Where Did Jesus Die? — Page 170
? 170 actually and vividly impressed by the human personality of Jesus. 1 Jesus in Nisibus (a) In his book Masih Hindustan Mein , the Promised Messiah as, leaving out the exaggerated accounts, gives the following account from Rauzat-us-Safa (p. 130–5), a well-known book of history: Jesus (on whom be peace) was named the ‘Messiah’ because he was a great traveller. He wore a woollen scarf on his head, and a woollen cloak on his body. He had a stick in his hand: wandered from country to country and from city to city. At nightfall he would stay where he happened to be. He ate jungle vegetation, drank jungle water and went on his travels on foot. Journeying from his country he arrived at Nasibin, hundreds of miles from his home. With him were a few of his disciples whom he sent to the city to preach. In the city, however, there were current wrong and unfounded rumours about Jesus (on whom be peace) and his mother. The governor of the city, therefore, arrested the disciples and then summoned Jesus. Jesus 1. Docker: If Jesus did not Die upon the Cross? p. 75–76. (a) ‘Nisbis (Nasibina in the Assyrian description), modern Nezib or Nasibin is an ancient city and fortress in the Northe of Mesopotamia, near the point where the Mygdonians (modern Jaghjagha) leaves the mountain by a narrow defile. It consists of some 4000 inhabitants, largely Jews. ’ (Ency. Britt. edition 11).