Section VI.
[1] [Arabic, p. 22] But when Simon
Cephas saw this he fell before the feet of Jesus, and said unto
him, My Lord, I beseech of thee to depart from me, for I am [2] a
sinful man. And amazement took
possession of him, and of all who were with him, [3] because of the
draught of the fishes which they had taken. And thus also were James and John the sons of Zebedee overtaken, who were Simon’s partners. And Jesus said [4] unto Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt be a fisher of men unto life. And they brought the boats to the land; and they left everything, and followed him.
[5] And after that came
Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and he went [6]
about there with them, and baptized. And
John also was baptizing in Ænon, which is beside Salim, because
there was much water there: and they came, and were
baptized. [7, 8] And John was not yet
come into prison. And there was an
inquiry between [9] one of John’s disciples and one of the Jews
about purifying. And they came unto John, and said unto him, Our
master, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom [10] thou hast
borne witness, behold, he also baptizeth, and many come to him. John answered and said unto them, A man can receive nothing of himself, except it be [11] given him from heaven. Ye are they that bear witness unto me that I said, I am [12] not the Messiah, but I am one sent before him. And he that hath a bride is a bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom is he that standeth and listeneth to him, and rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Lo now, behold, [13, 14] [Arabic, p. 23] my joy becometh complete. And he must increase and I decrease. For he that is come from above is higher than everything; and he that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaketh; and he that came down from heaven is [15] higher than all. And he beareth witness of what he hath seen and heard: and no man [16] receiveth his witness. And he that hath received his witness hath asserted that he is [17] truly God. And he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: God gave [18] not the Spirit by measure. The Father loveth the Son, and hath put everything in [19] his hands. Whosoever believeth in the Son hath eternal life; but whosoever obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God cometh upon him.
[20] And Jesus
learned that the Pharisees had heard that he had
received many disciples, [21] and that he was baptizing more than John
(not that Jesus was himself baptizing, [22]
but his disciples); and so he left
Judæa.
[23] And Herod the
governor, because he used to be rebuked by John because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and for all the sins which he was committing, [24] added to all that also this, that he shut up John in prison.
[25] And when Jesus heard
that John was delivered up, he went away to Galilee. [26]
And he entered again into Cana, where he had
made the water wine. And there [27] was at Capernaum a
king’s servant, whose son was sick. And this man heard that Jesus was come
from Judæa to Galilee; and he went to him, and besought of him
that he would come down and heal his son; for he had come near unto
death. [28, 29] Jesus said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye do not believe. The [Arabic, p. 24] king’s servant said unto him, My Lord, come down, that the child die not. [30] Jesus said unto him, Go; for thy son is alive. And that man believed the [31] word which Jesus spake, and went. And when he went down, his servants met him [32] and told him, and said unto him, Thy son is alive. And he asked them at what time he recovered. They said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left [33] him. And his father knew that that was at that hour in which Jesus said unto him, [34] Thy son is alive. And he believed, he and the whole people of his house. And this [35] is the second sign which Jesus did when he returned from Judæa to Galilee. And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
[36] And he left Nazareth, and came and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea shore, in the [37] borders of Zebulun and Naphtali: that it might be fulfilled which was said in Isaiah the prophet, who said,
[38] The land of Zebulun, the land of Naphtali,
The way of the sea, the passage of the Jordan,
Galilee of the nations:
[39] The people sitting in
darkness
Saw a great light,
And those sitting in the region and in the shadow of
death,
There appeared to them a light.