The Diatessaron of Tatian — Section 38

St. Cyril of Alexandria

1. 0. Greeting

1, [[2 John 11.17]] And Jesus came to Bethany, and found him already four days in the grave. [[John 11.18]] And Bethany was beside Jerusalem, and its distance from it was a sum of fifteen furlongs; [[3 John 11.19]] and many of the Jews came unto Mary and Martha, to comfort their heart 4 because of their brother. [[John 11.20]] And Martha, when she heard that Jesus had come, went 5 out to meet him: but Mary was sitting in the house. [[John 11.21]] Martha then said to Jesus, 6 My Lord, if you had been here, my brother had not died. [[John 11.22]] But I know now that, 7 whatever you shall ask of God, he will give you. [[John 11.23]] Jesus said to her, Your brother shall 8 rise. [[John 11.24]] Martha said to him, I know that he shall rise in the resurrection at the last day. 9 [[John 11.25]] Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: whosoever believes in 10 [Arabic, p. 144] me, even though he die, he shall live: [[John 11.26]] and every living one that believes 11 in me shall never die. Do you believe this? [[John 11.27]] She said to him, Yea, my Lord: I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, that comes into the 12 world. [[John 11.28]] And when she had said that, she went and called Mary her sister secretly, 13 and said to her, Our Master has come, and summons you. [[John 11.29]] And Mary, when 14 she heard, rose in haste, and came unto him. [[John 11.30]] (And Jesus then had not come into 15 the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.) [[John 11.31]] And the Jews also that were with her in the house, to comfort her, when they saw that Mary rose up and went out in haste, went after her, because they supposed that she was going to the 16 tomb to weep. [[John 11.32]] And Mary, when she came to where Jesus was, and saw him, fell at his feet, and said to him, If you had been here, my Lord, my brother had 17 not died. [[John 11.33]] And Jesus came; and when he saw her weeping, and the Jews that were 18 with her weeping, he was troubled in himself, and sighed; and he said, [[John 11.34]] In what 19 place have ye laid him? And they said to him, Our Lord, come and see. [[John 11.35]] And 20 the tears of Jesus came. [[John 11.36]] The Jews therefore said, See the greatness of his love for 21 him! [[John 11.37]] But some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of that 22 blind man, have caused that this man also should not die? [[John 11.38]] And Jesus came to the place of burial, being troubled within himself. And the place of burial was a cave, 23 and a stone was placed at its door. [[John 11.39]] Jesus therefore said, Take these stones away. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said to him, My Lord, he has come to 24 stink for some time: he has been four days dead. [[John 11.40]] Jesus said to her, Did not I say 25 [Arabic, p. 145] unto you, If you believe, you shall see the glory of God? [[John 11.41]] And they removed those stones. And Jesus lifted his eyes on high, and said, My Father, 26 I thank yo