The Gospel of Barnabas · Chapter 189
The Scribe, Joshua, and the Sun Standing Still
Then said Jesus: 'This is true, because I am assured thereof by God. Wherefore, that every one may know that this is the truth, in the name of God let the sun stand still, and not move for twelve hours!' And so it came to pass, to the great terror of all Jerusalem and Judaea.
And Jesus said to the scribe: 'O brother, what seekest thou to learn from me, seeing thou hast such knowledge? As God liveth, this is sufficient for man's salvation, inasmuch as the humility of Haggai, with the charity of Hosea, fulfilleth all the law and all the prophets.
'Tell me, brother, when thou camest to question me in the temple, didst thou think, perchance, that God had sent me to destroy the law and the prophets? Certain it is that God will not do this, seeing he is unchangeable, and therefore that which God ordained as man's way of salvation, this hath he caused all the prophets to say. As God liveth, in whose presence my soul standeth, if the book of Moses with the book of our father David had not been corrupted by the human traditions of false Pharisees and doctors, God would not have given his word to me. And why speak I of the book of Moses and the book of David? Every prophecy have they corrupted, insomuch that today a thing is not sought because God hath commanded it, but men look whether the doctors say it, and the Pharisees observe it, as though God were in error, and men could not err.
'Woe, therefore, to this faithless generation, for upon them shall come the blood of every prophet and righteous man, with the blood of Zechariah son of Berachiah, whom they slew between the temple and the altar!'
'What prophet have they not persecuted? What righteous man have they suffered to die a natural death? Scarcely one! And they seek now to slay me. They boast themselves to be children of Abraham, and to possess the beautiful temple. As God liveth, they are children of Satan, and therefore they do his will: therefore the temple, with the holy city, shall go to ruin, in so much that there shall not remain of the temple one stone upon another.'
Then Jesus said: 'This is true, for God has assured me of it. So that everyone may know it is true, in God's name let the sun stand still and not move for twelve hours!' And so it happened, to the great terror of all Jerusalem and Judea.
Jesus said to the scribe: 'Brother, what do you seek to learn from me when you possess such knowledge? As God lives, this is sufficient for human salvation, for the humility of Haggai together with the generosity of Hosea fulfills the whole law and all the prophets.'
'Tell me, brother, when you came to question me in the temple, did you perhaps think that God had sent me to destroy the law and the prophets? God certainly will not do this, for he is unchangeable. Therefore, what God ordained as man's way of salvation he caused all the prophets to proclaim. As God lives, in whose presence my soul stands, if the book of Moses and the book of our father David had not been corrupted by the human traditions of false Pharisees and teachers of the Law, God would not have given me his word. And why do I speak only of Moses and David? They have corrupted every prophecy, so that today people do not ask whether God commanded something, but whether the teachers of the Law teach it and the Pharisees observe it, as though God could be mistaken and men could not.'
'Woe, therefore, to this faithless generation, for the blood of every prophet and righteous person will come upon them, together with the blood of Zechariah son of Berachiah, whom they killed between the temple and the altar!'
'What prophet have they not persecuted? What righteous man have they allowed to die a natural death? Hardly one! And now they seek to kill me. They boast of being Abraham's children and of possessing the beautiful temple. As God lives, they are children of Satan, and so they do his will — and therefore the temple, along with the holy city, will fall to ruin, until not one stone of the temple is left upon another.'
Then said Jesus: 'This is true, because I am assured thereof by God. Wherefore, that every one may know that this is the truth, in the name of God let the sun stand still, and not move for twelve hours!' And so it came to pass, to the great terror of all Jerusalem and Judaea.
And Jesus said to the scribe: 'O brother, what seekest thou to learn from me, seeing thou hast such knowledge? As God liveth, this is sufficient for man's salvation, inasmuch as the humility of Haggai, with the charity of Hosea, fulfilleth all the law and all the prophets.
'Tell me, brother, when thou camest to question me in the temple, didst thou think, perchance, that God had sent me to destroy the law and the prophets? Certain it is that God will not do this, seeing he is unchangeable, and therefore that which God ordained as man's way of salvation, this hath he caused all the prophets to say. As God liveth, in whose presence my soul standeth, if the book of Moses with the book of our father David had not been corrupted by the human traditions of false Pharisees and doctors, God would not have given his word to me. And why speak I of the book of Moses and the book of David? Every prophecy have they corrupted, insomuch that today a thing is not sought because God hath commanded it, but men look whether the doctors say it, and the Pharisees observe it, as though God were in error, and men could not err.
'Woe, therefore, to this faithless generation, for upon them shall come the blood of every prophet and righteous man, with the blood of Zechariah son of Berachiah, whom they slew between the temple and the altar!'
'What prophet have they not persecuted? What righteous man have they suffered to die a natural death? Scarcely one! And they seek now to slay me. They boast themselves to be children of Abraham, and to possess the beautiful temple. As God liveth, they are children of Satan, and therefore they do his will: therefore the temple, with the holy city, shall go to ruin, in so much that there shall not remain of the temple one stone upon another.'