Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume IX/The Diatessaron of Tatian/The Diatessaron/Section LIII

Section LIII.

[1] And while they marvelled at that, behold, two men standing above them, their [2] raiment shining:&#160; and they were seized with fright, and bowed down their face to [3] the earth:&#160; and they said unto them, Why seek ye the living one with the dead?&#160; He is not here; he is risen:&#160; remember what he was speaking unto you while he was in [4] Galilee, and saying, The Son of man is to be delivered up into the hands of sinners, [5] and to be crucified, and on the third day to rise.&#160; But go in haste, and say to his disciples and to Cephas, He is risen from among the dead; and lo, he goeth before [6] you into Galilee; and there ye shall see him, where he said unto you:&#160; lo, I have [7] told you.&#160; And they remembered his sayings; and they departed in haste from the [8] tomb with joy and great fear, and hastened and went; and perplexity and fear [9] encompassed them; and they told no man anything, for they were afraid.&#160; And Mary hastened, and came to Simon Cephas, and to that other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said unto them, They have taken our Lord from the sepulchre, and I [10] know not where they have laid him.&#160; And Simon went out, and that other disciple, [11] and came to the sepulchre.&#160; And they hastened both together:&#160; and that disciple [12] outran Simon, and came first to the sepulchre; and he looked down, and saw the [13] linen laid; but he went not in.&#160; And Simon came after him, and entered into the [14] [Arabic, p. 201] sepulchre, and saw the linen laid; and the scarf with which his head was bound was not with the linen, but wrapped and laid aside in a certain place.&#160; [15] Then entered that disciple which came first to the sepulchre, and saw, and believed.&#160; [16] And they knew not yet from the scriptures that the Messiah was to rise from among [17] the dead.&#160; And those two disciples went to their place.

[18] But Mary remained at the tomb weeping:&#160; and while she wept, she looked [19] down into the tomb; and she saw two angels sitting in white raiment, one of them toward his pillow, and the other toward his feet, where the body of Jesus had been [20] laid.&#160; And they said unto her, Woman, why weepest thou?&#160; She said unto them, [21] They have taken my Lord, and I know not where they have left him.&#160; She said that, and turned behind her, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was [22] Jesus.&#160; Jesus said unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?&#160; And she supposed him to be the gardener, and said, My lord, if thou hast taken him, [23] tell me where thou hast laid him, that I may go and take him.&#160; Jesus said unto her, Mary.&#160; She turned, and said unto him in Hebrew, Rabboni; which is, being [24] interpreted, Teacher.&#160; Jesus said unto her, Touch me not; for I have not ascended yet unto my Father:&#160; go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

[25] And on the First-day on which he rose, he appeared first unto Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

[26] And some of those guards came to the city, and informed the chief priests of [27] [Arabic, p. 202] all that had happened.&#160; And they assembled with the elders, and took [28] counsel; and they gave money, not a little, to the guards, and said unto them, Say ye, His disciples came and stole him by night, while we were sleeping.

[29] And if the judge hear that, we will make a plea with him, and free you of blame.&#160; [30] And they, when they took the money, did according to what they taught them.&#160; And this word spread among the Jews unto this day.

[31] And then came Mary Magdalene, and announced to the disciples that she had seen our Lord, and that he had said that unto her.

[32] And while the first women were going in the way to inform his disciples, [33] Jesus met them, and said unto them, Peace unto you.&#160; And they came and took [34] hold of his feet, and worshipped him.&#160; Then said Jesus unto them, Fear not:&#160; but go and say to my brethren that they depart into Galilee, and there they shall see [35] me.&#160; And those women returned, and told all that to the eleven, and to the rest of the disciples; and to those that had been with him, for they were saddened and [36] weeping.&#160; And those were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the rest who were with them:&#160; and they were those that told the apostles.&#160; [37] And they, when they heard them say that he was alive and had appeared unto them, [38] did not believe them:&#160; and these sayings were before their eyes as the sayings of madness.&#160; [39] [Arabic, p. 203] And after that, he appeared to two of them, on that day, and while they were going to the village which was named Emmaus, and whose distance [40] from Jerusalem was sixty furlongs. &#160; And they were talking the one of them with the [41] other of all the things which had happened.&#160; And during the time of their talking and [42] inquiring with one another, Jesus came and reached them, and walked with them.&#160; But [43] their eyes were veiled that they should not know him.&#160; And he said unto them, What are these sayings which ye address the one of you to the other, as ye walk and are [44] sad?&#160; One of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered and said unto him, Art thou perchance alone a stranger to Jerusalem, since thou knowest not what was in [45] it in these days?&#160; He said unto them, What was?&#160; They said unto him, Concerning Jesus, he who was from Nazareth, a man who was a prophet, and powerful in [46] speech and deeds before God and before all the people:&#160; and the chief priests and [47] the elders delivered him up to the sentence of death, and crucified him.&#160; But we supposed that he was the one who was to deliver Israel.&#160; And since all these [48] things happened there have passed three days.&#160; But certain women of us also [49] informed us that they had come to the sepulchre; and when they found not his body, they came and told us that they had seen there the angels, and they said [50] concerning him that he was alive.&#160; And some of us also went to the sepulchre, and [51] found the matter as the women had said:&#160; only they saw him not.&#160; Then said Jesus [52] unto them, Ye lacking in discernment, and heavy in heart to believe!&#160; Was it not in all the sayings of the prophets that the Messiah was to suffer these things, and to [53] [Arabic, p. 204] enter into his Glory?&#160; And he began from Moses and from all the prophets, [54] and interpreted to them concerning himself from all the scriptures.&#160; And they drew near unto the village, whither they were going:&#160; and he was leading them to [55] imagine that he was as if going to a distant region.&#160; And they pressed him, and said unto him, Abide with us:&#160; for the day hath declined now to the darkness.&#160; And he went [56] in to abide with them.&#160; And when he sat with them, he took bread, and blessed, [57] and brake, and gave to them.&#160; And straightway their eyes were opened, and they [58] knew him; and he was taken away from them. &#160; And they said the one to the other, Was not our heart heavy within us, while he was speaking to us in the way, and interpreting to us the scriptures?

[59] And they rose in that hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven [60] gathered, and those that were with them, saying, Truly our Lord is risen, and hath [61] appeared to Simon.&#160; And they related what happened in the way, and how they knew him when he brake the bread.&#160; Neither believed they that also.