Section VII.

[1] [Arabic, p. 26] 449    Mark i. 35.And in the morning of that day he went out very early, and went to a [2] desert place, and was there praying.  450    Mark i. 36.And Simon and those that were with [3] him sought him.  451    Mark i. 37.And when they found him, they said unto him, All the people seek for [4] thee.  452    Mark i. 38.He said unto them, Let us go into the adjacent villages and towns, that I may [5] preach there also; for to this end did I come.  453    Luke iv. 42.And the multitudes were seeking him, and came till they reached him; and they took hold of him, that he should not [6] go away from them.  454    Luke iv. 43.But Jesus said unto them, I must preach of the kingdom of [7] God in other cities also:  for because of this gospel was I sent.  455    Matt. ix. 35.And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, and teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all the diseases and all the sicknesses, [8] 456    Mark i. 39.and casting out the devils.  457    Luke iv. 14b.And his fame became known 458    Luke iv. 15.that459    This may represent a Syriac as. he was teaching in [9] every place and being glorified by every man.  460    Mark ii. 14.And when he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting among the tax-gatherers;461    See above, note to § 6, 46, which applies, although the Arabic words are different. and he said unto him, Follow [10] me:  and he rose and followed him.  462    Matt. iv. 24.And the news of him was heard of in all the land of Syria:  and they brought unto him all those whom grievous ills had befallen through divers diseases, and those that were enduring torment, and those that were possessed, and lunatics,463    Lit. son-of-the-roofs, a Syriac expression (cf. § 24, 31, note). and paralytics; and he healed them.

[11, 12] 464    Mark ii. 1.And after some days Jesus entered into Capernaum again.  465    Mark ii. 2.And when they heard that he was in the house,466    This is the end of verse 1 in the Greek. many gathered, so that it could not hold them, even about [13] [Arabic, p. 27] the door; and he made known to them the word of God.  467    Luke v. 17b.And there were there some of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, sitting, come from all the villages of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was [14] present to heal them.  468    Luke v. 18.And some men brought a bed with a man on it who was paralytic.  [15] And they sought to bring him in and lay him before him.  469    Luke v. 19.And when they found no way to bring him in because of the multitude of people, they went up to the roof, and let him down with his bed from the roofing,470    This word may be either a singular or a plural. into the midst before Jesus.  [16] 471    Luke v. 20.And when Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the paralytic, My son, thy sins are forgiven [17] thee.  472    Luke v. 21.And the scribes and Pharisees began to think within their hearts, Why doth this man blaspheme?473    This word ordinarily means to forge lies against; but our translator uses it regularly as here.  Who is it that is able to forgive sins, but God alone?  [18] 474    Mark ii. 8.And Jesus knew by the spirit that they were thinking this within themselves, and he [19] said unto them, Why do ye think this within your heart?  475    Mark ii. 9.Which is better,476    Peshitta has easier. that it should be said to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or that it should be said [20] to him, Arise, and take thy bed, and walk?  477    Mark ii. 10.That ye may know that the Son of man [21] is empowered on earth to forgive sins (and he said to the paralytic), 478    Mark ii. 11.I say unto thee, [22] Arise, take thy bed, and go to thine house.  479    Mark ii. 12a.And he rose forthwith, and took his bed, and went out in the presence of all.  480    Luke v. 25b.And he went to his house praising God.  [23] 481    Matt. ix. 8a.And when those multitudes saw, they feared; 482    Luke v. 26a.and amazement took possession of [24] them, 483    Matt. ix. 8b.and they praised God, who had given such power to men.  484    Luke v. 26c.And they said, We have seen marvellous things to-day, 485    Mark ii. 12c.of which we have never before seen the like.

[25] [Arabic, p. 28] 486    Luke v. 27.And after that, Jesus went out, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting [26] among the publicans:487    See above, note to § 6, 46.  and he said unto him, Follow me.  488    Luke v. 28.And he left [27] everything, and rose, and followed him.  489    Luke v. 29.And Levi made him a great feast in his house.  And there was a great multitude of the publicans and others sitting with him.  [28] 490    Luke v. 30.And the scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said unto his disciples, Why do ye eat [29] and drink with the publicans and sinners?  491    Luke v. 31.Jesus answered and said unto them, The physician seeketh not those who are well, but those that are afflicted with grievous [30, 31] sickness.492    A Syriacism.  493    Luke v. 32.I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners, to repentance.  494    Luke v. 33.And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast always, and pray, and the [32] Pharisees also, but thy disciples eat and drink?  495    Luke v. 34.He said unto them, Ye cannot make [33] the sons of the marriage feast496    The Arabic word, which occurs here in many of the Arabic versions, could also be read bridegroom.  The Syriac word for marriage chamber is also used in the sense of marriage feast. fast, while the bridegroom is with them.  497    Luke v. 35.Days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them; then will they fast in those [34] days.  498    Luke v. 36a.And he spake unto them a parable:  499    Mark ii. 21.No man inserteth a new patch and seweth it in a worn garment, lest the newness of the new take from the worn, and [35] there occur a great rent.  500    Mark ii. 22.And no man putteth fresh wine into old skins, lest the wine burst the skins, and the skins be destroyed, and the wine spilled; but they put [36] the fresh wine in the new skins, and both are preserved.  501    Luke v. 38, 39.And no man drinketh old wine and straightway desireth fresh; for he saith, The old is better.

[37] 502    Matt. xii. 1.And while Jesus was walking on the sabbath day among the sown fields, his disciples [Arabic, p. 29] hungered.  And they were rubbing the ears with their hands, and [38] eating.  503    Matt. xii. 2a.But some of the Pharisees, when they saw them, 504    Mark ii. 24.said unto him, See, [39] why505    Syr.  In Arab. it means what? do thy disciples on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?  506    Mark ii. 25.But Jesus said unto them, Have ye not read in olden time what David did, when he had need and [40] hungered, he and those that were with him? 507    Mark ii. 26.how he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the table of the Lord, which it was not lawful that any should eat, save the priests, and gave to them that were with him also?  [41] 508    Mark ii. 27.And he said unto them, The sabbath was created because of man, and man was not [42] created because of the sabbath.  509    Matt. xii. 5.Or have ye not read in the law, that the priests in [43] the temple profane the sabbath, and yet they are blameless?  510    Matt. xii. 6.I say unto you now, [44] that here is what511    This may be simply a misinterpretation of the ordinary Syriac reading, which in all probability agrees with the masculine reading found in the Text. Rec. of the Greek. is greater than the temple.  512    Matt. xii. 7.If ye had known this:513    Is it possible that the Arabic word after known is not meant simply to introduce the quotation, but is to be taken in the adverbial sense, how representing the Syriac what that is?  I love mercy, [45] not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned514    See § 10, 13, note. those on whom is no blame.  515    Matt. xii. 8.The [46] Lord of the sabbath is the Son of man.  516    Mark iii. 21.And his relatives heard, and went out to take him, and said, He hath gone out of his mind.

[47] 517    Luke vi. 6.And on the next518    Lit. other.  The definite article is a mistake of the translator. sabbath day he entered519    Here, at the end of leaf 17 of Vat. ms., is a note by a later hand:  “Here a leaf is missing.”  This first lacuna extends from § 7, 47 to § 8, 17. into the synagogue and was teaching.  [48] 520    Luke vi. 7.And there was there a man whose right hand was withered.  And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day, [49] that they might find the means of accusing him.  521    Luke vi. 8.But he knew their thoughts, and said unto the man whose hand was withered, Rise and come near into the midst of [50] the synagogue.  522    Luke vi. 9.And when he came and stood, Jesus said unto them, I ask you, which is lawful to be done on the sabbath day, good or evil? shall lives be saved or [51] [Arabic, p. 30] destroyed?  523    Mark iii. 4b.But they were silent.  524    Mark iii. 5.Regarding525    An easy clerical error for And so he regarded (cf. Peshitta). them with anger, being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts.  And he said unto the man, Stretch out thy hand.  And he stretched it out:  and his hand became straight.  [52] 526    Matt. xii. 11.Then he said unto them, What man of you shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a [53] well on the sabbath day, will not take it and lift it out?  527    Matt. xii. 12.And how much is man better than a sheep!  Wherefore it is lawful on the sabbath to do good.