103Section XXXIX.

[1] ^26532653    John xii. 1.And Jesus six days before the passover^26542654    cf. the Greek phrase. came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, [2] whom Jesus raised from among the dead.  ^26552655    John xii. 2.And they made^26562656    Lit. he made (cf. first note to § 38, 43, last sentence). a feast for him there:  [3] and Martha was serving; while Lazarus was one of them that sat with him.  ^26572657    Mark xiv. 3a.And [4] at the time of Jesus’ being at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ^26582658    John xii. 9.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] ^26592659    John xii. 10.And the chief priests considered how they might kill Lazarus also; ^26602660    John xii. 11.because [7] many of the Jews were going on his account, and believing in Jesus.  ^26612661    John xii. 3a.And Mary took a case of the ointment of fine nard, of great price, ^26622662    Mark xiv. 3b.and opened it, and poured [8] it out on the head of Jesus as he was reclining; ^26632663    John xii. 3b.and she anointed his feet, and wiped them with her hair:  and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.  [9, 10] ^26642664    John xii. 4.But Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was to betray him, said, ^26652665    John xii. 5.Why was [11] not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given unto the poor?  ^26662666    John xii. 6.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^26672667    Lit. fell (cf. § 25, 18). into it he used to bear.  ^26682668    Mark xiv. 4.And that displeased the rest of the disciples also within themselves, and they said, Why went this ointment [13] to waste?  ^26692669    Matt. xxvi. 9.It was possible that it should be sold for much, and the poor be given [14] it.  ^26702670    Mark xiv. 5b.And they were angry with^26712671    Or, spake angrily to. Mary.  ^26722672    Matt. xxvi. 10a.And Jesus perceived it, and said unto them, ^26732673    Mark xiv. 6b.Leave her; why molest ye her? a good work hath she accomplished on me:  ^26742674    John xii. 7b.for the [15] day of my burial kept she it.  ^26752675    John xii. 8a.At all times the poor are with you, and when ye [16] wish ye can do them a kindness:  ^26762676    Mark xiv. 7b.but I am not at all times with you.  ^26772677    Matt. xxvi. 12.And for this cause, when she poured^26782678    Lit. cast, as in Greek. this ointment on my body, it is as if she did it for my burial, [17] and anointed my body beforehand.  ^26792679    Mark xiv. 8b; Mark xiv. 9.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] ^26802680    Luke xix. 28.And when Jesus said that, he went out leisurely to go to Jerusalem.  ^26812681    Luke xix. 29a; Matt. xxi. 1b.And when he arrived at Bethphage and at Bethany, beside the mount which is [20] called the mount of Olives, ^26822682    Matt. xxi. 2a; Mark xi. 2b.Jesus sent two of his disciples, and he said unto them, Go [21] into this village that is opposite you:  ^26832683    Matt. xxi. 2b; Luke xix. 30b.and when ye enter it, ye shall find an ass tied, and [22] a colt with him,^26842684    Sic. which no man ever yet mounted:  loose him, and bring them^26852685    Dual in Arabic. unto me.  ^26862686    Matt. xxi. 2c; Luke xix. 31a.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.  ^26872687    Matt. xxi. 3b; Matt. xxi. 4.All this was, that what was said in the prophet might be fulfilled, which said,

[24] ^26882688    Matt. xxi. 5.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] ^26892689    John xii. 16.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.  ^26902690    Matt. xxi. 6a; Luke xix. 32b.And when the two disciples went, they found as he had [27] said unto them, and they did as Jesus charged them.  ^26912691    Matt. xxi. 6b; Luke xix. 33.And when they loosed them, [28] their owners said unto them, Why loose ye them?  ^26922692    Luke xix. 34.They said unto them, We seek [29] them for our Lord.  ^26932693    Mark xi. 6b; Matt. xxi. 7.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.  ^26942694    Matt. xxi. 8.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.  ^26952695    Luke xix. 37.And when he neared his^26962696    The Syriac versions have the. 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; ^26972697    Matt. xxi. 9b [or better Luke xix. 38a.].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; ^26982698    Mark xi. 10a.and blessed^26992699    Or, and, Blessed. is the kingdom that cometh, that of^27002700    The Arabic has to, but it probably represents the Syriac text with the meaning given above. our father David:  ^27012701    Luke xix. 38c.Peace in heaven, and praise in the highest.

104[34] ^27022702    John xii. 12b.And a great multitude, that which came to the feast, when they heard that Jesus [35] was coming to Jerusalem, took young palm branches,^27032703    Lit. the heart (or, pith) of the palm.  The word pith, which occurs also in the Æhiopic version (Ezek. xxvii. 25; Jubilees, ch. 16) and in Ibn-at-Tayyib’s exposition, though not in the Brit. Mus. gospel text, is perhaps used here of the inner branches from its resemblance to the post-biblical Hebrew word employed in accounts of the Feast of Tabernacles. ^27042704    John xii. 13.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.  ^27052705    Luke xix. 39.Certain therefore of the Pharisees from among the multitudes [37] said unto him, Our Master, rebuke thy disciples.  ^27062706    Luke xix. 40.He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If these were silent, the stones would cry out.

[38, 39] ^27072707    Luke xix. 41.And when he drew near, and saw the city, he wept over it, and said, ^27082708    Luke xix. 42.Would that thou hadst known the things that are^27092709    Lit. are found, a rendering due to the Syriac. for thy peace, in this thy day! now that is [40] hidden from thine eyes.  ^27102710    Luke xix. 43.There shall come unto thee days when thine enemies [41] shall encompass thee, and straiten thee from every quarter, ^27112711    Luke xix. 44.and shall get possession of^27122712    So Ciasca’s text, following Vat. ms.  The other ms. has drag, which by restoring a diacritical point to the third radical would give destroy, the reading of the Syriac versions.  Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary has hide. 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] ^27132713    Matt. xxi. 10.And when he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was agitated, and they said, [43] Who is this?  ^27142714    Matt. xxi. 11.And the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the prophet that is from Nazareth [44] of Galilee.  ^27152715    John xii. 17.And the multitude which was with him bare witness that he called [45] Lazarus from the grave, and raised him from among the dead.  ^27162716    John xii. 18.And for this cause great multitudes went out to meet him, because they heard the sign which he did.