22 and quickeneth the dead, the Son also quickeneth whom he will: for the Father judgeth no person, having committed the 23 power of judging entirely to the Son, that all might honor the Son, as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, 24 honoreth not the Father who sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He who heareth my doctrine, and believeth him who sent me, hath eternal life, and shall not incur condemnation, 25 having passed from death to life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, the time cometh, or rather is come, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and hearing, they shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the 27 Son to have life in himself; and hath given him even the judi28 cial authority, because he is a Son of Man. Wonder not at this; for the time cometh when all that are in their graves shall Matt. 25. 46. 29 hear his voice, and shall come forth. They that have done good, shall arise to enjoy life; they that have done evil, shall 30 arise to suffer punishment. I do nothing of myself: as I hear I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not to please myself, but to please the Father who sent me. ch. 1.7, 15. 19. 29. 31 If I alone testify concerning myself, my testimony is not to 32 be regarded: there is another who testifieth concerning me; 33 and I know that his testimony of me ought to be regarded. Ye 34 yourselves sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth. As for me, I need no human testimony; 1 only urge this for your 35 salvation. He was the lighted and shining lamp; and for a while ye were glad to enjoy his light. 36 But I have a greater testimony than John's; for the works which the Father bath empowered me to perform, the works themselves which I do, testify for me, that the Father hath sent Matt. 3. 16. 37 me. Nay, the Father who sent me hath himself attested me. 38 Did ye never hear his voice; or see his form? Or have ye forgotten his declaration, that ye believed not him whom he hath commissioned? 39 Ye search the Scriptures, because ye think to obtain by 40 them eternal life. Now these also are witnesses for me; yet 41 ye will not come unto me that ye may obtain life. I desire 42 not honor from men; but I know you, that ye are strangers to 43 the love of God. I am come in my Father's name, and ye do not receive me if another come in his own name, ye will rech. 12. 43. 44 ceive him. How can ye believe, while ye court honor one from another, regardless of the honor which cometh from God 45 alone? Do not think I am he who will accuse you to the Fa46 ther. Your accuser is Moses, in whom ye confide. For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me, for he wrote concerning 47 me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? VI. SECTION V.-THE PEOPLE FED IN THE DESERT. AFTERWARDS Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee [also 2 called] of Tiberias: and a great multitude followed him, because 3 they had seen the miraculous cures which he performed. And Jesus went up upon a mountain; where he sat down with his 4 disciples. Now the passover, the Jewish festival, was near. 5 Mar. 6. 35. Jesus lifting up his eyes, and perceiving that a great multi- Matt. 14. 15 tude was flocking to him, said to Philip: Whence shall we Lu. 9. 12. 6 buy bread to feed these people? (This he said to try him, 7 for he knew himself what he was to do.) Philip answered; Two hundred denarii* would not purchase bread enough to af9 ford every one a morsel. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon 9 Peter's brother, said to him: Here is a boy who hath five bar ley loaves, and two small fishes; but what are they among so 10 many? Jesus said: Make the men lie down. Now there was much grass in the place. So they lay down in number 11 about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed them to those who had lain down. 12 He gave them also of the fishes as much as they would. When they had eaten sufficiently, he said to his disciples: Gather up 13 the fragments which remain, that nothing be lost. They therefore gathered, and with the fragments which the people had 14 left of the five barley loaves, they filled twelve baskets. When those men had seen the miracle which Jesus had wrought, they said: This is certainly the prophet who cometh into the world. 15 Then Jesus knowing that they intended to come and carry him off to make him king, withdrew again alone to the mountain. Matt. 14. 22. 16. In the evening his disciples went to the sea, and having em- Mar. 6. 45. barked, were passing by sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, 18 and Jesus was not come to them. And the water was raised 19 by a tempestuous wind. When they had rowed about five-and twenty or thirty furlongs, they observed Jesus walking on the 20 sea, very near the bark, and were afraid. But he said to them: 21 It is I, be not afraid. Then they gladly received him into the bark; and the bark was immediately at the place whither they were going. 22 On the morrow, the people who were on the sea-side, knowing that there had been but one boat there, and that Jesus went Between three and four miles. About L. 6. 5s Matt. 3. 17. Ex. 16. 14. 23 not into the boat with his disciples, who went alone, (other boats however arrived from Tiberias, nigh the place where they 24 had eaten, after the Lord had given thanks); knowing, besides, that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, embarked and went to Capernaum seeking Jesus. 25 Having found him on the opposite shore, they said to him: 26 Rabbi, when camest thou hither? Jesus answered: Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw mira27 cles, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were satisfied. Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which endureth through eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you : for to him the Father, that is God, hath given his attestation. 28 They asked him, therefore: What are the works which God 29 requireth us to do? Jesus answered: This is the work which God requireth, that ye believe on him whom he hath commis1 Jo. 3. 23. 30 sioned. They replied: What miracle then dost thou, that, seeing it, we may believe thee? What dost thou perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert, as it is written, 'He 32 gave them bread of heaven to eat.' Jesus then said to them: Num. 11.6. Ps. 78. 25. Wis. 16. 20. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses did not give you the bread of beaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread of heaven: 33 for the bread of God is that which descendeth from heaven, and 34 giveth life to the world. They said therefore to him: Master, 35 give us always this bread. Jesus answered: I am the bread of life. He who cometh to me shall never hunger, and he who believeth on me shall never thirst. 36 But as I told, though ye have seen me, ye do not believe. 37 Whatever the Father giveth me, will come to me; and him 38 who cometh to me I will not reject. For I descended from heaven to do, not mine own will, but the will of him who sent 39 me. Now this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of what he hath given me, but raise the whole 40 again at the last day. This is the will of him who sent me, that whoever recognizeth the Son, and believeth on him, should obtain eternal life, and that I should raise him again at the last day. Matt. 13. 55. 41 Isa. 54. 13. The Jews then murmured against him, because he said, 'I 42 am the bread which descended from heaven' and they said: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then doth he say, 'I descended from heaven?' 43 Jesus therefore answered: Murmur not amongst yourselves: no 44 man can come unto me, unless the Father who hath sent me 45 draw him; and him I will raise again at the last day. It is written in the prophets, "They shall be all taught of God." Every one who hath heard, and learnt from the Father, cometh unto Matt. 11. 27. 46 me. Not that any man, except him who is from God, hath 47 seen the Father. He indeed hath seen the Father. Verily, 48 verily, I say unto you, He who believeth on me hath eternal 50 life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the desert, and died. Behold the bread which descended from 51 heaven, that, whoso eateth thereof may not die. I am the living 52 bread which descended from heaven. Whoso eateth of this bread shall live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I give for the life of the world. The Jews then debated among themselves, saying: How 53 can this man give us his flesh to eat? Jesus, therefore, said to them Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, ye have not life in you. 54 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal 55 life; and I will raise him again at the last day: for my flesh is 56 truly meat, and my blood is truly drink. He who eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I abide in him. 57 As the Father liveth who sent me, and I live by the Father; 58 even so he who feedeth on me, shall live by me. This is the bread which descended from heaven. It is not like the manna 59 which your fathers ate, for they died: he that eateth this bread shall live forever. This discourse he spake in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum. 60 Many of his disciples having heard it, said: This is hard doc61 trine, who can understand it? Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them: Doth this scandal62 ize you? What if ye should see the Son of Man reascending 63 thither where he was before? It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing. The words which I speak unto 64 you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe. (For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that did not believe, and who he was that would betray him.) 65 He added: Therefore I said to you, that no man can come unto me, unless it be given him by my Father. Mar. 8. 29. 66 From this time many of his disciples withdrew, and accom67 panied him no longer. Then said Jesus to the twelve: Will ye 63 also go away? Simon Peter answered: Master, to whom 69 should we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life: and we be- Matt. 16. 16. lieve and know that thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living La 9. 20, 70 God. Jesus answered them: Have not I chosen you twelve? 71 yet one of you is a spy. He meant Judas Iscariot, son of Simon; for it was he who was to betray him, though he was one of the twelve. VII. After this Jesus travelled about in Galilee; for he would not reside in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. Lev. 23. 34. ah. 8. 20. Ex. 24. 3. ch. 5. 18. Lev. 12. 3. 2 SECTION VI-THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. NOW the Jewish feast of tabernacles was near. His broth3 ers, therefore, said to him: Leave this country, and go into Judea, that thy disciples may also see the works which thou 4 dost. For whosoever courteth renown, doth nothing in secret: since thou performest such things, show thyself to the world. 5 (For not even his brothers believed on him.) Jesus answered: 6. My time is not yet come; any time will suit you. The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I disclose the wickSedness of its actions. Go ye to this festival. I go not yet thith9 er, because it is not my time. Having said this, he remained in Galilee. 10 But when his brothers were gone, he also went to the festi11 val, not publicly, but rather privately. At the festival, the 12 Jews inquired after him, and said: Where is he? And there was much whispering among the people concerning him. Some 13 said: He is a good man. Others: No; he seduceth the multitude. Nobody, however, spake openly of him, for fear of the Jews. 14 About the middle of the festival, Jesus went into the temple ted circumcision among you, (not that it is from Moses, but from Gen. 17. 10. 23 the patriarchs), and ye circumcise on the Sabbath.* If, on the Sabbath, a child receive circumcision, that the law of Moses may not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have, on the Sabbath,* cured a man whose whole body was 24 disabled? Judge not from personal regards, but judge according to justice. Deut. 25 Then some inhabitants of Jerusalem said: Is not this he 26 whom they seek to kill? Lo! he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers indeed acknowledge that 27 this is the Messiah? But we know whence this man is; where * Saturday. |