[333] It is related in the spurious Gospel of the Infancy of Christ that Jesus being seven years old and at play with several children of his age, they made several figures of birds and beasts of clay for their diversion; and each preferring his own workmanship, Jesus told them that he would make his walk and leap; which accordingly at his command they did. He made also several figures of sparrows and other birds, which flew about or stood on his hands as he ordered them, and also ate and drank when he offered them meat and drink. The children, telling this to their parents, were forbidden to play any more with Jesus, whom they held to be a sorcerer.—S. [334] The commentators observe that these words are added lest it should be thought Jesus did these miracles by his own power, or was God.—S. (B.) [335] In Arabic, ‘el-Ḥawáreeyoon;’ which word they derive from ‘ḥára,’ ‘to be white’ [or rather, ‘to whiten’ clothes], and suppose the apostles were so called either from the _candour_ and _sincerity_ of their minds, or because they were princes and wore white garments, or else because they were by trade fullers.—(B., Jelál.) According to which last opinion, their vocation is thus related: That as Jesus passed by the sea-side, he saw some fullers at work, and, accosting them, said, ‘Ye cleanse these clothes, but cleanse not your hearts;’ upon which they believed on him. But the true etymology seems to be from the Ethiopic verb ‘hawyra,’ ‘to go;’ whence ‘hawârya’ signifies ‘one that is sent,’ a ‘messenger,’ or ‘apostle.’—S. [336] The person crucified some will have to be a spy that was sent to entrap him; others that it was one Titian, who by the direction of Judas entered in at a window of the house where Jesus was; to kill him; and others that it was Judas himself, who agreed with the rulers of the Jews to betray him for thirty pieces of silver, and led those who were sent to take him.—They add, that Jesus, after his crucifixion in _effigy_, was sent down again to the earth to comfort his mother and disciples and acquaint them how the Jews were deceived, and was then taken up a second time into heaven.