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Muhammad in the Bible David Benjamin KeldaniEdited & Annotated by: Prof. Dawud M. R. Alhanbali & Prof, Dr. Kaseb A. Albadran ( 63 )FThe Paraclete is not the Holy Spiritor a time he was expected at any moment to come down from the clouds with legions of angels. The Apostles had all passed away;the second coming of Jesus Christ (pbuh) was delayed. His person and doctrine gave rise to a variety of religious and philosophical speculations. Sects succeeded one another; Gospels and Epistles under different names and titles appeared in many centres; and a multitude of the Christian scholars and apologists combated and criticized each other’s theory. If there had been written a Gospel during the lifetime of Jesus (pbuh), or even a book authorized by the College of the Apostles, the teachings of the Prophet of Nazareth would have preserved their purity and integrity until the appearance of the Periqlit – Ahmad (pbuh). However,such was not the case. Each writer took a different view about the Master and his religion, and described him in his book—which he named Gospel or Epistle— according to his own imagination. The high-soaring flight of thought concerning the Word; the prophecy about the Periqlit; the inexplicable discourse of Jesus (pbuh)upon his flesh and blood; and a series ofseveral miracles, events, and sayings recorded in the Fourth Gospel were unknown to the Synoptic and consequently to a great majority of the Christians who had not seen it at least for a couple of centuries.