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تحفہ گولڑو به ۳۱۲ روحانی خزائن جلد ۱۷ 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 probability of this 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 ointments and strongly scented spices۔ On this head it is usual to appeal to an account in Josephus, who says that on one occasion, when he was returning from a military recognisance, on which he had been sent, he found several۔ Jewish prisoners who had been crucified۔ He۔ Isaw 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 two others could not be recovered۔ (A new life of Jesus by D۔ F۔ Strauss۔ Vol I۔ page 410)