The Diatessaron of Tatian — Section 19

St. Cyril of Alexandria

1. 0. Greeting

1 [[Matthew 14.25]] And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came unto them, walking upon the 2 water, after they had rowed with difficulty about twenty-five or thirty furlongs. 3 [[Matthew 14.26]] And 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. [[Matthew 14.27]] But Jesus straightway spoke unto them, and said, Take courage, 5 for it is I; fear not. [[Matthew 14.28]] Then Cephas answered and said to him, My Lord, if it be you, 6 bid me to come unto you on the water. [[Matthew 14.29]] And Jesus said to him, Come. And 7 Cephas went down out of the boat, and walked on the water to come unto Jesus. [[Matthew 14.30]] But [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. [[Matthew 14.31]] And immediately our Lord stretched out his hand and took hold of him, and said to him, 9 You of little faith, why did you doubt? [[Matthew 14.32]] And when Jesus came near, he went up 10 unto them into the boat, he and Simon, and immediately the wind ceased. [[Matthew 14.33]] And those that were in the ship came and worshipped him, and said, Truly you are the 11 Son of God. [[John 6.21]] b And straightway that ship arrived at the land which they made for. 12 And when they came out of the ship to the land, they marvelled greatly and were 13 perplexed in themselves: [[Mark 6.52]] and they had not understood by means of that bread, because their heart was gross.

14 And 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, borne in their 15 beds to the place where they heard that he was. [[Mark 6.56]] And 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 touch were it only the edge of his garment: and all that touched him were healed and lived.

16 [[John 6.22]] a And 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, [[John 6.23]] and that Jesus went not up into the ship with his disciples (but there were other ships from Tiberias near the place where they ate the bread when Jesus blessed 18 it ): [[John 6.24]] and 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. [[John 6.25]] And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, Our 20 Master, when did you come here? [[John 6.26]] Jesus answered and said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, You have not sought me because of your seeing the signs, but because of 21 your eating the bread and being satisfied. [[John 6.27]] Serve not the food which peris