Tatian: Diatessaron — Arabic Witness

Section XXXIX.

[1] ^{Edition note 1}And Jesus six days before the passover^{Edition note 2} came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, [2] whom Jesus raised from among the dead. ^{Edition note 3}And they made^{Edition note 4} a feast for him there: [3] and Martha was serving; while Lazarus was one of them that sat with him. ^{Edition note 5}And [4] at the time of Jesus’ being at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ^{Edition note 6}great multitudes of the Jews heard that Jesus was there: and they came, not because of Jesus alone, but [Arabic, p. 147] that they might look also on Lazarus, whom he raised from among the dead. [5, 6] ^{Edition note 7}And the chief priests considered how they might kill Lazarus also; ^{Edition note 8}because [7] many of the Jews were going on his account, and believing in Jesus. ^{Edition note 9}And Mary took a case of the ointment of fine nard, of great price, ^{Edition note 10}and opened it, and poured [8] it out on the head of Jesus as he was reclining; ^{Edition note 11}and she anointed his feet, and wiped them with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. [9, 10] ^{Edition note 12}But Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was to betray him, said, ^{Edition note 13}Why was [11] not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given unto the poor? ^{Edition note 14}This he said, not because of his care for the poor, but because he was a thief, and the chest [12] was with him, and what was put^{Edition note 15} into it he used to bear. ^{Edition note 16}And that displeased the rest of the disciples also within themselves, and they said, Why went this ointment [13] to waste? ^{Edition note 17}It was possible that it should be sold for much, and the poor be given [14] it. ^{Edition note 18}And they were angry with^{Edition note 19} Mary. ^{Edition note 20}And Jesus perceived it, and said unto them, ^{Edition note 21}Leave her; why molest ye her?

a good work hath she accomplished on me: ^{Edition note 22}for the [15] day of my burial kept she it. ^{Edition note 23}At all times the poor are with you, and when ye [16] wish ye can do them a kindness: ^{Edition note 24}but I am not at all times with you. ^{Edition note 25}And for this cause, when she poured^{Edition note 26} this ointment on my body, it is as if she did it for my burial, [17] and anointed my body beforehand. ^{Edition note 27}And verily I say unto you, In every place where this my gospel shall be proclaimed in all the world, what she did shall be told for a memorial of her.

[18, 19] [Arabic, p. 148] ^{Edition note 28}And when Jesus said that, he went out leisurely to go to Jerusalem. ^{Edition note 29}And when he arrived at Bethphage and at Bethany, beside the mount which is [20] called the mount of Olives, ^{Edition note 30}Jesus sent two of his disciples, and he said unto them, Go [21] into this village that is opposite you: ^{Edition note 31}and when ye enter it, ye shall find an ass tied, and [22] a colt with him,^{Edition note 32} which no man ever yet mounted: loose him, and bring them^{Edition note 33} unto me. ^{Edition note 34}And if any man say unto you, Why loose ye them? say unto him thus, We [23] seek them for our Lord; and straightway send them hither. ^{Edition note 35}All this was, that what was said in the prophet might be fulfilled, which said,

[24] ^{Edition note 36}Say ye unto the daughter of Zion,

Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,

Meek, and riding upon an ass,

And upon a colt the foal of an ass.

[25] ^{Edition note 37}And the disciples did not know this at that time: but after that Jesus was glorified, his disciples remembered that these things were written of him, and that this [26] they had done unto him. ^{Edition note 38}And when the two disciples went, they found as he had [27] said unto them, and they did as Jesus charged them. ^{Edition note 39}And when they loosed them, [28] their owners said unto them, Why loose ye them? ^{Edition note 40}They said unto them, We seek [29] them for our Lord. ^{Edition note 41}And they let them go.

And they brought the ass and the colt, [30] and they placed on the colt their garments; and Jesus mounted it. ^{Edition note 42}And most of the multitudes spread their garments on the ground before him: and others cut branches [31] from the trees, and threw them in the way. ^{Edition note 43}And when he neared his^{Edition note 44} descent from [Arabic, p. 149] the mount of Olives, all the disciples began to rejoice and to praise God with [32] a loud voice for all the powers which they had seen; ^{Edition note 45}and they said, Praise in the highest; Praise to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name [33] of the Lord; ^{Edition note 46}and blessed^{Edition note 47} is the kingdom that cometh, that of^{Edition note 48} our father David: ^{Edition note 49}Peace in heaven, and praise in the highest.

[34] ^{Edition note 50}And a great multitude, that which came to the feast, when they heard that Jesus [35] was coming to Jerusalem, took young palm branches,^{Edition note 51 Edition note 52}and went forth to meet him, and cried and said, Praise: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the [36] King of Israel. ^{Edition note 53}Certain therefore of the Pharisees from among the multitudes [37] said unto him, Our Master, rebuke thy disciples. ^{Edition note 54}He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If these were silent, the stones would cry out.

[38, 39] ^{Edition note 55}And when he drew near, and saw the city, he wept over it, and said, ^{Edition note 56}Would that thou hadst known the things that are^{Edition note 57} for thy peace, in this thy day! now that is [40] hidden from thine eyes. ^{Edition note 58}There shall come unto thee days when thine enemies [41] shall encompass thee, and straiten thee from every quarter, ^{Edition note 59}and shall get possession of^{Edition note 60} thee, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

[42] ^{Edition note 61}And when he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was agitated, and they said, [43] Who is this? ^{Edition note 62}And the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the prophet that is from Nazareth [44] of Galilee. ^{Edition note 63}And the multitude which was with him bare witness that he called [45] Lazarus from the grave, and raised him from among the dead. ^{Edition note 64}And for this cause great multitudes went out to meet him, because they heard the sign which he did.