Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 463
Laying to Rest Some Doubts 463 The former of these hypotheses, that of apparent death, was employed by the old Rationalists, and more recently by Schleiermacher in his Life of Christ. … Schleiermacher’s suppo- sition, that Jesus afterwards lived for a time with the disciples, and then retired into entire solitude for his second death… And in the Book of Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 53, there is also to be found an indication to the same thing. And the prayer of Jesus, may pace be on him, which is recorded in the Gospels also, shows this. It is written in it دَعَا بِد ُ مُوْع ٍ جَارِیَۃ ٍ وعَبَرَات ٍ مُتَحَدِّرَۃ ٍ فَسُمِع َ لِتَقْوَاہُ. meaning that, ‘Jesus prayed with deep fervour and anguish and his tears flowed down his cheeks. And, on account of his piety, his prayer was heard. ’1 And Corriere della Sera, the most well-known newspaper of Southern Italy has published the following strange news: On 13 July 1879, an old monk by the name of Kor, who was known as a saint in his life, passed away, leaving behind some possessions. The governor sought out his next of kin and handed to them 200,000 franc (118,750 rupees) in various cur- rencies that were found in the cave where the monk had lived for a long time. There were also found some old scripts together with the currency which the relatives could not read. Some Hebrew scholars got an opportunity to scrutinize these papers and were amazed that the writing on them was ancient Hebrew. When these papers were read they were found to contain the following lines: ‘Peter, the Fisherman, servant of Jesus son of Mary, so addressed the people in the name of God and accord- ing to His will. ’ And it ends with the words: 1. See Hebrews 5:7 [Publisher]