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dust, and then said unto him, Be, and he was. This is the truth from thy Lord \; be not therefore one of those who doubt."
Chap. 4. Entitled Women.—"The Jews said[1], We have slain Christ Jesus, the Son of Mary; yet they slew him not, neither crucified him, but he was represented by one in his likeness; and verily they who disagreed concerning him, were in a doubt as to this matter, and had no sure knowledge thereof, but followed only an uncertain tradition. They did not really kill him; but God took him up unto himself: and God is mighty and wise. Verily Christ Jesus, the Son of Mary, is the Apostle of God, and his Word, which
- ↑ The early Sectaries held very erroneous notions respecting Christ's sufferings and death: this account is found in the apocryphal or spurious Gospel of St. Barnabas. Sale notices, that the Basilidians, in the beginning of Christianity, denied that Christ suffered, and that Simon the Cyrenian was crucified in his place. The Cerinthians and Corpoerations held the same belief. See Jones's interesting account of the Gospel of Basilides, and that of St. Barnabas.
