Section XIX.
[1] 1332And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came unto them, walking upon the [2] 1333water, after they had rowed1334 with difficulty about twenty-five or thirty furlongs. [3] 1335And 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. 1336But Jesus straightway spoke unto them, and said, Take courage, [5] for it is I; fear not. 1337Then Cephas answered and said unto him, My Lord, if it be thou, [6] bid me to come unto thee on the water. 1338And Jesus said unto him, Come. And [7] Cephas went down out of the boat, and walked on the water to come unto Jesus. 1339But [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. 1340And 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? 1341And when Jesus came near, he went up [10] unto them into the boat, he and Simon, and immediately the wind ceased. 1342And those that were in the ship came and worshipped him, and said, Truly thou art the [11] Son of God. 1343And straightway that ship arrived at the land which they made for. [12] 1344And when they came out of the ship to the land, they marvelled greatly and were [13] perplexed in themselves: 1345and they had not understood by means of1346 that bread, because their heart was gross.
[14] 1347And 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 borne in their [15] beds to the place where they heard that he was. 1349And 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 were it only the edge of his garment: and all that touched1351 him were healed and lived.1352
[16] 1353And 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, 1354and that Jesus went not up into the ship with his disciples (but there were other ships from Tiberias near1355 the place where they ate the bread when Jesus blessed [18] it): 1356and 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. 1357And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Our [20] Master, when camest thou hither? 1358Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye have not sought me because of1359 your seeing the signs, but because of [21] your eating the bread and being satisfied. 1360Serve not the food which perisheth, but the food which abideth in eternal life,1361 which the Son of man will give unto you: him1362 [22] hath God the Father sealed. 1363They said unto him, What shall we do that we may [23] work the work of God? 1364Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of [24] God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. 1365They said unto him, What sign hast thou done, that we may see, and believe in thee? what hast thou wrought? [25] 1366Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it was written, Bread from heaven [26] gave he them to eat. 1367Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not bread from [27] heaven; but my Father gave1368 you the bread of truth1369 from heaven. 1370The bread of God is that which came down from heaven and gave the [28, 29] world life. 1371They said unto him, Our Lord, give us at all times this bread. 1372Jesus 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. 1373But I said unto you, [31] Ye have seen me, and have not believed. 1374And all that my Father hath given to me cometh unto me; and whosoever cometh unto me I shall not cast him forth without. [32] 1375I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of him [33] that sent me; 1376and 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. 1377This 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] 1378The Jews therefore murmured against him because of his saying, I am the bread [36] which came down from heaven. 1379And 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? 1380Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not one with another. 1381No 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. 1382It is written in the prophet, They shall all be the taught of God. Every one who heareth from the Father now,1383 and learneth of him, cometh [40] unto me. 1384No man now seeth the Father; but he that is from God, he it is that seeth [41] the Father. 1385Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever believeth in me hath eternal [42, 43] life. 1386I am the bread of life. 1387Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and [44] they died. 1388This is the bread which came down from heaven, that a man may eat [45] of it, and not die. 1389I am the bread of life which came down from heaven: and if a man eat of this bread he shall live for ever: 1390and the bread which I shall give is my body, which I give for the life of the world.
[46] 1391The Jews therefore quarrelled one with another, and said, How can he give us [47] [Arabic, p. 77] his body that we may eat it? 1392Jesus 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. 1393Whosoever eateth of my body and drinketh of my blood [49] hath eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day. 1394My body truly is meat,1395 and [50] my blood truly is drink.1396 1397Whosoever eateth my body and drinketh my blood abideth [51] in me, and I in him—1398as 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. 1399This 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. 1400This he said in [54] the synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum. 1401And many of his disciples, when they heard, said, This word is hard; who is he that can hear it?
Footnotes
- 1332
Matt. xiv. 25.
- 1333
John vi. 19a, c.
- 1334
Lit. travelled.
- 1335
Matt. xiv. 26.
- 1336
Matt. xiv. 27.
- 1337
Matt. xiv. 28.
- 1338
Matt. xiv. 29.
- 1339
Matt. xiv. 30.
- 1340
Matt. xiv. 31.
- 1341
Matt. xiv. 32.
- 1342
Matt. xiv. 33.
- 1343
John vi. 21b.
- 1344
Mark vi. 54a; Mark vi. 51b.
- 1345
Mark vi. 52.
- 1346
Lit. from.
- 1347
Mark vi. 54; Mark vi. 55.
- 1348
Strictly used of severe chronic disease.
- 1349
Mark vi. 56.
- 1350
cf. § 12, 13, and note to § 8, 17.
- 1351
The word used at § 12, 35.
- 1352
Or, revived, i.e., made to live.
- 1353
John vi. 22a.
- 1354
John vi. 23.
- 1355
Lit. on the border of.
- 1356
John vi. 24.
- 1357
John vi. 25.
- 1358
John vi. 26.
- 1359
Or, for the sake of.
- 1360
John vi. 27.
- 1361
Sic.
- 1362
Lit. this.
- 1363
John vi. 28.
- 1364
John vi. 29.
- 1365
John vi. 30.
- 1366
John vi. 31.
- 1367
John vi. 32.
- 1368
Represents a mistaken vocalisation of the Peshitta.
- 1369
Lit. equity; see above, § 3, 53, note.
- 1370
John vi. 33.
- 1371
John vi. 34.
- 1372
John vi. 35.
- 1373
John vi. 36.
- 1374
John vi. 37.
- 1375
John vi. 38.
- 1376
John vi. 39.
- 1377
John vi. 40.
- 1378
John vi. 41.
- 1379
John vi. 42.
- 1380
John vi. 43.
- 1381
John vi. 44.
- 1382
John vi. 45.
- 1383
i.e., therefore (see note, § 9, 21).
- 1384
John vi. 46.
- 1385
John vi. 47.
- 1386
John vi. 48.
- 1387
John vi. 49.
- 1388
John vi. 50.
- 1389
John vi. 51.
- 1390
John vi. 51b; in Ciasca’s text John vi. 51b–71 are cited as vi. 52–72. (See Introduction, 20, note.)
- 1391
John vi. 52.
- 1392
John vi. 53.
- 1393
John vi. 54.
- 1394
John vi. 55.
- 1395
Or, eaten.
- 1396
Or, drunk.
- 1397
John vi. 56.
- 1398
John vi. 57.
- 1399
John vi. 58.
- 1400
John vi. 59.
- 1401
John vi. 60.