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were dispersed from India to Ethiopia: an edict was written according to all that Mor'decai commanded concerning the. Jews to the satraps and the governors and the princes of the provinces from India to. Ethiopia and also to the Jews in their script and their language-. " (Esher 8: 9). . If Jesus died on the cross at 33 and the chapter closed there, then this is tantamount to discrediting his prophethood. Thus the only safe thing is that he survived death on the cross. From there he travelled about to deliver his message to different tribes. (9) Jesus used to rebuke the Jews: << that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechari'ah the son of Barachi'ah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. ” (Mt. 23: 35). . Had Jesus also been slain by the Jews and had blood spilled, he should have pointed it out or rather made it a decisive factor; and that occasion called for this statement. Jesus' marked silence at this juncture signifies that he not going to be killed on the cross by the Jews. or else the mentioning of his blood should have taken priority. was is (10) In the explicit sayings of Jesus in the. Gospels mostly only his suffering reported: 45