Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 462
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 462 someone who possesses the qualities and character of ‘ I s a the Messiah, and not that ‘ I s a himself shall return. Thus, in the book, A New Life of Jesus, by D. F. Strauss volume 1, page 410 is found this passage which I have already quoted on page 127 of my book Tu h fah Golarhviyyah, and here I will confine myself with giving its translation:1 Crucifixion, they maintain, even if the feet as well as the hands are supposed to have been nailed, occasions but very little loss of blood. It kills, therefore, only very slowly, by convulsions produced by the straining of the limbs, or by gradual starvation. So, if Jesus, supposed indeed to be dead, had been taken down from the cross, after about six hours, there is every probabil- ity of his supposed death having been only a death-like swoon, from which, after the descent from the cross, Jesus recovered again in the cool cavern, covered as he was with healing oint- ments and strongly scented spices. On this head it is usual to appeal to an account in Josephus, who says that on one occa- sion, when he was returning from a military recognizance on which he had been sent, he found several Jewish prisoners who had been crucified. He saw among them three acquaintances, whom he begged Titus to give to him. They were immediately taken down and carefully attended to, one was really saved, but the two others could not be recovered. ( A New Life of Jesus, by D. F. Strauss, vol. 1, p. 410) And on page 455, 457, and 347 in the book Modern Doubt and Christian Belief, there is a statement which I have reproduced on page 138 of Tu h fah Golarhviyyah , and its translation is given below: 1. In the Promised Messiah as had given an Urdu translation here. The paragraph in the translation given in the text above is from the original book. [Publisher]