The Glad Tidings of Nikódemos 16

The "Yehuwthím" amazement before the testimony of Yâhuwçë´ph of Râmâtháyim

1. And when the rulers of the assembly and the priests and the Lwiyyím heard these words of Yâhuwçë´ph they became as dead men and fell to the ground, and they fasted until the ninth hour [~15:00/3 PM]. And Nikódemos with Yâhuwçë´ph comforted ChananYâ´huw and Qayë´phâ’ and the priests and the Lwiyyím, saying: "Rise up and stand on your feet and taste bread and strengthen your selves, for tomorrow is the shabbâ´th of Yâ-hwéh." And they rose up and prayed unto the Power and did eat and drink, and departed every man to his house. 2. And on the shabbâ´th the teachers and the priests and Lwiyyím sat and questioned one another and said: "What is this sign that is come upon us in Yruwshâláim? For we know Yâhuwshúa's father and His mother." And Lëwíy, a teacher explained: "I know that His parents were ones who feared the Highest and did not keep back their vows and paid tithes three times a year. And when Yâhuwshúa was born, His parents brought Him up unto this place and gave slaughter-offerings and burnt-offerings to the Power of Yisrâ’ë´l. And when the great teacher Shim'ówn took Him into his arms and said: 'Now, my Sovereign, let Your servant depart according to Your saying, in peace, for my eyes have seen Your Favor which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, a Light for disclosure for the Gowyím, and the Honor of Your people, Yisrâ’ë´l.' And the same Shim'ówn blessed them and said unto Miryâ´m His mother: 'I give you good tidings concerning this Child.' And Miryâ´m said: 'Good, my sovereign?' And Shim'ówn said to her: 'Good. Look, He is given (13) for a downfall and the resurrection of the many in Yisrâ’ë´l, and for a sign being contradicted (14)..." [Yshá'Yâhuw 7:14] 3. They say unto Lëwíy the teacher: "How do you know these things?" Lëwíy says unto them: "Don't ye know that from him I did learn the Law?" The council says unto him: "We would want to see your father." And they sent after his father, and asked of him, and he said to them: "Why didn’t ye believe my son? The blessed and righteous Shim'ówn, he did teach him the Law." The council says: "Rabbíy Lëwíy, is the word true which you have spoken?" And he said: "It is true." Then the "Yehuwthím" said among themselves: "Come; let us send into Gâlíyl for the three men which came and told us of His teaching to His pupils and His ascension from the Mount of Olives, and let them tell us how they saw Him taken up." And this word pleased them all, and they sent the three men who before had gone with them into Gâlíyl and said to them: "Say unto Rabbíy Addas and Rabbíy Phiynchâ´ç and Rabbíy Aggaeus: 'Peace be to you and to all that are with you. Inasmuch as great questioning has arisen in the council, we have sent unto you to call you unto this pure place of Yruwshâláim.'" 4.And the men went into Gâlíyl and found them sitting and meditating upon the Law, and bade them peace. And the men that were in Gâlíyl said unto them that were come to them: "Peace be upon all Yisrâ’ë´l." And they said: "Peace be unto you." Again they said unto them: "Why are ye come?" And they that were sent said: "The council calls you unto the pure city Yruwshâláim." And when the men heard that they were bidden by the council, they prayed to the Power and sat down to meat with the men and did eat and drink, and rose up and came in peace unto Yruwshâláim. 5. And on the morrow the council was set in the assembly, and they examined them, saying: "Did ye in very deed see Yâhuwshúa sitting upon the Mount of Olives, as He taught His eleven pupils, and saw ye Him taken up?" And the men answered them and said: "Even as we saw Him taken up, even so did we tell it unto you." 6. ChananYâ´huw said: "Set them apart from one another, and let us see if their word agrees." And they set them apart one from another, and they call Addas first and say unto him: "How did you see Yâhuwshúa taken up?" Addas said: "While He yet sat upon the Mount of Olives and taught His pupils, we saw a cloud that overshadowed Him and His pupils: and the cloud carried Him up into heaven, and His pupils remained on the face of the earth." And they called Phiynchâ´ç the priest, and questioned him also, saying: "How did you see Yâhuwshúa` taken up?" And he spoke in like manner. And again they asked Aggaeus, and he also spoke in like manner. And ChananYâ´huw and Qayë´phâ’ said: "It is contained in the Law of Moshéh: At the mouth of two or three shall every word be established." Abuthem (Bouthem Gr., Abudem lat., Abuden, Abuthen Arm., om. Copt.) the teacher says: "Though we know because it is written in the Law that the blessed Chanówkh, favored by the Power, was transported to the heavens by His Word..." [Chanówkh 70]

Yâhuw’ârâ´sh the teacher said: "And though we have known of the death of the pure Moshéh though we have not seen him; for it is written in the Law of Yâ-hwéh: 'And Moshéh died at the mouth of Yâ-hwéh, and no man knew of his sepulcher unto this day.'" But Rabbíy Lëwíy did say why it was that Rabbíy Shim'ówn said when he saw Yâhuwshúa: 'Look, this child is set for the downfall and resurrection of the many in Yisrâ’ë´l and for a sign being contradicted.'" And Rabbíy Yitschâ´q said: "It is written in the Law: 'Look, I send My Envoy before your face, which shall go before you to keep you in every good Way... for My name is named on Him.'" [Yâhuwshúa - 2 Moshéh 23:20-21] 7. Then said ChananYâ´huw and Qayë´phâ’: "Ye have well said those things which are written in the law of Moshéh, that no man saw Chanówkh to have died, and no man has identified the death of Moshéh. But Yâhuwshúa spoke of it [His death and resurrection] before Pilátus, and we know that we saw Him receive buffets and spitting upon His face, and that the soldiers put on Him a crown of thorns and that He was scourged and received condemnation from Pilátus, and that He was hanged at the place of a skull and two thieves with Him, and that they gave Him vinegar to drink with gall, that He died on the gallows, and that Longinus the soldier pierced His side with a spear, and that Yâhuwçë´ph our honorable father begged His body, and put it in his tomb, and that, as he testifies, he has seen Him alive, and, as the three teachers certify, they found Him with His pupils on the mount of the Olives, and that they were present at the spectacle of His ascension to the heavens."

(13) The verb in Ivríyth here would be a form of "nâthâ´n", given granted, laid out, set, appointed, because this is referring to Yshá'Yâhuw 7:14, which says "my Sovereign will give Himself to you (plural) a sign. Look! The virgin is with child and is bearing a Son, and she will call His name the Power with us."
(14) The virgin birth of the Sovereign (Yâhuwshúa) which He foretold through Yshá'Yâhuw (7:14) is contradicted by the nonbelievers like those in verse 2 who are inquiring about this sign.

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