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Christ before wicket
By Will 1 month ago, 2 Comments »
Apparently, Jesus was quite the cricketer in his time.
Quoting from his Armenian source, Terian says the gospel relates how Jesus, at the age of nine, had been apprenticed to a master dyer named Israel in Tiberias, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
“Jesus is instructed to watch Israel’s house and not leave the place while the master goes away on a tour to collect clothes to be dyed. But no sooner has Israel left the house, than Jesus runs out with the boys,” Terian says.
“The most amazing part of the story of the nine-year-old Jesus playing a form of cricket with the boys at the sea shore, is that he would go on playing the game on water, over the sea waves.”
He gives the following translation: “He (Jesus) would take the boys to the seashore and, carrying the playing ball and the club, he would go over the waves of the sea as though he was playing on a frozen surface, hitting the playing ball. And watching him, the boys would scream and say: ‘Watch the child Jesus, what he does over the waves of the sea!’ Many would gather there and, watching him, would be amazed.”
- Jesus was given good support from his team-mates, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
- Jesus’ disciplined disciples were in good form
- Anything involving biblical
- …and he floated off for the final time in a Test match to enjoy a well-earned last supper
- Jesus hung out to dry (sorry)
- Jesus nailed his colours to the mast/cross
- He was as immovable as a rock
- Jesus resurrects England with…
- Jesus appeases thorny ICC relations
I could go on, but it’s your turn.
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