as, when the Messiah shall come, nobody will know whence he 28 is. Jesus, who was then teaching in the temple, cried: Do ye know both who and whence I am? I came not of myself: 29 But he is true who sent me, whom ye know not.

As for me,

I know him, because I came from him, and am commissioned 30 by him. Then they sought to apprehend him, but none laid 31 hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. Many of the

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people, however, believed on him, and said: When the Messiah shall come, will he do more miracles than this man doth ? When the Pharisees heard that the people muttered such things concerning him, they and the chief priests dispatched 33 officers to seize him. Jesus therefore said: Yet a little while 34 I remain with you; then I go to him who sent me. Ye shall ch. 13. 33. seek me, but shall not find ine, nor be able to get thither where 35 I shall be. The Jews said among themselves: Whither will

he go that we shall not find him? Will he go to the dispersed 36 among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? What meaneth he by saying, Ye shall seek me, but shall not find me, nor be able to get thither where I shall be ?'

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Joel 2.28.

On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and Lev. 23.36, cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come unto me and 38 drink. He who believeth on me, as Scripture saith, shall I. 44: 3. 39 prove a cistern whence rivers of living water shall flow. This Acts 2. 16. he spake of the Spirit, which they who believed on him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was 40 not yet glorified. Many of the people having heard what was

spoken, said: This is certainly the prophet. Some said: This 41 is the Messiah. Others, Doth the Messiah come from Galilee ? 42 Doth not Scripture say, that the Messiah will be of the poster

Matt. 2. 5.

ity of David, and come from Bethlehem, the village whence 43. David was? Thus the people were divided concerning him; Mic. 5: 2. and some of them would have seized him, but nobody laid hands upon him.

45 Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, 46 who asked them: Wherefore have ye not brought him? The 47 officers answered: Never man spake like this man. The 48 Pharisees replied: Are ye also seduced? Hath any of the 49 rulers, or of the Pharisees, believed on him? But this popu50 lace which knoweth not the law is accursed. Nicodemus, one ch. 3. 2. of themselves, (he who came to Jesus by night), said to them: & 19. 15. 51 Doth our law permit us to condemn a man without hearing him, 52 and knowing what he hath done? They answered him: Art

thou a Galilean? Search and thou wilt find, that prophets 53 arise not out of Galilee. [Then every man went to his house: VIII. but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

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Deut. 17. 8.

Lev. 20. 10.

Deut. 17. 7.

ch. 1. 4. & 9. 5.

& 19. 15.

the people having come to him, he sat down and taught them. 3 Then the Scribes and the Pharisees brought to him a woman taken in adultery, and having placed her in the middle, said to 4 hiin Rabbi, this woman was surprised in the act of adultery. 5 Now Moses hath commanded in the law that such should be 6 stoned; but what sayest thou? They said this to try him, that they might have matter for accusing him. But Jesus having stooped down, was writing with his finger upon the ground. 7 As they continued asking him, he raised himself and said to them: Let him who is sinless amongst you, throw the first stone 8 at her. Again, having stooped down, he wrote upon the ground. They hearing that, withdrew one after another, the eldest first, till Jesus was left alone, with the woman standing in the mid10 dle. Jesus, raising himself, and seeing none but the woman, 11 said to her Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hath nobody passed sentence on thee? She answered, Nobody, Sir. Jesus said unto her: Neither do I pass sentence on thee. Go, and sin no more.]

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AGAIN Jesus addressed the people, saying: I am the light of the world he who followeth me shall not walk in darkness, 13 but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees therefore retorted Thou testifiest concerning thyself, thy testimony is not 14 to be regarded. Jesus answered: Though I testify concerning myself, my testimony ought to be regarded; because I know 15 whence I came, and whither I go. As for you, ye know not whence I come, and whither I go. Ye judge from passion, I 16 judge nobody and if I do, my judgment ought to be regarded;

for I am not single, but concur with the Father who sent me. Deut. 17. 6. 17 It is a maxim in your law, that the concurrent testimony of two 18 is credible. Now I am one who testify concerning myself; the 19 Father that sent me is another who testifieth of me. Then

they asked him: Where is thy Father? Jesus answered: Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye would 20 know my Father also. These things Jesus spake in the treasury as he taught in the temple; and nobody seized him, his hour not being yet come.

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Again Jesus said to them: I am going away; ye will seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go ye cannot 22 come. Then said the Jews: Will he kill himself, that he saith, 23 Whither I go, ye cannot come?" He said to them: Ye are 24 from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I

am not of this world: Therefore I said, Ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am he, Ye shall die in your 25 sins. They therefore asked him: Who art thou? Jesus an26 swered: The same that I told you formerly. I have many

things to say to you, and to reprove in you; but he who sent

me is worthy of belief; and I do but publish to the world 27 what I have learnt from him. They did not perceive that he 28 meant the Father. Jesus, therefore, said to them: When ye shall have raised the Son of Man on high, then ye shall know what I am; and that I do nothing of myself and say nothing which the Father hath not taught me. And he who sent me 29 is with me. The Father hath not left me alone, because I 30 always do what pleaseth him. While he spake thus, many 31 believed on him. Jesus, therefore, said to those Jews who believed on him: If ye persist in my doctrine, ye are my disciples 32 indeed. And you shall know the truth; and the truth shall make you free.

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Some made answer: We are Abrahain's offspring, and were never enslaved to any man. How sayest thou, Ye shall be 34 made free?' Jesus replied: Verily, Verily, I say unto you, 35 whosoever committeth sin is a slave to sin. Now the slave Rom. 6. 16. abideth not in the family perpetually; the son abideth perpetu36 ally. If, therefore, the Son make you free, ye will be free in37 deed. I know that ye are Abraham's offspring; yet ye seek to 38 kill me, because my doctrine hath no place in you. I speak

what I have seen with my Father; and ye do what ye have 39 learnt from your father. They answered: Abraham is our fa

ther. Jesus replied: If ye were Abraham's children, ye would 40 act as Abraham acted. But now ye seek to kill me, a man who hath told you the truth which I received from God. 41 Abraham acted not thus. Ye do the deeds of your father. They answered: We were not born of fornication. We have 42 one Father, even God. Jesus replied: If God were your Fa

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ther, ye would love me; for I proceed, and am come from 43 God. I came not of myself. He sent me. Why do ye not 1 Jo. 3. 8, understand my language? It is because ye cannot bear my 44 doctrine. The devil is your father, and the desires of your father ye will gratify: he was a manslayer from the beginning; he swerved from the truth, because there is no veracity in him. When he telleth a lie, he speaketh suitably to his character; 45 for he is a liar, and the father of lying. As for me, because 1 46 speak the truth, ye do not believe me. Which of you convict

eth me of falsehood? And if I speak truth, why do ye not 47 believe me? He who is of God regardeth God's words. Ye Jo. 4. 6. regard them not, because ye are not of God.

48 The Jews then answered: Have we not reason to say, Thou 49 art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? Jesus replied: I have not 50 a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me. As

for me, I seek not to promote my own glory; another seeketh it, who judgeth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whoever 51 kcepeth my word, shall never see death. The Jews then said

52 to him: Now we are certain that thou hast a demon: Abraham is dead, and the prophets; yet thou sayest, 'Whoever 53 keepeth my word, shall never taste death.' Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? The prophets also are 54 dead; whom thinkest thou thyself? Jesus answered: If I commend myself, my commendation is nothing: it is my Fa55 ther, whom ye call your God, who commendeth me. Nevertheless ye know him not; but I know him: and if I should say I know him not, I should speak falsely like you: but I 56 know him, and keep his word. Abraham your father longed 57 to see my day, and he saw and rejoiced. The Jews replied:

Thou art not yet fifty years old, and thou hast seen Abraham ? 58 Jesus answered: Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am. Then they took up stones to cast at him but Jesus concealed himself and went out of the temple, passing through the midst of them.

ch. 1. 9.

SECTION VII.-THE CURE OF THE MAN BORN BLIND.

IX. AS Jesus passed along, he saw a man who had been born 2 blind. And his disciples asked him, saying: Rabbi, who 3 sinned; this man or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered: Neither this man nor his parents sinned. It was only that the works of God might be displayed upon him. 4 I must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night 5 cometh, when no man can work. While I am in the world, I 6 am the light of the world. Having said this, he spat upon the ground, and with the clay which he made with the spittle 7 anointed the blind man's eyes, and said to him, Go wash thine eyes in the pool of Siloam,* (which signifieth Sent). He went therefore and washed them, and returned seeing.

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Then the neighbors, and they who had before seen him 9 blind, said: Is not this he who sat and begged? Some said: 10 It is he; others, He is like him. He said: I am he. They 11 asked him then: How didst thou receive thy sight? He an

wered: A man called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash thine 12 eyes.' I went accordingly, and washed them, and saw. Then they asked him: Where is he? He answered: I know not.

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Then they brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees: 14 (now it was on a Sabbath that Jesus made the clay and gave 15 him his sight). The Pharisees likewise, therefore, asked him how he had received his sight? He answered: He put clay

* In the Old Testament Shiloah and Siloah.

16 on mine eyes, and I washed them, and now see.

Upon this

some of the Pharisees said: This man is not from God, for he observeth not the Sabbath. Others said: How can one that 17 is a sinner perform such miracles? And they were divided among themselves. Again they asked the man who had been blind: What sayest thou of him for giving thee sight? He answered: He is a prophet.

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But the Jews believed not that the man had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called his parents, and asked 19 them: Do ye say that this is your son who was born blind? 20 How then doth he now see? His parents answered: We know

that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but how he 21 now seeth we know not. He is of age, ask him; he will an22 swer for himself. His parents spoke thus, because they feared the Jews for the Jews had already determined that whosoever acknowledged Jesus to be the Messiah should be expelled the 23 synagogue. For this reason his parents said, He is of age, ask him.'

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A second time, therefore, they called the man who had been born blind, and said to him: Give glory to God; we know that 25 this man is a sinner. He replied: Whether he be a sinner, I

know not; one thing I know, that I was blind, and now see. 26 They said to him again: What did he to thee? How did he 27 make thee see? He answered: I told you before, did ye not

hear? Why would ye hear it repeated? Will ye also be his 28 disciples? Then they reviled him, and said: Thou art his dis29 ciple: as for us, we are disciples of Moses. We know that

God spake to Moses; as for this man, we know not whence he 30 is. The man replied: This is surprising, that ye know not 31 whence he is, although he hath given me sight. We know that Ps. 66. 18. God heareth not sinners; but if any man worship God, and 32 obey him, that man he heareth. Never was it heard before, 33 that any man gave sight to one born blind. If this man were 34 not from God, he could do nothing. They replied: Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? and they cast him out.

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having met him, 36 said to him: Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He an37 swered: Who is he, Sir, that I may believe on him? Jesus said

to him: Not only hast thou seen him, but it is he who talketh 38 with thee. And he cried: Master, I believe and threw him39 self prostrate before him. And Jesus said: For judgment am I come into this world, that they who see not, may see; and 40 they who see, may become blind. Some Pharisees who were 41 present, hearing this, said to him: Are we also blind? Jesus VOL. II.

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