Diatessaron

Tatian, ANF 9

And at that time the feast of tabernacles of the Jews drew near. 2So the brethren of …

And at that time the feast of tabernacles of the Jews drew near. 2So the brethren of Jesus said unto him, Remove now hence, and go to Judaea, that thy disciples may see the deeds that thou doest. 3For no man doeth a thing secretly and wisheth to be apparent. 4If thou doest this, shew thyself to the world. For up to this time not even the brethren of Jesus believed on him. 5Jesus said unto them, My time till now has not arrived; but as for you, your time is alway ready. 6It is not possible for the world to hate you; but me it hateth, for I bear witness against it, that its deeds are evil. 7As for you, go ye up unto this feast: but I go not up now to this feast; for my time has not yet been completed. 8He said this, and remained behind in Galilee.

But when his brethren went up unto the feast, he journeyed from Galilee, and to came to the borders of Judaea, to the country beyond Jordan; 10and there came after him great multitudes, and he healed them all there. 11And he went out, and proceeded to the feast, not openly, but as one that conceals himself. 12And the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, In what place is this man? 13And there occurred much murmuring there in the great multitude that came to the feast, on his account. For some said, He is good: and others said, Nay, but he leadeth the people astray. 14But no man spake of him openly for fear of the Jews.

But when the days of the feast of tabernacles were half over, Jesus went up to the temple, and taught. 16And the Jews wondered, and said, How doth this man know writing,¹ seeing he hath not learned? 17Jesus answered and said, My doctrine² is not mine, but his that sent me. 18Whoever wisheth to do his will understandeth my doctrine³? whether it be from God, or whether I speak of mine own accord. 19Whosoever speaketh of his own accord seeketh praise for himself; but whosoever seeketh praise for him that sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness in his heart there is none. 20Did not Moses give you the law, and no man of you keepeth the law? 21Why seek ye to kill me? The multitude answered and said unto him, Thou hast demons:⁴ who seeketh to kill thee? 22Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one deed, and ye all marvel because of this. 23Moses hath given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but it is from the fathers); and ye on the sabbath circumcise a man. 24And if a man is circumcised on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I healed on the sabbath day the whole man? 25Judge not with hypocrisy, but judge righteous judgement.

And some people from Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to slay? 27And lo, he discourseth with them openly, and they say nothing unto him. Think you that our elders have learned that this is the Messiah indeed? 28But this man is⁵ known whence he is; and the Messiah, when he cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. 29So Jesus lifted up his voice as he taught in the temple, and said, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and of my own accord am I not come, 30but he that sent me is true, he whom ye know not: but I know him; for I am from him, and he sent me. 31And they sought to seize him: and no man laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 32But many of the multitude believed on him; and they said, The Messiah, when he cometh, can it be that he will do more than these signs that this man doeth?

And a man of that multitude said unto our Lord, Teacher, say to my brother that he divide with me the inheritance. 34Jesus said unto him, Man, who is it that appointed me over you as a judge and divider? 35And he said unto his disciples, Take heed within yourselves of all inordinate desire; for it is not in abundance of possessions that life shall be. 36And he gave them this parable: The ground of a rich man brought forth abundant produce: 37and he pondered within himself, and said, What shall I do, since I have no place to store my produce? 38And he said, I will do this: I will pull down the buildings of my barns, and build them, and make them greater; and store there all my wheat and my goods. 39And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid by for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, enjoy thyself. 40God said unto him, O than of little intelligence, this night shall thy soul be taken from thee; and this that thou hast prepared, whose shall it be? 41So is he that layeth up treasures for himself, and is not rich in God.

And while Jesus was going in the way, there came near to him a young man⁶ of the rulers,⁷ and fell on his knees, and asked him, and said, Good Teacher, what is it that I must do that I may have eternal life? 43Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good, while there is none good but the one, even God?⁸ 44Thou knowest the commandments.⁹¹⁰ 45If thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.¹¹ The young man said unto him, Which of the commandments?¹² Jesus said unto him, 46Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shall not do injury, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Love thy neighbour as thyself. 47That young man said unto him, All these have I kept from my youth: what then is it that I lack? 48And Jesus looked intently at him, and loved him, and said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, what thou lackest is one thing:¹³ 49go away and sell everything that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and take thy cross, and follow me. 50And that young man frowned at this word, and went away feeling sad; for he was very rich. 51And when Jesus saw his sadness, he looked towards his disciples, and said unto them, How hard it is for them that have possessions to enter the kingdom of God!

Notes

Or, the scripture.
This word ordinarily means knowledge, but is used in this work in the sense of doctrine. The commoner form occurs perhaps only in §50, 2.
This word ordinarily means knowledge, but is used in this work in the sense of doctrine. The commoner form occurs perhaps only in § 50, 2.
cf.§14, 12.
Or, will be.
From Matthew.
From Luke.
The scribe who wrote the Vat. MS. wrote first God, the one, and then reversed the order by writing the Coptic letters for B and A over the words. (see above, Introduction, 5.)
Matt. xix. 17b; Matt. xix. 18a.
Different words.
Different words.
The same word as in Mk. 10, 19a.
From Mark.