The Diatessaron of Tatian — Section 37

St. Cyril of Alexandria

1. 0. Greeting

[[1 John 9.39]] And Jesus said, To judge the world am I come, so that they that see not may 2 see, and they that see may become blind. [[John 9.40]] And some of the Pharisees which were 3 with him heard that, and they said to him, Can it be that we are blind? [[John 9.41]] Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you should not have sin: but now ye say, We see: and because of this your sin remains.

4 [Arabic, p. 140] [[John 10.1]] Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever enters not into the fold of the sheep by the door, but goes up from another place, that man is a thief and a 5, 6 stealer. [[John 10.2]] But he that enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. [[John 10.3]] And therefore the keeper of the door opens for him the door; and the sheep hear his voice: and 7 he calls his sheep by their names, and they go forth unto him. [[John 10.4]] And when he puts forth his sheep, he goes before them, and his sheep follow him: because 8 they know his voice. [[John 10.5]] And after a stranger will the sheep not go, but they flee from 9 him: because they hear not the voice of a stranger. [[John 10.6]] This parable spoke Jesus unto them: but they knew not what he was saying unto them.

10 [[John 10.7]] Jesus said to them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the 11 sheep. [[John 10.8]] And all that came are thieves and stealers: but the sheep heard them not. 12 [[John 10.9]] I am the door: and if a man enter by me, he shall live, and shall go in and go out, 13 and shall find pasture. [[John 10.10]] And the stealer comes not, save that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: but I came that they might have life, and that they might have 14 the thing that is better. [[John 10.11]] I am the good shepherd; and the good shepherd gives 15 himself for his sheep. [[John 10.12]] But the hireling, who is not a shepherd, and whose the sheep are not, when he sees the wolf as it comes, leaves the sheep, and flees, 16 and the wolf comes, and snatches away the sheep, and scatters them: [[John 10.13]] and the 17 hireling flees because he is an hireling, and has no care for the sheep. [[John 10.14]] I am the 18 good shepherd; [[John 10.15]] and I know what is mine, and what is mine knows me, as my Father knows me, and I know my Father; and I give myself for the sheep. 19 [[John 10.16]] And I have other sheep also, that are not of this flock: them also I must invite, and they shall hear my voice; and all the sheep shall be one, and the shepherd one. 20 [Arabic, p. 141] [[John 10.17]] And therefore does my Father love me, because I give my life, that I may 21 take it again. [[John 10.18]] No man takes it from me, but I leave it of my own choice. And I have the right to leave it, and have the right also to take it. And this commandment did I receive of my Father.

22 [[John 10.19]] And there occurred a disagreement among the Jews because of these sayings. 23 [[John 10.20]] And many of them said, He has a devil, and is afflicted with madness; why listen