According to the Church, yes he was crucified, as this is what is recorded in the Bible.
Who wrote this in the Bible? The arrest, interrogation, and execution of Jesus have no relation to the genuine revelation. Divine books were revealed to real prophets. So were divine messages. So how do we know that Jesus cried, saying, “Eli, Eli lama sabachthani” or “I am thirsty” while being crucified. It is thought that a false prophet added these words to the Bible. If these words were the confessions of witnesses, then we would be justified in asking whether the New Testament is a historical record or a divine book.
Who were the people who added these false words to the Bible?
The crucifixion of Prophet Jesus, a man who changed life drastically, is still an enigma for scholars of religion and history. The Church transformed it into a symbol of Christianity, regarding the wearing of the cross as a form of worship. This is something unheard of before in western civilization.
So, what was behind this event?
The only reliable source that clarifies this event is the last divine book, the Qur'an:
Allah Almighty says:
“And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, the messenger of Allah; but they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Jesus) and most surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure. Nay! Allah took him up to Himself; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (An-Nisa, 157-158)
Allah Almighty not only clarifies the event of crucifixion, but also removes doubts about it.
Yes, Prophet Jesus was neither killed nor crucified.
One of the disciples, Judas betrayed him for money and guided the soldiers to Prophet Jesus. At that time, there was great confusion. Allah raised Jesus to heaven and transformed Judas into the body of Jesus. The soldiers arrested Judas and nobody believed his denial when he called out “I am not Jesus.” Those who arrested, questioned and crucified Judas later wondered whether it had really been Jesus or not, because even though the face of Judas was similar to that of Jesus, his body was completely different. They were perplexed and asked: “If this is Jesus, where is Judas? If this is Judas, where is Jesus?”
What happened to Judas?
According to Islam, he was crucified in Jesus’ stead and killed.
What does Christianity say?
MATTHEW; “Judas Hangs Himself.” (27-3)
When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. "I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed innocent blood." "What is that to us?" they replied. "That's your responsibility." So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
Acts of Apostles
“Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas” (1-18)
He was one of our numbers and shared in this ministry. "With the reward he got for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this.
According to Matthew, Judas was seized with remorse, returned the silver coins that had been given to him for his betrayal and hanged himself.
According to Acts of Apostles, Judas bought a field with the silver he received for his betrayal, fell headlong there and his body burst open, with all his intestines spilling out.
An important remark:
I do not want to be misunderstood. Judas did not fall off a plane. He fell in his field which he had bought with the money he had been paid for his betrayal. Upon this, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, except poor Matthew, who conveyed the event otherwise.
My dear readers!
These confusing narrations are recited as parts of the holy book in churches; they are listened to by western intellectuals and marketed as holy books by missionaries in Islamic countries.
What actually happened to Prophet Jesus?
According to Islam, he was neither crucified nor killed. Allah Almighty raised him to heaven alive.
According to the Christians:
MATTHEW; “The Burial of Jesus” (27-57)
As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.
JOHN; “The Burial of Jesus” (19-38)
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, because he feared the Jews. With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away.
At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
According to Matthew, a man called Joseph took the body and placed it in a new tomb which he had cut out of the rock.
According to John, Jesus had been crucified in a garden and in this garden there was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. Since it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, Joseph, who did not need to build a new tomb by cutting it out of rock, laid Jesus there in the garden.
My dear readers!
The divine book should belong only to Allah and there should be no addition by a human being, not even one word. I have examined the sections regarding the burial of Jesus, word by word. Unfortunately, I could not find a single word that belonged to Allah. Truly I am concerned about the true Bible because the legends about Joseph from Arimathea have been taken as the word of Allah, and are recited in the churches as the holy book and constitute the foundations of contemporary Christianity.
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Resurrection of Prophet Jesus According to the Christians:
MARK; “The Resurrection” (16-1)
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here.
LUKE; “The Resurrection” (24-1)
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!”
There is no single word belonging to Allah in sections concerned with the resurrection of Prophet Jesus. They consist merely of legends or confusing narrations about the women who were looking for the body of their Lord Jesus.
If a Muslim girl from Konya, not Mary Magdalana, were to claim that she saw some men in the tomb and spoke to them, one's reaction would be that she had suffered an illusion. What if she happened to insist on what she saw? She would be probably advised to go to see a doctor! Let us look at other sections of the New Testament.
2- The Acts of Apostles
Luke, the writer of one of the four gospels, wrote the Acts of Apostles as well. In the first book, he narrated the events he had witnessed during the time of Prophet Jesus. In the second book, he conveys events that occurred after the death of Prophet Jesus. One may wonder if there is consistency between the Holy Book and the events that occurred after the death of Prophet Jesus, neither of which are words of Allah. I wonder, too, but no one investigates this question.
Let me give an example from this section.
“The Arrival at Rome (28-11)
After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island. It was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux. We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days. From there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium. The next day the south wind came up, and on the following day we reached Puteoli. There we found some brothers who invited us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome.”
3- Epistles
There are 21 epistles written by Paul, Peter, John, Joseph and Judas to private persons or communities. We will skip the Epistles only to avoid making our topic too lengthy.
4- Revelation
It is suggested that John wrote this section. It consists completely of illusions, stories, legends and the like. Let me give an example how people degenerated the true Bible.
“The Woman and the Dragon” (12-1)
A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth...
My dear readers!
The story goes on, but this excerpt is sufficient for the wise. Now, let us look at the views of moderate Christians regarding the Bible:
W. Graham Scroggie, the author of the book “Is the Bible the Word of God?” says:
“..Yes, the Bible is human, although some out of zeal, which is not according to knowledge, have denied this. Those books have passed through the minds of men, are written in the language of men, were penned by the hands of men and bear in their style the characteristics of men...”
Kenneth Cragg, an Anglican Bishop says:
“...Not so the New Testament...There is condensation and editing; there is choice reproduction and witness. The Gospels have come through the mind of the church behind the authors. They represent experience and history...” |