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APPENDICES.

APPENDIX A.

MUHAMMADAN ACCOUNTS OF CHRIST'S DEATH, ETC.

1. Araisu't Tijan, Ar. Ed. pp. 549, 550:—"The Jews agreed in deciding to kill Jesus. They gathered together unto Him that very day and began to ask Him questions. Then He said, 'O ye sinners of the Jews, verily GOD hateth you.' Therefore they hated Him for His speech with a mighty hatred, and rushed upon Him to slay Him. Then GOD Most High sent unto Him Gabriel, and he made Him enter a skylight; and he showed Him upon the roof, and GOD Most High took Him up through the window. Then the chief of the Jews commanded one of his companions, who was called Faltianus, to enter the skylight and slay Him. When Faltianus entered he did not see Jesus, and he therefore kept them waiting. Accordingly they fancied that he was fighting in the chamber. Then GOD cast upon him the appearance of Jesus, and consequently when he came out the Jews imagined that he was Jesus. They therefore slew him and crucified him."

2. Ibidem, p. 554:—Abu Salih Shu'aib bin Muhammadi'l Baihaqi has informed us (with a chain of

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