Sura 4:156-159 states: “Allah set a seal upon them
owing to their unbelief, so they shall not believe
except a few. And for their unbelief and for their
having uttered against Marium a grievous calumny.
And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Isa
son of Marium, the apostle of Allah; and they did not
kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to
them so (like Isa) 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. And there is
not one of the followers of the Book but most certainly
believes in this before his death, and on the day of
resurrection he (Isa) shall be a witness against them.”
The Quran claims Jesus was not killed. It denies the
death of Jesus on the Cross.
The
Crucifixion of Jesus attested by both biblical and
extra-biblical evidences.
Biblical Evidence:
•Eye-witnesses
record a. Sleepless night of trial in
three places – High Priest to Pilate to
Herod and Back to Pilate.
•After
being ordered to be executed Jesus was
‘whipped’ by Romans and exhausted by
being sent to
various places.
•Carries
the Cross to Golgatha
– Unable - helped by
Simon of Cyrene.
•Crucified
between two criminals - Crucifixion
–
Difficulty to breathing – Break legs – Cannot breath
•Submits
his Spirit to God – Breathes his last
•Centurion
finds he is dead –No respiration
-
so does not break his bones –Spear thrust into the sides
– Water and blood
gush out
•Pilate
asks to check if he is dead before handing over
to Joseph of Arimathea.
Ref:Mark
15:45
•Death
doubly confirmed in eye witness testimony in
the Gospel narratives
Earliest Traditions in the New Testament contained in 1 Corinthians 15, date back to early part of the
third decade of the first century.
3 For I delivered to you as of first
importance what I also received,that
Christ
died for our sins according to the Scriptures,4 and that He was buried,
and that He was raised on the third day
according to the Scriptures,5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to
the twelve.6 After that He appeared to more than
five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have
fallen asleep;7 then He appeared to James, then to all
the apostles; (1 Corinthians 15: 3- 7)
Sceptical
Scholar John Dominic Crossan says
that the death of Jesus
“is
as sure as anything historical can ever be.”
Scientific Proof :
•Jesus
of Nazareth underwent Jewish and Roman trials, was flogged, and was sentenced
to death
by crucifixion. The scourging produced deep stripelike lacerations and appreciable blood loss,
and it probably set the stage for hypovolemic shock, as evidenced by the fact that Jesus was too
weakened to carry the crossbar (patibulum) to Golgotha. At the site of crucifixion, his wrists
were nailed to the patibulum and, after the patibulum was lifted onto the upright post (stipes), his
feet were nailed to the stipes. The major pathophysiologic effect of crucifixion was an
interference with normal respirations. Accordingly, death resulted primarily from hypovolemic
shock and exhaustion asphyxia. Jesus' death was ensured by the thrust of a soldier's spear into his
side. Modern medical interpretation of the historical evidence indicates that Jesus was dead when
taken down from the cross.
by crucifixion. The scourging produced deep stripelike lacerations and appreciable blood loss,
and it probably set the stage for hypovolemic shock, as evidenced by the fact that Jesus was too
weakened to carry the crossbar (patibulum) to Golgotha. At the site of crucifixion, his wrists
were nailed to the patibulum and, after the patibulum was lifted onto the upright post (stipes), his
feet were nailed to the stipes. The major pathophysiologic effect of crucifixion was an
interference with normal respirations. Accordingly, death resulted primarily from hypovolemic
shock and exhaustion asphyxia. Jesus' death was ensured by the thrust of a soldier's spear into his
side. Modern medical interpretation of the historical evidence indicates that Jesus was dead when
taken down from the cross.
--- Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA 1986;255:1455-1463)
Extra - biblical Evidence:
•
“All human efforts . . . of the emperor, and the propitiations of the gods, did not banish the
sinister belief that the conflagration was the result of an order. Consequently, to get rid of the
report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their
abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin,
suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators,
Pontius Pilatus , and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke
out not only in Judea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and
shameful from every part of the world find their center and become popular.” – Tacitus
“All human efforts . . . of the emperor, and the propitiations of the gods, did not banish the
sinister belief that the conflagration was the result of an order. Consequently, to get rid of the
report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their
abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin,
suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators,
Pontius Pilatus , and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke
out not only in Judea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and
shameful from every part of the world find their center and become popular.” – Tacitus
•
“after him whom they still worship—the man who was crucified in Palestine for introducing this
new cult into the world” - Lucian of Samosata
“after him whom they still worship—the man who was crucified in Palestine for introducing this
new cult into the world” - Lucian of Samosata
•
“In the third book of his Histories, Thallus calls this darkness a solar eclipse. In my opinion,
this is nonsense because Jesus died at the time of a full moon, which necessitates a “wonderful
sign,” or miracle, instead.” – Julius Africanus .
“In the third book of his Histories, Thallus calls this darkness a solar eclipse. In my opinion,
this is nonsense because Jesus died at the time of a full moon, which necessitates a “wonderful
sign,” or miracle, instead.” – Julius Africanus .
- “What advantage did the Jews gain by executing their wise King? It was just after that that
- their kingdom was abolished” - Mara bar Serapon
- “And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men among us, had condemned him to the
- cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him;” - Josephus, Jewish Historian
before him 40 days (heralding): Jesus the Nazarene is going forth to be stoned because he practiced
sorcery and instigated and seduced Israel (to idolatry). Whoever knows anything in his defense, may
come and state it. But since they did not find anything in his defense, they hanged him on (Sabbath
eve and) the eve of Passover.” – Babylonian Talmud
The Quran claims to be the perfect inerrant revelation of God.The Quran denies the death of
Christ. History confirms the death of Christ. The Quran is not
inerrant. So Quran is not the revelation of God. So Mohammed the messenger
who delivered the message in the Quran and claimed to be a prophet from God is a False Prophet
and Islam which claims to be the true way is proved to be false religion. Thus the death of Christ
on the Cross, falsifies the Quran and proves that Mohammed is a false prophet and disproves
Islam as false cult.
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