Diatessaron

Tatian, ANF 9

And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came unto them, walking upon the 2water, after…

And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came unto them, walking upon the 2water, after they had rowed¹ with difficulty about twenty-five or thirty furlongs. 3And when he drew near unto their boat, his disciples saw him walking on the water; 4and they were troubled, and supposed that it was a false appearance; and they cried out from their fear. 5But Jesus straightway spoke unto them, and said, Take courage, for it is I; fear not. 6Then Cephas answered and said unto him, My Lord, if it be thou, bid me to come unto thee on the water. 7And Jesus said unto him, Come. And Cephas went down out of the boat, and walked on the water to come unto Jesus. But when he saw the wind strong, he feared, and was on the point of sinking; and he lifted up his voice, and said, My Lord, save me. 8And immediately our Lord stretched out his hand and took hold of him, and said unto him, Thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt? 9And when Jesus came near, he went up unto them into the boat, he and Simon, and immediately the wind ceased. 10And those that were in the ship came and worshipped him, and said, Truly thou art the Son of God. 11And straightway that ship arrived at the land which they made for. 12And when they came out of the ship to the land, they marvelled greatly and were perplexed in themselves: 13and they had not understood by means of² that bread, because their heart was gross.

And when the people of that region knew of the arrival of Jesus, they made haste in all that land, and began to bring those that were diseased,³ borne in their beds to the place where they heard that he was. 15And wheresoever the place might be which he entered, of the villages or the cities, they laid the sick in the markets, and sought of him that they might touch⁴ were it only the edge of his garment: and all that touched⁵ him were healed and lived.⁶

And on the day after that, the multitude which was standing on the shore of the sea saw that there was there no other ship save that into which the disciples had gone up, 17and that Jesus went not up into the ship with his disciples (but there were other ships from Tiberias near⁷ the place where they ate the bread when Jesus blessed it): 18and when that multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor yet his disciples, they went up into those ships, and came to Capernaum, and sought Jesus. 19And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Our Master, when camest thou hither? Jesus answered and said unto them, 20Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye have not sought me because of⁸ your seeing the signs, but because of your eating the bread and being satisfied. 21Serve not the food which perisheth, but the food which abideth in eternal life,⁹ which the Son of man will give unto you: him¹⁰ hath God the Father sealed. 22They said unto him, What shall we do that we may work the work of God? 23Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. 24They said unto him, What sign hast thou done, that we may see, and believe in thee? what hast thou wrought? 25Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it was written, Bread from heaven gave he them to eat. 26Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not bread from heaven; but my Father gave¹¹ you the bread of truth¹² from heaven. 27The bread of God is that which came down from heaven and gave the world life. 28They said unto him, Our Lord, give us at all times this bread. 29Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: whosoever cometh unto me shall not hunger, and whosoever believeth in me shall not thirst for ever. 30But I said unto you, Ye have seen me, and have not believed. 31And all that my Father hath given to me cometh unto me; and whosoever cometh unto me I shall not cast him forth without. 32I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of him that sent me; 33and this is the will of him that sent me, that I should lose nothing of that which he gave me, but raise it up in the last day. 34This is the will of my Father, that every one that seeth the Son, and believeth in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day.

The Jews therefore murmured against him because of his saying, I am the bread which came down from heaven. 36And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? then how saith this man, I came down from heaven? 37Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not one with another. 38No man is able to come unto me, except the Father which sent me draw him; and I will raise him up in the last day. 39It is written in the prophet, They shall all be the taught of God. Every one who heareth from the Father now,¹³ and learneth of him, cometh unto me. 40No man now seeth the Father; but he that is from God, he it is that seeth the Father. 41Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever believeth in me hath eternal life. 42I am the bread of life. 43Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 44This is the bread which came down from heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die. 45I am the bread of life which came down from heaven: and if a man eat of this bread he shall live for ever:¹⁴ and the bread which I shall give is my body, which I give for the life of the world.

The Jews therefore quarrelled one with another, and said, How can he give us his body that we may eat it? 47Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ye do not eat the body of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye shall not have life in yourselves. 48Whosoever eateth of my body and drinketh of my blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day. 49My body truly is meat,¹⁵ and my blood truly is drink.¹⁶ 50Whosoever eateth my body and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him-51as the living Father sent me, and I am alive because of the Father; and whosoever eateth me, he also shall live because of me. 52This is the bread which came down from heaven: and not according as your fathers ate the manna, and died: whosoever eateth of this bread shall live for ever. 53This he said in the synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum. 54And many of his disciples, when they heard, said, This word is hard; who is he that can hear it?

Notes

Lit. travelled.
Lit. from.
Strictly used of severe chronic disease.
cf. §12, 13, and note to §8, 17.
The word used at §12, 35.
Or, revived, i.e., made to live.
Lit. on the border of.
Or, for the sake of.
Sic.
Lit. this.
Represents a mistaken vocalisation of the Peshitta.
Lit. equity; see above, §3, 53, note.
i.e., therefore (see note, §9, 21).
John vi. 51b; in Ciasca’s text John vi. 51b–71 are cited as vi. 52–72. (See Introduction, 20, note.)
Or, eaten.
Or, drunk.