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1 BUT a certain man was sick, Loozar, of the village Bethania: (he was) the brother of Mariam and of Martha.
2 It was that Mariam who anointed with balsam the feet of Jeshu, and wiped (them) with her hair, whose brother this Loozar was who was sick.
3 And his two sisters sent unto Jeshu, saying, Our Lord, he whom thou lovest is sick.
4 But Jeshu said, This sickness is not of death, but for the glory of Aloha, that the Son of Aloha may be glorified on account of it.
5 But Jeshu loved Martha and Mariam and Loozar.
6 And when he heard that he was sick, he remained in the place where he was two days.
7 And afterwards he saith to his disciples, Come, we will go again into Jihud.
8 His disciples say to him, Raban, now have the Jihudoyee sought to stone thee; and again goest thou thither?
9 Jeshu saith to them, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world;
10 but if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because no light is in him.
11 These spake Jeshu; and afterwards he said to them, Loozar our friend reposeth;[Shokeb, lieth down, reclineth.] but I go to awake him.
12 His disciples say to him, Our Lord, if he sleep [Domek, sleepeth.] he is healed.
13 But Jeshu spake concerning his death; and they thought that concerning the repose of sleep he spake.
14 Then said Jeshu to them explicatively, [Phashikith.] Loozar is dead.
15 And I am glad I was not there for your sakes, that you may believe. But let us walk thither.
16 Thoma, who is called the Twin, saith to his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17 And Jeshu came to Bethania, and found that he had been four days in the house of burial.
18 Now Bethania was nigh to Urishlem, being a distance from it of about fifteen stadia.
19 And many of the Jihudoyee had come to Martha and Mariam, that they might speak to their hearts [Da-nemlun belebheen.] concerning their brother.
20 Then Martha, when she heard that Jeshu had come, went forth to meet him; but Mariam sat in the house.
21 And Martha said to Jeshu, My Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
22 But even now know I that whatsoever thou wilt ask of Aloha, he giveth to thee.
23 Jeshu saith to her, Thy brother ariseth.
24 Martha saith to him, I know that he ariseth in the resurrection at the last day.
25 Jeshu saith to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life; * and (he) who believeth in me, although he will die, shall live. [* Eno-no Nuchoma Va-chayee. The appellative Nuchoma is commonly rendered, "the consolation." The Syriac verb nachem is either consolatus est, or resurrexit. The rising of the dead was well called "the consolation!"]
26 And every one who liveth and believeth in me, for ever shall not die. Believest thou this?
27 She saith to him, Yes, my Lord; I believe that thou art the Meshicha, the Son of Aloha, who cometh into the world.
28 And when she had said these, she went, called Mariam her sister in secret, and said to her, Our Master hath come, and calleth for thee.
29 When Mariam heard, she arose quickly, and came to him.
30 But Jeshu himself had not yet come into the village, but was in that place where Martha met him.
31 But those Jihudoyee who were also with her in the house to console her, when they saw that Mariam rose up hastily to go forth, went themselves after her; for they thought that to the sepulchre she went to weep.
32 But she, Mariam, when she was come where Jeshu was, and saw him, fell down at his feet, saying, If thou hadst been here, my Lord, my brother had not died.
33 But Jeshu, when he saw her weeping, and those Jihudoyee who came with her weeping, he was moved in his spirit, and was troubled,
34 and said, Where have you laid him? And they said to him, Our Lord, come and see.
35 And the tears of Jeshu came.
36 And the Jihudoyee said, See how he loved him!
37 But some of them said, Could not this who opened the eyes of that blind have caused also that this should not have died?
38 Jeshu, groaning within himself, came to the house of burial; and that house of burial was a cave, and a stone was laid at the gate of it.
39 And Jeshu said, Take up this stone. Martha, the sister of him (who was) dead, saith to him, My Lord, he now stinketh; for four days are to him.
40 Jeshu said to her, Said I not to thee, that if thou wilt believe, thou shalt see the glory of Aloha?
41 And they took up the stone. And Jeshu lifted his eye upward, and said, Father, I give thanks to thee that thou hast heard me;
42 and I know that at all times thou hearest me: yet, because of this assembly which standeth, I say these (words), that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
43 And when he had said these (words), he cried with a high voice, Loozar, come without!
44 And he, the dead, came forth, his hands and his feet being bound with bandages, and his face in a linen cloth. Jeshu saith to them, Release him, and let (him) go.
45 And many of the Jihudoyee who came with Mariam, when they saw the thing which Jeshu did, believed on him.
46 And some of them went to the Pharishee, and told them every thing that Jeshu had done.
47 AND the chief priests and Pharishee assembled, and said, What shall we do? because this man doeth many signs;
48 and if we leave him thus, all men will believe on him, and the Rumoyee, coming, take away our country and our people.
49 But one of them, whose name was Kaiapha, was the high priest of that year; and he said to them, You know not any thing,
50 nor reason that it is expedient for us that one man die for the people, and not all the people perish.
51 But this from himself he spake not, but because he was high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jeshu should die for the people,
52 and not only for (that) people, but also that the children of Aloha who are dispersed he should gather into one.
53 And from that day they determined to kill him.
54 But Jeshu himself walked not openly among the Jihudoyee, but went from thence to the region near the wilderness, to a region which was called Ephrem, and there conversed with his disciples.
55 NOW the petscha of the Jihudoyee drew nigh; and many went up from the country places to Urishlem before the festival, to purify themselves.
56 And they sought for Jeshu, and said one to another in the temple, What think you, that he cometh to the feast?
57 But the chief priests and Pharishee had commanded that if any man knew where (he was), he should declare it to them, as that they might apprehend him.
12 1 But Jeshu six days before the petscha came to Bethania, where Loozar was, he whom Jeshu had raised from among the dead. [Or, (men beth mithee,) from the house of the dead.]
2 And they made him there a supper and Martha served, and Loozar was one of those who reclined with him.
3 But Mariam took a vase of balsam of the finest nard, great in price, and anointed the feet of Jeshu, and wiped with her hair his feet, and the house was filled with the fragrance of the balsam.
4 And Jihuda Scarjuta, one of his disciples, he who would betray him said,
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred dinoreen, and given to the poor?
6 But this he said, not because for the poor he had care, but because he was a thief, and the purse was with him, and whatever fell into it he carried.
7 But Jeshu said, Let her alone. For the day of my burial had she kept it.
8 In all time the poor you have with you; but me you have not at all time.
9 And a great company of Jihudoyee who were there heard Jeshu. And they had come not on Jeshu's account only, but also to see Loozar, he whom he had raised from among the dead.
10 But the chief priests were minded to slay Loozar also,
11 because many of the Jihudoyee on account of him had gone and believed in Jeshu.
12 THE day after, a great gathering of those who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jeshu was coming to Urishlem,
13 took branches of palms, and went forth to meet him. And they cried out, saying, Aushana! Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel.
14 And Jeshu caused to be found an ass, and sat upon him; as it is written,
15 Fear not, daughter of Tseun: behold, thy King cometh to thee, and riding on a colt, the foal of an ass.
16 But these the disciples knew not at that time; but when Jeshu was glorified, the disciples remembered that these were written concerning him, and (that) these (things) they had done unto him.
17 But the assembly that was with him when he called Loozar from the sepulchre, and raised him from among the dead, bare witness.
18 And on account of this, great multitudes went forth to receive him; for they had heard that this sign he had done.
19 But the Pharishee said one to another, See you that you do not profit any thing! For, behold, the whole world is gone after him.
20 Now there were also from the Gentiles men who had ascended to worship at the feast.
21 These came and drew near to Philipos, who was of Beth-tsaida of Galila; and they requested of him, and said to him, Mari, we desire to see Jeshu.
22 And Philipos came and told Andreas, and Andreas and Philipos told Jeshu.
23 BUT Jeshu answered and said to them, The hour hath come that the Son of man may be glorified.
24 Amen, amen, I say to you, That a grain of wheat if it fall not and die in the earth remaineth alone; but if it die, it bringeth much fruits.
25 He who loveth his life shall lose it; and he who hateth his life in this world shall keep it to the life which is eternal.
26 If any man serve me, let him come after me; and where I am, there shall be also my servant: whoever serveth me, him will my Father honour.
27 Now my soul, behold it is commoved; and what shall I say? My Father, deliver me from this hour: but on account of this have I come unto this hour.
28 Father, glorify thy name. And the voice was heard from heaven, I have glorified, and again I glorify.[Schabechth, vatoob maschbach-no.]
29 And the company who stood, heard, and they said there was thunder. But others said, An angel spake with him.
30 Jeshu answered and said to them, Not on my account was this voice, but on your account.
31 Now is the judgment of this world; now is the ruler of this world cast out.
32 And I, when I have been lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
33 But this he said to show by what death he should die.
34 The people said to him, We have heard from the law that the Meshicha for ever abideth: how sayest thou that the Son of man is to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?
35 Jeshu saith to them, A little further time is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, that the darkness overtake you not. And whoever walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that the sons of light you may become. These spake Jeshu, and went (and) concealed himself from them.
37 Yet though all these signs he had done before them, they believed not in him:
38 that the word of the prophet Eshaia might be fulfilled, who said, My Lord, who hath believed our report, [Or, our hearing.] and the arm of the Lord, to whom hath it been revealed?
39 Because of this they were not able to believe: Wherefore again Eshaia had said,
40 He hath blinded their eyes, ad darkened their heart, that they should not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be turned, and I should heal them.
41 These said Eshaia when he saw his glory, and spake concerning him.
42 Yet of the chiefs also many believed in him: but because of the Pharishee they did not confess, that they might not be put out of the synagogue:
43 for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of Aloha.
44 But Jeshu cried and said, He who believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him who sent me.
45 And he who seeth me seeth him who sent me.
46 the light am come into the world, that every one who believeth in me might not abide in darkness.
47 And he who heareth my words, and doth not keep them, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 He who rejecteth me, and receiveth not my word, hath that which judgeth him: the word which I speak, that judgeth him in the last day.
49 For I of myself have not spoken, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
50 And I know that his commandments are life everlasting: these therefore which I speak, as said to me my Father, so I speak.
13 1 NOW before the feast of petscha, Jeshu knew that his hour was come, and that he should pass from this world unto his Father, and he had loved his who were in this world, and unto the end he had loved them.
2 And when was the supper, Satana had cast it into the heart of Jihuda bar Shemun Scarjuta to betray him.
3 But Jeshu himself, because he knew that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that from Aloha he had come forth, and unto Aloha he was going,
4 riseth from supper, and setteth his garments apart, and took a towel, (and) bound (it) upon his loins;
5 and he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and wiped (them) with the towel that he had bound upon his loins.
6 But when he came to Shemun Kipha, Shemun said to him, Dost thou, my Lord, wash my feet for me?
7 Jeshu answered and said to him, What I do, thou knowest not now; but afterward thou shalt know.
8 Shemun Kipha saith to him, Never shalt thou wash for me my feet. Jeshu saith to him, If I do not wash thee, thou hast with me no part.
9 Shemun Kipha saith to him, Then, my Lord, not only my feet shalt thou wash for me, but also my hands, also my head.
10 Jeshu saith, He that hath bathed needeth not but his feet only to wash, for all of him he hath cleansed: also you are clean, but not all of you.
11 For Jeshu knew who was betraying him; therefore he said, Ye are not all of you clean.
12 But when he had washed their feet, he took up his garments and reclined, and said to them, Know you what I have done for you?
13 You call me Our Master, and Our Lord; and well say you, for I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and your Master, have washed for you your feet, how much more ought you to wash the feet of one another?
15 For this pattern have I given you, that as I have done to you, you also should do.
16 Amen, amen, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his lord; nor (is) the apostle greater than he who sent him.
17 If these you know, happy are you if you do them.
18 Not of all of you do I speak; for I know those whom I have chosen; but that the scripture might be fulfilled, that he who eateth bread with me hath lifted against me his heel.
19 Now I tell you before it shall be, that when it is done you may believe that I am.
20 Amen, amen, I say to you, Whoever receiveth him whom I send receiveth me; and whoever receiveth me receiveth him who sent me.
21 These said Jeshu, and was agitated in his spirit, and testified, and said, Amen, amen, I say to you, That one of you shall betray me.
22 But the disciples looked one on the other, because they knew not concerning whom he spake.
23 Now there was of his disciples one who reclined on his bosom; he whom Jeshu loved.
24 To this signed Shemun Kipha that he would ask of whom it was that he spake.
25 And that disciple fell upon the bosom of Jeshu, and said to him, My Lord, who is this?
26 Jeshu answered and said to him, He to whom I give the dipped bread. And Jeshu dipped the bread and gave it to Jihuda bar Shemun Scarjuta.
27 Then after the bread Satana entered into him. And Jeshu said to him, What thou doest, do with speed!
28 But this no man knew of those who reclined of what he spake to him.
29 For some of them thought that as Jihuda had the purse, he had instructed him to buy something that should be required at the feast, or that he should give somewhat to the poor.
30 But he, Jihuda, received the bread and immediately went out: and it was night when he went out.
31 AND Jeshu said, Now is glorified the Son of man, and Aloha is glorified in him.
32 And if Aloha is glorified in him, Aloha shall glorify him in himself, and at once doth glorify him.
33 My sons, a little longer I am with you, and you will seek me; and, as I said to the Jihudoyee, Whither I go you cannot come, so to you say I now.
34 A new commandment give I to you, that you should love one another; as I have loved you, so do you also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if love be in you one for another.
36 Shemun Kipha said to him, Our Lord, whither goest thou? Jeshu said to him, Whither I go, thou canst not now come after me; but at the last thou shalt come.
37 Shemun Kipha saith to him, My Lord, why cannot I come after thee now? My life for thee lay I down.
38 Jeshu saith to him, Dost thou lay down thy life for me! Amen, amen, I tell thee, That the cock will not crow, until thou shalt have denied me three times.
14 1 LET not your heart be troubled: believe in Aloha, and in me believe.
2 Many are the mansions of my Father's house: and if not, I would have told you;
3 for I go to prepare for you a place. And if I go to prepare for you a place, I will come again and take you with me, that where I am you also may be.
4 And whither I go you know, and the way you know.
5 Thoma saith to him, Our Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way?
6 Jeshu saith to him, I (am) the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto my Father unless by me.
7 But if me you had known, my Father also would you have known: and henceforth you know him and have seen him.
8 Philipos saith to him, Our Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jeshu saith to him, All this time have I been with you, and hast thou not known me, Philipé? He who me seeth, seeth the Father; and how sayest thou, Show us the Father?
10 Believest thou not that I am in my Father and my Father in me? And these words that I speak, I speak not from myself, but my Father who dwelleth in me, he doeth these works.
11 Believe that I am in my Father and my Father in me; and if not, even on account of the works, believe.
12 Amen, amen, I say to you, That whosoever believeth in me, these works that I do shall he do also; and more than these shall he do, because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever you shall ask in my name, I will do for you, that the Father may be glorified in his Son.
14 And if you shall ask (of) me in my name, I will do.
15 IF you love me, keep my commandments;
16 and I will pray of my Father, and another Paraclete [Paraklito.] will he give you, who will be with you for ever,
17 the Spirit of truth, he whom the world cannot receive, because it doth not see him, nor know him. But you know him; for with you he dwelleth, and in you is.
18 I will not leave you orphans; for I will come to you
19 a little after. And the world seeth me not, but you shall see me; for because I live, you also shall live.
20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
21 He who hath my commandments and keepeth them is he who loveth me; and he who loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest to him myself.
22 Jihuda saith to him, (it was not Scarjuta,) My Lord, how to us wilt thou manifest thyself, and not to the world?
23 Jeshu replied, and said to him, He who loveth me, my word keepeth, and my Father will love him, and unto him we come, and a dwelling-place [A mansion.] with him we make.
24 But he who loveth me not, keepeth not my word. And the word that you hear is not mine, but of the Father who sent me.
25 These have I spoken with you while I am with you.
26 But he, the Paraclete, the Spirit of Holiness, whom the Father sendeth in my name, he shall teach you every thing, and he shall remind you of all that I have said to you.
27 PEACE I leave with you; my peace I give to you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor be afraid.
28 You have heard what I have told you, that I go, and come to you (again). If you had loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to my Father; for my Father is greater than I.
29 And now, behold, I have told you while it is not done, that when it has been you may believe.
30 Henceforth I will not speak with you much; for the ruler of the world cometh, and in me hath he nothing.
31 But that the world may know that I love my Father, and as my Father hath commanded, so I do. Arise, let us go hence!
15 1 I am the true vine, [The vine of truth.] and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch which in me giveth not fruits he taketh away; and that which giveth fruits he cleanseth, that more fruits it may give.
3 Now are you clean because of the word which I have spoken with you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot give fruits of itself if it abide not in the vine, so also cannot you, if you abide not in me.
5 I am the vine, and you the branches. Whoso abideth in me, and I in him, this produceth much fruits, because without me you cannot do any thing.
6 But if a man abide not in me, he is cast without, as a withered branch; and, gathering, they cast it into the fire to burn.
7 But if you abide in me, and my words abide in you, all whatever you will to ask shall be unto you.
8 IN this is glorified my Father, that much fruit you give, and be my disciples.
9 As my Father hath loved me, so I have loved you: continue in the love of me.
10 If my commandments you will keep, you shall abide in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, and abide in his love.
11 These have I spoken with you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
12 This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Love which is greater than this is not, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 You are my friends, if you do all that I command you.
15 No more I call you servants, for the servant knoweth not what doeth his Lord; but my friends have I called you; wherefore all that I have heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.
16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and placed you, that you also may go (and) yield much fruit; and your fruit shall remain, because all that you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give to you.
17 These I command you, That you love one another.
18 And if the world hate you, know that, before you, it hated me.
19 And if of the world you were, the world its own would have loved; but you are not of the world, for I have chosen you from the world; on which account the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word which I spake with you, That there is no servant who is greater than his lord. If me they have persecuted, you also will they persecute; and if my word they had kept, yours also would they keep.
21 But these all will they do to you on account of my name, because they know not Him who sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken with them, they had not had sin; but now have they no pretext for their sins.[Or, no cause on the faces of their sins.]
23 He who hateth me, my Father also hateth.
24 And if the works I had not done before their eyes which no other man hath done, they had not had sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father;[Also me, and also my Father.]
25 that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, They hated me undeservedly.
26 But when the Paraclete cometh, He whom I will send unto you from my Father, the Spirit of Truth, He who from my Father cometh forth, He shall testify of me.
27 You also testify, because from the beginning are you with me.
16 1 These have I spoken with you, that you may not be offended.
2 They shall cast you out from their synagogues; and the hour cometh when every one who shall kill you will think that a sacrifice he offereth unto Aloha.
3 And these will they do, because they have not known either my Father or me.
4 THESE have I spoken with you, that when their time hath come you may remember that I told you. But these at first I did not tell you, because with you I was.
5 But now I go unto Him who sent me; and no man of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6 For I have told you these, and sorrow hath come and filled your hearts.
7 But I the truth say to you, That it is needful for you that I go; for if I go not, the Paraclete cometh not to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
8 And when he hath come, he will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
9 Of sin, because they believe not in me;
10 but of righteousness, because unto my Father I go, and you see me not again;
11 but of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
12 I have yet much to tell you, but you cannot now apprehend;
13 but when the Spirit of Truth hath come, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of himself; [From his own mind.] but all that he shall hear he will speak, and the things to come [The futurities.] will he make known to you.
14 He will glorify me, because of mine he will take and will show you.
15 All whatever that the Father hath is mine: on this account I have said to you, That of mine he will take, and will show you.
16 A LITTLE (time), and you will not see me; and again a little, and you shall see me, because I go to the Father.
17 And the disciples said one to another, What is this that he saith to us? A little (time), and you will not see me; and again a little (while), and you shall see me, and because I go to my Father.
18 And they said, What is this little (time of) which he hath spoken? We know not what he saith.
19 But Jeshu knew that they sought to ask him; and he said to them, Concerning this do you inquire together that I told you, A little (time), and you will not see me; and again a little, and you shall see me?
20 Amen, amen, I tell you, That you will weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and to you shall be sorrow; but your sorrow shall become joy.
21 A woman, when she travaileth, hath sorrow, that the day hath come for her giving birth; but when she hath borne a son, she remembereth not her anguish, for joy that a child of man hath been born into the world.
22 You also now have sorrow; but again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23 And in that day you will ask me nothing. Amen, amen, I tell you, That whatsoever you shall ask my Father in my name, he will give you.
24 Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name:* ask, and receive, that your joy may be full. [* Some copies add here, Velo medem, and not any thing.]
25 These in parables I have spoken with you; but the hour cometh when I will not speak with you in parables, but manifestly; and I will announce to you concerning the Father.
26 In that day you shall ask in my name; and I say not to you that I will ask of the Father for you;
27 for the Father himself loveth you, because you have loved me, and have believed that from the Father I came forth.
28 I came forth from the Father, and came into the world; and again I leave the world, and go unto the Father.
29 His disciples say to him, Behold, now openly speakest thou, and not one parable hast thou spoken.
30 Now know we that every thing thou knowest, and thou needest not that any man should ask thee. By this we believe that from Aloha thou hast come forth.
31 JESHU saith to them, Believe!
32 Behold, the hour shall come, and now cometh, that you will be dispersed (every) man to his place, and you will have left me alone. But I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33 These have I said to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress; but be of heart, I have conquered the world.