Tatian: Diatessaron — Arabic Witness

Section LIII.^{Edition note 1}

[1] ^{Edition note 2}And while they marvelled at that, behold, two men standing above them, their [2] raiment shining: ^{Edition note 3}and they were seized with fright, and bowed down their face to [3] the earth: and they said unto them, Why seek ye the living one with the dead? ^{Edition note 4}He is not here; he is risen: remember what he was speaking unto you while he was in [4] Galilee, and saying, ^{Edition note 5}The Son of man is to be delivered up into the hands of sinners, [5] and to be crucified, and on the third day to rise. ^{Edition note 6}But go in haste, and say to his disciples and to Cephas, He is risen from among the dead; and lo, he goeth before [6] you into Galilee; ^{Edition note 7}and there ye shall see him, where^{Edition note 8} he said unto you: lo, I have [7] told you. ^{Edition note 9}And they remembered his sayings; and they departed in haste from the [8] tomb with joy and great fear, and hastened and went; ^{Edition note 10}and perplexity and fear [9] encompassed them; and they told no man anything, for they were afraid. ^{Edition note 11}And Mary hastened, and came to Simon Cephas, and to that other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said unto them, They have taken our Lord from the sepulchre, and I [10] know not where they have laid him. ^{Edition note 12}And Simon went out, and that other disciple, [11] and came to the sepulchre. ^{Edition note 13}And they hastened both together: and that disciple [12] outran^{Edition note 14} Simon, and came first to the sepulchre; ^{Edition note 15}and he looked down, and saw the [13] linen laid; but he went not in. ^{Edition note 16}And Simon came after him, and entered into the [14] [Arabic, p. 201] sepulchre, and saw the linen laid; ^{Edition note 17}and the scarf with which his head was bound was not with the linen, but wrapped and laid aside in a certain place. [15] ^{Edition note 18}Then entered that disciple which came first to the sepulchre, and saw, and believed. [16] ^{Edition note 19}And they knew not yet from the scriptures that the Messiah was to rise from among [17] the dead. ^{Edition note 20}And those two disciples went to their place.

[18] ^{Edition note 21}But Mary remained^{Edition note 22} at the tomb weeping: and while she wept, she looked [19] down into the tomb; ^{Edition note 23}and she saw two angels sitting in white raiment, one of them toward his pillow, and the other toward his feet, where the body of Jesus had been [20] laid. ^{Edition note 24}And they said unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She said unto them, [21] They have taken my Lord, and I know not where they have left him. ^{Edition note 25}She said that, and turned behind her, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was [22] Jesus. ^{Edition note 26}Jesus said unto her, Woman, why weepest thou?

whom seekest thou? And she supposed^{Edition note 27} him to be the gardener, and said, My lord, if thou hast taken him, [23] tell me where thou hast laid him, that I may go and take him. ^{Edition note 28}Jesus said unto her, Mary. She turned, and said unto him in Hebrew, Rabboni; which is, being [24] interpreted, Teacher. ^{Edition note 29}Jesus said unto her, Touch me not;^{Edition note 30} for I have not ascended yet unto my Father: go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

[25] ^{Edition note 31}And on the First-day on which he rose, he appeared first unto Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

[26] ^{Edition note 32}And some of those guards^{Edition note 33} came to the city, and informed the chief priests of [27] [Arabic, p. 202] all that had happened. ^{Edition note 34}And they assembled with the elders, and took [28] counsel; ^{Edition note 35}and they gave money, not a little, to the guards, and said unto them, Say ye, His disciples came and stole him by night, while we were sleeping.

[29] ^{Edition note 36}And if the judge hear that, we will make a plea with him, and free you of blame. [30] ^{Edition note 37}And they, when they took the money, did according to what they taught them. And this word spread among the Jews unto this day.

[31] ^{Edition note 38}And then came Mary Magdalene, and announced to the disciples that she had seen our Lord, and that he had said that unto her.

[32] ^{Edition note 39}And while the first^{Edition note 40} women^{Edition note 41} were going in the way to inform^{Edition note 42} his disciples,^{Edition note 43} [33] Jesus met them, and said unto them, Peace unto you. ^{Edition note 44}And they came and took [34] hold of his feet, and worshipped him. ^{Edition note 45}Then said Jesus unto them, Fear not: but go and say to my brethren that they depart into Galilee, and there they shall see [35] me. ^{Edition note 46}And those women returned, and told all that to the eleven, and to the rest of the disciples; ^{Edition note 47}and to those that had been with him, for they were saddened and [36] weeping. ^{Edition note 48}And those were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the rest who were with them: and they were those that told the apostles. [37] ^{Edition note 49}And they, when they heard them say that he was alive and had appeared unto them, [38] did not believe them: ^{Edition note 50}and these sayings were before their eyes as the sayings of madness.

[39] [Arabic, p. 203] ^{Edition note 51}And after that, he appeared to two of them, on that day, and while they were going to the village which was named Emmaus, and whose distance [40] from Jerusalem was sixty furlongs.^{Edition note 52 Edition note 53}And they were talking the one of them with the [41] other of all the things which had happened. ^{Edition note 54}And during the time of their talking and [42] inquiring with one another, Jesus came and reached them, and walked with them. ^{Edition note 55}But [43] their eyes were veiled that they should not know him. ^{Edition note 56}And he said unto them, What are these sayings which ye address the one of you to the other, as ye walk and are [44] sad? ^{Edition note 57}One of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered and said unto him, Art thou perchance alone a stranger to Jerusalem, since thou knowest not what was in [45] it in these days?

He said unto them, What was? ^{Edition note 58}They said unto him, Concerning Jesus, he who was from Nazareth, a man who was a prophet, and powerful in [46] speech and deeds before God and before all the people: ^{Edition note 59}and the chief priests and [47] the elders delivered him up to the sentence of^{Edition note 60} death, and crucified him. ^{Edition note 61}But we supposed that he was the one who was to deliver Israel. And since all^{Edition note 62} these [48] things happened there have passed three days. ^{Edition note 63}But certain women of us also [49] informed us that they had come to the sepulchre; ^{Edition note 64}and when they found not his body, they came and told us that they had seen there the angels, and they^{Edition note 65} said [50] concerning him that he was alive. ^{Edition note 66}And some of us also went to the sepulchre, and [51] found the matter as the women had said: only they saw him not. ^{Edition note 67}Then said Jesus [52] unto them, Ye lacking in discernment, and heavy in heart to believe! ^{Edition note 68}Was it not in all the sayings of the prophets that the Messiah was to suffer these things, and to [53] [Arabic, p. 204] enter into his Glory? ^{Edition note 69}And he began from Moses and from all the prophets, [54] and interpreted to them concerning himself from all the scriptures. ^{Edition note 70}And they drew near unto the village, whither they were going: and he was leading them to [55] imagine that he was as if going to a distant region. ^{Edition note 71}And they pressed^{Edition note 72} him, and said unto him, Abide with us: for the day hath declined now to the darkness.

And he went [56] in to abide with them. ^{Edition note 73}And when he sat with them, he took bread, and blessed, [57] and brake, and gave to them. ^{Edition note 74}And straightway their eyes were opened, and they [58] knew him; and he was taken away from them.^{Edition note 75 Edition note 76}And they said the one to the other, Was not our heart heavy within us, while he was speaking to us in the way, and interpreting to us the scriptures?

[59] ^{Edition note 77}And they rose in that hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven [60] gathered, and those that were with them, saying, ^{Edition note 78}Truly our Lord is risen, and hath [61] appeared to Simon. ^{Edition note 79}And they related what happened in the way, and how they knew him when he brake the bread. ^{Edition note 80}Neither believed they that also.