Section XXXVI

Section XXXVI.

[1]Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not see death for ever. [2]The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast demons. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not taste death for ever. [3]Art thou haply greater than our father Abraham, who is dead, and than the prophets, which are dead? whom makest thou thyself? [4]Jesus said unto them, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: my Father is he that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is our[5] God; [6]and yet ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say that I know him not, I should become [Arabic, p. 137] a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word. [7]Abraham your father longed to see my day; and he saw, and rejoiced. [8]The Jews said unto him, Thou art now not fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? [9]Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. [10]And they take[11] stones to stone him: [12]but Jesus concealed himself, and went out of the temple. And he passed through them, and went his way.

[13]And as he passed, he saw a man blind from his mother’s womb. [14]And his disciples asked him, and said, Our Master, who sinned, this man, or his parents, so that he was born blind?[15][16]Jesus said unto them, Neither did he sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God may be seen in him.[17][18]It is incumbent on me to do the deeds of him that sent me, while it is day: a night will come, and no man will be able to busy himself. [19]As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. [20]And when he said that, he spat upon the ground, and made clay of his spittle, and smeared it on the eyes of the blind man, and said unto him, [21]Go and wash thyself in the pool[22] of Siloam.[23][24]And he went and washed, and came seeing. And his neighbours, which saw him of old begging, said, Is not this he that was sitting begging? [25]And some said, It is he; and others said, Nay, but he resembles him much. He [19, 20] said, I am he. [26]They said unto him, How then were thine eyes opened? [27]He answered and said unto them, A man named Jesus made clay, and smeared it on my eyes, and said unto me, Go and wash in the water of Siloam: and I went and washed, and received sight.[28][29]They said unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. [22, 23] [Arabic, p. 138] [30]And they brought him that was previously blind to the Pharisees. [31]And the day in which Jesus made clay and opened with it his eyes was a sabbath day. [32]And again the Pharisees asked him, How didst thou receive sight? And he said unto them, He put clay on mine eyes, and I washed, and received sight. [33]The people[34] of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, for he keepeth not the sabbath. And others said, How can a man that is a sinner do these signs? And there came to be a division amongst them. [35]And again they said to that blind man, Thou, then, what sayest thou of him that opened for thee thine eyes? He said unto them, I say that he is a prophet. [36]And the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he was blind, and received sight, until they summoned the parents of him who received sight, and asked them, [37]Is this[38] your son, of whom ye said that he was born blind? how then, behold, doth he now see? [39]His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: [40]but how he has come to see now, or who it is that opened his eyes, we know not: and he also has reached his prime; ask him, and he will speak for himself. [41]This said his parents, because they were fearing the Jews: and the Jews decided, that if any man should confess of him that he was the Messiah, they would put him out of the synagogue. [42]For this reason said his parents, He hath reached his prime; ask him. [43]And they called the man a second time, him that was blind, and said unto him, Praise God: we know that this man is a sinner. [44]He answered and said unto them, Whether he be a sinner, I know not: I know one thing, that I was blind, and I now see. [45]They said unto him again, [Arabic, p. 139] What did he unto thee? how opened he for thee thine eyes? [46]He said unto them, I said unto you, and ye did not hear: what[47] wish ye further to hear? ye also, do ye wish to become disciples to him? [48]And they reviled him, and said unto him, Thou art the disciple[49] of that man; but as for us, we are the disciples of Moses. [50]And we know that God spake unto Moses: but this man, we know not whence he is. [51]The man answered and said unto them, From this is the wonder, because ye know not whence he is, and mine eyes hath he opened. [52]And we know that God heareth not the voice of sinners: but whosoever feareth him, and doeth his will, him he heareth. [53]From eternity hath it not been heard of, that a man opened the eyes of a blind man, who had been born in blindness. [54]If then this man were not from God, he could not do that. [55]They answered and said unto him, Thou wast all of thee born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they put him forth without.

[56]And Jesus heard of his being put forth without, and found him, and said unto him, Dost thou believe in the Son of God? [57]He that was made whole answered and said, Who is he, my Lord, that I may believe in him? [58]Jesus said unto him, Thou hast seen him, and he that speaketh to thee is he. [59]And he said, I believe, my Lord. And he fell down worshipping him.