Let’s settle this issue once and for all today.
Christians claim a lot of things about Jesus which Muslims deny.
Muslims claim a lot of things about Issa which Christians reject.
The only logical conclusion is:
Jesus is NOT Issa.
Issa is NOT Jesus.
They are two different men!
Let’s find further evidence to see if this could be true.
We don’t need to go into the common differences like:
– according to the Bible, Jesus died on the cross and rose again.
– according to the Quran, Issa did not die but was raised up.
because everyone knows these things and we argue about it everyday.
Let’s look at a few other crucial details for these two men.
Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Issa was born in an unknown town.
Muslims will say this is an unimportant fact about Isa. That’s why the Quran does not record it.
That’s the thing! The place of Jesus’ birth is VERY important! 500 years before Jesus was born, the prophet Micah predicted that Christ would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2) for the Jews to know their Messiah. If it was unimportant, why did this prophet of God say it? It is recorded in the Bible.
It is not important where Issa was born but it is very important where Jesus was born!
Two different men.
Jesus said. “My words will never pass away.” (Mark 13:31). But according to Islam, Issa’s words, in the Injeel, passed away, got lost, corrupted and does not exist anymore.
But we believe the words of Jesus did not pass away, just as He promised, and was recorded down by His disciples and exists as the Gospels today for us. We even know who Jesus disciples were, what they preached and taught and wrote down. On the other hand, Issa also had his band of sahabas but they are unknown. They are lost in history, nameless and voiceless.
Again two different men. You can go on believing that your Issa lost his words and his sahabas failed to carry on his message. That’s your right. But we have the assurance from Jesus Himself that we have His words recorded down by faithful men who lived and died as martyrs.
The only common thing I can think of right now between these two men are the name of their mothers. Mary/Mariam. This does not prove that they are the same person, does it? Many people are named Mary / Mariam and does not prove that they were the same person.
Besides, according to the Quran, Mariam’s father is Imran. This is not the name of Mary’s father. His name was Heli. So they are two different women. Obviously their sons must be two different men.
Their mothers had the same name but are the names of their sons the same?
Jesus is derived from His Hebrew name, Yeshua. This would be translated into Arabic as Yasu (يَسُوعَ) and this is the name we find in the Arabic Bible.
Is this the name that we find in the Quran? No. No one named Yasu in the Quran.
What we find in the Quran Issa ( عيسى). But Issa is the Arabic translation of the Hebrew name Esau! This is what Ahmed Deedat himself taught.
Jesus is Yasu not Issa.
Issa is Esau not Jesus.
It’s so plain to see. Two different men.
If you do not agree, then you would have to prove that Issa is the same person as Jesus.
The mother of issa is Miriam the sister to Aron, that makes issa call moses his uncle…. Utter confusion!!!
Yes.. They are two different people and issa an imposter finding to be accommodated in the Bible… devil’s workmanship. Christians stay away from issa.
Your comparisons really mean nothing truly. Who Jesus was to Jerusalem and who he was to the Middle East would have been different purposes. And usually when you travel to a new tribe they give you a new name. And their language is different. So the translation wouldn’t be perfect. It would be considering his role with them. They wouldn’t just try to translate his name into their language. It says in the Bible that all things are not temporal, all things are spiritual. Many things are symbolic and life is very complex and God is a vast being. Jesus was a complex multifaceted God on the earth. He Came to serve many roles to many people and I can see many holes that I won’t sit and list in all of your arguments. You can’tExplain spirituality or things of a spiritual nature with common sense, Logic, science, or practicality… What seems so obvious to you it’s definitely not obvious to others… God’s ways are higher than our ways.
You wrote: “He came to serve many roles to many people..”
And you think that in one of those roles:
He was crucified according to the Bible. And at the same time, He was NOT crucified according to the Quran?
Please think about that.
Read sourah AN-ISA 4,171.and be carefull there are 26 différent quran. No anscient scriptures Proven.the first edited one was in cairo in 1924.
Everything is one under my father. Do not speak on which u don’t know. This info is useless. A mere distraction verily I assure u. The chosen one will return like a their in the night in a vessel you will reject. Issa IS AND JESUS IS. DO NOT BE DISTRACTED BY DEBATES FOR THE TIME IS NIGH.
Sounds like you are not interested in truth but you are content to have your feet in two boats, thinking that this will somehow save you. One boat is headed for destruction. The other takes you to salvation. Make a decision!
According to the Bible, Jesus was crucified. According to the koran, Isa was not crucified.
This info is useless to you? And you still believe Isa is Jesus?
Choose one or the other. You cant choose both, my friend.
All right, so actually Jesus that you are praying it’s not Jesus :-O Man how didn’t I even think about it!
Thanks to you I know now that Jesus is not Jesus.
Jesus is Yeshua.
Isa is not Yeshua. Isa is a counterfeit character.
Since this might be confusing for you, let me give you an example.
Imagine that I write a story about Adolf Hitler and make claims that he was lovely and wonderful man who loved Jews.
Have I presented the true Hitler or have I made up a counterfeit “Hitler”?
True Isa is not Jesus of that chiristians follow.
The description of Isa is very far of Jesus.
Muhammad did not know who he was trying to explain.
Yahweh And Allah Are Two Different Thing,. So Also Yahshua And Isah…
Yeah, Jesus is a guy who was crucified as a criminal because of his antics that set the authorities of his time against him. A lot of people saw it, they couldn’t have made it up. That guy was definitely crucified.
Isa bin Maryum, OTOH, was taken up to the Heavens (from where he originated as a word – “Be”), and he’ll be sent back down to die, as he was born from a human female, and everything mortal has to DIE in order to drop off the mortal body, and face judgement on the Day of Judgement along with the rest of Creation. So there’s no question, he’s coming back to die, as the phrase goes “from God we come, to God we return” – or return to sender, essentially.
So what you’re saying is there were two people who existed in history…
One was, Jesus, who was crucified and rose again from the dead and ascended into heaven, just as the Bible says.
And there was another guy, named Isa, who was not crucified but ascended straight to heaven, according to the Quran.
Now which one do you think was an actual historical person?
There are historical records from OUTSIDE the Bible from the writings of Tacitus and Josephus in the 1st century that corroborates the gospel accounts.
Is there a single historical evidence of that guy named Isa outside of the Quran?
The Quran narrative itself is unreliable as a historical document as it came too late, 600 years after Jesus.
Pilate wrote on the cross four latters “INRI” Showing the one who died on the cross. Isa of Nazareth the king of the Israelites. If it was at all that Jesus/ yesu was the son of God, why didn’t Pilate write there as “JNRI/ YNRI. The name of Jesus was brought from Tom, Italy by the Pops and Jesus is just an image(Jeremiah 10:1, psams 115:1).
Dear Okurut Patrick,
Who said Pilate wrote INRI? Where do you get your information from? From someone’s art? 🙂
Dont look at pictures. Read.
“Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.” John 19:19-20
The sign was written in 3 languages. Not in English! English alphabets did not exist yet. So there was no such thing as I, N or R or any of the other letters.
So why did artist paint “INRI” on the cross. Because it is Latin. It stands for:
Iēsus Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum (NOT English Isa Nazareth Ruler of Israel)
(NOTE: Latin uses “I” instead of the English “J”, and “V” instead of “U”)