I mentioned in previous post ,some examples of the verb used In Arabic doesn't denote automatically a death on a cross , but only hoisting or being hoisted up on a cross or plank or pole for the purpose of defamation and humiliation. so no need here to repeat ...
If the verse 4:157"they neither killed him NOR CRUCIFIED him"
said only "they didn't kill him " then the door is open for speculations (which remain speculations till ether supported by the Qur'an or historical eyewitnesses testimony) ...
but the verse adds to "killed" the verb "crucify" ,to say that not only they didn't kill him but also didn't bound his stretched hands and feet aka crucified him
As'salamu Alaikum dear brothers and sisters,
I just wanted to share my thoughts on Noble Verse 4:157:
1- It is clear from the Glorious Quran that Jesus Christ was "neither killed nor crucified".
2- It is also clear from the end of Noble Verse 4:157 that the Jews didn't kill Jesus Christ with clear certainty (wa ma qataloohu yaqeena). In other words, it could mean that they thought he died when he was still alive.
To me, the Noble Verse could mean that Christ was actually put on the cross. When Allah Almighty said that they neither crucified him nor killed him, the Noble Verse could mean that Christ not killed on the cross,
nor was he killed by any other mean such as stabbing (In the Bible's New Testament, Christ did get pierced while on the cross). Now, we Muslims also believe that the entire Bible is full of corruption. Even the Bible's own theologians admit that most of its books and gospels were written by unknown people, in unknown dates and unknown places. Please visit:
http://www.answering-christianity.com/authors_gospels.htm.
3- Yet, according to the Bible itself in Isaiah 53, Psalm 91 and Psalm 116 and Psalm 118, Christ will be honored, protected from harm, no harm will come upon him, the Angels will come down to protect him and lift him up from all harm, and GOD Almighty will hear his prayers and will protect him and not have him get hurt.
Please visit: http://www.answering-christianity.com/isaiah_53.htm for ample proofs.Whatever took place and however you look at it,
the final conclusion that you can always draw from reading even the Bible is that Jesus Christ did not die on the cross. Period. This I believe is a clear-cut fact as also Dr. Zakir Naik has thoroughly demonstrated in the link that I gave in the previous post above, which is also linked at the top of this article that I linked in this post as well. I don't think we, the Muslims, should bang our heads too much
on whether Christ was placed on the cross or not. There is also, from the Bible, clear evidence that Christ might have been replaced by the other
"Jesus son of his father" (Jesus Barraba) by Pilate. So it's also possible that Christ was never put on the cross. But like I said, whether he was put or not, even from the Bible alone we can easily draw a strong conclusion that Christ never died on the cross. Visit the link that I gave for more details and proofs.
May Allah Almighty bless you. Ameen.
Your brother,
Osama Abdallah
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