Section XLI.
1 131 Therefore, behold, I, the wisdom of God, am sending unto you prophets, and apostles, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall slay and crucify; and some of them ye shall beat in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 2 133 that there may come on you all the blood of the righteous that hath been poured upon the ground from the blood of Abel the pure to the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 3 136 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation,
4 138 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slayer of the prophets, and stoner of them that are sent unto her! how many times did I wish to gather thy children, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 5 139 Your house shall be left over you desolate. 6 140 Verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 7 141 And many of the rulers also believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing him, lest they be put out of the synagogue: 8 143 and they loved the praise of men more than the praising of God. 9 144 And Jesus cried and said, Whosoever believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him that sent me. 10 145 And whosoever seeth me hath seen him that sent me. 11 146 I am come a light into the world, and so every one that believeth in me abideth not in the darkness. 12 148 And whosoever heareth my sayings, and keepeth them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to give the world life. 13 150 Whosoever wrongeth me, and receiveth not my sayings, there is one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, it shall judge him at the last day. 14 152 I from myself did not speak: but the Father which sent me, he hath given me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak; and I know that his commandment is eternal life 15 155 The things that I say now, as my Father hath said unto me, even so I say.
16 156 And when he said that unto them, the scribes and Pharisees began their evil-doing, being angry with him, and finding fault with his sayings, and harassing him in many things; 17 158 seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might be able to calumniate him. 18 159 And when there gathered together myriads of great multitudes, which almost trode one upon another, Jesus began to say unto his disciples, Preserve yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 19 160 For there is nothing concealed, that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known. 20 161 Everything that ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken secretly in the ears in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed on the roofs.
21 162 This said Jesus, and he went and hid himself from them. 22 163 But notwithstanding his having done all these signs before them, 23 164 they believed not in him: that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, who said,
My Lord, who is he that hath believed to hear us? And the arm of the Lord, to whom hath it appeared?
24 165 And for this reason it is not possible for them to believe, because Isaiah also said,
25 166 They have blinded their eyes, and made dark their heart; That they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, And turn, So that I should heal them.
26 167 This said Isaiah when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
27 168 And when Jesus went out of the temple, certain of his disciples came forward to shew him the buildings of the temple, 28 170 and its beauty and greatness, and the strength of the stones that were laid in it, and the elegance of its building, and that it was adorned with noble stones and beautiful colours. 29 171 Jesus answered and said unto them, See ye these great buildings? 30 172 verily I say unto you, Days will come, when there shall not be left here a stone upon another, that shall not be cast down.
31 173 And two days before the passover of unleavened bread, the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by deceit, and kill him: 32 176 and they said, It shall not be at the feast, lest the people be agitated.
33 177 And when Jesus sat on the mount of Olives opposite the temple, his disciples, Simon Cephas and James and John and Andrew, came forward unto him, and said unto him between themselves and him, 34 178 Teacher, tell us when that shall be, and what is the sign of thy coming and the end of the world. 35 179 Jesus answered and said unto them, Days will come, when ye shall long to see one of the days of the Son of 36 180 man, and shall not behold. 37 181 Take heed lest any man lead you astray. Many shall come in my name, and say, 38 182 I am the Messiah; and they shall say, The time is come near, and shall lead many astray: go not therefore after them. 39 183 And when ye hear of wars and tidings of insurrections, see to it, be not agitated: for these things must first be; only the end is not yet come. 40 185 Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and great earthquakes shall be in one place and another, and there shall be famines and deaths and agitations: 41 186 and there shall be fear and terror and great signs that shall appear from heaven, and there shall be great storms. 42 188 All these things are the beginning of travail. 43 189 But before all of that, they shall lay hands upon you, and persecute you, and deliver you unto the synagogues and into prisons, and bring you before kings and judges for my name's sake. 44 190 And that shall be unto you for a witness. 45 191 But first must my gospel be preached unto all nations. 46 192 And when they bring you into the synagogues before the rulers and the authorities, be not anxious beforehand how ye shall answer for yourselves, or what ye shall say: 47 193 because it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit. 48 194 Lay it to your heart, not to be anxious before the time what ye shah say: 49 195 and I shall give you understanding and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay. 50 198 And then shall they deliver you unto constraint, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations because of my name. 51 199 And then shall many go astray, and they shall hate one another, and deliver one another unto death. 52 201 And your parents, and your brethren, and your kinsfolk, and your friends shall deliver you up, and shall slay some of you. 53 202 But a lock of hair from your heads shall not perish. 54 203 And by your patience ye shall gain your souls. 55 205 And many men, false prophets, shall arise, and lead many astray. 56 207 And because of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many shall wax cold. 57 208 But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. 58 209 And this, the gospel of the kingdom, shall be preached in all the world for a testimony to all nations; and then shall come the end of all.