Tatian: Diatessaron — Arabic Witness

Section XLI.

[1] ^{Edition note 1}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^{Edition note 2} from city to [2] city: ^{Edition note 3}that there may come on you all the blood of the righteous that hath been poured upon the ground^{Edition note 4} from the blood of Abel the pure to the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple^{Edition note 5} and the altar. [3] ^{Edition note 6}Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.^{Edition note 7}

[4] [Arabic, p. 155] ^{Edition note 8}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! ^{Edition note 9}Your house shall [6] be left over you desolate. ^{Edition note 10}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] ^{Edition note 11}And many of the rulers also believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they [8] were not confessing him, lest they be put^{Edition note 12} out of the synagogue: ^{Edition note 13}and they loved [9] the praise of men more than the praising of God. ^{Edition note 14}And Jesus cried and said, [10] Whosoever believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him that sent me. ^{Edition note 15}And [11] whosoever seeth me hath seen him that sent me. ^{Edition note 16}I am come a light^{Edition note 17} into the [12] world, and so every one that believeth in me abideth not in the darkness. ^{Edition note 18}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.^{Edition note 19 Edition note 20}Whosoever wrongeth^{Edition note 21} 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. ^{Edition note 22}I from myself did not speak: but the Father which sent me, he hath given me commandment,^{Edition note 23} what I should say, and what I [15] should speak; and I know that his commandment^{Edition note 24} is eternal life. ^{Edition note 25}The things that I say now, as my Father hath said unto me, even so I say.

[16] ^{Edition note 26}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^{Edition note 27} him [17] in many things; ^{Edition note 28}seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might be able to calumniate him.

[18] ^{Edition note 29}And when there gathered together myriads of great multitudes, which almost trode [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. ^{Edition note 30}For there is nothing [20] concealed, that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known. ^{Edition note 31}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] ^{Edition note 32}This said Jesus, and he went and hid himself from them. ^{Edition note 33}But notwithstanding [23] his having done all these signs before them, they believed not in him: ^{Edition note 34}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] ^{Edition note 35}And for this reason it is not possible for them to believe, because Isaiah also said,

[25] ^{Edition note 36}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] ^{Edition note 37}This said Isaiah when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

[27] ^{Edition note 38}And when Jesus went out of the temple, certain of his disciples came forward [28] to shew^{Edition note 39} him the buildings of the temple, ^{Edition note 40}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. ^{Edition note 41}Jesus answered and said [30] unto them, See ye these great buildings? ^{Edition note 42}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] ^{Edition note 43}And two days before^{Edition note 44} the passover of unleavened bread, the chief priests and [32] the scribes sought how they might take him by deceit,^{Edition note 45} and kill him: ^{Edition note 46}and they said, It shall not be at the feast, lest the people be agitated.

[33] ^{Edition note 47}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, ^{Edition note 48}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. ^{Edition note 49}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] ^{Edition note 50}man, and shall not behold. ^{Edition note 51}Take heed lest any man lead you astray.

Many shall [38] come in my name, and say, I am the Messiah; ^{Edition note 52}and they shall say, The time is come [39] near, and shall lead many astray: go not therefore after them. ^{Edition note 53}And when ye hear of wars and tidings of insurrections, see to it, be^{Edition note 54} not agitated: for these things must [40] first be; only the end is not yet come. ^{Edition note 55}Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom [41] against kingdom: ^{Edition note 56}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^{Edition note 57} shall appear from heaven, and there shall be great [42, 43] storms ^{Edition note 58}All these things are the beginning of travail. ^{Edition note 59}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. ^{Edition note 60}And [45] that shall be unto you for a witness. ^{Edition note 61}But first must my gospel be preached unto all [46] nations. ^{Edition note 62}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: ^{Edition note 63}because it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit. ^{Edition note 64}Lay it to your heart, not [49] [Arabic, p. 158] to be anxious before the time what ye shall say: ^{Edition note 65}and I shall^{Edition note 66} give you understanding and wisdom,^{Edition note 67} which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay. [50] ^{Edition note 68}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. ^{Edition note 69}And then shall many go astray,^{Edition note 70} and they [52] shall hate one another, and deliver one another unto death. ^{Edition note 71}And your parents, and your brethren, and your kinsfolk, and your friends shall deliver you up, and shall [53, 54] slay some of you. ^{Edition note 72}But a lock of hair from your heads shall not perish. ^{Edition note 73}And by [55] your patience ye shall gain^{Edition note 74} your souls. ^{Edition note 75}And many men,^{Edition note 76} false prophets, shall arise, [56] and lead many astray. ^{Edition note 77}And because of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many [57] shall wax cold. ^{Edition note 78}But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. ^{Edition note 79}And [58] this, the^{Edition note 80} 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.