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Section XLI.

[1] ²⁸⁰¹ Therefore, behold, I, the wisdom of God, am sending unto you prophets, and apostles, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall slay and crucify; and some of them ye shall beat in your synagogues, and persecute ²⁸⁰² from city to [2] city: ²⁸⁰³ that there may come on you all the blood of the righteous that hath been poured upon the ground ²⁸⁰⁴ from the blood of Abel the pure to the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple ²⁸⁰⁵ and the altar. [3] ²⁸⁰⁶ Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. ²⁸⁰⁷

[4] [Arabic, p. 155] ²⁸⁰⁸ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slayer of the prophets, and stoner of them that are sent unto her! how many times did I wish to gather thy children, as [5] a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! ²⁸⁰⁹ Your house shall [6] be left over you desolate. ²⁸¹⁰ Verily 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.

[7] ²⁸¹¹ And many of the rulers also believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they [8] were not confessing him, lest they be put ²⁸¹² out of the synagogue: ²⁸¹³ and they loved [9] the praise of men more than the praising of God. ²⁸¹⁴ And Jesus cried and said, [10] Whosoever believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him that sent me. ²⁸¹⁵ And [11] whosoever seeth me hath seen him that sent me. ²⁸¹⁶ I am come a light ²⁸¹⁷ into the [12] world, and so every one that believeth in me abideth not in the darkness. ²⁸¹⁸ And whosoever heareth my sayings, and keepeth them not, I judge him not: for I came [13] not to judge the world, but to give the world life. ²⁸¹⁹ ²⁸²⁰ Whosoever wrongeth ²⁸²¹ me, and receiveth not my sayings, there is one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, it [14] shall judge him at the last day. ²⁸²² I from myself did not speak: but the Father which sent me, he hath given me commandment, ²⁸²³ what I should say, and what I [15] should speak; and I know that his commandment ²⁸²⁴ is eternal life. ²⁸²⁵ The things that I say now, as my Father hath said unto me, even so I say.

[16] ²⁸²⁶ And when he said that unto them, the scribes and Pharisees began their evil-doing, being angry with him, and finding fault with his sayings, and harassing ²⁸²⁷ him [17] in many things; ²⁸²⁸ seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might be able to calumniate him.

[18] ²⁸²⁹ And when there gathered together myriads of great multitudes, which almost trode p. 107 [Arabic, p. 156] one upon another, Jesus began to say unto his disciples, Preserve yourselves [19] from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. ²⁸³⁰ For there is nothing [20] concealed, that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known. ²⁸³¹ Everything that ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken secretly in the ears in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed on the roofs.

[21, 22] ²⁸³² This said Jesus, and he went and hid himself from them. ²⁸³³ But notwithstanding [23] his having done all these signs before them, they believed not in him: ²⁸³⁴ that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, who said,

My Lord, who is he that hath believed to hear us?

And the arm of the Lord, to whom hath it appeared?

[24] ²⁸³⁵ And for this reason it is not possible for them to believe, because Isaiah also said,

[25] ²⁸³⁶ They have blinded their eyes, and made dark their heart;

That they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart,

And turn,

So that I should heal them.

[26] ²⁸³⁷ This said Isaiah when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

[27] ²⁸³⁸ And when Jesus went out of the temple, certain of his disciples came forward [28] to shew ²⁸³⁹ him the buildings of the temple, ²⁸⁴⁰ and its beauty and greatness, and the strength of the stones that were laid in it, and the elegance of its building, and that [29] it was adorned with noble stones and beautiful colours. ²⁸⁴¹ Jesus answered and said [30] unto them, See ye these great buildings? ²⁸⁴² verily I say unto you, Days will come, when there shall not be left here a stone upon another, that shall not be cast down.

[31] ²⁸⁴³ And two days before ²⁸⁴⁴ the passover of unleavened bread, the chief priests and [32] the scribes sought how they might take him by deceit, ²⁸⁴⁵ and kill him: ²⁸⁴⁶ and they said, It shall not be at the feast, lest the people be agitated.

[33] ²⁸⁴⁷ And when Jesus sat on the mount of Olives opposite the temple, his disciples, Simon Cephas and James and John and Andrew, came forward unto him, and said unto him [34] between themselves and him, ²⁸⁴⁸ Teacher, tell us when that shall be, and what is the sign [35] [Arabic, p. 157] of thy coming and the end of the world. ²⁸⁴⁹ Jesus answered and said unto them, Days will come, when ye shall long to see one of the days of the Son of [36, 37] ²⁸⁵⁰ man, and shall not behold. ²⁸⁵¹ Take heed lest any man lead you astray. Many shall [38] come in my name, and say, I am the Messiah; ²⁸⁵² and they shall say, The time is come [39] near, and shall lead many astray: go not therefore after them. ²⁸⁵³ And when ye hear of wars and tidings of insurrections, see to it, be ²⁸⁵⁴ not agitated: for these things must [40] first be; only the end is not yet come. ²⁸⁵⁵ Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom [41] against kingdom: ²⁸⁵⁶ and great earthquakes shall be in one place and another, and there shall be famines and deaths and agitations: and there shall be fear and terror and great signs that ²⁸⁵⁷ shall appear from heaven, and there shall be great [42, 43] storms ²⁸⁵⁸ All these things are the beginning of travail. ²⁸⁵⁹ But before all of that, they shall lay hands upon you, and persecute you, and deliver you unto the synagogues [44] and into prisons, and bring you before kings and judges for my name’s sake. ²⁸⁶⁰ And [45] that shall be unto you for a witness. ²⁸⁶¹ But first must my gospel be preached unto all [46] nations. ²⁸⁶² And when they bring you into the synagogues before the rulers and the authorities, be not anxious beforehand how ye shall answer for yourselves, or what ye [47, 48] shall say: ²⁸⁶³ because it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit. ²⁸⁶⁴ Lay it to your heart, not [49] [Arabic, p. 158] to be anxious before the time what ye shall say: ²⁸⁶⁵ and I shall ²⁸⁶⁶ give you understanding and wisdom, ²⁸⁶⁷ which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay. [50] ²⁸⁶⁸ And then shall they deliver you unto constraint, and shall kill you: and ye shall be [51] hated of all nations because of my name. ²⁸⁶⁹ And then shall many go astray, ²⁸⁷⁰ and they [52] shall hate one another, and deliver one another unto death. ²⁸⁷¹ And your parents, and your brethren, and your kinsfolk, and your friends shall deliver you up, and shall [53, 54] slay some of you. ²⁸⁷² But a lock of hair from your heads shall not perish. ²⁸⁷³ And by [55] your patience ye shall gain ²⁸⁷⁴ your souls. ²⁸⁷⁵ And many men, ²⁸⁷⁶ false prophets, shall arise, [56] and lead many astray. ²⁸⁷⁷ And because of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many p. 108 [57] shall wax cold. ²⁸⁷⁸ But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. ²⁸⁷⁹ And [58] this, the ²⁸⁸⁰ gospel of the kingdom, shall be preached in all the world for a testimony to all nations; and then shall come the end of all.

Footnotes

106:2801

Matt. xxiii. 34 .

106:2802

cf. 8, 34.

106:2803

Matt. xxiii. 35 .

106:2804

Or, earth.

106:2805

Or, sanctuary.

106:2806

Matt. xxiii. 36 .

106:2807

See § 1, 49, note.

106:2808

106:2809

106:2810

106:2811

106:2812

Lit. become.

106:2813

106:2814

106:2815

106:2816

106:2817

The text as it stands ought to mean I am a light. I am come; but it is a word-for-word reproduction of the Peshitta, and should therefore doubtless be rendered as above.

106:2818

John xii. 47 .

106:2819

Or, to save the world (cf. § 1, 78, note).

106:2820

John xii. 48 .

106:2821

See § 20, 28, note.

106:2822

John xii. 49 .

106:2823

Not the same word.

106:2824

Not the same word.

106:2825

John xii. 50 .

106:2826

Luke xi. 53 .

106:2827

So Ciasca, following Vat. ms. The true reading, however, is probably that underlying the Borg. ms. If we restore diacritical points to the radical letters we get deceiving (cf. § 41, 31), an alternative meaning (or the word laying wait for, used in the Peshitta. The Arabic follows the Peshitta very closely in this and the following verse.

106:2828

106:2829

107:2830

107:2831

107:2832

107:2833