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SECTION XXXVIII. - 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 XXXVIII.

§ 38Jo. 11, 17.Jo. 11, 18.1, 2And Jesus came to Bethany, and found him already four days in the grave. And Bethany was beside Jerusalem, and its distance from it was a sum of fifteen furlongs;63 and many of the Jews came unto Mary and Martha,Jo. 11, 19.Jo. 11, 20.Jo. 11, 21.Jo. 11, 22.Jo. 11, 23.Jo. 11, 24.Jo. 11, 25.Jo. 11, 26.Jo. 11, 27. to comfort their heart4 because of their brother. And Martha, when she heard that Jesus had come, went5 out to meet him: but Mary was sitting in the house. Martha then said unto Jesus,6 My Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know now that,7 whatever thou shalt ask of God, he will give thee. Jesus said unto her, Thy brother shall8 rise. Martha said unto him, I know that he shall rise in the resurrection at the last day.9 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: whosoever believeth in10 me,Arabic, p. 144 even though he die, he shall live: and every living one that believeth11 in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She said unto him, Yea, my Lord: I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, that cometh into the12 world. And when she had said that,Jo. 11, 28.Jo. 11, 29.Jo. 11, 30.Jo. 11, 31. she went and called Mary her sister secretly,13 and said unto her, Our Master hath come, and summoneth thee. And Mary, when14 she heard, rose in haste, and came unto him. (And Jesus then had not come into15 the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.) 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 the16 tomb to weep. And Mary, when she came to where Jesus was, and saw him,Jo. 11, 32. fell at his feet, and said unto him, If thou hadst been here, my Lord, my brother had 17not died. And Jesus came; and when he saw her weeping,Jo. 11, 33.Jo. 11, 34.Jo. 11, 35.Jo. 11, 36.Jo. 11, 37.Jo. 11, 38. and the Jews that were18 with her weeping, he was troubled1 in himself, and sighed; and he said, In what19 place have ye laid him? And they said unto him, Our Lord, come and see. And20 the tears of Jesus came.2 The Jews therefore said, See the greatness of his love for21 him!Arabic, p. 145 But some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of that22 blind man, have caused that this man also should not die? 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. Jesus therefore said,Jo. 11, 39. Take these stones away. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said unto him, My Lord, he hath come to24 stink for some time: he hath been3 four days dead. Jesus said unto her,Jo. 11, 40.Jo. 11, 41. Did not I say25 unto thee, If thou believest, thou shalt see the glory of God? And they removed those stones. And Jesus lifted his eyes on high, and said, My Father,26 I thank thee since thou didst hear me.Jo. 11, 42. And I know that thou at all times hearest me: but I say this unto thee because of this multitude that is standing, that they27 may believe that thou didst send me.Jo. 11, 43.Jo. 11, 44. And when he had said that, he cried with a28 loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And that dead man came out, having his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped in a scarf. Jesus said unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

29And many of the Jews which came unto Mary,Jo. 11, 45.Jo. 11, 46. when they saw the deed of Jesus,30 believed in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees, and informed them of all that Jesus did.

31And the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered, and said, What shall we do?Jo. 11, 47.Jo. 11, 48.Jo. 11, 49.32 for lo, this man doeth many signs. And if we leave him thus, all men will believe33 in him: and the Romans will come and take our country and people. And one of them, who was called Caiaphas, the chief priest he was in that year, said unto them,34 Ye know not anything,Jo. 11, 50.Jo. 11, 51. nor consider that it is more advantageous for us that one35 man should die instead of the people, and not that the whole people perish. And this he said not of himself: but because he was the chief priest of4 that year, he36 prophesied that Jesus was to die instead of the people;Jo. 11, 52. and not instead of the people alone, but that he might gather the scattered children of God together.37 And from that day they considered how to kill him.Jo. 11, 53.Jo. 11, 54.

Arabic, p. 14638And Jesus did not walk openly amongst the Jews, but departed thence to a place near the wilderness, to a town5 called Ephraim; and he was there, going39 about with his disciples. And the passover of the Jews was near:Jo. 11, 55.Jo. 11, 56. and many went40 up from the villages unto Jerusalem before the feast, to purify themselves. And they sought for Jesus, and said one to another in the temple, What think ye of his41 holding back from the feast?Jo. 11, 57. And the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any man knew in what place he was, he should reveal it to them, that they might take him.

42And when the days of his going up were accomplished,Lk. 9, 51.Lk. 9, 52.Lk. 9, 53.Lk. 9, 54. he prepared himself that43 he might go6 to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers before him, and departed,7 and44 entered into a village8 of Samaria, that they might make ready for him. And they45 received him not, because he9 was prepared for going to Jerusalem. And when James and John his disciples saw it, they said unto him, Our Lord, wilt thou that we speak, and fire come down from heaven, to extirpate them, as did Elijah also?46 And Jesus turned, and rebuked them, and said,Lk. 9, 55.Lk. 9, 56. Ye know not of what spirit ye are.47 Verily the Son of man did not come to destroy lives, but to give life. And they went to another village.