Tatian: Diatessaron — Arabic Witness

Section VI.

[1] [Arabic, p. 22] ^{Edition note 1}But when Simon Cephas saw this he fell before the feet of Jesus, and said unto him, My Lord, I beseech of thee to depart from me, for I am [2] a sinful man. ^{Edition note 2}And amazement took possession of him, and of all who were with him, [3] because of the draught of the fishes which they had taken. ^{Edition note 3}And thus also were James and John the sons of Zebedee overtaken,^{Edition note 4} who were Simon’s partners. And Jesus said [4] unto Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt be a fisher of men unto life. ^{Edition note 5}And they brought the boats to the land; and they left everything, and followed him.

[5] ^{Edition note 6}And after that came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and he went [6] about there with them, and baptized. ^{Edition note 7}And John also was baptizing in Ænon, which is beside Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. [7, 8] ^{Edition note 8}And John was not yet come into prison. ^{Edition note 9}And there was an inquiry between [9] one of John’s disciples and one of the Jews about purifying. ^{Edition note 10}And they^{Edition note 11} came unto John, and said unto him, Our master, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom [10] thou hast borne witness, behold, he also baptizeth, and many come to him. ^{Edition note 12}John answered and said unto them,^{Edition note 13} A man can receive nothing of himself, except it be [11] given him^{Edition note 14} from heaven. ^{Edition note 15}Ye are they that bear witness unto me that I said, I am [12] not the Messiah, but I am one sent^{Edition note 16} before him. ^{Edition note 17}And he that hath a bride is a bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom is he that standeth and listeneth to him, and rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice.

Lo now,^{Edition note 18} behold, [13, 14] [Arabic, p. 23] my joy becometh complete.^{Edition note 19 Edition note 20}And he must increase and I decrease. ^{Edition note 21}For^{Edition note 22} he that is come from above is higher than everything; and he that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaketh; and he that came down from heaven is [15] higher than all. ^{Edition note 23}And he beareth witness of what he hath seen and heard: and no man [16] receiveth his witness. ^{Edition note 24}And he that hath received his witness hath asserted^{Edition note 25} that he is [17] truly God.^{Edition note 26 Edition note 27}And he whom God hath sent speaketh the words^{Edition note 28} of God: God gave [18] not the Spirit by measure. ^{Edition note 29}The Father loveth the Son, and hath put everything in [19] his hands. ^{Edition note 30}Whosoever believeth in the Son hath eternal^{Edition note 31} life; but whosoever obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God cometh^{Edition note 32} upon him.

[20] ^{Edition note 33}And Jesus learned^{Edition note 34} that the Pharisees had heard that he had received many disciples, [21] and that he was baptizing more than John ^{Edition note 35}(not that Jesus was himself baptizing, [22] but his disciples); ^{Edition note 36}and so he left Judæa.

[23] ^{Edition note 37}And Herod the governor, because he used to be rebuked by John because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and for all the sins which he was committing, [24] added to all that also this, ^{Edition note 38}that he shut up John in prison.

[25] ^{Edition note 39}And when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he went away to Galilee. [26] ^{Edition note 40}And he entered again into Cana, where he had made the water wine. And there [27] was at Capernaum a king’s servant, whose son was sick. ^{Edition note 41}And this man heard that Jesus was come from Judæa to Galilee; and he went to him, and besought of him that he would come down and heal his son; for he had come near unto death. [28, 29] ^{Edition note 42}Jesus said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye do^{Edition note 43} not believe. ^{Edition note 44}The [Arabic, p. 24] king’s servant said unto him, My Lord, come down, that the child die not. [30] ^{Edition note 45}Jesus said unto him, Go; for thy son is alive.

And that man believed the [31] word which Jesus spake, and went. ^{Edition note 46}And when he went down, his servants met him [32] and told him, and^{Edition note 47} said unto him, Thy son is alive. ^{Edition note 48}And he asked them at what time he recovered. They said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left [33] him. ^{Edition note 49}And his father knew that that was at that hour in which Jesus said unto him, [34] Thy son is alive. ^{Edition note 50}And he believed, he and the whole people of his house. And this [35] is the second sign^{Edition note 51} which Jesus did when he returned from Judæa to Galilee. ^{Edition note 52}And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

[36] ^{Edition note 53}And he left Nazareth, and came and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea shore, in the [37] borders of Zebulun and Naphtali: ^{Edition note 54}that it might be fulfilled which was said in Isaiah the prophet, who said,

[38] ^{Edition note 55}The land of Zebulun, the land of Naphtali,

The way of the sea, the passage of the Jordan,

Galilee of the nations:

[39] ^{Edition note 56}The people sitting in darkness

Saw a great light,

And those sitting in the region and in the shadow of death,

There appeared to them a light.

[40] ^{Edition note 57}And he taught them on the sabbaths. ^{Edition note 58}And they wondered because of his doctrine:^{Edition note 59} [41] for his word was as if it were authoritative. ^{Edition note 60}And there was in the synagogue [42] a man with an unclean devil, and he cried out with a loud voice, and said, ^{Edition note 61}Let me alone; what have I to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come for our [43] destruction? I know thee who thou art, thou Holy One of God. ^{Edition note 62}And Jesus rebuked him, and said, Stop up thy mouth, and come out of him.

And the demon threw him [44] in the midst and came out of him, having done him no harm. ^{Edition note 63}And great amazement [Arabic, p. 25] took hold upon every man. And they talked one with another, and said, What is this word that orders the unclean spirits with power and [45] authority, and they come out? ^{Edition note 64}And the news of him spread abroad in all the region which was around them.

[46] ^{Edition note 65}And when Jesus went out of the synagogue, ^{Edition note 66}he saw a man sitting among the publicans,^{Edition note 67} named Matthew: and he said unto him, Come after me. And he rose, and followed him.

[47, 48] ^{Edition note 68}And Jesus came to the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. ^{Edition note 69}And Simon’s wife’s mother was oppressed with a great fever, and they besought him for [49] her. ^{Edition note 70}And he stood over her and rebuked her fever, and it left her, and immediately [50] she rose and ministered to them. ^{Edition note 71}And at even they brought to him many that had [51] demons: and he cast out their devils with the^{Edition note 72} word. ^{Edition note 73}And all that had sick, their diseases being divers and malignant, brought them unto him.

And he laid his hand [52] on them one by one^{Edition note 74} and healed them: ^{Edition note 75}that that might be fulfilled which was said [53] in the prophet Isaiah, who said, He taketh our pains and beareth our diseases. ^{Edition note 76}And [54] all the city was gathered together unto the door of Jesus. ^{Edition note 77}And he cast out devils also from many, as they were crying out and saying, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of God; and he rebuked them. And he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him that he was the Lord the Messiah.