One day when a crowd was following Jesus, they said they were hungry. The Apostles urged him to relieve them. This relief came in the form of a tray of God from heaven. When Jesus and the Apostles saw it, they ottered thanks to (xod. Then Jesus said : ' Let the most pious one amongst you lift up the cover of the tray.' The Apostles requested him to do it. He did so, and then they saw on the tray a fish without bones from which oil was flowing, and round it were all kinds of vegetables, but there was no garlic or leeks. Near the head of the fish was sdme vine- gar, and near the tail some salt. Kound it were placed five loaves, and on each loaf were a few olives, five pomegranates, and five dates. Simon, on seeing this, said : ' This is heavenly food.' Then Jesus told the people to eat. The Apostles said : ' You eat and then we will.' Jesus said : ' I do not eat. Let the people for whom I obtained it eat.' Then the people ate. The sick, after eating this food, were restored to health. Multitudes ate, but the food was not less. It is said that for forty days this tray came down each morning and re-
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mained till mid-day. Then the word came to Jesus : ' Only the poor, the orphans, and the sick should eat.' The rich murmured, and God threat- ened them with punishment. Some said : ' Make the fish alive again, and we will believe.' Jesus did so ; but they believed not, and seventy men perished.
A man came to Mary one day, and said : ' The king has said that a ryot each day is to make a feast for him and his army. To-day it is my turn, and I have not the means to do it.' Mary turned for aid to Jesus, who hesitated ; but Mary said that aid would be a great favour to the ryot. Jesus then sent for the master of the house, and said : ' Get ready jars and pots, and (ill up with water,' which Jesus changed into pure wine. In other pots cooked meat was found, and newly baked bread on trays appeared. The king wished to know where the wine came from. The man replied. From such and such a place. The king, knowing the wine of that place, said : ' Why dost thou lie ? no such wine is to be found there.' Then the man confessed that a neighbour had by his prayers provided all. The king then called for Jesus, and said : ' The heir to my throne died a little while ago, restore him to life.' Jesus said that his return to life meant many evils to the country. The king said : ' Let the country be ruined if I only get one glimpse of him.' Jesus said : ' If I raise him, will you let me go in peace ? ' The king agreed ; so the prince came to life, and Jesus went away. But the prince was a tyrant, and the people killed both father and son.
One day Jesus met a Jew with two loaves. The Jew agreed to share food ; but when he saw Jesus had only one loaf, he hid one of his, and next morning appeared with one only, and denied that he had more. Then Jesus, when going on the way, asked a shepherd to feed him, who said : ' Tell one of my men to slay a sheep that it may be cooked. ' Jesus from the skin and bones revived the sheep. ' Who art thou ? ' said the shepherd. 'Jesus, son of Mary.' Then Jesus asked the Jew where the two loaves were. He swore he had only one. Jesus remained quiet. At the next stage he had a calf killed, and they all ate of it, and again he restored the calf to life and gave it back to its owner, and again asked the Jew where the two loaves were. He again denied that he had two. They then come to a city where the king was sick and at the point of death. Then the Jew told the nobles that he could cure all diseases and even raise the dead. They said : ' Cure the king and we will give you much money.' He began to beat the king with his staff, and the king died. The nobles ordered that he should be hanged. Jesus, seeing this, said : ' If I raise your king, will you forgive my friend ? ' Jesus raised the king and released the Jew. The Jew was profuse in his thanks. Jesus said : ' Where is the second loaf ? ' The Jew said he had only one.
Jesus went one day to an infidel king like Pharaoh, and called upon him to embrace Islam. The king, being annoyed, determined to kill him. Jesus hid in a mountain cave, and after a few days told his disciples that this revelation had come : ' Truly I will raise thee up and bring thee back to myself.' The Apostles wept at the idea of separa- tion from him. He said : ' You weep now, when the enemy comes you will forsake me.' They declared that they would .allow no enemy to come near him, and would protect him. They also said : ' Will another ])rophet come after thee ? ' He said : ' Yes, of the Quraish tribe, an unlettered prophet, Mohammed, superior to me, will come. Tell the generations to come to follow him.' He then added : ' Now I make Simon niy Khalifa (succes- sor), all of you obey him.' "They agreed. He