Gospel Of St Barnabas

I didn’t realize that tomorrow is Friday, and since this is Lent season there’ll be Station of The Cross in my church(haven’t attend one this year, will do tomorrow…). I couldn’t stop thinking of the most controversial findings last month. One of the hot topics last month, the discovery of “The Gospel of Barnabas”. The re-discovering of this gospel has stirred much controversy around the world. It would rewrite the whole history of the world. Let’s check out the gospel first…

I was keen on to check the validity of the gospel and I found some interesting facts.

1.       The Gospel of Barnabas is promoted as an original Gospel written by the man named Barnabas who it is claimed was a disciple of Jesus. Thus they claim it was written by a Jewish man in the 1st century A.D. who travelled with Jesus. If Barnabas really is the author then it is reasonable to expect that he would be FAMILIAR with the basic facts of Jewish life at this time.

2.       The word (Christ) is the Greek translation for the Hebrew word (Messiah). Both these words when translated into English mean the Anointed One or the Chosen One. This word is not an obscure or rarely used word; on the contrary it is one of the most FAMOUS WORDS IN THE JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN religions. There is no doubt that a religious JEW LIKE BARNABAS would have been very familiar with this word.

3.       At the very start of the Gospel of Barnabas Jesus is called the CHRIST: God has during these past days visited us by his prophet Jesus Christ. However, throughout the gospel Jesus denies being the Messiah: Jesus confessed and said the truth, "I am not the Messiah". How can Jesus BE THE CHRIST AND DENY BEING THE MESSIAH when BOTH WORDS MEAN EXACTLY THE SAME THING? Whoever wrote this book did not know the Greek meaning of the word Christ is Messiah. Barnabas was a Hebrew who lived on the island of Cyprus, a Greek-speaking island, and travelled around the 1st century Greek-speaking world! He was Hebrew and knew Greek and COULD NOT HAVE MADE THIS MISTAKE with such a famous word.

To me, since I believe in science, carbon dating of the gospel is the most definitive answer for the authenticity of the book.

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