The Diatessaron of Tatian — Section 44

St. Cyril of Alexandria

1. 0. Greeting

1, 2 [[Matthew 26.1]] And when Jesus finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, [[Matthew 26.2]] You know that after two days will be the passover, and the Son of man is delivered up to be 3 crucified. [[Matthew 26.3]] Then gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders 4 of the people, unto the court of the chief priest, who was called Caiaphas; [[Matthew 26.4]] and they took counsel together concerning Jesus, that they might seize him by subtlety, and 5 kill him. [[Matthew 26.5]] But they said, Not during the feast, lest there take place a disturbance among the people; [[Luke 22.2]] b for they feared the people.

6 [[Luke 22.3]] And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, who was of the number 7 of the twelve. And he went away, and communed with the chief priests, and the scribes, and those that held command in the temple, and said to them, What 8 [Arabic, p. 167] would ye pay me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they, when they heard it, were pleased, and made ready for him thirty pieces of money. 9 [[Luke 22.6]] And he promised them, and from that time he sought an opportunity that he might deliver unto them Jesus without the multitude.

10 [[Mark 14.12]] And on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, and said to him, Where will you that we go and make ready for you that you may eat the passover?

11 [[John 13.1]] And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knew that the hour was arrived for his departure from this world unto his Father; and he loved his own in this world, 12 and to the last he loved them. [[John 13.2]] And at the time of the feast, Satan put into the 13 heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to deliver him up. [[John 13.3]] And Jesus, because he knew that the Father had delivered into his hands everything, and that he came 14 forth from the Father, and goes unto God, [[John 13.4]] rose from supper, and laid aside his 15 garments; [[John 13.5]] and took a towel, and girded his waist, and poured water into a bason, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith 16 his waist was girded. [[John 13.6]] And when he came to Simon Cephas, Simon said to 17 him, Do you, my Lord, wash for me my feet? [[John 13.7]] Jesus answered and said to 18 him, What I do, now you know not; but afterwards you shall learn. [[John 13.8]] Simon said to him, You shall never wash for me my feet. Jesus said to him, If I 19 wash you not, you have no part with me. [[John 13.9]] Simon Cephas said to him, Then, my 20 Lord, wash not for me my feet alone, but my hands also and my head. [[John 13.10]] Jesus said to him, He that bathes needs not to wash save his feet, whereas his whole 21 body is clean: and you also are clean, but not all of you. [[John 13.11]] For Jesus knew him that should betray him; therefore said he, You are not all clean.

22 [Arabic, p. 168] [[John 13.12]] So when he had washed their feet, he took his garments, and sat down, an