Islam -
Part 3
Chapter 3
#21 - The Quran contradicts the Bible by saying that Jesus Was Not Crucified.
Note: The Quran says in Surah 4:157, “That they said (in boast), ‘We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah’ — BUT THEY KILLED HIM NOT, NOR CRUCIFIED HIM, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for OF A SURETY THEY KILLED HIM NOT.”
Muhammad denied that Jesus was actually crucified, and said
that it was just a fabrication that made it appear that He was killed.
Muhammad goes on to say that those who actually believe in the crucifixion of Jesus are full of doubts, and only conjecture as to what followed. Remember, Muhammad claimed that his writing, the Quran, confirmed the writings of the Old and New Testaments (Surah 3:3-4). “It is He who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book (the Book here is referring to the Quran), ...confirming what went before it, and He sent down the Law (of Moses) (referring to the Old Testament) ...and the Gospel (of Jesus) (referring to the New Testament) Before this, as a guide to mankind…” Is that true? Muhammad denied the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Does the Bible deny it, or does it confirm it?
1. Romans 5:6-8 says, “For when we were yet without strength, in due time ____________ ________ for the ______________. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, ____________ ________ for ____.”
2. Romans 5:9-10 says, “Much more then, being now __________________ by his __________, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were ____________________ to God by the __________ of his ______, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
3. Romans 10:8-10 says, “But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the ________ __________, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath ____________ him from the ________, thou shalt be __________. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
4. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 says, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the ____________ which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are __________, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that ____________ ________ for our ________ according to the scriptures; And that he was ____________, and that he ________ again the __________ day according to the scriptures.”
If there was no sacrificial death for us by Jesus Christ,
then there would be no salvation.
5. Ephesians 1:7 says, “In whom we have ____________________ through his __________, the ______________________ of ________, according to the riches of his grace.”
6. Colossians 1:14 says, “In whom we have ____________________ through his __________, even the ______________________ of ________.”
7. Revelation 1:5 says, “And from __________ ____________, who is the faithful witness, and the __________ begotten of the ________, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and ____________ us from our ________ in his own __________.”
8. Revelation 5:8-9 says, “And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the ________, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast __________, and hast ________________ us to God by thy __________ out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.”
The Quran denies the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and calls it a fabrication,
but the Bible repeats it as a fact over and over again.
9. John 19:15-19 says, “But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be __________________. And -they took __________, and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they __________________ him, and two other with him, on either side one, and __________ in the midst. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the __________. And the writing was, __________ OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
The facts are very clear that Jesus hung on that cross and died.
Special care is taken to note the medical proofs that
Jesus’ physical body had indeed died upon the cross.
10. John 19:28-30 says, “After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When __________ therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is ________________: and he bowed his head, and ________ ____ the __________.”
11. John 19:31-35 says, “The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to __________, and saw that he was ________ already, they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear ______________ his ________, and forthwith came there out __________ and __________. And he that saw it bare record, and his ____________ is ________: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might ______________.”
Note: The Bible makes special note that blood and water came out of His side when His body was pierced. It emphasizes that fact as being very important so that people might believe. What was so special about it, and what did it prove? When people have congestive heart failure, they start having trouble with fluid building up in parts of their bodies, because the heart has lost some of its ability to pump, and thus circulate, their blood. It was medical proof that Jesus’ heart had stopped, because His blood had already separated into water, and into the heavier parts.
God knew that people would come along later and say that Jesus had just
passed out on the cross, and that He later revived in the coolness of the tomb.
God knew that people would come up with all sorts of excuses to deny the crucifixion
and resurrection, so God had this one soldier do something that would prove medically
that Jesus’ body had indeed died on the cross. That is why this point is noted
so carefully, and emphasized so that people would believe.
What God so carefully confirmed, Muhammad so clearly denied. Remember what he wrote in the Quran? Surah 4:157 says, “That they said (in boast), ‘We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah’ — BUT THEY KILLED HIM NOT, NOR CRUCIFIED HIM, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for OF A SURETY THEY KILLED HIM NOT.”
What the Bible so clearly proved so that people might believe,
Muhammad so clearly denied.
Because of the contradiction in the Quran about Jesus dying on the cross for our sins, Muhammad then made this conclusion, in Surah 4:159, "And there is none of the People of the Book but MUST BELIEVE IN HIM BEFORE HIS DEATH."
So Muhammad said that to be saved,
you have to believe in a Jesus that did not die.
Here are notes from a highly respected Muslim translator who translated the Quran into English: Surah 4:157 says, “That they said (in boast), ‘We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah’ — BUT THEY KILLED HIM NOT, NOR CRUCIFIED HIM, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for OF A SURETY THEY KILLED HIM NOT.”
Note on the Quran, Surah 4:157, by the highly respected Muslim translator, Abdullah Yusuf Ali: “The end of the life of Jesus on earth is as much involved in mystery as his birth, and indeed the greater part of his private life, except the three main years of his ministry. It is not profitable to discuss the many doubts and conjectures among the early Christian sects and among Muslim theologians. THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCHES MAKE IT A CARDINAL POINT OF THEIR DOCTRINE THAT HIS LIFE WAS TAKEN ON THE CROSS, THAT HE DIED AND WAS BURIED, THAT ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE IN THE BODY with his wounds intact, and walked about and conversed, and ate with his disciples, AND WAS AFTERWARDS TAKEN UP BODILY TO HEAVEN.”
“THIS IS NECESSARY FOR THE THEOLOGICAL DOCTRINE OF BLOOD SACRIFICE
AND VICARIOUS ATONEMENT FOR WHICH IS REJECTED BY ISLAM.
THE QURANIC TEACHING IS THAT CHRIST WAS NOT CRUCIFIED NOR KILLED BY THE JEWS…”
“...notwithstanding certain apparent circumstances which produced that illusion in the minds of some of his enemies; that disputations, doubts, and conjectures on such matters are vain; and that he was taken up to Allah.”
The same translator comments on the next verse: Surah 4:158 says: “Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise — And there is none of the People of the Book but MUST BELIEVE IN HIM BEFORE HIS DEATH…”
Note on the Quran, Surah 4:158 by the highly respected Muslim translator, Abdullah Yusuf Ali: “There is difference of opinion as to the exact interpretation of this verse. The words are: The Jews did not kill Jesus, but Allah raised him up (rafa’a) to Himself.”
“ONE SCHOOL HOLDS THAT JESUS DID NOT DIE
THE USUAL HUMAN DEATH, BUT STILL LIVES IN THE BODY IN HEAVEN,
WHICH IS THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED MUSLIM VIEW.”
“Another holds that he did die (5:120) but not when he was supposed to be crucified, and that his being ‘raised up’ unto Allah means that instead of being disgraced as a malefactor, as the Jews intended, he was on the contrary honoured by Allah as His Messenger.”
Note: So there you have it from the Quran, and from their most respected Muslim translator.
The Muslim’s Jesus is not the Son of God. He is not God Almighty in the flesh.
He did not die on the cross for the sins of mankind. He was not resurrected
from the grave the third day. So it is readily clear that the Jesus that the Muslims
teach about is a FALSE JESUS and a FALSE CHRIST. That leaves the Muslims with
no gospel and no way of salvation (the word gospel means good news — see 1 Corinthians 15:1-4).
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