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SECTION XXXVI. - A. Cleveland Coxe, Ante-Nicene Fathers. Volume 9: The Gospel of Peter, Apocalypses and Romances, Commentaries of Origen [1896]

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Ante-Nicene Fathers. Volume 9: The Gospel of Peter, the Diatessaron of Tatian, the Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, the Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach, the Testament of Abraham, the Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, the Narrative of Zosimus, the Apology of Aristides, the Epistles of Clement (complete text), Origen’s Commentary of John, Books 1-10, and Commentary on Matthew, Books 1, 2, and 10-14, ed. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson. Revised and Chronologically arranged with brief prefaces and occasional notes by A. Cleveland Coxe (New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1896-97).

Part of: Ante-Nicene Fathers: The Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325, 10 vols.

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SECTION XXXVI.

§ 36Jo. 8, 51.Jo. 8, 52.1Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not see death2 for ever. The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast demons. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not3 taste death for ever.Jo. 8, 53.Jo. 8, 54. Art thou haply greater than our father Abraham, who is4 dead, and than the prophets, which are dead? whom makest thou thyself? Jesus said unto them, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing:Jo. 8, 55. my Father is he that5 glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is our7 God; and yet ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say that I know him not, I should become6 a liar like you:Arabic, p. 137 but I know him, and keep his word. Abraham your father7 longed to see my day; and he saw, and rejoiced.Jo. 8, 56.Jo. 8, 57.Jo. 8, 58.Jo. 8, 59.Jo. 8, 60.9 The Jews said unto him,8 Thou art now not fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto9 them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. And they take8 stones to stone him: but Jesus concealed himself, and went out of the temple. And he passed through them, and went his way.

10And as he passed, he saw a man blind from his mother’s womb.Jo. 9, 1.Jo. 9, 2. And his11 disciples asked him, and said, Our Master, who sinned, this man, or his parents, so12 that he was born blind?1 Jesus said unto them, Neither did he sin,Jo. 9, 3.Jo. 9, 4. nor his parents:13 but that the works of God may be seen in him.2 It is incumbent on me to do the deeds of him that sent me, while it is day: a night will come, and no man will be14 able to busy himself. As long as I am in the world,Jo. 9, 5.Jo. 9, 6.Jo. 9, 7.Jo. 9, 8. I am the light of the world.15 And when he said that, he spat upon the ground, and made clay of his spittle, and16 smeared it on the eyes of the blind man, and said unto him, Go and wash thyself in17 the pool3 of Siloam.4 And he went and washed, and came seeing. And his neighbours, which saw him of old begging, said, Is not this he that was sitting begging?18 And some said, It is he, and others said, Nay, but he resembles him much.Jo. 9, 9.Jo. 9, 10.Jo. 9, 11. He19, 20 said, I am he. They said unto him, How then were thine eyes opened? He answered and said unto them, A man named Jesus made clay, and smeared it on my eyes, and said unto me, Go and wash in the water of Siloam: and I went and21 washed, and received sight.5 They said unto him, Where is he? He said,Jo. 9, 12.Jo. 9, 13.Jo. 9, 14. I know not.

Arabic, p. 13822, 23And they brought him that was previously blind to the Pharisees. And the day in which Jesus made clay and opened with it his eyes was a sabbath24 day. And again the Pharisees asked him, How didst thou receive sight?Jo. 9, 15.Jo. 9, 16. And he said25 unto them, He put clay on mine eyes, and I washed, and received sight. The people6 of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, for he keepeth not the sabbath. And others said, How can a man that is a sinner do these signs? And there came26 to be a division amongst them. And again they said to that blind man,Jo. 9, 17. Thou, then, what sayest thou of him that opened for thee thine eyes? He said unto them,27 I say that he is a prophet. And the Jews did not believe concerning him,Jo. 9, 18. that he was blind, and received sight, until they summoned the parents of him who received28 sight, and asked them, Is this7 your son, of whom ye said that he was born blind?Jo. 9, 19.Jo. 9, 20.Jo. 9, 21.29 how then, behold, doth he now see? His parents answered and said, We know30 that this is our son, and that he was born blind: but how he has come to see now, or who it is that opened his eyes, we know not: and he also has reached his prime;31 ask him, and he will speak for himself. This said his parents,Jo. 9, 22. because they were fearing the Jews: and the Jews decided, that if any man should confess of him that32 he was the Messiah, they would put him out of the synagogue.Jo. 9, 23.Jo. 9, 24. For this reason33 said his parents, He hath reached his prime, ask him. And they called the man a second time, him that was blind, and said unto him, Praise God: we know that this34 man is a sinner. He answered and said unto them, Whether he be a sinner,Jo. 9, 25.Jo. 9, 26.Jo. 9, 27. I know35 not: I know one thing, that I was blind, and I now see. They said unto him again,36 What did he unto thee?Arabic, p. 139 how opened he for thee thine eyes? He said unto them, I said unto you, and ye did not hear: what8 wish ye further to hear?37 ye also, do ye wish to become disciples to him? And they reviled him,Jo. 9, 28. and said unto him, Thou art the disciple9 of that man; but as for us, we are the disciples of38 Moses. And we know that God spake unto Moses: but this man,Jo. 9, 29.Jo. 9, 30.Jo. 9, 31. we know not39 whence he is. The man answered and said unto them, From this is the wonder,40 because ye know not whence he is, and mine eyes hath he opened. And we know that God heareth not the voice of sinners: but whosoever feareth him,Jo. 9, 32.Jo. 9, 33.Jo. 9, 34. and doeth41 his will, him he heareth. From eternity hath it not been heard of, that a man42 opened the eyes of a blind man, who had been born in blindness. If then this man43 were not from God, he could not do that. They answered and said unto him, Thou wast all of thee born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they put him forth without.

44And Jesus heard of his being put forth without, and found him,Jo. 9, 35.Jo. 9, 36.Jo. 9, 37.Jo. 9, 38. and said unto45 him, Dost thou believe in the Son of God? He that was made whole answered46 and said, Who is he, my Lord, that I may believe in him? Jesus said unto him,47 Thou hast seen him, and he that speaketh to thee is he. And he said, I believe, my Lord. And he fell down worshipping him.