The Diatessaron of Tatian — Section 35

St. Cyril of Alexandria

1. 0. Greeting

[[1 John 7.37]] And on the great day, which is the last of the feast, Jesus stood, crying out and 2 saying, If any man is thirsty, let him come unto me, and drink. [[John 7.38]] Every one that believes in me, as the scriptures said, there shall flow from his belly rivers of pure 3 water. [[John 7.39]] He said that referring to the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet granted; and because Jesus had not yet been 4 [Arabic, p. 133] glorified. [[John 7.40]] And many of the multitude that heard his words said, This is 5 in truth the prophet. [[John 7.41]] And others said, This is the Messiah. But others 6 said, Can it be that the Messiah will come from Galilee? [[John 7.42]] Hath not the scripture said that from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village of David, the 7 Messiah comes? [[John 7.43]] And there occurred a dissension in the multitude because of him. 8 [[John 7.44]] And some of them were wishing to seize him; but no man laid a hand upon him.

9 [[John 7.45]] And those officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees: and the priests said 10 unto them, Why did ye not bring him? [[John 7.46]] The officers said, Never spoke man thus 11 as speaks this man. [[John 7.47]] The Pharisees said to them, Perhaps ye also have gone 12, 13 astray? [[John 7.48]] Hath any of the rulers or the Pharisees haply believed in him? [[John 7.49]] except 14 this people which knows not the law; they are accursed. [[John 7.50]] Nicodemus, one of them, 15 he that had come to Jesus by night, [[John 7.51]] said to them, Does our law haply condemn 16 a man, except it hear him first and know what he has done? [[John 7.52]] They answered and said to him, Are you also haply from Galilee? Search, and see that a prophet rises not from Galilee.

17, 18 [[Matthew 22.41]] And when the Pharisees assembled, Jesus asked them, and said, [[Matthew 22.42]] What say ye of 19 the Messiah? Whose son is he? They said to him, The son of David. [[Matthew 22.43]] He said to them, And how does David in the Holy Spirit call him Lord? For he said,

> 20 [[Matthew 22.44]] The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, That I may put your enemies under your feet.

21, 22 [[Matthew 22.45]] If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son? [[Matthew 22.46]] And no one was able to answer him; and no man dared from that day again to ask him of anything.

23 [[John 8.12]] And Jesus addressed them again, and said, I am the light of the world; and he that 24 follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall find the light of life. [[John 8.13]] The Pharisees [Arabic, p. 134] said to him, You bear witness to yourself; your witness is not true. [[John 8.14]] Jesus 25 answered and said to them, If I bear witness to myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and where I go; but you know not whence I came, or 26, 27 where I go. [[John 8.15]] And ye judge after the flesh; and I judge no man. [[John 8.16]] And even if I judge, my judgement is tr