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Section XIX.

[1] ¹³³²

¹³³² Matt. xiv. 25.
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came unto them, walking upon the [2] ¹³³³

¹³³³ John vi. 19a, c.
water, after they had rowed¹³³⁴

¹³³⁴ Lit. travelled.
with difficulty about twenty-five or thirty furlongs. [3] ¹³³⁵

¹³³⁵ Matt. xiv. 26.
And when he drew near unto their boat, his disciples saw him walking on the water; and they were troubled, and supposed that it was a false appearance; and they cried [4] out from their fear. ¹³³⁶

¹³³⁶ Matt. xiv. 27.
But Jesus straightway spoke unto them, and said, Take courage, [5] for it is I; fear not. ¹³³⁷

¹³³⁷ Matt. xiv. 28.
Then Cephas answered and said unto him, My Lord, if it be thou, [6] bid me to come unto thee on the water. ¹³³⁸

¹³³⁸ Matt. xiv. 29.
And Jesus said unto him, Come. And [7] Cephas went down out of the boat, and walked on the water to come unto Jesus. ¹³³⁹

¹³³⁹ Matt. xiv. 30.
But [Arabic, p. 74] when he saw the wind strong, he feared, and was on the point of sinking; [8] and he lifted up his voice, and said, My Lord, save me. ¹³⁴⁰

¹³⁴⁰ Matt. xiv. 31.
And immediately our Lord stretched out his hand and took hold of him, and said unto him, [9] Thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt? ¹³⁴¹

¹³⁴¹ Matt. xiv. 32.
And when Jesus came near, he went up [10] unto them into the boat, he and Simon, and immediately the wind ceased. ¹³⁴²

¹³⁴² Matt. xiv. 33.
And those that were in the ship came and worshipped him, and said, Truly thou art the [11] Son of God. ¹³⁴³

¹³⁴³ John vi. 21b.
And straightway that ship arrived at the land which they made for. [12] ¹³⁴⁴

¹³⁴⁴ Mark vi. 54a; Mark vi. 51b.
And when they came out of the ship to the land, they marvelled greatly and were [13] perplexed in themselves: ¹³⁴⁵

¹³⁴⁵ Mark vi. 52.
and they had not understood by means of¹³⁴⁶

¹³⁴⁶ Lit. from.
that bread, because their heart was gross.

[14] ¹³⁴⁷

¹³⁴⁷ Mark vi. 54; Mark vi. 55.
And when the people of that region knew of the arrival of Jesus, they made haste in all that land, and began to bring those that were diseased,¹³⁴⁸

¹³⁴⁸ Strictly used of severe chronic disease.
borne in their [15] beds to the place where they heard that he was. ¹³⁴⁹

¹³⁴⁹ Mark vi. 56.
And wheresoever the place might be which he entered, of the villages or the cities, they laid the sick in the markets, and sought of him that they might touch¹³⁵⁰

¹³⁵⁰ cf. § 12, 13, and note to § 8, 17.
were it only the edge of his garment: and all that touched¹³⁵¹

¹³⁵¹ The word used at § 12, 35.
him were healed and lived.¹³⁵²

¹³⁵² Or, revived, i.e., made to live.

[16] ¹³⁵³

¹³⁵³ John vi. 22a.
And on the day after that, the multitude which was standing on the shore of the sea saw that there was there no other ship save that into which the disciples had [17] gone up, ¹³⁵⁴

¹³⁵⁴ John vi. 23.
and that Jesus went not up into the ship with his disciples (but there were other ships from Tiberias near¹³⁵⁵

¹³⁵⁵ Lit. on the border of.
the place where they ate the bread when Jesus blessed [18] it): ¹³⁵⁶

¹³⁵⁶ John vi. 24.
and when that multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor yet his disciples, they [19] [Arabic, p. 75] went up into those ships, and came to Capernaum, and sought Jesus. ¹³⁵⁷

¹³⁵⁷ John vi. 25.
And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Our [20] Master, when camest thou hither? ¹³⁵⁸

¹³⁵⁸ John vi. 26.
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye have not sought me because of¹³⁵⁹

¹³⁵⁹ Or, for the sake of.
your seeing the signs, but because of [21] your eating the bread and being satisfied. ¹³⁶⁰

¹³⁶⁰ John vi. 27.
Serve not the food which perisheth, but the food which abideth in eternal life,¹³⁶¹

¹³⁶¹ Sic.
which the Son of man will give unto you: him¹³⁶²

¹³⁶² Lit. this.
[22] hath God the Father sealed. ¹³⁶³

¹³⁶³ John vi. 28.
They said unto him, What shall we do that we may [23] work the work of God? ¹³⁶⁴

¹³⁶⁴ John vi. 29.
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of [24] God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. ¹³⁶⁵

¹³⁶⁵ John vi. 30.
They said unto him, What sign hast thou done, that we may see, and believe in thee? what hast thou wrought? [25] ¹³⁶⁶

¹³⁶⁶ John vi. 31.
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it was written, Bread from heaven [26] gave he them to eat. ¹³⁶⁷

¹³⁶⁷ John vi. 32.
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not bread from [27] heaven; but my Father gave¹³⁶⁸

¹³⁶⁸ Represents a mistaken vocalisation of the Peshitta.
you the bread of truth¹³⁶⁹

¹³⁶⁹ Lit. equity; see above, § 3, 53, note.
from heaven. ¹³⁷⁰

¹³⁷⁰ John vi. 33.
The bread of God is that which came down from heaven and gave the [28, 29] world life. ¹³⁷¹

¹³⁷¹ John vi. 34.
They said unto him, Our Lord, give us at all times this bread. ¹³⁷²

¹³⁷² John vi. 35.
Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: whosoever cometh unto me shall not hunger, [30] and whosoever believeth in me shall not thirst for ever. ¹³⁷³

¹³⁷³ John vi. 36.
But I said unto you, [31] Ye have seen me, and have not believed. ¹³⁷⁴

¹³⁷⁴ John vi. 37.
And all that my Father hath given to me cometh unto me; and whosoever cometh unto me I shall not cast him forth without. [32] ¹³⁷⁵

¹³⁷⁵ John vi. 38.
I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of him [33] that sent me; ¹³⁷⁶

¹³⁷⁶ John vi. 39.
and this is the will of him that sent me, that I should lose nothing of [34] [Arabic, p. 76] that which he gave me, but raise it up in the last day. ¹³⁷⁷

¹³⁷⁷ John vi. 40.
This is the will of my Father, that every one that seeth the Son, and believeth in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day.

[35] ¹³⁷⁸

¹³⁷⁸ John vi. 41.
The Jews therefore murmured against him because of his saying, I am the bread [36] which came down from heaven. ¹³⁷⁹

¹³⁷⁹ John vi. 42.
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? then how saith this man, I came down from [37, 38] heaven? ¹³⁸⁰

¹³⁸⁰ John vi. 43.
Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not one with another. ¹³⁸¹

¹³⁸¹ John vi. 44.
No man is able to come unto me, except the Father which sent me draw him; and I will [39] raise him up in the last day. ¹³⁸²

¹³⁸² John vi. 45.
It is written in the prophet, They shall all be the taught of God. Every one who heareth from the Father now,¹³⁸³

¹³⁸³ i.e., therefore (see note, § 9, 21).
and learneth of him, cometh [40] unto me. ¹³⁸⁴

¹³⁸⁴ John vi. 46.
No man now seeth the Father; but he that is from God, he it is that seeth [41] the Father. ¹³⁸⁵

¹³⁸⁵ John vi. 47.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever believeth in me hath eternal [42, 43] life. ¹³⁸⁶

¹³⁸⁶ John vi. 48.
I am the bread of life. ¹³⁸⁷

¹³⁸⁷ John vi. 49.
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and [44] they died. ¹³⁸⁸

¹³⁸⁸ John vi. 50.
This is the bread which came down from heaven, that a man may eat [45] of it, and not die. ¹³⁸⁹

¹³⁸⁹ John vi. 51.
I am the bread of life which came down from heaven: and if a man eat of this bread he shall live for ever: ¹³⁹⁰

¹³⁹⁰ John vi. 51b; in Ciasca’s text John vi. 51b–71 are cited as vi. 52–72. (See Introduction, 20, note.)
and the bread which I shall give is my body, which I give for the life of the world.

[46] ¹³⁹¹

¹³⁹¹ John vi. 52.
The Jews therefore quarrelled one with another, and said, How can he give us [47] [Arabic, p. 77] his body that we may eat it? ¹³⁹²

¹³⁹² John vi. 53.
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ye do not eat the body of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye shall [48] not have life in yourselves. ¹³⁹³

¹³⁹³ John vi. 54.
Whosoever eateth of my body and drinketh of my blood [49] hath eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day. ¹³⁹⁴

¹³⁹⁴ John vi. 55.
My body truly is meat,¹³⁹⁵

¹³⁹⁵ Or, eaten.
and [50] my blood truly is drink.¹³⁹⁶

¹³⁹⁶ Or, drunk.
¹³⁹⁷

¹³⁹⁷ John vi. 56.
Whosoever eateth my body and drinketh my blood abideth [51] in me, and I in him—¹³⁹⁸

¹³⁹⁸ John vi. 57.
as the living Father sent me, and I am alive because of the [52] Father; and whosoever eateth me, he also shall live because of me. ¹³⁹⁹

¹³⁹⁹ John vi. 58.
This is the bread which came down from heaven: and not according as your fathers ate the [53] manna, and died: whosoever eateth of this bread shall live for ever. ¹⁴⁰⁰

¹⁴⁰⁰ John vi. 59.
This he said in [54] the synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum. ¹⁴⁰¹

¹⁴⁰¹ John vi. 60.
And many of his disciples, when they heard, said, This word is hard; who is he that can hear it?
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