The Diatessaron of Tatian — Section 22

St. Cyril of Alexandria

1. 0. Greeting

1 [[Luke 5.12]] And when Jesus came to a certain village, there drew near to him a leper, and fell at his feet, and besought him, and said to him, If you will, you are able to 2 cleanse me. [[Mark 1.41]] And Jesus had mercy upon him, and stretched forth his hand, and 3 touched him, and said, I will cleanse you. [[Mark 1.42]] And immediately his leprosy departed 4 from him, and he was cleansed. [[Mark 1.43]] And he sternly charged him, and sent him out, 5 [Arabic, p. 85] and said to him, [[Mark 1.44]] See that you tell not any man: but go and show yourself to the priests, and offer an offering for your cleansing as Moses commanded 6 for their testimony. [[Mark 1.45]] a But he, when he went out, began to publish much, and spread abroad the news, so that Jesus could not enter into any of the cities openly, for the extent to which the report of him spread, but he remained without in a desert 7 place. [[Luke 5.15]] And much people came unto him from one place and another, to hear 8 his word, and that they might be healed of their pains. [[Luke 5.16]] And he used to withdraw from them into the desert, and pray.

9 And after that, was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

10 [[John 5.2]] And there was in Jerusalem a place prepared for bathing, which was called in 11 Hebrew the House of Mercy, having five porches. [[John 5.3]] And there were laid in them much people of the sick, and blind, and lame, and paralysed, waiting for the moving 12 of the water. [[John 5.4]] And the angel from time to time went down into the place of bathing, and moved the water; and the first that went down after the moving 13 of the water, every pain that he had was healed. [[John 5.5]] And a man was there who had a 14 disease for thirty-eight years. [[John 5.6]] And Jesus saw this man laid, and knew that he had 15 been thus a long time; and he said to him, Would you be made whole? [[John 5.7]] That diseased one answered and said, Yea, my Lord, I have no man, when the water moves, to put me into the bathing-place; but when I come, another goes down before 16, 17 me. [[John 5.8]] Jesus said to him, Rise, take your bed, and walk. [[John 5.9]] And immediately that man was healed; and he rose, and carried his bed, and walked.

18 [[John 5.10]] And that day was a sabbath. And when the Jews saw that healed one, they said 19 unto him, It is a sabbath: you have no authority to carry your bed. [[John 5.11]] And he answered and said to them, He that made me whole, the same said to me, Take your bed, 20 [Arabic, p. 86] and walk. [[John 5.12]] They asked him therefore, Who is this man that said to you, 21 Take your bed, and walk? [[John 5.13]] But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had removed from that place to another, because of the press of the great multitude 22 which was in that place. [[John 5.14]] And after two days Jesus happened upon him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, you are whole: sin not again, lest there come upon 23 you what is worse