Section XLI.

Section XLI.

[1] ²⁸⁰¹Therefore, behold, I, the wisdom of God, am sending unto you prophets, and apostles, and wise men, and scribes:  and some of them ye shall slay and crucify; and some of them ye shall beat in your synagogues, and persecute²⁸⁰² from city to [2] city:  ²⁸⁰³that there may come on you all the blood of the righteous that hath been poured upon the ground²⁸⁰⁴ from the blood of Abel the pure to the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple²⁸⁰⁵ and the altar.  [3] ²⁸⁰⁶Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.²⁸⁰⁷

[4] [Arabic, p. 155] ²⁸⁰⁸O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slayer of the prophets, and stoner of them that are sent unto her! how many times did I wish to gather thy children, as [5] a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!  ²⁸⁰⁹Your house shall [6] be left over you desolate.  ²⁸¹⁰Verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

[7] ²⁸¹¹And many of the rulers also believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they [8] were not confessing him, lest they be put²⁸¹² out of the synagogue:  ²⁸¹³and they loved [9] the praise of men more than the praising of God.  ²⁸¹⁴And Jesus cried and said, [10] Whosoever believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him that sent me.  ²⁸¹⁵And [11] whosoever seeth me hath seen him that sent me.  ²⁸¹⁶I am come a light²⁸¹⁷ into the [12] world, and so every one that believeth in me abideth not in the darkness.  ²⁸¹⁸And whosoever heareth my sayings, and keepeth them not, I judge him not:  for I came [13] not to judge the world, but to give the world life.^2819 2820Whosoever wrongeth²⁸²¹ me, and receiveth not my sayings, there is one that judgeth him:  the word that I spake, it [14] shall judge him at the last day.  ²⁸²²I from myself did not speak:  but the Father which sent me, he hath given me commandment,²⁸²³ what I should say, and what I [15] should speak; and I know that his commandment²⁸²⁴ is eternal life.  ²⁸²⁵The things that I say now, as my Father hath said unto me, even so I say.

[16] ²⁸²⁶And when he said that unto them, the scribes and Pharisees began their evil-doing, being angry with him, and finding fault with his sayings, and harassing²⁸²⁷ him [17] in many things; ²⁸²⁸seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might be able to calumniate him.

[18] ²⁸²⁹And when there gathered together myriads of great multitudes, which almost trode [Arabic, p. 156] one upon another, Jesus began to say unto his disciples, Preserve yourselves [19] from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.  ²⁸³⁰For there is nothing [20] concealed, that shall not be revealed:  nor hid, that shall not be known.  ²⁸³¹Everything that ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken secretly in the ears in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed on the roofs.

[21, 22] ²⁸³²This said Jesus, and he went and hid himself from them.  ²⁸³³But notwithstanding [23] his having done all these signs before them, they believed not in him:  ²⁸³⁴that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, who said,

My Lord, who is he that hath believed to hear us?

And the arm of the Lord, to whom hath it appeared?

[24] ²⁸³⁵And for this reason it is not possible for them to believe, because Isaiah also said,

[25] ²⁸³⁶They have blinded their eyes, and made dark their heart;

That they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart,

And turn,

So that I should heal them.

[26] ²⁸³⁷This said Isaiah when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

[27] ²⁸³⁸And when Jesus went out of the temple, certain of his disciples came forward [28] to shew²⁸³⁹ him the buildings of the temple, ²⁸⁴⁰and its beauty and greatness, and the strength of the stones that were laid in it, and the elegance of its building, and that [29] it was adorned with noble stones and beautiful colours.  ²⁸⁴¹Jesus answered and said [30] unto them, See ye these great buildings? ²⁸⁴²verily I say unto you, Days will come, when there shall not be left here a stone upon another, that shall not be cast down.

[31] ²⁸⁴³And two days before²⁸⁴⁴ the passover of unleavened bread, the chief priests and [32] the scribes sought how they might take him by deceit,²⁸⁴⁵ and kill him:  ²⁸⁴⁶and they said, It shall not be at the feast, lest the people be agitated.

[33] ²⁸⁴⁷And when Jesus sat on the mount of Olives opposite the temple, his disciples, Simon Cephas and James and John and Andrew, came forward unto him, and said unto him [34] between themselves and him, ²⁸⁴⁸Teacher, tell us when that shall be, and what is the sign [35] [Arabic, p. 157] of thy coming and the end of the world.  ²⁸⁴⁹Jesus answered and said unto them, Days will come, when ye shall long to see one of the days of the Son of [36, 37] ²⁸⁵⁰man, and shall not behold.  ²⁸⁵¹Take heed lest any man lead you astray.  Many shall [38] come in my name, and say, I am the Messiah; ²⁸⁵²and they shall say, The time is come [39] near, and shall lead many astray:  go not therefore after them.  ²⁸⁵³And when ye hear of wars and tidings of insurrections, see to it, be²⁸⁵⁴ not agitated:  for these things must [40] first be; only the end is not yet come.  ²⁸⁵⁵Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom [41] against kingdom:  ²⁸⁵⁶and great earthquakes shall be in one place and another, and there shall be famines and deaths and agitations:  and there shall be fear and terror and great signs that²⁸⁵⁷ shall appear from heaven, and there shall be great [42, 43] storms   ²⁸⁵⁸All these things are the beginning of travail.  ²⁸⁵⁹But before all of that, they shall lay hands upon you, and persecute you, and deliver you unto the synagogues [44] and into prisons, and bring you before kings and judges for my name’s sake.  ²⁸⁶⁰And [45] that shall be unto you for a witness.  ²⁸⁶¹But first must my gospel be preached unto all [46] nations.  ²⁸⁶²And when they bring you into the synagogues before the rulers and the authorities, be not anxious beforehand how ye shall answer for yourselves, or what ye [47, 48] shall say:  ²⁸⁶³because it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.  ²⁸⁶⁴Lay it to your heart, not [49] [Arabic, p. 158] to be anxious before the time what ye shall say:  ²⁸⁶⁵and I shall²⁸⁶⁶ give you understanding and wisdom,²⁸⁶⁷ which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay.  [50] ²⁸⁶⁸And then shall they deliver you unto constraint, and shall kill you:  and ye shall be [51] hated of all nations because of my name.  ²⁸⁶⁹And then shall many go astray,²⁸⁷⁰ and they [52] shall hate one another, and deliver one another unto death.  ²⁸⁷¹And your parents, and your brethren, and your kinsfolk, and your friends shall deliver you up, and shall [53, 54] slay some of you.  ²⁸⁷²But a lock of hair from your heads shall not perish.  ²⁸⁷³And by [55] your patience ye shall gain²⁸⁷⁴ your souls.  ²⁸⁷⁵And many men,²⁸⁷⁶ false prophets, shall arise, [56] and lead many astray.  ²⁸⁷⁷And because of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many [57] shall wax cold.  ²⁸⁷⁸But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.  ²⁸⁷⁹And [58] this, the²⁸⁸⁰ gospel of the kingdom, shall be preached in all the world for a testimony to all nations; and then shall come the end of all.