Section XI.
[1] [Arabic, p. 42]
814
And when Jesus
finished these sayings, the multitudes were astonished [2] at his
teaching;
815
and that because he
was teaching them as one having authority, not as their scribes and the
Pharisees.
[3]
816
And when he descended
from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
[4]
817
And when Jesus entered
Capernaum, the servant of one of the chiefs was in an [5] evil case,
and he was precious to him, and he was at the point of death.
818
And he [6] heard of Jesus, and came to him
with the elders of the Jews;
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and he besought him,
and said, My Lord, my boy is laid in the house paralysed,
820
and he is suffering grievous [7]
torment.
821
And the elders
urgently requested of him, and said, He is worthy that [8] this should
be done unto him:
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for he loveth our
people, and he also built the synagogue [9, 10] for us.
823
Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal
him.
824
That chief answered
and said, My Lord, I am not worthy that my roof should shade thee; but
it sufficeth [11] that thou speak a word, and my lad shall be
healed.
825
And I also am a man in
obedience to authority, having under my hand soldiers:
826
and I say to this
one
, Go, and
he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant that
he do this, [12] and he doeth
it
.
827
And
when Jesus heard that, he marvelled at him,
828
and
turned and said unto the multitude that were coming with him,
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Verily I say unto you, I have [13] not found
in Israel
the
like
of
this faith.
830
I say unto you, that many shall come from the
east and the west, and shall recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob
[14] [Arabic, p. 43] in the kingdom of heaven:
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but the children of the kingdom shall be cast
[15] forth into the outer
darkness: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
832
And Jesus said to that chief, Go thy way; as
thou hast believed,
so
shall it be unto thee. [16]
833
And his lad was healed in that hour. And
that chief returned to the house and found that sick servant
healed.
[17]
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And the day after, he
was going to a city called Nain, and his disciples with him, [18] and a
great multitude.
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And when he was come
near the gate of the city, he saw a crowd
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accompanying one
that was
dead, the only son of his mother; and
his mother was a widow: and there was with her a great multitude
of the people of the [19] city.
837
And
when Jesus saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep
[20] not.
838
And he went and
advanced to the bier, and the bearers of it stood still; and [21] he
said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
839
And
that dead
man
sat up and began [22] to speak; and he gave him to
his mother.
840
And fear came on all
the people: and they praised God, and said, There hath risen
among us a great prophet: and, God [23] hath had regard to his
people.
841
And this news
concerning him spread in all Judæa, and in all the region which
was about them.
[24]
842
And when Jesus saw
great multitudes surrounding him, he commanded them to [25] depart to
the other side.
843
And while they were
going in the way, there came one of the scribes and said unto him, My
Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou [26] goest.
844
Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and
the birds of the heaven have [27] nests; but the Son of man hath not a
place in which to lay his head.
845
And he
said unto another, Follow me. And he said unto him, My Lord,
suffer me first to go and [28] bury my father.
846
Jesus said unto him, Leave the dead to bury
their dead; but thou, [29] follow me and preach the kingdom of
God.
847
And another said unto
him, I will follow [Arabic, p. 44] thee, my Lord; but first suffer me
to go and salute my household and [30] come.
848
Jesus said unto him, There is no one who
putteth his hand to the plough
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and looketh behind
him, and
yet
is fit for the kingdom of God.
[31]
850
And he said to them on
that day in the evening, Let us go over to the other side [32] of the
lake; and he left
851
the multitudes.
852
And Jesus went up and sat in the ship, [33] he
and his disciples, and there were with them other ships.
853
And there occurred on the sea a great
tempest
854
of whirlwind and wind,
855
and the ship was on the point of [34] sinking from the
greatness
856
of the waves.
857
But Jesus was sleeping on a cushion in the
stern of the ship;
858
and his disciples came
and awoke him, and said unto him, Our [35] Lord, save us; lo, we
perish.
859
And he rose, and
rebuked the winds and the turbulence of the water, and said to the sea,
Be still, for thou art rebuked;
860
and the wind [36]
was still, and there was a great calm.
861
And he
said unto them, Why are ye thus [37] afraid? and why have ye no
faith?
862
And they feared
greatly.
863
And they
marvelled, and said one to another, Who, think you, is this, who
commandeth also the wind and the waves and the sea, and they obey
him?
[38]
864
And they departed and
came to the country of the Gadarenes, which is on the [39] other side,
opposite the land of Galilee.
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And when he went
out of the ship to the land,
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there met him from
among the tombs a man who had a devil for a long time, [40] and wore no
clothes, neither dwelt in a house, but among the tombs.
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And no man was [Arabic, p. 45] able to bind
him with chains,
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because any time that
he was bound with chains [41] and fetters he cut the chains and
loosened the fetters;
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and he was
snatched
870
[42] away of the
devil into the desert,
871
and no man was able to
quiet him; and at all times, in the night and in the day, he would be
among the tombs and in the mountains;
872
and no
man was able to pass by that way;
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and he would cry
out and wound himself [43] with stones.
874
And
when he saw Jesus at a distance, he hastened and worshipped [44] him,
and cried with a loud voice and said,
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What
have we to do with thee, Jesus, [45] Son of the most high God?
876
I adjure thee by God, torment me not.
And Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man:
and he had
suffered
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a long [46] time
since the time when he came into captivity to it.
878
And Jesus asked him, What is thy name?
He said unto him, Legion; for there had entered into him many [47]
devils.
879
And they besought him
that he would not command them to depart into [48] the depths.
880
And there was there a herd of many swine,
feeding in the mountain,
and those
devils besought him to give them leave to enter the swine; and he gave
[49] them leave.
881
And the devils went
out of the man and entered into the swine.
882
And that herd hastened to the summit and fell
down into the midst of the sea, about two [50] thousand, and they were
choked in the water.
883
And when the keepers
saw what [51] happened, they fled, and told those in the cities and
villages.
884
And the people went
out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man
whose [Arabic, p. 46] devils had gone out, clothed, modest,
885
seated at the feet of Jesus; and they [52]
feared.
886
And they reported what
they saw, and how the man was healed who had a devil,
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and concerning those swine also.
814
Matt. vii. 28
.
815
Matt. vii. 29
.
816
Matt. viii. 1
.
817
Matt.
viii. 5a; Luke vii. 2
.
818
Luke vii. 3
.
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Matt. viii.
5b; Matt. viii. 6
.
820
i.e., so as to be unable
to walk.
821
Luke vii. 4
b.
822
Luke vii. 5
.
823
Matt. viii. 7
.
824
Matt. viii. 8
.
825
Luke vii. 8
.
826
Or,
bodies of
soldiers
.
827
Luke vii. 9
a.
828
Or,
it
.
829
Matt. viii. 10
b.
830
Matt. viii. 11
.
831
Matt. viii. 12
.
832
Matt. viii. 13
.
833
Luke vii. 10
.
834
Luke vii. 11
.
835
Luke vii. 12
.
836
Lit.
company
.
837
Luke vii. 13
.
838
Luke vii. 14
.
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Luke vii. 15
.
840
Luke vii. 16
.
841
Luke vii. 17
.
842
Matt. viii. 18
.
843
Luke
ix. 57a; Matt. viii. 19
.
844
Matt. viii. 20
.
845
Luke ix. 59
.
846
Luke ix. 60
.
847
Luke ix. 61
.
848
Luke ix. 62
.
849
Lit.
plough of
the yoke
.
850
Mark iv. 35; Luke viii. 22
d.
851
cf
., e.g.,
at § 17, 19, § 23, 16, where the same Arabic and Syriac word
is used;
cf
. also the ambiguity of the Greek (R.V. has
left
).
852
Mark
iv. 36a; Luke viii. 22b
.
853
Mark
iv. 36c; Matt. viii. 24a
.
854
Lit.
commotion
.
855
Luke viii. 23
c.
856
Or,
abundance
.
857
Mark iv. 38
a.
858
Matt. viii. 25
.
859
Luke viii. 24
b.
860
Mark iv. 39
b.
861
Mark iv. 40
.
862
Luke viii. 25
b.
863
The last clause belongs
in the Greek to verse 41.
864
Luke viii. 26
.
865
Luke viii. 27
a.
866
Mark
v. 2b; Luke viii. 27c
.
867
Mark v. 3
b.
868
Mark v. 4
a.
869
Luke viii. 29
c.
870
Imperfect tense.
871
Mark v. 4b,
5a
.
872
Matt. viii. 28
b.
873
Mark v. 5
b.
874
Mark v. 6
.
875
Mark
v. 7a; Luke viii. 28b
.
876
Mark
v. 7c; Luke viii. 29a
.
877
Lit.
and it was
for him
.
878
Luke viii. 30
.
879
Luke viii. 31
.
880
Luke viii. 32
.
881
Luke viii. 33
.
882
Mark v. 13
b.
883
Luke viii. 34
.
884
Luke viii. 35
.
885
cf
. Syriac
versions.
886
Luke viii. 36
.
887
Mark v. 16
b.