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Book 4: The Good News According to Yahoochanan {John}

Chapter 1

IN the beginning Yah Commanded {the Word[1]}, and the Command {Word} was given by Yah, and the Command {Word} was from Yah.

2 The same was in the beginning with Yah.

3 All things were made by him[2] (Yah); and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4 In him[3] (Yah) was life; and the life was the light of men.

5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

6 There was a man sent from Yah, whose name was Yahoochanan[4].

7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not[5].

11 He came unto his own[6], and his own received him not.

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he authority[7] to become the sons of Yah, even to them that believe on his name:

13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of Yah.

14 And the Command {Word} was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his Kavod[8], the Kavod as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of Chen[9] and truth.

15 Yahoochanan bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

16 And of his fulness have all we received, and Chen for Chen.

17 For the law was given by Moshe, but Chen and truth came by Yahooshua The Anointed One of Yah.

18 No man hath seen Yah at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

19 And this is the record of Yahoochanan, when the Yahoodi’iy sent priests and Levites from Yerushalayim to ask him, Who art thou?

20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Anointed One of Yah.

21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou EliYahoo[10]? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that Spokesman? And he answered, No[11].

22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, as said the Spokesman YeshaYahoo.

24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why immersest thou then, if thou be not that Anointed One of Yah, nor EliYahoo, neither that Spokesman?[12]

26 Yahoochanan answered them, saying, I immerse with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

28 These things were done in Běyth AnYah[13] beyond Yarden, where Yahoochanan was baptizing.

29 The next day Yahoochanan seeth Yahooshua coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of Yah[14], which taketh away the sin of the world.

30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Yisra’El, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

32 And Yahoochanan bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from Heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him[15].

33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to immerse with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which immerseth with the Set-Apart Spirit.

34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of Yah.

35 Again the next day after Yahoochanan stood, and two of his followers;

36 And looking upon Yahooshua as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of Yah!

37 And the two followers heard him speak, and they followed Yahooshua.

38 Then Yahooshua turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher,) where dwellest thou?

39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

40 One of the two which heard Yahoochanan speak, and followed him, was Andri, Shim‛on Kepha’s brother.

41 He first findeth his own brother Shim‛on, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah[16], which is, being interpreted, The Anointed One of Yah.

42 And he brought him to Yahooshua. And when Yahooshua beheld him, he said, Thou art Shim‛on the son of Yonah: thou shalt be called Kěpha, which is by interpretation, A stone.

43 The day following Yahooshua wanted to go forth into Galil, and found Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

44 Now Philip was of Beyth Tsaiḏa, the city of Andri and Kepha.

45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moshe in the law, and the Spokesmen {Prophets}, did write, Yahooshua of Natsareth, the son of Yoseph[17].

46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Natsareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

47 Yahooshua saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Yisra’Elite indeed, in whom is no guile!

48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Yahooshua answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee[18].

49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of Yah; thou art the King of Yisra’El.

50 Yahooshua answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see Heaven open, and the Messengers of Yah ascending and descending upon the Son of Adam.

Chapter 2

AND the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galil; and the mother of Yahooshua was there:

2 And both Yahooshua was called, and his followers, to the marriage.

3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Yahooshua saith unto him, They have no wine.

4 Yahooshua saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Yahoodi’iy, containing two or three measures apiece.

7 Yahooshua saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the master of the feast. And they bare it.

9 When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the master of the feast called the bridegroom,

10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

11 This beginning of miracles did Yahooshua in Cana of Galil, and manifested forth his Kavod; and his followers believed on him.

12 After this he went down to Kephar Naḥum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his followers: and they continued there not many days.

13 And the Yahoodi’iy’ Passover was at hand, and Yahooshua went up to Yerushalayim,

14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;

16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise[1].

17 And his followers remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

18 Then answered the Yahoodi’iy and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

19 Yahooshua answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

20 Then said the Yahoodi’iy, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

21 But he spake of the temple of his body.

22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his followers remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the writings[2], and the word which Yahooshua had said.

23 Now when he was in Yerushalayim at the Passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.

24 But Yahooshua did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

Chapter 3

THERE was a man of the Pharisees, named Naḵdimon[1], a ruler of the Yahoodi’iy:

2 The same came to Yahooshua by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from Yah: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except Yah be with him.

3 Yahooshua answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born from above[2], he cannot see the Kingdom of Yah.

4 Naḵdimon saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

5 Yahooshua answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Yah.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born from above.

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

9 Naḵdimon answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

10 Yahooshua answered and said unto him, Art thou a Teacher of Yisra’El, and knowest not these things?

11 Verily, verily, I[3] say unto thee, I speak that I do know, and testify that I have seen; and ye receive not my witness.

12 If I have told you Earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of Heavenly things?

13 And no man hath ascended up to Heaven, but he that came down from Heaven, even the Son of Adam which is in Heaven.

14 And as Moshe lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Adam be lifted up[4]:

15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

16 For Yah so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For Yah sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name[5] of the only begotten Son of Yah.

19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.[6]

21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in Yah.

22 After these things came Yahooshua and his followers into the land of Yahooḏah; and there he tarried with them, and immersed.

23 And Yahoochanan also was baptizing in Ayin near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were immersed.

24 For Yahoochanan was not yet cast into prison.

25 Then there arose a question between some of Yahoochanan ’s followers and the Yahoodi’iy about purifying.

26 And they came unto Yahoochanan, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Yarden, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same immerseth, and all men come to him.

27 Yahoochanan answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from Heaven.

28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Anointed One of Yah, but that I am sent before him.

29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

31 He that cometh from above is above all[7]: he that is of the Earth is Earthly, and speaketh of the Earth: he that cometh from Heaven is above all.

32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that Yah is true.

34 For he whom Yah hath sent speaketh the words of Yah: for Yah giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of Yah abideth on him[8].

Chapter 4

WHEN therefore Adonay knew how the Pharisees had heard that Yahooshua made and immersed more followers than Yahoochanan,

2 (Though Yahooshua himself immersed not, but his followers,)

3 He left Yahooḏah, and departed again into Galil.

4 And he must needs go through Samaria.

5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sheḵem, near to the parcel of ground that Ya’aqob gave to his son Yoseph.

6 Now Ya’aqob’s well was there. Yahooshua therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Yahooshua saith unto her, Give me to drink.

8 (For his followers were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Yahoodi’iy, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Yahoodi’iy have no dealings with the Samaritans.

10 Yahooshua answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of Yah, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

12 Art thou greater than our father Ya’aqob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

13 Yahooshua answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

16 Yahooshua saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Yahooshua said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a Spokesman.

20 Our fathers bowed down in this mountain; and ye say, that in Yerushalayim is the place where men ought to worship.

21 Yahooshua saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Yerushalayim, worship the Father.

22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Yahoodi’iy.

23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

24 Yah is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh, which is called The Anointed One of Yah: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

26 Yahooshua saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

27 And upon this came his followers, and marvelled that he talked with the woman[1]: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?

28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Anointed One of Yah?

30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

31 In the mean while his followers prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

33 Therefore said the followers one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?

34 Yahooshua saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work[2].

35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

41 And many more believed because of his own word;

42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Anointed One of Yah, the Saviour of the world[3].

43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galil.

44 For Yahooshua himself testified, that a Spokesman hath no honour in his own country.

45 Then when he was come into Galil, the Galilæans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Yerushalayim at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.

46 So Yahooshua came again into Cana of Galil, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Kephar Naḥum.

47 When he heard that Yahooshua was come out of Yahooḏah into Galil, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

48 Then said Yahooshua unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

50 Yahooshua saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Yahooshua had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

52 Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Yahooshua said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

54 This is again the second miracle that Yahooshua did, when he was come out of Yahooḏah into Galil.

Chapter 5

AFTER this there was a feast of the Yahoodi’iy; and Yahooshua went up to Yerushalayim.

2 Now there is at Yerushalayim by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

4 For an messenger went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had[1].

5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

6 When Yahooshua saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

8 Yahooshua saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.[2]

9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the Sabbath.

10 The Yahoodi’iy therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the Sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Yahooshua had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

14 Afterward Yahooshua findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

15 The man departed, and told the Yahoodi’iy that it was Yahooshua, which had made him whole.

16 And therefore did the Yahoodi’iy persecute Yahooshua, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.

17 But Yahooshua answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

18 Therefore the Yahoodi’iy sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that Yah was his Father, making himself equal with Yah[3].

19 Then answered Yahooshua and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.[4]

21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him[5].

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life[6].

25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of Yah: and they that hear shall live.

26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of Adam.

28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.[7]

30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

33 Ye sent unto Yahoochanan, and he bare witness unto the truth.

34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

36 But I have greater witness than that of Yahoochanan: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me[8].

37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

39 Search the writings; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

41 I receive not honour from men.

42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of Yah in you.

43 I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from Yah only?

45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moshe, in whom ye trust.

46 For had ye believed Moshe, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.

47 But if ye believe not his writings[9], how shall ye believe my words?

Chapter 6

AFTER these things Yahooshua went over the sea of Galil, which is Lake Kinnereth[1].

2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.

3 And Yahooshua went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his followers.

4 And the Passover, a feast of the Yahoodi’iy, was nigh.

5 When Yahooshua then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

7 Philip answered him, Two hundred denarii[2] worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

8 One of his followers, Andri, Shim‛on Kepha’s brother, saith unto him,

9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

10 And Yahooshua said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

11 And Yahooshua took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the followers, and the followers to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

12 When they were filled, he said unto his followers, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Yahooshua did, said, This is of a truth that Spokesman that should come into the world.

15 When Yahooshua therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king[3], he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

16 And when even was now come, his followers went down unto the sea,

17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Kephar Naḥum. And it was now dark, and Yahooshua was not come to them.

18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Yahooshua walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.

20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went[4].

22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his followers were entered, and that Yahooshua went not with his followers into the boat, but that his followers were gone away alone;

23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that Adonay had given thanks:)

24 When the people therefore saw that Yahooshua was not there, neither his followers, they also took shipping, and came to Kephar Naḥum, seeking for Yahooshua.

25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

26 Yahooshua answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Adam shall give unto you: for him hath Yah the Father sealed.

28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of Yah?

29 Yahooshua answered and said unto them, This is the work of Yah, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent[5].

30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?[6]

31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from Heaven to eat.

32 Then Yahooshua said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moshe gave you not that bread from Heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from Heaven.

33 For the bread of Yah is he which cometh down from Heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

34 Then said they unto him, Adonay, evermore give us this bread.

35 And Yahooshua said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

38 For I came down from Heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

41 The Yahoodi’iy then grumbled against him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from Heaven[7].

42 And they said, Is not this Yahooshua, the son of Yoseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from Heaven?[8]

43 Yahooshua therefore answered and said unto them, grumble not among yourselves.

44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

45 It is written in the Spokesmen[9], And they shall be all taught of Yah. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of Yah, he hath seen the Father.

47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

48 I am that bread of life.

49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

50 This is the bread which cometh down from Heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

51 I am the living bread which came down from Heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.[10]

52 The Yahoodi’iy therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

53 Then Yahooshua said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Adam, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

58 This is that bread which came down from Heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.[11]

59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Kephar Naḥum.

60 Many therefore of his followers, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

61 When Yahooshua knew in himself that his followers murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?

62 What and if ye shall see the Son of Adam ascend up where he was before?[12]

63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Yahooshua knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

66 From that time many of his followers went back, and walked no more with him[13].

67 Then said Yahooshua unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

68 Then Shim‛on Kepha answered him, Adonay, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Anointed One of Yah, the Son of the living Mighty One.

70 Yahooshua answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

71 He spake of Yahoowdah from Qerioth the son of Shim‛on: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

Chapter 7

AFTER these things Yahooshua walked in Galil: for he would not walk in Yahuḏah, because the Yahoodi’iy sought to kill him.

2 Now the Yahoodi’iy’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand.

3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Yahooḏah, that thy followers also may see the works that thou doest.

4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.

6 Then Yahooshua said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is always ready.

7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil[1].

8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.

9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galil.

10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

11 Then the Yahoodi’iy sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.

13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Yahoodi’iy.

14 Now about the midst of the feast Yahooshua went up into the temple, and taught.

15 And the Yahoodi’iy marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?[2]

16 Yahooshua answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of Yah, or whether I speak of myself.

18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own esteem: but he that seeketh his esteem that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

19 Did not Moshe give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

21 Yahooshua answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

22 Moshe therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moshe, but of the fathers;) and ye on the Sabbath day circumcise a man.

23 If a man on the Sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moshe should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the Sabbath day?

24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

25 Then said some of them of Yerushalayim, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Anointed One of Yah?

27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Anointed One of Yah cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.[3]

28 Then cried Yahooshua in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When The Anointed One of Yah cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the Chief Priests sent officers to take him.

33 Then said Yahooshua unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.

34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

35 Then said the Yahoodi’iy said among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Ha-goyim, and teach the Ha-goyim?

36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?[4]

37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Yahooshua stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Set-Apart Spirit was not yet given;[5] because that Yahooshua was not yet Kavod.)

40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Spokesman.

41 Others said, This is the Anointed One of Yah. But some said, Shall The Anointed One of Yah come out of Galil?

42 Hath not the scripture said, That The Anointed One of Yah cometh of the seed of Dawid, and out of the town of Beyth Leḥem, where Dawid was?[6]

43 So there was a division among the people because of him.

44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

45 Then came the officers to the Chief Priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?

48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

49 But this people who knoweth not the Torah[7] are cursed.

50 Naḵdimon saith unto them, (he that came to Yahooshua by night, being one of them,)

51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galil? Search, and look: for out of Galil ariseth no Spokesman.

53 And every man went unto his own house.

Chapter 8

YAHOOSHUA went unto the mount of Olives.

2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.[1]

5 Now Moshe in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Yahooshua stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Yahooshua was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

10 When Yahooshua had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

11 She said, No man, Adonay. And Yahooshua said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more[2].

12 Then spake Yahooshua again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.

14 Yahooshua answered and said unto them, Though I bear witness of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.

17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.

18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Yahooshua answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

20 These words spake Yahooshua in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come[3].

21 Then said Yahooshua again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

22 Then said the Yahoodi’iy, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.[4]

24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Yahooshua saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.

27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

28 Then said Yahooshua unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of Adam, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.

31 Then said Yahooshua to those Yahoodi’iy which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my followers indeed;

32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free[5].

33 They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?[6]

34 Yahooshua answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

37 I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Yahooshua saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of Yah: this did not Abraham.

41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even Yah.[7]

42 Yahooshua said unto them, If Yah were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from Yah; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.[8]

45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

46 Which of you proves me wrong concerning sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

47 He that is of Yah heareth Yah’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of Yah.

48 Then answered the Yahoodi’iy, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

49 Yahooshua answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

50 And I seek not mine own Kavod: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

52 Then said the Yahoodi’iy unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the Spokesmen; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.[9]

53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the Spokesmen are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

54 Yahooshua answered, If I Kavod myself, my Kavod is nothing: it is my Father that Kavod me; of whom ye say, that he is your Mighty One:

55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

57 Then said the Yahoodi’iy unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

58 Yahooshua said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I was[10].

59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Yahooshua hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by[11].

Chapter 9

AND as Yahooshua passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

2 And his followers asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

3 Yahooshua answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents[1]: but that the works of Yah should be made manifest in him.

4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Shiloaḥ, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

11 He answered and said, A man that is called Yahooshua made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Shiloaḥ, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.

12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

14 And it was the Sabbath day when Yahooshua made the clay, and opened his eyes.

15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.

16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of Yah, because he keepeth not the Sabbath day[2]. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a Spokesman.

18 But the Yahoodi’iy did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Yahoodi’iy: for the Yahoodi’iy had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was the Anointed One of Yah, he should be put out of the synagogue.

23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give Yah the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?

27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his followers?

28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his follower; but we are Moshe’ followers.

29 We know that Yah spake unto Moshe: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is[3].

30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

31 Now we know that Yah heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of Yah, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

33 If this man were not of Yah, he could do nothing.

34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

35 Yahooshua heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of Yah?

36 He answered and said, Who is he, Adonay, that I might believe on him?

37 And Yahooshua said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

38 And he said, Adonay, I believe. And he bowed down to him.[4]

39 And Yahooshua said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

41 Yahooshua said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.[5]

Chapter 10

VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

3 To him the doorkeeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.[1]

6 This parable spake Yahooshua unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

7 Then said Yahooshua unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy[2]: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.[3]

11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.[4]

15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd[5].

17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again.[6] This commandment have I received of my Father.

19 There was a division therefore again among the Yahoodi’iy for these sayings.

20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

22 And it was at Yerushalayim the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

23 And Yahooshua walked in the temple in Shelomoh’s porch.

24 Then came the Yahoodi’iy round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Anointed One of Yah, tell us plainly.

25 Yahooshua answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.[7]

26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

30 I and my Father are one[8].

31 Then the Yahoodi’iy took up stones again to stone him.

32 Yahooshua answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

33 The Yahoodi’iy answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself Yah.[9]

34 Yahooshua answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are mighty ones?[10]

35 If he called them mighty ones[11], unto whom the word of Yah came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of Yah?

37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

40 And went away again beyond Yarden into the place where Yahoochanan at first immersed; and there he abode.

41 And many came to him, and said, Yahoochanan did no miracle: but all things that Yahoochanan spake of this man were true.

42 And many believed on him there.

Chapter 11

NOW a certain man was sick, named El‛azar, of Beyth Anyah, the town of Miryam and her sister Martha.

2 (It was that Miryam which anointed Adonay with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother El‛azar was sick.)

3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Adonay, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

4 When Yahooshua heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the Kavod of Yah, that the Son of Yah might be Kavod thereby.

5 Now Yahooshua Chesed Martha, and her sister, and El‛azar.

6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

7 Then after that saith he to his followers, Let us go into Yahooḏah again.

8 His followers say unto him, Master, the Yahoodi’iy of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

9 Yahooshua answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend El‛azar sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

12 Then said his followers, Adonay, if he sleep, he shall do well.

13 Howbeit Yahooshua spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

14 Then said Yahooshua unto them plainly, El‛azar is dead.

15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

16 Then said T’oma, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow followers, Let us also go, that we may die with him.[1]

17 Then when Yahooshua came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

18 Now Beyth Anyah was nigh unto Yerushalayim, about fifteen furlongs off:

19 And many of the Yahoodi’iy came to Martha and Miryam, to comfort them concerning their brother.

20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Yahooshua was coming, went and met him: but Miryam sat still in the house.

21 Then said Martha unto Yahooshua, Adonay, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of Yah, Yah will give it thee.

23 Yahooshua saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day[2].

25 Yahooshua said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

27 She saith unto him, Yea, Adonay: I believe that thou art the Anointed One of Yah, the Son of Yah, which should come into the world.

28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Miryam her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.

30 Now Yahooshua was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.

31 The Yahoodi’iy then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Miryam, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

32 Then when Miryam was come where Yahooshua was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Adonay, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

33 When Yahooshua therefore saw her weeping, and the Yahoodi’iy also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Adonay, come and see.

35 Yahooshua wept.

36 Then said the Yahoodi’iy, Behold how he Chesed him!

37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

38 Yahooshua therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

39 Yahooshua said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Adonay, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.

40 Yahooshua saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the Kavod of Yah?

41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Yahooshua lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.[3]

43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, El‛azar, come forth.

44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin[4]. Yahooshua saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

45 Then many of the Yahoodi’iy which came to Miryam, and had seen the things which Yahooshua did, believed on him.

46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Yahooshua had done.

47 Then gathered the Chief Priests and the Pharisees a Sanhedrin, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.[5]

49 And one of them, named Qayapha, being the High Priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

51 And this spake he not of himself: but being High Priest that year, he prophesied that Yahooshua should die for that nation;[6]

52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of Yah that were scattered abroad.

53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

54 Yahooshua therefore walked no more openly among the Yahoodi’iy; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephrayim, and there continued with his followers.

55 And the Yahoodi’iy’ Passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Yerushalayim before the Passover, to purify themselves.

56 Then sought they for Yahooshua, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?

57 Now both the Chief Priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.

Chapter 12

THEN Yahooshua six days before the Passover came to Beyth Anyah, where El‛azar was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but El‛azar was one of them that sat at the table with him.

3 Then took Miryam a pound of perfume of nard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Yahooshua, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

4 Then saith one of his followers, Yahoowdah from Qerioth, Shim‛on’s son, which should betray him,

5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?

6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and stole what was put therein.

7 Then said Yahooshua, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

9 Much people of the Yahoodi’iy therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Yahooshua’ sake only, but that they might see El‛azar also, whom he had raised from the dead.

10 But the Chief Priests consulted that they might put El‛azar also to death;[1]

11 Because that by reason of him many of the Yahoodi’iy went away, and believed on Yahooshua.

12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Yahooshua was coming to Yerushalayim,

13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hoshia-na: Blessed is the King of Yisra’El that cometh in the name of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing.

14 And Yahooshua, when he had found a young foal, sat thereon; as it is written,

15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on a donkey’s foal.

16 These things understood not his followers at the first: but when Yahooshua was Kavod, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.[2]

17 The people therefore that was with him when he called El‛azar out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare witness.

18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.

19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Beyth Tsaiḏa of Galil, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Yahooshua.

22 Philip cometh and telleth Andri: and again Andri and Philip tell Yahooshua.

23 And Yahooshua answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of Adam should be Kavod.

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.[3]

26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

28 Father, Kavod thy name. Then came there a voice from Heaven, saying, I have both Kavod it, and will Kavod it again.

29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, A messenger spake to him.

30 Yahooshua answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.

31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.[4]

32 And I, if I be lifted up from the Earth, will draw all men unto me.

33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.

34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that The Anointed One of Yah abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of Adam must be lifted up? who is this Son of Adam?[5]

35 Then Yahooshua said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Yahooshua, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

38 That the saying of YeshaYahoo the Spokesman might be fulfilled, which he spake, Yah the Eternally Self-Existing, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of Yah the Eternally Self-Existing been revealed?

39 Therefore they could not believe, because that YeshaYahoo said again,

40 Their eyes have been blinded, and their hearts hardened[6]; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

41 These things said YeshaYahoo, when he saw his Kavod, and spake of him.

42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of Yah.[7]

44 Yahooshua cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.[8]

45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

Chapter 13

NOW before the feast of the Passover, when Yahooshua knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having Chesed his own which were in the world, he Chesed them unto the end.[1]

2 And supper being ended, the devil having already put into the heart of Yahoowdah from Qerioth, Shim‛on’s son, to betray him;

3 Yahooshua knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from Yah, and went to Yah;

4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.

5 After that he poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the followers’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

6 Then cometh he to Shim‛on Kepha: and Kepha saith unto him, Adonay, dost thou wash my feet?

7 Yahooshua answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

8 Kepha saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Yahooshua answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.

9 Shim‛on Kepha saith unto him, Adonay, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

10 Yahooshua saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.

12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

13 Ye call me Master and Adonay: and ye say well; for so I am.

14 If I then, your Adonay and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.

15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.[2]

16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his Adon; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the writings may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.[3]

20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

21 When Yahooshua had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

22 Then the followers looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.

23 Now there was leaning on Yahooshua’ bosom one of his followers, whom Yahooshua Chesed.[4]

24 Shim‛on Kepha therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.

25 He then lying on Yahooshua’ breast saith unto him, Adonay, who is it?

26 Yahooshua answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a piece of bread, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Yahoowdah from Qerioth, the son of Shim‛on.

27 And after the bread Satan entered into him. Then said Yahooshua unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.

29 For some of them thought, because Yahoowdah had the bag, that Yahooshua had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

30 He then having received the bread went immediately out: and it was night.

31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Yahooshua said, Now is the Son of Adam Kavod, and Yah is Kavod in him.

32 If Yah be Kavod in him, Yah shall also Kavod him in himself, and shall straightway Kavod him.

33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Yahoodi’iy, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.[5]

34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye Chesed[6] one another; as I have Cheseded you, that ye also Chesed one another.[7]

35 By this shall all men know that ye are my followers, if ye have Chesed one to another.

36 Shim‛on Kepha said unto him, Adonay, whither goest thou? Yahooshua answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.

37 Kepha said unto him, Adonay, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

38 Yahooshua answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

Chapter 14

LET not your heart be troubled: ye believe in Yah, believe also in me.

2 In my Father’s house are many places to stay[1]: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

5 T’oma saith unto him, Adonay, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

6 Yahooshua saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.[2]

7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

8 Philip saith unto him, Adonay, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

9 Yahooshua saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.[3]

12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do;[4] because I go unto my Father.

13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be Kavod in the Son.

14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

15 If ye Chesed me, keep my commandments.

16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that Chesedth me: and he that Chesedth me shall be Cheseded of my Father, and I will Chesed him, and will manifest myself to him.

22 Yahoowdah saith unto him, not from Qerioth, Adonay, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

23 Yahooshua answered and said unto him, If a man Chesed me, he will keep my words: and my Father will Chesed him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

24 He that Chesedth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.

25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

26 But the Comforter, which is the Set-Apart Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye Cheseded me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.[5]

29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

31 But that the world may know that I Chesed the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

Chapter 15

I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he prunes it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.[1]

8 Herein is my Father Kavod, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my followers.[2]

9 As the Father hath Cheseded me, so have I Cheseded you: continue ye in my Chesed.

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my Chesed; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his Chesed.

11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

12 This is my commandment, That ye Chesed one another, as I have Cheseded you.[3]

13 Greater Chesed hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.[4]

14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends[5]; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

17 These things I command you, that ye Chesed one another.

18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

19 If ye were of the world, the world would Chesed his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.[6]

20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his Adon. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.[7]

22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.

23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.[8]

24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

Chapter 16

THESE things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not stumble.

2 They shall put you out of the Synagogues (congregations): yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth Yah service.

3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.[1]

8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;

10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: [2]for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

14 He shall Kavod me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

17 Then said some of his followers among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?

18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

19 Now Yahooshua knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful[3], but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.[4]

21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:

27 For the Father himself Chesedth you, because ye have Cheseded me, and have believed that I came out from Yah.

28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

29 His followers said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from Yah.

31 Yahooshua answered them, Do ye now believe?

32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Chapter 17

THESE words spake Yahooshua, and lifted up his eyes to Heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; Kavod thy Son, that thy Son also may Kavod thee:

2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true Yah, and Yahooshua the Anointed One of Yah, whom thou hast sent.

4 I have Kavod thee on the Earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

5 And now, O Father, Kavod thou me with thine own self with the Kavod which I had with thee before the world was.

6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world,[1] but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am Kavod in them.

11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Set-Apart Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of destruction; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the wicked one.[2]

16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

19 And for their sakes I set myself apart, that they also might be set apart through the truth.

20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

22 And the Kavod which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast Cheseded them, as thou hast Cheseded me.

24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my Kavod, which thou hast given me: for thou Chesededst me before the foundation of the world.

25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the Chesed wherewith thou hast Cheseded me may be in them, and I in them.

Chapter 18

WHEN Yahooshua had spoken these words, he went forth with his followers over the Qiḏron torrent, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his followers.

2 And Yahoowdah also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Yahooshua ofttimes resorted thither with his followers.

3 Yahoowdah then, having received a company of soldiers and officers from the Chief Priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

4 Yahooshua therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?

5 They answered him, Yahooshua of Natsareth. Yahooshua saith unto them, I am he. And Yahoowdah also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.[1]

7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Yahooshua of Natsareth.

8 Yahooshua answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:

9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.

10 Then Shim‛on Kepha having a sword drew it, and smote the High Priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Meleḵ.

11 Then said Yahooshua unto Kepha, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

12 Then the soldiers and the captain and officers of the Yahoodi’iy took Yahooshua, and bound him,

13 And led him away to Ḥanan first; for he was father in law to Qayapha, which was the High Priest that same year.

14 Now Qayapha was he, which gave counsel to the Yahoodi’iy, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

15 And Shim‛on Kepha followed Yahooshua, and so did another follower: that follower was known unto the High Priest, and went in with Yahooshua into the palace of the High Priest.[2]

16 But Kepha stood at the door without. Then went out that other follower, which was known unto the High Priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Kepha.

17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Kepha, Art not thou also one of this man’s followers? He saith, I am not.

18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Kepha stood with them, and warmed himself.

19 The High Priest then asked Yahooshua of his followers, and of his doctrine.

20 Yahooshua answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Yahoodi’iy always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.

21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.

22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Yahooshua with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the High Priest so?

23 Yahooshua answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

24 Now Ḥanan had sent him bound unto Qayapha the High Priest.

25 And Shim‛on Kepha stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his followers? He denied it, and said, I am not.

26 One of the servants of the High Priest, being his kinsman whose ear Kepha cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?

27 Kepha then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.

28 Then led they Yahooshua from Qayapha unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the Passover[3].

29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?

30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.

31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Yahoodi’iy therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

32 That the saying of Yahooshua might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.

33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Yahooshua, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Yahoodi’iy?

34 Yahooshua answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?

35 Pilate answered, Am I a Yahoodi’iy? Thine own nation and the Chief Priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?

36 Yahooshua answered, My Kingdom is not of this world: if my Kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Yahoodi’iy: but now is my Kingdom not from hence.

37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Yahooshua answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Yahoodi’iy, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.[4]

39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the Passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Yahoodi’iy?

40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabba. Now Barabba was a robber.

Chapter 19

THEN Pilate therefore took Yahooshua, and scourged him.

2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,

3 And said, Hail, King of the Yahoodi’iy! and they smote him with their hands.

4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.

5 Then came Yahooshua forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

6 When the Chief Priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, execute him, execute him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and execute him: for I find no fault in him.

7 The Yahoodi’iy answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of Yah.

8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;

9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Yahooshua, Whence art thou? But Yahooshua gave him no answer.

10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to execute thee, and have power to release thee?

11 Yahooshua answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him:[1] but the Yahoodi’iy cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cæsar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cæsar.

13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Yahooshua forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

14 And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Yahoodi’iy, Behold your King!

15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, execute him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I execute your King? The Chief Priests answered, We have no king but Cæsar.

16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be executed. And they took Yahooshua, and led him away.

17 And he bearing his Stake went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha[2]:

18 Where they executed him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Yahooshua in the midst.

19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it above[3] the Stake. And the writing was, YAHOOSHUA OF NATSARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

20 This title then read many of the Yahoodi’iy: for the place where Yahooshua was executed was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

21 Then said the Chief Priests of the Yahoodi’iy to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Yahoodi’iy; but that he said, I am King of the Yahoodi’iy.

22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.[4]

23 Then the soldiers, when they had executed Yahooshua, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the writing might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

25 Now there stood by the Stake of Yahooshua his mother, and his mother’s sister, Miryam the wife of Qlophah, and Miryam from Maḡdala.

26 When Yahooshua therefore saw his mother, and the follower standing by, whom he Cheseded[5], he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

27 Then saith he to the follower, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that follower took her unto his own home.

28 After this, Yahooshua knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

30 When Yahooshua therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

31 The Yahoodi’iy therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the Stake on the Sabbath day, (for that Sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs[6] of the first, and of the other which was executed with him.

33 But when they came to Yahooshua, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.[7]

35 And he that saw it bare witness, and his witness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.[8]

36 For these things were done, that the writing should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

37 And again another writing saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

38 And after this Yoseph of Ramathayim, being a follower of Yahooshua, but secretly for fear of the Yahoodi’iy, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Yahooshua: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Yahooshua.

39 And there came also Naḵdimon, which at the first came to Yahooshua by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pounds weight.

40 Then took they the body of Yahooshua, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Yahoodi’iy is to bury.

41 Now in the place where he was executed there was a garden[9]; and in the garden a new Tomb, wherein was never man yet laid.

42 There laid they Yahooshua therefore because of the Yahoodi’iy’ preparation day; for the Tomb was nigh at hand.

Chapter 20

THE first day of the week cometh Miryam from Maḡdala early, when it was yet dark, unto the Tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the Tomb.

2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Shim‛on Kepha, and to the other follower, whom Yahooshua Cheseded, and saith unto them, They have taken away Adonay out of the Tomb, and we know not where they have laid him.

3 Kepha therefore went forth, and that other follower, and came to the Tomb.

4 So they ran both together: and the other follower[1] did outrun Kepha, and came first to the Tomb.

5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

6 Then cometh Shim‛on Kepha following him, and went into the Tomb, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

8 Then went in also that other follower, which came first to the Tomb, and he saw, and believed.

9 For as yet they knew not the writing, that he must rise again from the dead.

10 Then the followers went away again unto their own home.

11 But Miryam stood without at the Tomb weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the Tomb,

12 And seeth two Messengers in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Yahooshua had lain.

13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Adonay, and I know not where they have laid him.

14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Yahooshua standing, and knew not that it was Yahooshua.

15 Yahooshua saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

16 Yahooshua saith unto her, Miryam. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Teacher.

17 Yahooshua saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my Mighty One, and your Mighty One[2].

18 Miryam from Maḡdala came and told the followers that she had seen Adonay, and that he had spoken these things unto her.

19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the followers were assembled for fear of the Yahoodi’iy, came Yahooshua and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the followers glad, when they saw Adonay.

21 Then said Yahooshua to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Set-Apart Spirit:

23 Whosoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

24 But T’oma, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Yahooshua came.

25 The other followers therefore said unto him, We have seen Adonay. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

26 And after eight days again his followers were within, and T’oma with them: then came Yahooshua, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

27 Then saith he to T’oma, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not emunahless, but believing.[3]

28 And T’oma answered and said unto him, My Adonay and my Mighty One.

29 Yahooshua saith unto him, T’oma, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

30 And many other signs truly did Yahooshua in the presence of his followers, which are not written in this book:

31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Yahooshua is the Anointed One of Yah, the Son of Yah; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

Chapter 21

AFTER these things Yahooshua shewed himself again to the followers at the sea of Kinnereth; and on this wise shewed he himself.

2 There were together Shim‛on Kepha, and T’oma called the Twin, and Nathanael of Cana in Galil, and the sons of Zaḇdai, and two other of his followers.

3 Shim‛on Kepha saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.

4 But when the morning was now come, Yahooshua stood on the shore: but the followers knew not that it was Yahooshua.

5 Then Yahooshua saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.

6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

7 Therefore that follower whom Yahooshua Cheseded[1] saith unto Kepha, It is Adonay. Now when Shim‛on Kepha heard that it was Adonay, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.

8 And the other followers came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.

9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

10 Yahooshua saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.

11 Shim‛on Kepha went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.

12 Yahooshua saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the followers durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was Adonay.

13 Yahooshua then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.

14 This is now the third time that Yahooshua shewed himself to his followers, after that he was risen from the dead.

15 So when they had dined, Yahooshua saith to Shim‛on Kepha, Shim‛on, son of Yonah, Chesedst thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Adonay; thou knowest that I Chesed thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

16 He saith to him again the second time, Shim‛on, son of Yonah, Chesedst thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Adonay; thou knowest that I Chesed thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

17 He saith unto him the third time, Shim‛on, son of Yonah, Chesedst thou me? Kepha was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Chesedst thou me? And he said unto him, Adonay, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I Chesed thee. Yahooshua saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should Kavod Yah. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

20 Then Kepha, turning about, seeth the follower whom Yahooshua Cheseded following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Adonay, which is he that betrayeth thee?

21 Kepha seeing him saith to Yahooshua, Adonay, and what shall this man do?

22 Yahooshua saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.

23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that follower should not die[2]: yet Yahooshua said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?

24 This is the follower which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.

25 And there are also many other things which Yahooshua did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Aměn[3].

The Books of Good News of Yahooshua and Acts of the Emissaries

The Good News according to MattihYahoo {Mattthew}

The Good News according to Mark

The Good News according to Luke

The Good News according to Yahoochanan {John}

The Acts of the Emissaries {Apostles}

The Letters of Shaul {Paul}

The Letter of Shaul to the Romans

The First Letter of Shaul to the Corinthians

The Second Letter of Shaul to the Corinthians

The Letter of Shaul to the Galatians

The Letter of Shaul to the Ephesians

The Letter of Shaul to the Philippians

The Letter of Shaul {Paul} to the Colossians

The First Letter of Shaul {Paul} to the Thessalonians

The Second Letter of Shaul {Paul} to the Thessalonians

The First Letter of Shaul {Paul} to Timothy

The Second Letter of Shaul {Paul} to Timothy

The Letter of Shaul {Paul} to Titus

The Letter of Shaul {Paul} to Philemon

The Letter of Shaul {Paul} to the Hebrews

Other Letters

The General Letter of Ya‛aqoḇ {James}

The First General Letter of Kěpha {Peter}

The Second General Letter of Kěpha {Peter}

The First General Letter of Yahoochanan {John}

The Second Letter of Yahoochanan {John}

The Third Letter of Yahoochanan {John}

The General Letter of Yahoowdah {Jude}

Revelation

The Revelation of Yahoochanan {John}