In the Gospel of Barnabas
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The prophecy of Jesus Christ about the advent of the Holy Prophet is faithfully and clearly recorded in the Gospel of Barnabas, which is excluded from the Bible, may be, for this very reason, and for the reason of Christ's denial, in it, of his divinity and crucifixion and of his assertion of his

humanity as a Prophet of  God sent to the Children of Israel.

St. Barnabas is mentioned in the Bible as an 'Apostle' of Jesus (Acts 14:14) and as a

 "a good man and full of the Holy ghost and of faith" (Acts 11:24), selected by the Holy ghost to preach 

Christ to  the Gentiles in the company of St. Paul (Acts 13:2) -  facts quite sufficient to give this Gospel the halo of authenticity. Besides, the Gospel of Barnabas has been in use in the churches of Alexandria as a Canonical Gospel until the Council of Nice (325 A .C), at  which Christianity is said to have assumed a new shape on a account of the machination of Emperor Constantine.

There are several prophesies of Jesus  Christ in the Gospel of Barnabas about the Holy Prophet of Islam, and we reproduce a few of them :-

1. " The name of the Messiah is Admirable, for God himself gave him the name when he had created his soul, and placed it in a celestial splendour. God said : 'Wait Muhammad; for, thy sake I will to create paradise, the world, and a great multitude  of creatures, whereof  I   make thee a present, insomuch that whoso shall bless thee shall be blessed, ad whoso shall curse thee, shall be accursed. When I shall send thee in to the world I shall send thee as my Messenger of Salvation, and thy word shall be true, insomuch that heaven and earth shall fail, but thy faith shall never fail. Muhammad is his blessed name.' Then the crowed lifted up their voices, saying : ' O, God !  send us thy messenger: O, Muhammad !  come quickly for the salvation of the world " (The Gospel of Barnabas,1975 Edition, Chapter 97,pp 123.124 )

2. " O, Muhammad ! God be with thee, and may he make me worthy to untie thy shoe latchet for obtaining this , I shall be a great prophet and holy one of God " (The Gospel of Barnabas,1975 Edition, Chapter44,pp 59 )