The Nazarene Kashmiri Christ — Page 17
17 and the Christians wrong. Instead of proving that brem Jesus was killed it proves that he was saved. . Reflections on the sequence of incidents indicate that. Jesus son of Mary was taken off the cross within three hours, whereas three days were required for killing someone on the cross. The cross was not an instrument for beheading or instant killing, rather it was a contraption for cruel death. The victim being. kept without food or water, slowly died of pain, hunger, fatigue and exposure. In order to save Jesus, Allah brought about the events in such a sequence that the judgement against him was announced late on Friday. . The next day was Sabbath which started with sunset. . The reason being that in autumn the days were comparatively short. So according to this analysis. Christ remained nailed on the cross for not more than three hours. The Bible and the Jews accept the fact that Jesus was taken down from the cross and they did not break his legs, although the legs of the two criminals who were crucified with him were broken. . The Bible states that when his ribs were pierced, "blood and water gushed out". Blood certainly does not gush out of a dead body. _ The meaning of the word ✓✓ is brought شُيّه out beautifully in another way. The Jews claim that they slew him but on examining the facts we find that _ they too were not sure that Jesus was dead. Jesus was not buried in the earth with the two criminals but. He was laid separately in a spacious sepulchre hewn out se of a rock by his disciples. So, the Jews went to the sebb governor Pilate and protested that until they got his body, how could they believe, that Jesus was dead. . This very statement proves the truth of the Holy 1oQuran. The Jews themselves have expressed their doubt here which does not prove the death of Jesus but definitely proves their doubt about it. The Bible _further continues to narrate, "They remembered also the prophecy of Jesus that he would show them the miracle of Jonah and would come out of the earth alive. So influenced by such misgivings, the chief priests and pharisees went to Pilate saying "Sir we