Tatian: Diatessaron — Arabic Witness

Section V.

[1] ^{Edition note 1}Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou [2] shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve. ^{Edition note 2}And when the [3] devil^{Edition note 3} had completed all his temptations, he departed from him for a season. ^{Edition note 4}And behold, the angels drew near and ministered unto him.

[4, 5] ^{Edition note 5}And next day John was standing, and two of his disciples; ^{Edition note 6}and he saw Jesus as [6] he was walking, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God! ^{Edition note 7}And his two disciples heard [7] him saying this,^{Edition note 8} and they followed Jesus. ^{Edition note 9}And Jesus turned and saw them coming after him, and said unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Our master, [8] where art thou staying? ^{Edition note 10}And he said unto them, Come and see. And they came and saw his place, and abode with him that day: and it was about the tenth hour. [9] ^{Edition note 11}One of the two which heard from^{Edition note 12} John, and followed Jesus, was Andrew the [10] brother of Simon. ^{Edition note 13}And he saw first Simon his brother, and said unto him, We have [11] found the Messiah. ^{Edition note 14}And he brought him unto Jesus. And Jesus looked upon him and said, Thou art Simon, son of Jonah: thou shalt be called Cephas.^{Edition note 15}

[12] ^{Edition note 16}And on the next day Jesus desired to go forth to Galilee, and he found Philip, [13] [Arabic, p. 19] and said unto him, Follow me. ^{Edition note 17}Now Philip was of Bethsaida, of the city [14] of Andrew and Simon. ^{Edition note 18}And Philip found Nathanael, and said unto him, He of whom Moses did write in the law and in the prophets, we have found that [15] he is Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth. ^{Edition note 19}Nathanael said unto him, Is it possible that there can be any good thing from Nazareth? Philip said unto him, Come and [16] see. ^{Edition note 20}And Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, This is indeed a^{Edition note 21} [17] son of Israel in whom is no guile. ^{Edition note 22}And Nathanael said unto him, Whence knowest thou me?

Jesus said unto him, Before Philip called thee, while thou wast under the [18] fig tree, I saw thee. ^{Edition note 23}Nathanael answered and said unto him, My Master, thou art [19] the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. ^{Edition note 24}Jesus said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, hast thou believed? thou shalt see what is [20] greater than this. ^{Edition note 25}And he said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the heavens opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

[21] ^{Edition note 26}And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee.

[22] ^{Edition note 27}And on the third day there was a feast in Cana,^{Edition note 28} a^{Edition note 29} city of Galilee; and the [23] mother of Jesus was there: ^{Edition note 30}and Jesus also and his disciples were invited to the [24] feast. ^{Edition note 31}And they lacked wine: and his mother said unto Jesus, They have no wine. [25] ^{Edition note 32}And Jesus said unto her, What have I to do with thee, woman? hath not mine [26] hour come?^{Edition note 33 Edition note 34}And his mother said unto the servants, What he saith unto you, do. [27] ^{Edition note 35}And there were there six vessels of stone, placed for the Jews’ purification, such as [28] [Arabic, p. 20] would contain two or three jars. ^{Edition note 36}And Jesus said unto them, Fill the vessels [29] with water.

And they filled them to the top. ^{Edition note 37}He said unto them, Draw [30] out now, and present to the ruler of the feast. And they did so. ^{Edition note 38}And when the ruler of the company tasted that water which had become wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants knew, because they filled up the water), the ruler of the company called [31] the bridegroom, ^{Edition note 39}and said unto him, Every man presenteth first the good wine, and on intoxication he bringeth what is poor; but thou hast kept the good wine until [32] now. ^{Edition note 40}And this is the first sign^{Edition note 41} which Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested [33] his glory; and his disciples believed on him. ^{Edition note 42}And his fame spread in all the country [34] which was around them. ^{Edition note 43}And he taught in their synagogues, and was glorified [35] by^{Edition note 44} every man. ^{Edition note 45}And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood [36] up to read. ^{Edition note 46}And he was given the book of Isaiah the prophet. And Jesus opened the book and found the place where it was written,

[37] ^{Edition note 47}The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

And for this anointed he me, to preach good tidings to the poor;

And he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted,

And to proclaim forgiveness to the evil-doers,^{Edition note 48} and sight to the blind,

And to bring the broken into forgiveness,^{Edition note 49}

[38] ^{Edition note 50}And to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord.

[39] ^{Edition note 51}And he rolled up the book and gave it to the servant, and went and sat down: [40] and the eyes of all that were in the synagogue were observing him. ^{Edition note 52}And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled which ye have heard with [41] your ears. ^{Edition note 53}And they all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which were proceeding from his mouth.

[42] [Arabic, p. 21] ^{Edition note 54}And from that time began Jesus to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom [43] of God, and to say, Repent ye, and believe in the gospel. ^{Edition note 55}The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of heaven hath come near.

[44] ^{Edition note 56}And while he was walking on the shore of the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who was called Cephas, and Andrew his brother, casting their nets into [45] the sea; for they were fishers. ^{Edition note 57}And Jesus said unto them, Follow me, and I will [46] make you fishers of men. ^{Edition note 58}And they immediately left their nets there and followed [47] him. ^{Edition note 59}And when he went on from thence, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending [48] their nets; and Jesus called them. ^{Edition note 60}And they immediately forsook the ship and their father Zebedee, and followed him.

[49] ^{Edition note 61}And when the multitude gathered unto him to hear the word of God, while he [50] was standing on the shore of the sea of Gennesaret, ^{Edition note 62}he saw two boats standing beside the sea, while^{Edition note 63} the two fishers which were gone out of them were washing their [51] nets. ^{Edition note 64}And one of them belonged to Simon Cephas. And Jesus went up and sat down in it, and commanded that they should move away a little from the land into [52] the water. And he sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. ^{Edition note 65}And when he had left off his speaking, he said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and cast your [53] net for a draught. ^{Edition note 66}And Simon answered and said unto him, My Master, we toiled [54] all night and caught nothing; now^{Edition note 67} at thy word I will cast the net. ^{Edition note 68}And when they did this, there were enclosed^{Edition note 69} a great many fishes; and their net was on the [55] point of breaking. ^{Edition note 70}And they beckoned to their comrades that were in the other boat, to come and help them. And when they came, they filled both boats, so that they were on the point of sinking.