Newly found ancient text details a miracle by young Jesus not included in the Bible

An ancient parchment has been unearthed , revealing a fascinating tale from Jesus Christ's youth that seems to have been omitted from subsequent versions of the Bible.

In an era where Taylor Swift is known for dropping previously unreleased tracks and posthumous albums emerge online, not to mention ABBA's holograms recreating their gigs from decades past, no one anticipated the discovery of a new miracle attributed to Jesus.

This newly uncovered miracle narrates how a young Jesus brought clay birds to life, an event termed the "vivification of the sparrows."

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The 2,000 year old text, found in a German library, describes how a five year old Christ could craft birds from clay beside a river and then animate them into living sparrows. It's thought to be part of a broader work - the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (IGT) dating back to the 2nd Century, reports the Daily Star.

This gospel reportedly chronicles Jesus' early years but was excluded from the canonical Bible.

Lajos Berkes, a lecturer at the Faculty of Theology at Humboldt-Universitat where the manuscript was discovered, remarked: "The fragment is of extraordinary interest for research."

The papyrus had gone unnoticed, with experts initially dismissing it as they mistook the scrawled handwriting for something mundane like a shopping list or a personal letter.

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After a more attentive examination, the researchers discovered the word Jesus among the text. This led to them unlocking the rest of the passage where they found mention of an untold miracle from Jesus' childhood that hasn't been recorded elsewhere.

It has been speculated that the script may look "clumsy" as it was likely drafted by a young child in 4th or 5th Century Egypt.

The researchers currently posit that this particular fragment of papyrus might have been part of a writing assignment carried out in a school or monastery. There is increasing belief that this might be the earliest surviving copy of the lost Gospel of St Thomas.

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