Tatian: Diatessaron — Arabic Witness

Section XXII.

[1] ^{Edition note 1}And when Jesus came to a certain village, there drew near to him a leper, and fell at his feet, and besought him, and said unto him, If thou wilt, thou art able to [2] cleanse me. ^{Edition note 2}And Jesus had mercy upon him, and stretched forth his hand, and [3] touched him, and said, I will cleanse^{Edition note 3} thee. ^{Edition note 4}And immediately his leprosy departed [4] from him, and he was cleansed. ^{Edition note 5}And he sternly charged him, and sent him out, [5] [Arabic, p. 85] and said unto him, ^{Edition note 6}See that thou tell not any man: but go and shew thyself to the priests, and offer an offering for thy cleansing as Moses commanded [6] for their testimony. ^{Edition note 7}But he, when he went out, began to publish much, and spread abroad the news, so that Jesus could not enter into any of the cities openly, for the extent to which the report of him spread, but he remained without in a desert [7] place. ^{Edition note 8}And much people came unto him from one place and another,^{Edition note 9} to hear [8] his word, and that they might be healed of their pains. ^{Edition note 10}And he used to withdraw from them into the desert, and pray.

[9] ^{Edition note 11}And after that, was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

[10] ^{Edition note 12}And there was in Jerusalem a place prepared for bathing,^{Edition note 13} which was called in [11] Hebrew the House of Mercy, having five porches. ^{Edition note 14}And there were laid in them much people of the sick, and blind, and lame, and paralysed, waiting for the moving [12] of the water. ^{Edition note 15}And the angel from time to time went down into the place of bathing,^{Edition note 16} and moved the water; and the first that went down after the moving [13] of the water, every pain that he had was healed. ^{Edition note 17}And a man was there who had a [14] disease for thirty-eight years. ^{Edition note 18}And Jesus saw this man laid, and knew^{Edition note 19} that he had [15] been thus a long time; and he said unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? ^{Edition note 20}That diseased one answered and said, Yea, my Lord, I have no man, when the water moveth, to put me into the bathing-place; but when I come, another goeth down before [16, 17] me. ^{Edition note 21}Jesus said unto him, Rise, take thy bed, and walk. ^{Edition note 22}And immediately that man was healed; and he rose, and carried his bed, and walked.

[18] ^{Edition note 23}And that day was a sabbath. And when the Jews saw that healed one, they^{Edition note 24} said [19] unto him, It is a sabbath: thou hast no authority to carry thy bed. ^{Edition note 25}And he answered and said unto them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take thy bed, [20] [Arabic, p. 86] and walk. ^{Edition note 26}They asked him therefore, Who is this man that said unto thee, [21] Take thy bed, and walk? ^{Edition note 27}But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had removed from that place to another, because of the press of the great multitude [22] which was in that place. ^{Edition note 28}And after two days Jesus happened upon him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art whole: sin not again, lest there come upon [23] thee what is worse than the first. ^{Edition note 29}And that man went, and said to the Jews that it [24] was Jesus that had healed him. ^{Edition note 30}And because of that the Jews persecuted Jesus and [25] sought to kill him, because he was doing this on the sabbath. ^{Edition note 31}And Jesus said unto [26] them, My Father worketh until now, and I also work. ^{Edition note 32}And because of this especially the Jews sought to kill him, not because he profaned the sabbath only; but for his saying also that God was his Father, and his making himself equal with God. [27] ^{Edition note 33}Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son cannot do anything of himself, but what he seeth the Father do; what the Father doeth, [28] that the Son also doeth like him. ^{Edition note 34}The Father loveth his Son, and everything that he doeth he sheweth him: and more than these works will he shew him, that ye [29] may marvel. ^{Edition note 35}And as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, so the Son [30] also giveth life to whomsoever he will. ^{Edition note 36}And the Father judgeth no man, but hath [31] given all judgement unto the Son; ^{Edition note 37}that every man may honour the Son, as he honoureth the Father.

And he that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which [32] sent him. ^{Edition note 38}Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever heareth my word, and believeth in him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgement, but passeth from [33] [Arabic, p. 87] death unto life. ^{Edition note 39}Verily, verily, I say unto you, An hour shall come, and now is also, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and those [34] which hear shall live. ^{Edition note 40}And as the Father hath life in himself,^{Edition note 41} likewise he gave to [35] the Son also that he might have life in himself,^{Edition note 42 Edition note 43}and authority to do judgement also, [36] because^{Edition note 44} he is the Son of man. ^{Edition note 45}Marvel not then at that: I mean the coming of the hour when all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth: [37] ^{Edition note 46}those that have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those that have done evil deeds, to the resurrection of judgement.

[38] ^{Edition note 47}I am not able of myself to do anything; but as I hear, I judge: and my judgement [39] is just; I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me. ^{Edition note 48}I^{Edition note 49} bear witness [40] of myself, and so^{Edition note 50} my witness is not true. ^{Edition note 51}It is another that beareth witness [41] of me; and I know that the witness which he beareth of me is true. ^{Edition note 52}Ye have sent [42] unto John, and he hath borne witness of the truth. ^{Edition note 53}But not from man do I seek [43] witness; but I say that ye may live.^{Edition note 54 Edition note 55}That^{Edition note 56} was a lamp which shineth and [44] giveth light: and ye were pleased to glory now^{Edition note 57} in his light. ^{Edition note 58}But I have witness greater than that of John: the works which my Father hath given me to accomplish, [45] those works which I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. ^{Edition note 59}And the Father which sent me, he hath borne witness of me.

Ye have neither heard his [46] voice at any time, nor seen his appearance. ^{Edition note 60}And his word abideth not in you; because [47] in him whom he hath sent ye do not believe. ^{Edition note 61}Search the scriptures, in which ye rejoice^{Edition note 62} [48] that ye have eternal life; ^{Edition note 63}and they bear witness of me; and ye do not wish to come to [49, 50] [Arabic, p. 88] me, that ye may have eternal life. ^{Edition note 64}I seek not praise of men. ^{Edition note 65}But I know [51] you, that the love of God is not in you. ^{Edition note 66}I am come in the name of my Father, and ye received me not; but if another come in his own name, that one will [52] ye receive. ^{Edition note 67}And how can ye believe, while ye receive praise one from another, and [53] praise from God, the One, ye seek not? ^{Edition note 68}Can it be that ye think that I will accuse you before the Father? Ye have one that accuseth you, Moses, in whom ye have [54] rejoiced.^{Edition note 69 Edition note 70}If ye believed Moses, ye would believe me also; Moses wrote of me. [55] ^{Edition note 71}And if ye believed not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?