The Diatessaron of Tatian — Section 39

St. Cyril of Alexandria

1. 0. Greeting

[[1 John 12.1]] And Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, 2 whom Jesus raised from among the dead. [[John 12.2]] And they made a feast for him there: 3 and Martha was serving; while Lazarus was one of them that sat with him. [[Mark 14.3]] a And 4 at the time of Jesus' being at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, [[John 12.9]] great multitudes of the Jews heard that Jesus was there: and they came, not because of Jesus alone, but [Arabic, p. 147] that they might look also on Lazarus, whom he raised from among the dead. 5, 6 [[John 12.10]] And the chief priests considered how they might kill Lazarus also; [[John 12.11]] because 7 many of the Jews were going on his account, and believing in Jesus. [[John 12.3]] a And Mary took a case of the ointment of fine nard, of great price, [[Mark 14.3]] b and opened it, and poured 8 it out on the head of Jesus as he was reclining; [[John 12.3]] b and she anointed his feet, and wiped them with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 9, 10 [[John 12.4]] But Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was to betray him, said, [[John 12.5]] Why was 11 not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given unto the poor? [[John 12.6]] This he said, not because of his care for the poor, but because he was a thief, and the chest 12 was with him, and what was put into it he used to bear. [[Mark 14.4]] And that displeased the rest of the disciples also within themselves, and they said, Why went this ointment 13 to waste? [[Matthew 26.9]] It was possible that it should be sold for much, and the poor be given 14 it. [[Mark 14.5]] b And they were angry with Mary. [[Matthew 26.10]] a And Jesus perceived it, and said to them, [[Mark 14.6]] b Leave her; why molest ye her? A good work has she accomplished on me: [[John 12.7]] b for the 15 day of my burial kept she it. [[John 12.8]] a At all times the poor are with you, and when you 16 wish ye can do them a kindness: [[Mark 14.7]] b but I am not at all times with you. [[Matthew 26.12]] And for this cause, when she poured this ointment on my body, it is as if she did it for my burial, 17 and anointed my body beforehand. And verily I say unto you, In every place where this my gospel shall be proclaimed in all the world, what she did shall be told for a memorial of her.

18, 19 [Arabic, p. 148] [[Luke 19.28]] And when Jesus said that, he went out leisurely to go to Jerusalem. And when he arrived at Bethphage and at Bethany, beside the mount which is 20 called the mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, and he said to them, Go 21 into this village that is opposite you: and when you enter it, you shall find an ass tied, and 22 a colt with him, which no man ever yet mounted: loose him, and bring them unto me. And if any man say unto you, Why loose ye them? Say unto him thus, We 23 seek them for our Lord; and straightway send them hither. All this was, that what was said in the prophet might be fulfilled,