Section XIX

¹¹³³² And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came unto them, walking upon the²¹³³³ water, after they had rowed¹³³⁴ with difficulty about twenty-five or thirty furlongs.³¹³³⁵ And when he drew near unto their boat, his disciples saw him walking on the water; and they were troubled, and supposed that it was a false appearance; and they cried⁴ out from their fear.¹³³⁶ But Jesus straightway spoke unto them, and said, Take courage,⁵ for it is I; fear not.¹³³⁷ Then Cephas answered and said unto him, My Lord, if it be thou,⁶ bid me to come unto thee on the water.¹³³⁸ And Jesus said unto him, Come. And⁷ Cephas went down out of the boat, and walked on the water to come unto Jesus.¹³³⁹ But [Arabic, p. 74] when he saw the wind strong, he feared, and was on the point of sinking;⁸ and he lifted up his voice, and said, My Lord, save me.¹³⁴⁰ And immediately our Lord stretched out his hand and took hold of him, and said unto him,⁹ Thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?¹³⁴¹ And when Jesus came near, he went up¹⁰ unto them into the boat, he and Simon, and immediately the wind ceased.¹³⁴² And those that were in the ship came and worshipped him, and said, Truly thou art the¹¹ Son of God.¹³⁴³ And straightway that ship arrived at the land which they made for.¹²¹³⁴⁴ And when they came out of the ship to the land, they marvelled greatly and were¹³ perplexed in themselves:¹³⁴⁵ and they had not understood by means of¹³⁴⁶ that bread, because their heart was gross.

¹⁴¹³⁴⁷ 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,¹³⁴⁸ borne in their¹⁵ beds to the place where they heard that he was.¹³⁴⁹ And 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 touch¹³⁵⁰ were it only the edge of his garment: and all that touched¹³⁵¹ him were healed and lived.¹³⁵²

¹⁶¹³⁵³ 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 had¹⁷ gone up,¹³⁵⁴ and that Jesus went not up into the ship with his disciples (but there were other ships from Tiberias near¹³⁵⁵ the place where they ate the bread when Jesus blessed¹⁸ it):¹³⁵⁶ and when that multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor yet his disciples, they¹⁹ [Arabic, p. 75] went up into those ships, and came to Capernaum, and sought Jesus.¹³⁵⁷ And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Our²⁰ Master, when camest thou hither?¹³⁵⁸ Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye have not sought me because of¹³⁵⁹ your seeing the signs, but because of²¹ your eating the bread and being satisfied.¹³⁶⁰ Serve not the food which perisheth, but the food which abideth in eternal life,¹³⁶¹ which the Son of man will give unto you: him¹³⁶²²² hath God the Father sealed.¹³⁶³ They said unto him, What shall we do that we may²³ work the work of God?¹³⁶⁴ Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of²⁴ God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent.¹³⁶⁵ They said unto him, What sign hast thou done, that we may see, and believe in thee? what hast thou wrought?²⁵¹³⁶⁶ Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it was written, Bread from heaven²⁶ gave he them to eat.¹³⁶⁷ Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not bread from²⁷ heaven; but my Father gave¹³⁶⁸ you the bread of truth¹³⁶⁹ from heaven.¹³⁷⁰ The bread of God is that which came down from heaven and gave the [28, 29] world life.¹³⁷¹ They said unto him, Our Lord, give us at all times this bread.¹³⁷² Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: whosoever cometh unto me shall not hunger,³⁰ and whosoever believeth in me shall not thirst for ever.¹³⁷³ But I said unto you,³¹ Ye have seen me, and have not believed.¹³⁷⁴ And all that my Father hath given to me cometh unto me; and whosoever cometh unto me I shall not cast him forth without.³²¹³⁷⁵ I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of him³³ that sent me;¹³⁷⁶ and this is the will of him that sent me, that I should lose nothing of³⁴ [Arabic, p. 76] that which he gave me, but raise it up in the last day.¹³⁷⁷ This 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.

³⁵¹³⁷⁸ The Jews therefore murmured against him because of his saying, I am the bread³⁶ which came down from heaven.¹³⁷⁹ And 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 [37, 38] heaven?¹³⁸⁰ Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not one with another.¹³⁸¹ No man is able to come unto me, except the Father which sent me draw him; and I will³⁹ raise him up in the last day.¹³⁸² It is written in the prophet, They shall all be the taught of God. Every one who heareth from the Father now,¹³⁸³ and learneth of him, cometh⁴⁰ unto me.¹³⁸⁴ No man now seeth the Father; but he that is from God, he it is that seeth⁴¹ the Father.¹³⁸⁵ Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever believeth in me hath eternal [42, 43] life.¹³⁸⁶ I am the bread of life.¹³⁸⁷ Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and⁴⁴ they died.¹³⁸⁸ This is the bread which came down from heaven, that a man may eat⁴⁵ of it, and not die.¹³⁸⁹ I am the bread of life which came down from heaven: and if a man eat of this bread he shall live for ever:¹³⁹⁰ and the bread which I shall give is my body, which I give for the life of the world.

⁴⁶¹³⁹¹ The Jews therefore quarrelled one with another, and said, How can he give us⁴⁷ [Arabic, p. 77] his body that we may eat it?¹³⁹² Jesus 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 shall⁴⁸ not have life in yourselves.¹³⁹³ Whosoever eateth of my body and drinketh of my blood⁴⁹ hath eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day.¹³⁹⁴ My body truly is meat,¹³⁹⁵ and⁵⁰ my blood truly is drink.^13961397 Whosoever eateth my body and drinketh my blood abideth⁵¹ in me, and I in him—¹³⁹⁸ as the living Father sent me, and I am alive because of the⁵² Father; and whosoever eateth me, he also shall live because of me.¹³⁹⁹ This is the bread which came down from heaven: and not according as your fathers ate the⁵³ manna, and died: whosoever eateth of this bread shall live for ever.¹⁴⁰⁰ This he said in⁵⁴ the synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum.¹⁴⁰¹ And many of his disciples, when they heard, said, This word is hard; who is he that can hear it?