Section XLIV.

Section XLIV.

[1, 2] ³⁰¹⁷And when Jesus³⁰¹⁸ finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, ³⁰¹⁹Ye know that after two days will be the passover, and the Son of man is delivered up to be [3] crucified.  ³⁰²⁰Then gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders [4] of the people, unto the court of the chief priest, who was called Caiaphas; ³⁰²¹and they took counsel together concerning Jesus, that they might seize him by subtilty, and [5] kill him.  ³⁰²²But they said, Not during the feast, lest there take place a disturbance among the people; ³⁰²³for they feared the people.

[6] ³⁰²⁴And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, who was of the number [7] of the twelve.  ³⁰²⁵And he went away, and communed with the chief priests, and the scribes, and those that held command in the temple, and said unto them, What [8] [Arabic, p. 167] would ye pay me, and I will deliver him unto you?  ³⁰²⁶And they, when they heard it, were pleased, and made ready³⁰²⁷ for him thirty pieces of money.³⁰²⁸  [9] ³⁰²⁹And he promised³⁰³⁰ them, and from that time he sought an opportunity³⁰³¹ that he might deliver unto them Jesus without the multitude.

[10] ³⁰³²And on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, and said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and make ready for thee that thou mayest eat the passover?

[11] ³⁰³³And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knew that the hour was arrived for his departure from this world unto his Father; and he loved his own in this world, [12] and to the last he loved them.  ³⁰³⁴And at the time of the feast, Satan put into the [13] heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to deliver him up.  ³⁰³⁵And Jesus, because he knew that the Father had delivered into his hands everything, and that he came [14] forth from the Father, and goeth unto God, ³⁰³⁶rose from supper, and laid aside his [15] garments; ³⁰³⁷and took a towel, and girded his waist, and poured water into a bason, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith [16] his waist was girded.  ³⁰³⁸And when he came to Simon Cephas, Simon said unto [17] him, Dost thou, my Lord, wash for me my feet?  ³⁰³⁹Jesus answered and said unto [18] him, What I do, now thou knowest not; but afterwards thou shalt learn.  ³⁰⁴⁰Simon said unto him, Thou shalt never wash for me my feet.  Jesus said unto him, If I [19] wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.  ³⁰⁴¹Simon Cephas said unto him, Then, my [20] Lord, wash not for me my feet alone, but my hands also and my head.  ³⁰⁴²Jesus said unto him, He that batheth³⁰⁴³ needeth not to wash save his feet, whereas his whole [21] body is clean:  and ye also are clean, but not all of you.  ³⁰⁴⁴For Jesus knew him that should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.

[22] [Arabic, p. 168] ³⁰⁴⁵So when he had washed their feet, he took his garments, and sat down, and [23] said unto them, Know ye what I have done unto you?  ³⁰⁴⁶Ye call me, Master, [24] and, Lord:  and ye say well; so I am.  ³⁰⁴⁷If then I, now, who am your Lord and Master, have washed for you your feet, how needful is it that ye should wash one another’s feet!  [25] ³⁰⁴⁸This have I given you as an example, that as I have done to you so ye should do [26] also.  ³⁰⁴⁹Verily, verily, I say unto you, No servant is greater than his lord; nor an [27] apostle greater than he that sent him.  ³⁰⁵⁰If ye know that, ye are happy if ye do it.  [28] ³⁰⁵¹My saying this³⁰⁵² is not for all of you:  for I know whom I have chosen:  but that the scripture might be fulfilled, He that eateth with me bread lifted against me his [29] heel.  ³⁰⁵³Henceforth I say unto you before it come to pass, that, when it cometh to [30] pass, ye may believe that I am he.  ³⁰⁵⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and whosoever receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

[31] ³⁰⁵⁵Who is the great one, he that sitteth, or he that serveth? is it not he that sitteth?  [32] ³⁰⁵⁶I am among you as he that serveth.  ³⁰⁵⁷But ye are they that have continued with me [33] in my temptations; ³⁰⁵⁸I promise³⁰⁵⁹ you, as my Father promised³⁰⁶⁰ me, the kingdom, that ye may eat and drink at the table of my kingdom.

[34] ³⁰⁶¹And the first day³⁰⁶² came, the feast of unleavened bread, on which the Jews were [35] wont³⁰⁶³ to sacrifice³⁰⁶⁴ the passover.  ³⁰⁶⁵And Jesus sent two of his disciples, Cephas and John, and said unto them, Go and make ready for us the passover, that we may eat.  [36, 37] ³⁰⁶⁶And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee?  ³⁰⁶⁷He said unto them, Go, enter the city; ³⁰⁶⁸and at the time of your entering, there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; ³⁰⁶⁹follow him, and the place where he entereth, say [38] to such an one, the master of the house, ³⁰⁷⁰Our Master saith, My time is come, and [Arabic, p. 169] at thy house I keep the passover.  ³⁰⁷¹Where then is the lodging-place where [39] I shall eat with my disciples?  ³⁰⁷²And he will shew you a large upper room [40] spread and made ready:  ³⁰⁷³there then make ready for us.  ³⁰⁷⁴And his two disciples went out, and came to the city, and found as he had said unto them:  and they made ready the passover as he had said unto them.

[41] ³⁰⁷⁵And when the evening was come, and the time arrived, Jesus came and reclined, [42] and the twelve apostles with him.  ³⁰⁷⁶And he said unto them, With desire I have [43] desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:  ³⁰⁷⁷I say unto you, that henceforth I shall not eat it, until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

[44] ³⁰⁷⁸Jesus said that, and was agitated³⁰⁷⁹ in his spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, [45] verily, I say unto you, One of you, he that eateth with me, shall betray me.  ³⁰⁸⁰And they were very sorrowful; and they began to say unto him, one after another of [46] them, Can it be I, Lord?  ³⁰⁸¹He answered and said unto them, One of the twelve, [47] he that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, will betray me.  ³⁰⁸²And lo, the hand of [48] him that betrayeth me is on the table.  ³⁰⁸³And the Son of man goeth, as it is written of him:  woe then to that man by whose hand the Son of man is betrayed! for it [49] would have been better for that man had he not been born.  ³⁰⁸⁴And the disciples [50] looked one on another, for they knew not to whom he referred; ³⁰⁸⁵and they began to search among themselves, who that might be who was to do this.