Section XXXVI.

Section XXXVI.

[1] ²⁴⁵⁶Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not see death [2] for ever.  ²⁴⁵⁷The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast demons.  Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not [3] taste death for ever.  ²⁴⁵⁸Art thou haply greater than our father Abraham, who is [4] dead, and than the prophets, which are dead? whom makest thou thyself?  ²⁴⁵⁹Jesus said unto them, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing:  my Father is he that [5] glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is our²⁴⁶⁰ God; ²⁴⁶¹and yet ye have not known him:  but I know him; and if I should say that I know him not, I should become [6] [Arabic, p. 137] a liar like you:  but I know him, and keep his word.  ²⁴⁶²Abraham your father [7] longed to see my day; and he saw, and rejoiced.  ²⁴⁶³The Jews said unto him, [8] Thou art now not fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?  ²⁴⁶⁴Jesus said unto [9] them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.  ²⁴⁶⁵And they take²⁴⁶⁶ stones to stone him:  ²⁴⁶⁷but Jesus concealed himself, and went out of the temple.  And he passed through them, and went his way.

[10] ²⁴⁶⁸And as he passed, he saw a man blind from his mother’s womb.  ²⁴⁶⁹And his [11] disciples asked him, and said, Our Master, who sinned, this man, or his parents, so [12] that he was born blind?^{2470  2471}Jesus said unto them, Neither did he sin, nor his parents:  [13] but that the works of God may be seen in him.^{2472  2473}It is incumbent on me to do the deeds of him that sent me, while it is day:  a night will come, and no man will be [14] able to busy himself.  ²⁴⁷⁴As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.  [15] ²⁴⁷⁵And when he said that, he spat upon the ground, and made clay of his spittle, and [16] smeared it on the eyes of the blind man, and said unto him, ²⁴⁷⁶Go and wash thyself in [17] the pool²⁴⁷⁷ of Siloam.^{2478  2479}And he went and washed, and came seeing.  And his neighbours, which saw him of old begging, said, Is not this he that was sitting begging?  [18] ²⁴⁸⁰And some said, It is he; and others said, Nay, but he resembles him much.  He [19, 20] said, I am he.  ²⁴⁸¹They said unto him, How then were thine eyes opened?  ²⁴⁸²He answered and said unto them, A man named Jesus made clay, and smeared it on my eyes, and said unto me, Go and wash in the water of Siloam:  and I went and [21] washed, and received sight.^{2483  2484}They said unto him, Where is he?  He said, I know not.  [22, 23] [Arabic, p. 138] ²⁴⁸⁵And they brought him that was previously blind to the Pharisees.  ²⁴⁸⁶And the day in which Jesus made clay and opened with it his eyes was a sabbath [24] day.  ²⁴⁸⁷And again the Pharisees asked him, How didst thou receive sight?  And he said [25] unto them, He put clay on mine eyes, and I washed, and received sight.  ²⁴⁸⁸The people²⁴⁸⁹ of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, for he keepeth not the sabbath.  And others said, How can a man that is a sinner do these signs?  And there came [26] to be a division amongst them.  ²⁴⁹⁰And again they said to that blind man, Thou, then, what sayest thou of him that opened for thee thine eyes?  He said unto them, [27] I say that he is a prophet.  ²⁴⁹¹And the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he was blind, and received sight, until they summoned the parents of him who received [28] sight, and asked them, ²⁴⁹²Is this²⁴⁹³ your son, of whom ye said that he was born blind? [29] how then, behold, doth he now see?  ²⁴⁹⁴His parents answered and said, We know [30] that this is our son, and that he was born blind:  ²⁴⁹⁵but how he has come to see now, or who it is that opened his eyes, we know not:  and he also has reached his prime; [31] ask him, and he will speak for himself.  ²⁴⁹⁶This said his parents, because they were fearing the Jews:  and the Jews decided, that if any man should confess of him that [32] he was the Messiah, they would put him out of the synagogue.  ²⁴⁹⁷For this reason [33] said his parents, He hath reached his prime; ask him.  ²⁴⁹⁸And they called the man a second time, him that was blind, and said unto him, Praise God:  we know that this [34] man is a sinner.  ²⁴⁹⁹He answered and said unto them, Whether he be a sinner, I know [35] not:  I know one thing, that I was blind, and I now see.  ²⁵⁰⁰They said unto him again, [36] [Arabic, p. 139] What did he unto thee? how opened he for thee thine eyes?  ²⁵⁰¹He said unto them, I said unto you, and ye did not hear:  what²⁵⁰² wish ye further to hear? [37] ye also, do ye wish to become disciples to him?  ²⁵⁰³And they reviled him, and said unto him, Thou art the disciple²⁵⁰⁴ of that man; but as for us, we are the disciples of [38] Moses.  ²⁵⁰⁵And we know that God spake unto Moses:  but this man, we know not [39] whence he is.  ²⁵⁰⁶The man answered and said unto them, From this is the wonder, [40] because ye know not whence he is, and mine eyes hath he opened.  ²⁵⁰⁷And we know that God heareth not the voice of sinners:  but whosoever feareth him, and doeth [41] his will, him he heareth.  ²⁵⁰⁸From eternity hath it not been heard of, that a man [42] opened the eyes of a blind man, who had been born in blindness.  ²⁵⁰⁹If then this man [43] were not from God, he could not do that.  ²⁵¹⁰They answered and said unto him, Thou wast all of thee born in sins, and dost thou teach us?  And they put him forth without.

[44] ²⁵¹¹And Jesus heard of his being put forth without, and found him, and said unto [45] him, Dost thou believe in the Son of God?  ²⁵¹²He that was made whole answered [46] and said, Who is he, my Lord, that I may believe in him?  ²⁵¹³Jesus said unto him, [47] Thou hast seen him, and he that speaketh to thee is he.  ²⁵¹⁴And he said, I believe, my Lord.  And he fell down worshipping him.