Tatian: Diatessaron — Arabic Witness

Section XIX.

[1] ^{Edition note 1}And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came unto them, walking upon the [2] ^{Edition note 2}water, after they had rowed^{Edition note 3} with difficulty about twenty-five or thirty furlongs. [3] ^{Edition note 4}And when he drew near unto their boat, his disciples saw him walking on the water; and they were troubled, and supposed that it was a false appearance; and they cried [4] out from their fear. ^{Edition note 5}But Jesus straightway spoke unto them, and said, Take courage, [5] for it is I; fear not. ^{Edition note 6}Then Cephas answered and said unto him, My Lord, if it be thou, [6] bid me to come unto thee on the water. ^{Edition note 7}And Jesus said unto him, Come.

And [7] Cephas went down out of the boat, and walked on the water to come unto Jesus. ^{Edition note 8}But [Arabic, p. 74] when he saw the wind strong, he feared, and was on the point of sinking; [8] and he lifted up his voice, and said, My Lord, save me. ^{Edition note 9}And immediately our Lord stretched out his hand and took hold of him, and said unto him, [9] Thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt? ^{Edition note 10}And when Jesus came near, he went up [10] unto them into the boat, he and Simon, and immediately the wind ceased. ^{Edition note 11}And those that were in the ship came and worshipped him, and said, Truly thou art the [11] Son of God. ^{Edition note 12}And straightway that ship arrived at the land which they made for. [12] ^{Edition note 13}And when they came out of the ship to the land, they marvelled greatly and were [13] perplexed in themselves: ^{Edition note 14}and they had not understood by means of^{Edition note 15} that bread, because their heart was gross.

[14] ^{Edition note 16}And when the people of that region knew of the arrival of Jesus, they made haste in all that land, and began to bring those that were diseased,^{Edition note 17} borne in their [15] beds to the place where they heard that he was. ^{Edition note 18}And wheresoever the place might be which he entered, of the villages or the cities, they laid the sick in the markets, and sought of him that they might touch^{Edition note 19} were it only the edge of his garment: and all that touched^{Edition note 20} him were healed and lived.^{Edition note 21}

[16] ^{Edition note 22}And on the day after that, the multitude which was standing on the shore of the sea saw that there was there no other ship save that into which the disciples had [17] gone up, ^{Edition note 23}and that Jesus went not up into the ship with his disciples (but there were other ships from Tiberias near^{Edition note 24} the place where they ate the bread when Jesus blessed [18] it): ^{Edition note 25}and when that multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor yet his disciples, they [19] [Arabic, p. 75] went up into those ships, and came to Capernaum, and sought Jesus. ^{Edition note 26}And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Our [20] Master, when camest thou hither? ^{Edition note 27}Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye have not sought me because of^{Edition note 28} your seeing the signs, but because of [21] your eating the bread and being satisfied. ^{Edition note 29}Serve not the food which perisheth, but the food which abideth in eternal life,^{Edition note 30} which the Son of man will give unto you: him^{Edition note 31} [22] hath God the Father sealed. ^{Edition note 32}They said unto him, What shall we do that we may [23] work the work of God? ^{Edition note 33}Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of [24] God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. ^{Edition note 34}They said unto him, What sign hast thou done, that we may see, and believe in thee?

what hast thou wrought? [25] ^{Edition note 35}Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it was written, Bread from heaven [26] gave he them to eat. ^{Edition note 36}Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not bread from [27] heaven; but my Father gave^{Edition note 37} you the bread of truth^{Edition note 38} from heaven. ^{Edition note 39}The bread of God is that which came down from heaven and gave the [28, 29] world life. ^{Edition note 40}They said unto him, Our Lord, give us at all times this bread. ^{Edition note 41}Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: whosoever cometh unto me shall not hunger, [30] and whosoever believeth in me shall not thirst for ever. ^{Edition note 42}But I said unto you, [31] Ye have seen me, and have not believed. ^{Edition note 43}And all that my Father hath given to me cometh unto me; and whosoever cometh unto me I shall not cast him forth without. [32] ^{Edition note 44}I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of him [33] that sent me; ^{Edition note 45}and this is the will of him that sent me, that I should lose nothing of [34] [Arabic, p. 76] that which he gave me, but raise it up in the last day. ^{Edition note 46}This is the will of my Father, that every one that seeth the Son, and believeth in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day.

[35] ^{Edition note 47}The Jews therefore murmured against him because of his saying, I am the bread [36] which came down from heaven. ^{Edition note 48}And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? then how saith this man, I came down from [37, 38] heaven? ^{Edition note 49}Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not one with another. ^{Edition note 50}No man is able to come unto me, except the Father which sent me draw him; and I will [39] raise him up in the last day. ^{Edition note 51}It is written in the prophet, They shall all be the taught of God.

Every one who heareth from the Father now,^{Edition note 52} and learneth of him, cometh [40] unto me. ^{Edition note 53}No man now seeth the Father; but he that is from God, he it is that seeth [41] the Father. ^{Edition note 54}Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever believeth in me hath eternal [42, 43] life. ^{Edition note 55}I am the bread of life. ^{Edition note 56}Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and [44] they died. ^{Edition note 57}This is the bread which came down from heaven, that a man may eat [45] of it, and not die. ^{Edition note 58}I am the bread of life which came down from heaven: and if a man eat of this bread he shall live for ever: ^{Edition note 59}and the bread which I shall give is my body, which I give for the life of the world.

[46] ^{Edition note 60}The Jews therefore quarrelled one with another, and said, How can he give us [47] [Arabic, p. 77] his body that we may eat it? ^{Edition note 61}Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ye do not eat the body of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye shall [48] not have life in yourselves. ^{Edition note 62}Whosoever eateth of my body and drinketh of my blood [49] hath eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day. ^{Edition note 63}My body truly is meat,^{Edition note 64} and [50] my blood truly is drink.^{Edition note 65 Edition note 66}Whosoever eateth my body and drinketh my blood abideth [51] in me, and I in him—^{Edition note 67}as the living Father sent me, and I am alive because of the [52] Father; and whosoever eateth me, he also shall live because of me. ^{Edition note 68}This is the bread which came down from heaven: and not according as your fathers ate the [53] manna, and died: whosoever eateth of this bread shall live for ever. ^{Edition note 69}This he said in [54] the synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum. ^{Edition note 70}And many of his disciples, when they heard, said, This word is hard; who is he that can hear it?