ONE OF THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE QURAN.....................................................................................................................................................[Quran 4:157-159] 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:- 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; and on the Day of Judgment he will be a witness against them........................................................................................................................................What time did the women visit the tomb? Matthew: “as it began to dawn” (28:1) Mark “very early in the morning . . . at the rising of the sun” (16:2, KJV); “when the sun had risen” (NRSV); “just after sunrise” (NIV) Luke: “very early in the morning” (24:1, KJV) “at early dawn” (NRSV) John: “when it was yet dark” (20:1) Who were the women? Matthew: Mary Magdalene and the other Mary (28:1) Mark: Mary Magdalene, the mother of James, and Salome (16:1) Luke: Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and other women (24:10) John: Mary Magdalene (20:1) What was their purpose? Matthew: to see the tomb (28:1) Mark: had already seen the tomb (15:47), brought spices (16:1) Luke: had already seen the tomb (23:55), brought spices (24:1) John: the body had already been spiced before they arrived (19:39,40) Was the tomb open when they arrived? Matthew: No (28:2) Mark: Yes (16:4) Luke: Yes (24:2) John: Yes (20:1) Who was at the tomb when they arrived? Matthew: One angel (28:2-7) Mark: One young man (16:5) Luke: Two men (24:4) John: Two angels (20:12) Where were these messengers situated? Matthew: Angel sitting on the stone (28:2) Mark: Young man sitting inside, on the right (16:5) Luke: Two men standing inside (24:4) John: Two angels sitting on each end of the bed (20:12) What did the messenger(s) say? Matthew: “Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead: and, behold, he goeth before you intoGalilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.” (28:5-7) Mark: “Be not afrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you intoGalilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.” (16:6-7) Luke: “Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet inGalilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.” (24:5-7) John: “Woman, why weepest thou?” (20:13) Did the women tell what happened? Matthew: Yes (28:8) Mark: No. “Neither said they any thing to any man.” (16:8) Luke: Yes. “And they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.” (24:9, 22-24) John: Yes (20:18) When Mary returned from the tomb, did she know Jesus had been resurrected? Matthew: Yes (28:7-8) Mark: Yes (16:10,11[23]) Luke: Yes (24:6-9,23) John: No (20:2) When did Mary first see Jesus? Matthew: Before she returned to the disciples (28:9) Mark: Before she returned to the disciples (16:9,10[23]) John: After she returned to the disciples (20:2,14) Could Jesus be touched after the resurrection? Matthew: Yes (28:9) John: No (20:17), Yes (20:27) After the women, to whom did Jesus first appear? Matthew: Eleven disciples (28:16) Mark: Two disciples in the country, later to eleven (16:12,14[23]) Luke: Two disciples in Emmaus, later to eleven (24:13,36) John: Ten disciples (Judas and Thomas were absent) (20:19, 24) Paul: First to Cephas (Peter), then to the twelve. (Twelve? Judas was dead). (I Corinthians 15:5) Where did Jesus first appear to the disciples? Matthew: On a mountain inGalilee (60-100 miles away) (28:16-17) Mark: To two in the country, to eleven “as they sat at meat” (16:12,14[23]) Luke: In Emmaus (about seven miles away) at evening, to the rest in a room inJerusalem later that night. (24:31, 36) John: In a room, at evening (20:19) Did the disciples believe the two men? Mark: No (16:13[23]) Luke: Yes (24:34–it is the group speaking here, not the two) What happened at that first appearance? Matthew: Disciples worshipped, some doubted, “Go preach.” (28:17-20) Mark: Jesus reprimanded them, said “Go preach” (16:14-19[23]) Luke: Christ incognito, vanishing act, materialized out of thin air, reprimand, supper (24:13-51) John: Passed through solid door, disciples happy, Jesus blesses them, no reprimand (21:19-23) Did Jesus stay on earth for more than a day? Mark: No (16:19[23]) Compare 16:14 with John 20:19 to show that this was all done on Sunday Luke: No (24:50-52) It all happened on Sunday John: Yes, at least eight days (20:26, 21:1-22) Acts: Yes, at least forty days (1:3) Where did the ascension take place? Matthew: No ascension. Book ends on mountain inGalilee Mark: In or near Jerusalem, after supper (16:19[23]) Luke: InBethany, very close toJerusalem, after supper (24:50-51) John: No ascension Paul: No ascension Acts: Ascended fromMount of Olives (1:9-12) It is not just atheist critics who notice these problems. Christian scholars agree that the stories are discrepant. Culver H. Nelson: “In any such reading, it should become glaringly obvious that these materials often contradict one another egregiously. No matter how eagerly one may wish to do so, there is simply no way the various accounts of Jesus’ post-mortem activities can be harmonized.”[24] A. E. Harvey: “All the Gospels, after having run closely together in their accounts of the trial and execution, diverge markedly when they come to the circumstance of the Resurrection. It’s impossible to fit their accounts together into a single coherent scheme.”[25] Thomas Sheehan agrees: “Despite our best efforts, the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ post-mortem activities, in fact, cannot be harmonized into a consistent Easter chronology.”[26] The religiously independent (though primarily Christian) scholars in the Westar Institute, which includes more than 70 bible scholars with Ph.D or equivalent, conclude: “The five gospels that report appearances (Matthew, Luke, John, Peter, Gospel of the Hebrews) go their separate ways when they are not rewriting Mark; their reports cannot be reconciled to each other. Hard historical evidence is sparse.”[27]
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