I read a book called "Jesus Lived in India" where the author claimed that whatever it was that one of the disciples gave to Jesus while he was on the cross, supposedly a whiff of vinegar to revive him, was actually a drug that caused him to pass out so the Roman guards would think he was dead and take him down.
Wild stuff.
12 posted on 12/18/2004 6:22:30 PM PST by wizardoz
This wild stuff was widespread in the couple centuries after the Crucifixion. There is not much new to the stories although the stories are new to every generation.
37 posted on 12/18/2004 8:39:19 PM PST by RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)