When Jesus Lived in India by Alan Jacobs

Author:Alan Jacobs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: When Jesus Lived in India
ISBN: 9781780284811
Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers Limited
Published: 2011-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

THE MISSING YEARS

At this point there is a great void in the traditions of the Evangelists who, whether through ignorance or negligence, tell us nothing of his infancy, his youth, and his education! They begin the history of Jesus with his first sermon, that is when at the age of 30, he returned to his own country. All that is said by the Evangelists in regard to the infancy of Jesus is totally void of precision: ‘And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him’, says one of the sacred authors St Luke, and again: ‘And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.’

As the Evangelists compiled their works long after the death of Jesus, it is presumed that they merely consigned to writing the narratives that had come to them of the principal events of the life of Jesus.

The Buddhists, however, who compiled their chronicles immediately after the Passion, and who had the advantage of gathering the most accurate information on all points that interested them, give us a complete and exhaustive description of the life of Jesus.

In those unhappy days, when the struggle for existence seems to have destroyed all notion of God, the people of Israel were bowed down under the double oppression of the ambitious Herod, and of the avaricious despotic Romans. Then as now, the Hebrews placed all their hope in providence, which, they believed, would send them the inspired man who was to deliver them from their physical and moral sufferings. Time passed on, however, and no one took the initiative in a revolt against the tyranny of the governing power.

During this period of anxiety and hope, the people of Israel completely forgot that there existed in their midst a poor Israelite [Joseph or Yeshua], who was a direct descendant of their King David. This man married a young girl [Mary], who gave birth to a miraculous child [Joseph or Yeshua]. Faithful to their traditions of devotion and respect for the race of their kings, the Hebrews on hearing of this birth, flocked to see the child and congratulate the happy father. It is evident that Herod did not remain in ignorance for long of what had taken place; and he feared that when the child had grown to manhood, he might take advantage of his popularity to regain the throne of his ancestors. He, therefore, sought the child, whom the Israelites endeavoured to shield from the anger of the king. Herod then ordered the abominable massacre of children, hoping that Jesus might perish in this vast human hecatomb. But the family of Joseph, having obtained information of the terrible execution contemplated by Herod, fled into Egypt.

Some time later the family returned to their native land. The child had grown during these journeys in which his life had been more than once exposed. Then as now, the Oriental Israelites commenced to instruct their children at the age of five or six years old.

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