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Experts discover incredible story from Jesus' childhood after deciphering 2,000-year-old Egyptian manuscript
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas (IGT) describes Jesus' life from the ages of five to 12 and was written during the 2nd century as a way to fill in the blanks of his youth.
But this gospel was omitted from the Bible because it was thought to be inauthentic.
The Bible was also intended to focus solely on Jesus' ministry, miracles and what led up to his dying on the cross.
In the IGT story, Jesus is just five years old playing in a stream while molding 12 sparrows out of soft clay in the riverbed mud.
When his father, Joseph, notices what he is doing, he scolds Jesus and asks why he would be molding clay on the Sabbath - a Holy day of rest and worship.
In response, '[Jesus] orders the clay figures to 'take flight as living birds,' which they do,' Professor Dr Gabriel Nocchi Macedo, from the University of Liège, Belgium, told DailyMail.com.
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Jun 11, 2024 · 3:44 PM UTC
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>when does a bird sing?