Jesus In India — Page 53
CHAPTER ONE 43 the Messiah, from the cross and the attending curse. And the Jews had indeed failed. And from among the testimonies found in the Gospels that have reached us are the following verses from the Gospel of Matthew that I write below: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. (Matthew 24:35-36)¹ Now, if you think over these verses you will find that Jesus, the Messiah, may peace be on him, clearly says that the killing of prophets by the Jews ceased with the prophet Zacharias, and that after that, the Jews will have no power to kill any prophet. This is a major prophecy from which the conclusion can be drawn clearly that Jesus, the Messiah, may peace be on him, was not killed as a result of crucifixion; he was rather saved from the cross, dying ultimately a natural death. For if it had been true that Jesus, the Messiah, may peace be on him, was also to suffer death at the hands of the Jews, like Zacharias, he would surely have hinted at it in these verses. And if it is argued that Jesus, the Messiah, may peace be on him, was killed by the Jews but this was not a sin on the Jews' part, for his death was in the nature of an atonement, the 1. Chapter 24 is a scriber's error. In the King James Version, these verses are chapter 23:35-36. [Publishers]