed him, and he was wrapped in a linen cloth; and many people came and laid hold on him: and he left the garment in their hands, aud fled from them naked. And they carried Jesus to the chief priests: and all the chief priests and elders and scribes went with him. And Cepha followed them afar off, as far as the house of the high priest: and he was sitting with the lictors and warming (himself). Now the chief priests and all the crowd were seeking for witness against Jesus to put him to death, and found [it] not. Many bare false witness against him, and their witness agreed not together; but people rose up against him, saying, We heard him say, I will destroy the temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will make another not made with hands. And not even so did their witness agree. And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying unto him, Dost thou not return an answer? What do these witness against thee? But he held his peace, and replied nothing. And again the high priest asked him the second time, saying unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed ? Jesus answered and said unto him, I am: and henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and when he comes on the clouds of heaven. And then the high priest rent his clothes, and said, Why need ye any further witnesses? For behold, ye all have heard his blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. And some began to spit on him, and to buffet him, saying, Prophesy unto us now: and the lictors did strike him on his cheek. And while Cepha....in the court of the high priest, a certain maid servant of the high priest saw him as he was warming himself, and said unto him, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand 1 what thou sayest. And he went out to the outer court; and the maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This also is one of them. But he denied it again. And again, a little after, they that stood by said to Cepha, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilean. And he cursed and swore, I know not this man whom ye say. And the cock crew the second time. And Cepha called to mind the word that Jesus had said unto him, Before the cock shall crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he began to weep. And in the morning the chief priests held a consultation, and the elders and scribes, and all the people, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? He answered and said unto him, Thou sayest. And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he gave them no answer. And again Pilate said unto him, Dost thou return them no answer? seest thou not how much they witness against thee?...... gave no answer...... Pilate was...... released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they asked. And there was a prisoner, a man a malefactor who was called Bar-Abba, and he was a man who had done wrong and committed murder. And the people answered, and began to ask that he should do it unto them. Pilate answered and said unto them, Will ye that I 1Or ‘cudgels,’ 48 THE GOSPEL OF MARK. [xv. 10— ro release unto you the King of the Jews? For Pilate knew that they had delivered τι him from envy. And the chief priests persuaded the people that he should ask 12 him to release unto them Bar-Abba. Again Pilate answered and said unto them, τὸ What: will ye theneoe ag ee But Pilatetsaid®