Tatian: Diatessaron — Arabic Witness

Section XLIV.

[1, 2] ^{Edition note 1}And when Jesus^{Edition note 2} finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, ^{Edition note 3}Ye know that after two days will be the passover, and the Son of man is delivered up to be [3] crucified. ^{Edition note 4}Then gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders [4] of the people, unto the court of the chief priest, who was called Caiaphas; ^{Edition note 5}and they took counsel together concerning Jesus, that they might seize him by subtilty, and [5] kill him. ^{Edition note 6}But they said, Not during the feast, lest there take place a disturbance among the people; ^{Edition note 7}for they feared the people.

[6] ^{Edition note 8}And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, who was of the number [7] of the twelve. ^{Edition note 9}And he went away, and communed with the chief priests, and the scribes, and those that held command in the temple, and said unto them, What [8] [Arabic, p. 167] would ye pay me, and I will deliver him unto you? ^{Edition note 10}And they, when they heard it, were pleased, and made ready^{Edition note 11} for him thirty pieces of money.^{Edition note 12} [9] ^{Edition note 13}And he promised^{Edition note 14} them, and from that time he sought an opportunity^{Edition note 15} that he might deliver unto them Jesus without the multitude.

[10] ^{Edition note 16}And on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, and said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and make ready for thee that thou mayest eat the passover?

[11] ^{Edition note 17}And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knew that the hour was arrived for his departure from this world unto his Father; and he loved his own in this world, [12] and to the last he loved them. ^{Edition note 18}And at the time of the feast, Satan put into the [13] heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to deliver him up. ^{Edition note 19}And Jesus, because he knew that the Father had delivered into his hands everything, and that he came [14] forth from the Father, and goeth unto God, ^{Edition note 20}rose from supper, and laid aside his [15] garments; ^{Edition note 21}and took a towel, and girded his waist, and poured water into a bason, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith [16] his waist was girded. ^{Edition note 22}And when he came to Simon Cephas, Simon said unto [17] him, Dost thou, my Lord, wash for me my feet? ^{Edition note 23}Jesus answered and said unto [18] him, What I do, now thou knowest not; but afterwards thou shalt learn. ^{Edition note 24}Simon said unto him, Thou shalt never wash for me my feet.

Jesus said unto him, If I [19] wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. ^{Edition note 25}Simon Cephas said unto him, Then, my [20] Lord, wash not for me my feet alone, but my hands also and my head. ^{Edition note 26}Jesus said unto him, He that batheth^{Edition note 27} needeth not to wash save his feet, whereas his whole [21] body is clean: and ye also are clean, but not all of you. ^{Edition note 28}For Jesus knew him that should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.

[22] [Arabic, p. 168] ^{Edition note 29}So when he had washed their feet, he took his garments, and sat down, and [23] said unto them, Know ye what I have done unto you? ^{Edition note 30}Ye call me, Master, [24] and, Lord: and ye say well; so I am. ^{Edition note 31}If then I, now, who am your Lord and Master, have washed for you your feet, how needful is it that ye should wash one another’s feet! [25] ^{Edition note 32}This have I given you as an example, that as I have done to you so ye should do [26] also. ^{Edition note 33}Verily, verily, I say unto you, No servant is greater than his lord; nor an [27] apostle greater than he that sent him. ^{Edition note 34}If ye know that, ye are happy if ye do it. [28] ^{Edition note 35}My saying this^{Edition note 36} is not for all of you: for I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture might be fulfilled, He that eateth with me bread lifted against me his [29] heel. ^{Edition note 37}Henceforth I say unto you before it come to pass, that, when it cometh to [30] pass, ye may believe that I am he. ^{Edition note 38}Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and whosoever receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

[31] ^{Edition note 39}Who is the great one, he that sitteth, or he that serveth? is it not he that sitteth? [32] ^{Edition note 40}I am among you as he that serveth. ^{Edition note 41}But ye are they that have continued with me [33] in my temptations; ^{Edition note 42}I promise^{Edition note 43} you, as my Father promised^{Edition note 44} me, the kingdom, that ye may eat and drink at the table of my kingdom.

[34] ^{Edition note 45}And the first day^{Edition note 46} came, the feast of unleavened bread, on which the Jews were [35] wont^{Edition note 47} to sacrifice^{Edition note 48} the passover. ^{Edition note 49}And Jesus sent two of his disciples, Cephas and John, and said unto them, Go and make ready for us the passover, that we may eat. [36, 37] ^{Edition note 50}And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee? ^{Edition note 51}He said unto them, Go, enter the city; ^{Edition note 52}and at the time of your entering, there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; ^{Edition note 53}follow him, and the place where he entereth, say [38] to such an one, the master of the house, ^{Edition note 54}Our Master saith, My time is come, and [Arabic, p. 169] at thy house I keep the passover. ^{Edition note 55}Where then is the lodging-place where [39] I shall eat with my disciples? ^{Edition note 56}And he will shew you a large upper room [40] spread and made ready: ^{Edition note 57}there then make ready for us. ^{Edition note 58}And his two disciples went out, and came to the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover as he had said unto them.

[41] ^{Edition note 59}And when the evening was come, and the time arrived, Jesus came and reclined, [42] and the twelve apostles with him. ^{Edition note 60}And he said unto them, With desire I have [43] desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: ^{Edition note 61}I say unto you, that henceforth I shall not eat it, until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

[44] ^{Edition note 62}Jesus said that, and was agitated^{Edition note 63} in his spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, [45] verily, I say unto you, One of you, he that eateth with me, shall betray me. ^{Edition note 64}And they were very sorrowful; and they began to say unto him, one after another of [46] them, Can it be I, Lord? ^{Edition note 65}He answered and said unto them, One of the twelve, [47] he that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, will betray me. ^{Edition note 66}And lo, the hand of [48] him that betrayeth me is on the table. ^{Edition note 67}And the Son of man goeth, as it is written of him: woe then to that man by whose hand the Son of man is betrayed!

for it [49] would have been better for that man had he not been born. ^{Edition note 68}And the disciples [50] looked one on another, for they knew not to whom he referred; ^{Edition note 69}and they began to search among themselves, who that might be who was to do this.