The story was on a 2,000-year-old scroll. It was found in the State and University Library of Hamburg.
The story of Jesus that does not appear in the Bible.
Researchers of the Humboldt University of Berlin they deciphered a untold story of Jesus. This was thanks to a 2,000-year-old parchmentwho was in the State and University Library of Hamburg, Germany.
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The record contained in the papyrus dates back to when the Messiah was just five years old. In it, he tells of a miracle that does not appear in the Biblewhen turned clay doves into live birds.
The oldest record of the life of Jesus: the importance of the discovery
He Dr. Lajos Berkespapyrologist of the Institute for Christianity and Antiquity at the Humboldt University of Berlin (HU), He said that the parchment was in the library and that it went unnoticed because “it was thought to be part of an everyday documentlike a private letter or a shopping list, because the handwriting seems very clumsy.
However, they noticed that the text read the word ‘Jesus‘, so they examined it and discovered that it was not an ordinary document. Regarding who wrote it, experts suspect that it could have been in a educational contextas part of a class exercise due to writing and irregularities.
Although it has not yet been discovered How did the papyrus arrive at the Hamburg library?from the University stated in a statement that it is “an important finding for the field of research”.
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The papyrus contained a total of 13 lines.
The story of Jesus’ childhood deciphered in papyrus
The story tells that from the age of 5 Jesus already had his divine abilities. On one occasion, he was molding 12 soft clay sparrows when his father, Joseph, appeared and challenged him for molding a Saturday, a day that is considered holy.
According to the teacher Dr. Gabriel Nocchi Macedofrom the University of Liège, Belgiumto the DailyMail, Joseph asked him why he was doing this on a day of rest and worship, prompting Jesus to order the clay figures to “They will take flight like living birds“, miracle that is known as “vivification of sparrows“.
