Is The New Testament God's Word?

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IS THE NEW TESTAMENT GOD’S WORD?
Monqith Ben Mahmoud Assaqar, PhD
Translated from Arabic by

Ali Qassem, PhD.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First, all praise and thanks to Allah - God Almighty. It is with great
honor that I present this humble work to my reader, hoping that God
Almighty will help him benefit from it, and makes him and me among
those who know the truth and among the guided.
Following the tradition of prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in thanking

people who did us a favor, I would like to thank the many people who
I benefited from in completing this work, and possibly my success in
this work was a result of their prayers to God Almighty to help me to
do so.
I wish to express my appreciation and gratitude to my noble parents,

who have done the greatest favor for me, in continuously fostering
and cherishing me. I also extend my appreciation to my faithful wife,
for her continuous support, help, and for her standing beside me
during the completion of this work.
I would also wholeheartedly like to express my thanks and gratitude

to the translator, who played a major role in enabling this book to
reach the English speaking reader, Dr. Ali Qassem.
I also extend my thanks and appreciation to all my brothers, friends

and colleagues, who played any role in the completion of this book.
Munqidh Bin Mahmoud Assaqqar, PhD

(3) IS THE NEW TESTAMENT GOD’S WORD?
INTRODUCTION
Allah1 (S.W)2 had sent his messengers – one after another – with
signs, true guidance and light, to reveal them to people.
Among these faithful prophets was the great messenger and

prophet, the Messiah, Jesus (PBUH) 3 . Allah (S.W.) bestowed the
Gospel on him. “Then, in their wake, We followed them up with
(others of) Our apostles: We sent after them Jesus the son of
Mary, and bestowed on him the Gospel; and We ordained in the
hearts of those who followed him Compassion and Mercy. But
the Monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did
not prescribe for them: (We commanded) only the seeking for
the Good Pleasure of Allah. but that they did not foster as they
should have done. Yet We bestowed, on those among them who
believed, their (due) reward, but many of them are rebellious
transgressors.” (Holy Quran, Al Hadid: 27)
Allah (S.W.) asks the believers to believe in all prophets and in the
revelations; He (S.W.) has given them. Say ye: "We believe in
Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Isma'il,
Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and
Jesus, and that given to (all) prophets from their Lord: We make
no difference between one and another of them: And we bow to
Allah (in Islam)." (Holy Quran, Al Baqara: 136)
Describing the believers, Allah (S.W.) says, "The Messenger

believeth in what hath been revealed to him from his Lord, as do
1
- Muslims prefer using the name “Allah”, which is one of many other beautiful names and it is God
Almighty’s greatest name, instead of the English word “God”. The word “Allah” is pure and unique
unlike the English word “God”, which can be used in many forms. If we add ‘s’ to the word “God” it
becomes “Gods”, that is a plural of God. Allah is one and singular, there is no plural of Allah. If we add
‘dess’ to the word ‘God’, it becomes ‘Goddess’, that is a female God. There is nothing like male Allah or
female Allah. (taken from: “The Concept of God in Major Religions”, Dr. Zakir Abdul Kareem, pp 18)
(Added by the translator)
2
- Muslims do not mention the name of Allah without glorification. The letters “S.W” is an abbreviation
of the two Arabic words “Sobhanahu Wataala”, which means, “Glory to Him! He is high above all”
(Holy Quran 17:43). The English meaning of these two words is from the “Meaning of the Holy Quran by
Abdullah Yusof Ali”. Therefore, in this book I will use the words “Allah (S.W)” when referring to God
Almighty, except for excerpts and quotations.
(Added by the translator)
2
3
- Muslims also do not mention the name of a Prophet without honoring him with prayer and invocation.
The letters “PBUH” is an abbreviation of the sentence, “Peace Be upon Him” when mentioning a prophet,
or “Peace Be Upon Her” when mentioning the Pure Virgin Mary, and the letters “PBUT” is an
abbreviation of the sentence, “Peace Be Upon Them”, when mentioning more than one prophet. (Added by
the translator)
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the men of faith. Each one (of them) believeth in Allah, His
angels, His books, and His apostles. "We make no distinction
(they say) between one and another of His apostles." (Holy
Quran, Al Baqara: 285)
The Gospel that Allah (S.W.) revealed to Jesus (PBUH) is not

necessarily the chapters of the New Testament, which Christians
consider holy, and was written by Jesus' (PBUH) disciples and those
after them. These human stories, biographies, and letters are not the
revelation that Allah (S.W.) had revealed to Jesus (PBUH).
How could people attribute their own writings to Allah (S.W.) falsely?
“Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands,
and then say: "This is from Allah," to traffic with it for miserable
price!- Woe to them for what their hands do write, and for the
gain they make thereby.” (Holy Quran, Al Baqara: 79)
This verse is clear divine evidence that the people of the book (Jews
and Christians) had altered and changed the word of God. It declares
that what they have now, Old and New Testaments is not the word of
Allah (S.W.).
Nevertheless, Muslims have no objection that some of the New

Testament passages, which tell us about Jesus' (PBUH) advices,
sayings and deeds, are true. This is the Muslims' opinion regarding
this issue. Christians believe that the New Testament is Allah's
(S.W.) word that was written by holy men with the inspiration of the
Holy Spirit.
However, do the scientific historical evidence (and even the New

Testament passages) support what the Holy Quran says or do they
support the Christians belief?
In our first book of this series, we proved that the Old Testament is
not the word of Allah (S.W.). In this message, which is the second in
this series, we will answer another question; is the New Testament
God's word?
To answer this question, we will investigate the Holy Bible, Christian

theologians, researchers, and the science and history scholars, and
following a scientific methodology.
Asking and praying to Allah (S.W.) to guide us all to the right path, I
present this work to anyone who is looking for the truth.
Dr. Monqith Ben Mahmoud Assaqar

Makkah Al Mokarramah
ThoElhijjah, 1423 Hejra (Lunar Calendar)
[email protected]
THE NEW TESTAMENT

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The New Testament is a collection of the four Gospels, the book of

Acts, the twenty-one Epistles, and revelation, which are the content
of the Christians' sacred book. These books are attributed to eight
writers, who lived in the first and the second generations of
Christianity; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the writers of the
Gospels, Paul, the writer of fourteen epistles1, and Peter, James and
Judah, to whom some epistles are attributed.
Matthew, John, Peter, James and Judah were Jesus' (PBUH)

disciples. Mark, who was Peter's student, and Paul became
Christians after Jesus' (PBUH) time, and they never met him in
person. Luke, who was Paul's student, became Christian by Paul,
who as we mentioned did not meet Jesus (PBUH).
Christians confess that Jesus' (PBUH) disciples and their followers

wrote the Gospels and the Epistles, how, then, the writings of some
humans became holy?
During the Vatican Council (1869 – 1870), the church made a

decision regarding the Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments. It says,
"The books of the Holy Bible were authored by God, written with the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit and were given to the church as such."
Less than a century after that, there was another council in the
Vatican. This council (1962 – 1965) was held to discuss the
problems the church faced with the critical studies of the Holy Bible.
It decided, by the majority of 2344 people, and the objection of six
people only, the following:
"The Torah had fail short (To be the word of God), and the Gospels
are better in this regard; and they (The Gospels) came to us with a
divine inspiration by the Holy Spirit. The church declares, with great
insistence and perseverance, that the four Gospels always assure
their historical authenticity. The Gospels tell us honestly the deeds
and teachings of Jesus the Son Of God. The holy writers wrote the
four Gospels to reveal to us true and honest things about Christ." 2
The church also declares that the writers had changed some of the
words; thus, Allah (S.W.) is not the author, but the evangelists with
the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. In their book, "Summary of the
Coptic Nation's History, the Coptic scholars said, "The Holy Bible is a
compilation of books written by Allah's men with the inspiration of the
Holy Spirit during different times."
1
- If we accept some scholars’ opinion, who doubly attribute Hebrews to Paul
2
- Differences in the translations of the Holy Bible, Ahmad Abdul Wahab, pp 91 - 92
Christians do not believe in the literal inspiration (Word for word or

letter for letter) as Muslims do. They believe that, “If Allah, the
Almighty, wants to tell humans some of his secrets, He would inspire
a chosen writer to write the chapter. Then, He will support the writer
and inspire him to choose the events, situations, deeds and words,
which He wants for His servants’ benefits. Allah also will be the
writer’s mentor and guide, and He will protect him from any mistake
or shortcoming, and to write only what Allah has inspired him to
write… this is enough to attribute the book to Allah”.
Priest Fender explained the Christians’ belief in revelation. He said,

“We believe that prophets and disciples were subject to forgetting
and mistakes in everything, but they were infallible in telling and
writing. If a reader notices some differences or impossibility
somewhere in their writings, the reason for that is because of the
reader’s lack of knowledge and comprehension.” 1
This is in brief the Christians’ belief of the New Testament.
THE NEW TESTAMENT’S CODEX

We received the books of the New Testament through thousands of
manuscripts, of which Christians are so proud. They believe that
these manuscripts – with their high number – are clear evidence of
1
- The Truth Revealed, Rahmatullah Al Hindi, Vol. 1 pp 39 - 42
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the infallibility of Allah’s (S.W.) word, which the disciples of Jesus

(PBUH) had written.
In order to comprehend the importance of these manuscripts and

their dates for Christians, we will quote what the Priest Jimmy
Swaggart said in his debate with the Muslim scholar Ahmad Deedat.
He said, “There are about twenty four thousand hand-written
manuscripts of God’s word of the New Testament, the oldest belong
to three hundred and fifty years C.E.. However, the original copy or
the first manuscript of God’s word does not exist”.
The New Testament’s manuscripts fall under three categories.
First, the Papyrus Codex
The writing in papyrus was used during the second and the third
century. These manuscripts contain two parts of the New Testament.
One contains two passages of the Gospel according to John (John
18: 31, and 18: 37-38) and was written in the second century and
now they are in Manchester. The other one contains two passages of
the Gospel according to Matthew (Matthew 1: 1- 9, and 12: 14 – 20),
there are also some papyrus papers, which belong to later centuries,
contain short biblical passages.
Second, the Greek Codex
These manuscripts were written on animals’ skin, and this way of

writing used to be during the fourth century. There are many of these
manuscripts and contain the most important ones among the codex,
Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Sinaiticus, and Codex Vaticanus.
Third, manuscripts belong to the thirteen century and later.
Codex Basilensis is the most important among these manuscripts.
Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Sinaiticus, and Codex Vaticanus are the

most important amongst the Greek Codex. They were written, as
mentioned, at least in the fourth century. We have explained them in
our previous book about the Old Testament; therefore, we will
mention only what concern the New Testament.
1- Codex Vativanus
The introduction of the Catholic New Testament says, “The most

ancient manuscripts that contain the majority of the New Testaments
books or its full text are two holy books belong to the fourth century,
and Codex Vativanus is the most important. We do not know the

resource of this codex, and unfortunately, it has some damages. It
contains the New Testament except Hebrews (9: 14, 13: 25), first
and second Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and revelation, and an
unknown writer added these letters and epistles in the fifteenth
century. In this codex, the Gospel according to Mark ends with the
verse (16: 9)”.
2 - Codex Sinaiticus
The French introduction of the New Testament says, “Not only that
this codex contains all of the New Testament, but also adds the
epistle of Barnabas and part of the shepherd of Hermas, which are
not among the canon writings”. This codex does not contain the end
of the Gospel according to Mark (16: 9 - 20), and there is no empty
page, but the beginning of Luke starts after the verse (8)
immediately.
3 - Codex Alexandrinus
This codex contains the New Testament with some shortage. An

example of these shortages is from the beginning of the Gospel
according to Matthew to chapter (25: 6) and in the Gospel according
to John from (6: 51) to (8: 52). It also contains the two epistles of
Clement, and other writings, which are not included in the Holy Bible.
4 - Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
This codex contains the New Testament only, and it is now in the
National Library in Paris. Scholars assume that it was written in the
sixth or the seventh century, and some say it was in the fifth.
5 - Codex Bezae Cantabrigensis
This codex belongs to the fifth century, and it is now in Cambridge

University. It contains the four Gospels and the Book of Acts, with
shortage of many passages such as the beginning of John’s Gospel.
The writer of this codex was copying freely. He had copied Jesus’
linage list as recorded in Matthew, and then, when he copied Luke’s
list and noticed the difference, he inserted Matthew’s list in Luke’s
Gospel. However, since Matthew’s list lacks many names, he added
some names from his own thought.
6 - Codex Basilensis
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Scholars suggested that it belongs the eighth century, and it is now it

is in the library of the University of Basel in Switzerland. It contains
the New Testament with huge shortage.
7 - Codex Laudianus
This codex belongs to the ninth century, and it is now in Bodleian

Library in Oxford. It contains the Book of Acts only. 1
THE DIFFERENCES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT’S CODEX

The first thing we notice about the New Testament manuscripts is
that, they were not written by the people whom they are attributed to,
they were not written during their existence, and the first manuscript
was written, at least, two centuries after the death of those people.
1
- See Comparison between religions, Mohammad Ezzat Tahtawi, pp 47 – 51, The holy Bible in the Scale,
Abdus Salam Mohammad, pp 91, Readings in the Holly Bible, Abdur Rahim Mohammad, Vol. 2, pp 269
– 270.
Christians cannot prove otherwise, and Priest Fringe confessed on

that during his debate with the Muslim scholar Al Hindi. Apologizing,
Priest Fringe said, “The reason that we (Christians) lost the records
is the difficulties and the problems that Christians faced for three
hundreds and thirteen years”. The Muslim scholar Al Hindi had
accepted this explanation, but that does not free them from bringing
these records; for, such matters cannot rely on assumptions,
guessing and uncertainty. Moreover, there are no two identical
manuscripts among all the New Testaments manuscripts. All of them
were subject to adding and deleting according to the writer’s opinion,
and this what Christians confess.
Trying to reduce the importance of these differences between the

manuscripts, Jimmy Swaggart said, “Regarding the ancient writings
the scientific principles tell us that, if we have ten copies of a certain
book, we do not need its original. We have twenty four thousand
copies and we do not deny that they have differences among them.
However, the important thing is that the essence of the context did
not change”.
In his book, “The truth about the Bible”, Dr. Robert did not agree with
Swaggart and answered him. Moreover, Robert had prepared a
scientific leaflet to be printed with the Holy Bible, but he was not
allowed to do that. When he was asked about the reason, he said,
“This leaflet would make people lose their trust in this book”.
He also said, “There is no book that contain alteration, mistakes and

fabrications as the Holy Bible”, and he added that the church’s
fathers confess of the intentionally made fabrications, but the
disagreement among them is just about who made it. He added, “No
one would claim that God is the author of all of the Holy Bible’s parts,
or that God inspired these fabrications”. 1
Ken Rime said, “Theologians today agree on one thing; that only
very small parts of the Holy Bible were not altered”.
In Encyclopedia Britannica, Maurice Nourn said, “The earliest codex

of the Canon Gospels was written in the fifth century. The time
between the disciples and the fifth century did not leave to us any
codex of these four Gospels. Even though it is close to our time, it
has considerable fabrications, specially the Gospels of Mark and
John”.
1
- See, The biggest Debate between Al Hindi and the Priest Fender, pp 372
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Regarding the Gospel according to Mark, in his book, “Saint Mark”,

Dennis Nineham said, “Inevitably changes, both intentional and
unintentional, crept in, and, of the hundreds of manuscripts (that is,
hand-written copies) of Mark that have survived, no two agree
exactly”. 1 He also said, “We do not have any hand-written codex
that we can compare with others”.
Priest Chorer said that the Gospels manuscripts contain 50 000

differences, while Kris Bach said they have 150000. Encyclopedia
Britannica assures that saying, “The Church fathers’ selection of the
New Testament, which covers almost all of it, shows more than one
hundred and fifty thousand differences between the passages”.
Christians try to find an excuse for these differences. In his book,

“The Seekers Guidance”, Dr. Samaan Kalhoon said, “Do not be
surprised of the differences in the holy books copies; for, before the
invention of printing in the fifteenth century, these copies were hand-
written, some of those writers were ignorant and forgetful”. 2
This is true, but it is only half of the truth, for he ignored the writers’
intentional fabrications, of which the writers of the French
introduction to the New Testament confess.
It says, “The New Testament manuscripts that we have are not the
same, but a person can see many differences of various importance.
… There are differences that include different meanings of the entire
paragraphs, and to discover the reasons of these differences is not a
difficult task. Writers, whose ability of the work is different, have
copied the text of the New Testament throughout the centuries, and
no one of them is infallible of various errors.... In addition, some
transcribers sometimes tried to correct what seemed to them
contained obvious errors or lack of accuracy in theological
expression, and thus introduced a new reading of the text that is
almost all wrong.
We can add to all this, that the use of many of the paragraphs of the
New Testament in the course of worshipping led to the introduction
of some decorations for the purpose of making them nicer or to make
them easier during loud recitation.
1
- Saint Mark, D. E. Nineham, pp 11
2
- See, the Truth Revealed, Rahmatullah Al Hindi, Vol.2, pp 542 – 543, The holy Bible in the Scale,
Abdus Salam Mohammad, pp 94 - 95
It is clear that what the writers introduced accumulated over the

centuries. The text that eventually reached the time of printing was
full of many alterations and changes… The highest aim of the
science of criticism is to examine the texts of these various
documents, in order to assess the text as close as possible to the
first original, and, it is impossible to reach that original copy. "
In his book, "The Gospels, their origin and their growth", Frederick
Grant, the professor of theological studies of the Bible in the Federal
Institute of Theology in New York said, “The text used to be kept in
manuscripts copied by tired writers. Today, there are 4700 of these
manuscripts between pieces of paper and complete manuscripts
sheets of skin or cloth. The texts of all these manuscripts vary
considerably, and we cannot rely that none of them is without
mistakes.. Most copies of all sizes have been subject to changes by
correctors whose works were not always the right re-reading." 1
The published text of the New Testament is not final; it depends on

the discovery of more manuscripts. The Jesuit Priesthood’s
introduction to the New Testament says, "Today, we can prepare the
text of the New Testament as a good one, and there is no need to
reconsider otherwise unless we find new documents”.
It is a temporary New Testament, until further notice!
Examples of the transcribers’ alterations
No one who examines the Gospels’ texts would find it difficult to find
some of the transcribers’ intentional additions in the text. The
following paragraphs will show some of them.
Matthew said, "So when you see the abomination of

desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in
the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those
who are in Judea flee to the mountains." (Matthew: 24: 15 –
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- The Gospels, their origin and their growth, Frederick Grant, pp 32
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16) The sentence, (let the reader understand), is an addition

added by the transcriber who wanted to point out the importance of
the subject, it was not said by Jesus (PBUH) while he was talking to
his disciples.
The end of the Gospel according to John reads as follows, "This is

the disciple who is bearing witness about these things,
and who has written these things, and we know that his
testimony is true." (John: 21: 24) the sentence, “we know that
his testimony is true” is an addition added by the transcribers.
Giving their opinion about that, the editors of the Jesuit Priesthood’s
Version of the Holy Bible said, “The group that wrote this Gospel saw
it as a permanent testimony that agreed with that time, which brought
by the beloved disciple”.
Another verse in the Gospel according to John is, "At once there
came out blood and water, He who saw it has borne
witness--his testimony is true, and he knows that he is
telling the truth--that you also may believe." (John: 19: 34
-35) in the last sentence, the writer wanted to point and assure
John’s honesty, it is not John’s.
Among the additions in the Gospel according to Luke is what he

attributed to Jesus (PBUH) answering the two disciples John and
James when they asked him if they could bring down fire to destroy
the Samaritans. He (PBUH), then, turned towards them and rebuked
them. However, the transcribers added “saying: you know not
of what spirit you are”. (Luke 9:55)
Father Matta Al Miskeen said, “With No exception, all theologians

agree that this verse is an addition that was added early by one of
the transcribers, because the earlier codex does not contain it. Any
way, it agrees with the meaning and the situation in the text. In the
ancient codex, the verse ends with the words, “rebuked them”. 1
This addition was removed from a few Holy Bible’s versions, such as
the American Standard Version, the English Standard Version, and
the Good News Bible. 2
1
- The Gospel according to Luke, Father Matta Al Miskeen, pp 428
2
- This addition can be found in all King James Versions , Bishops Bible 1568, Geneva bible1587, Darby
bible 1889, Douay-Rheims bible 1899, and Murdock New Testament. “But He turned and rebuked
them and said, you do not know of what spirit you are.” (added by the Translator)
Similarly, the transcribers either added or deleted a passage in the

fifth chapter of the Gospel according to John. It says, “In these lay
a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered,
waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went
down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the
water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the
water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease
he had. And a certain man was there, which had an
infirmity thirty and eight years.” (John 5: 3, 4, 5, King James
Version)
According to father Matta Al Miskeen, 1 the majority of the important

codexes do not contain the following sentence, (waiting for the
moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain
season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever
then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was
made whole of whatsoever disease he had.). Therefore, the
Good News Bible and other versions’ editors removed it. “A large
crowd of sick people were lying in the porches – the blind,
the lame, and the paralyzed. A man was there who had
been sick for thirty-eight years.” (John 5:3 and 5 - no number
4 - Good News bible)
Nullification of the claim that the New Testament writers were

inspired
None of the New Testament’s writers – except Paul – claimed that he

was inspired, but their writings are confessions that their works were
human efforts that were not intended to be holy books.
Luke confessed in his book that he had no idea about inspiration or

whatsoever. He said, "Inasmuch, as many have undertaken
to compile a narrative of the things that have been
accomplished among us; just as those who from the
beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word
have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also,
1
- The Gospel according to John, Father Matta Al Miskeen, Vol. 1, pp 328
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having followed all things closely for some time past, to

write an orderly account for you, most excellent
Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the
things you have been taught." (Luke: 1: 1-4)
His introduction shows that his Gospel is a personal letter, he wrote it

for personal matters, he had copied accurately from some
references, and many others wrote about this issue too. Luke did not
mention in his introduction about a divine inspiration that inspired him
to write, nor that the Holy Spirit came down upon him, he did not
claim or even know that he was inspired!
This is not only for Luke, but also for all the New Testament writers.
They did not claim inspiration for their writings. Priest Dr. Manees
Abden Noor said, “Never came across any of the New Testament
writers’ mind that his writing about Christ would become the
Christians’ holy book, which Christians read for centuries around the
world”. 1
If the disciples and their followers did not know or claim that they
were inspired, how did Christians know that? There is no evidence in
the Gospels to support that claim except what Paul had claimed
about himself.
Personal letters that have nothing to do with inspiration
Reading Paul’s and the disciples letters, will show, in many places,
passages that bear witness that these letters and epistles are
personal and have nothing to do with inspiration.
John said, “The children of your elect sister greet you”. (John
(2) 1/13) He continued to send more greetings to his beloved. “The
beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. Beloved, I pray that
all may go well with you and that you may be in good
health, as it goes well with your soul……I hope to see you
soon, and we will talk face to face. Peace be to you. The
friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
(John (3) 1 – 14)
1
- Fake suspicions about the Bible, Priest Manees A.Noor, pp 42
Paul’s epistles contain the same. "The churches of Asia send

you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, send you hearty
greetings….All the brothers send you greetings. Greet one
another with a holy kiss." (Co (1) 16/19-20)
Paul also recorded his feelings towards his friend Timothy in the
beginning of his letter. He said, "As I remember you constantly
in my prayers night and day. As I remember your tears, I
long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. I am
reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in
your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now,
I am sure, dwells in you as well." (Ti (2) 1/3-5)
Then, he wrote some of his personal needs and told Timothy to tell
his friends in Corinth. He said, "When you come, bring the
cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and
above all the parchments. Send my regards to Riska and
Akila and Anisiphorus’ family. I left Trophimus, who was
ill. Do your best to come before winter." (Ti (2) 4/13-21)
Paul’s letters continue in the same manner of sending greetings and
regards to his friends and relatives, and they are long, almost a
page. (See Roman 16/1-21)
He sent a letter to Titus saying, "When I send Artemas or

Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis,
for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best
to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see
that they lack nothing." (Titus 3/12-13) the reader may notice
that Paul – who was inspired to write this passage according to those
who believe in his letters’ holiness – did not know whom of his
friends he would send to call Titus to Nicopolis where he will spend
the winter!
There are many of these personal greetings, (See (Co (1) 16/20),
(Phi 1/21-24) and (Phi 2/26-28, 4/21-22), are these Allah’s words and
inspiration!
Passages that impossible to be inspiration
When we read the Gospels, we do not find in any of them what

indicates that the writer was inspired. Luke, for example, said,
"Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty
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years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph."

(Luke 3/23) his words ‘about, as was supposed’ should not come
from someone who was inspired, know and sure about what he was
writing. These words disturbed the Church’s scholars, so they
deleted them from the Revised Standard Version.
John also did not know the distance that the disciples rowed before
they saw Jesus (PBUH). He said, "When they had rowed about
three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea."
(John 6/19), if he was inspired, he should know exactly how far.
He also said, "This is the disciple who is bearing witness

about these things, and who has written these things, and
we know that his testimony is true”, he did not mention
anything about inspiration, and then he wrote what proves that this
writing is man work. He said, "Now there are also many other
things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be
written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain
the books that would be written." (John 21/ 24-25), this
exaggeration is obvious and it is a man work used to bring the
reader’s attention.
There are passages in the letters confess by themselves that the

writer was talking from his own mind and thought and had nothing to
do with inspiration. Giving his opinion about a man who is married to
an unbeliever woman, Paul said, "To the rest I say (I, not the
Lord)”. (Co (1) 7/12) His opinion regarding this matter has nothing
to do with inspiration, but Christians consider it part of Allah’s (S.W.)
word. Concerning the betrothed women, he said, "Now
concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the
Lord, but I give my judgment." (Co (1) 7/25), should we believe
Paul in this confession, or the Christians who say that these words
are Allah’s (S.W.) words?
Paul emphasized again that what comes from him is purely his
human opinion. He said, “I say this not as a command, but to
prove by the earnestness of others … And in this matter I
give my judgment.”(Co (2) 8/8-10)
He also declared that his words are not holy. He said, "What I am
saying with this boastful confidence, I say not with the
Lord's authority but as a fool." (Co (2) 11/16-17), and trying to
be nice to his audience, he said, "I wish you would bear with
me in a little foolishness." (Co (2) 11/1). Was he inspired to call

himself a fool, or does Allah (S.W.) apologize and fear that his
inspiration is too heavy for those who read it?
Important events that the inspired writer should not forget
What disproves the writers’ inspiration claim is that some of them did
not mention very important events, even though they had mentioned
many useless and unimportant events.
The four evangelists mentioned the event when Jesus ride on both a
donkey and a colt, but only one of them (John) had mentioned Jesus’
first miracle, which is transferring water into wine, see (John 2/1-11),
was riding in the two animals more important than this miracle?
John is the only evangelist that had mentioned the miracle of

bringing Lazarus back from the dead. Was riding in the two animals
more important than bringing Lazarus from the dead in front of huge
crowds, who believed in Jesus after that? See (John 11/1-46)
Moreover, entering Jerusalem riding in the two animals is not - in any

way – more important than Jesus’ will to preach to the nations and
baptize people by the name of the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit.
This unique and important passage is the Christians’ mainstay of
proving the Trinity, however, only Matthew had mentioned it. See
(Matt 19/28)
Jesus’ ascending to heaven is a very important event. However, the

two disciples Matthew and John – who supposed to be present at
that moment and wetness it – did not mention it. Mark and Luke –
who were absent that day – were inspired to mention this event!
The scholars’ denial of the New Testament’s writers’ inspiration
The passages that we mentioned above and others, made scholars

and researchers deny that the New Testament’s writers were
inspired. The authors of the Ecumenical Translation said, “The
evangelists had collected and wrote according to their own opinion,
what they had received from oral traditions”. There is no inspiration
then.
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Regarding James’ Epistle, Luther, the founder of the Protestant

Christian sect, said, “It is an epistle of straw even though it is from
James. The disciple had no authority to give a religious provision
from his own; this position was for Jesus only”. We understand from
Luther’s words that he did not consider James inspired.
In his encyclopedia, Reese said, “Mekaels considered the books that

written by the disciples’ followers – Mark, Luke and Acts – not
inspired”.
Pointing to an important and true fact regarding Paul, Habeeb Saeed

said, “When Paul wrote his letters, he did not know or even thought
that his words would be an asset for the coming generations.”
Surprisingly, Paul himself did know about the holiness of his words,
but Christians insist on saying that.
In the Vatican, Pope John formed a committee led by the scholar

Hans Comb to study the Gospels, and after deep research, the
committee concluded, “The Gospels are humans’ words, and there is
no prove that they came directly from God”. 1
Nullification of the claim that the New Testament writers were

messengers
First, Muslims do not consider any of the disciples was a messenger.

Moreover, none of them had declared that except Paul. Nor do
Muslims believe in the testimonies that made Christians claim
prophet-hood to these writers.
Muslims do not believe that the Holy Spirit descended on the

disciples fifty days after Jesus’ ascending to heaven; that strange
event that Luke mentioned. He said, "And they were all filled
with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as
the Spirit gave them utterance." (Act 2/4). Moreover, Paul and
Luke were not among those people; they were not believers that day
yet.
1
- The Truth Revealed, Rahmatullah Al Hindi, Vol. 2, pp 356 – 379. Two Debates In Stockholm, Ahmad
Deedat, pp 27
Muslims also do not believe in the miracles that New Testament

attributes to the disciples, for, these news have no considerable
prove. Searching and studying the New Testament books prove that
those disciples were not messengers. They were humans like others,
except they were with Jesus and he asked them to preach his
message after him.
First, were the writers of the New Testament prophets?
The Gospels and the Epistles are full of passages that nullify this
claim. The prophet-hood of those writers must be put on the scale
that Jesus’ disciples had taken from their master. In John’s First
Epistle we read, "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but
test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many
false prophets have gone out into the world." (John (1) 4/1).
How do Christians consider Paul or the disciples infallible and

trustworthy of inspiration and prophet-hood while Judah the betrayer
was among them? Judah was one of the twelve disciples that Jesus
sent; messengers and prophets do not do such treason.
Messengers and prophets do not do what Peter did when he denied

Jesus three times on the night of his capture, which was very tough
night. See (Luke 22/34)
Quoting Jesus, Luke said, "but the one who denies me before
men will be denied before the angels of God." (Luke 12/9),
this denial forced Pastor Ibrahem Saeed to describe Peter as
“Sunken in a sea of infidelity” 1 and his company with Jesus will not
intercede him.
How could a person who was filled with the Holy Spirit deny Jesus,
and how could we consider a person whom Jesus Called ‘Satan’ a
prophet? "But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me,
Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting
your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."
(Matt 16/23)
The Gospels’ passages make us doubt the faith of the closest

disciples to Jesus, which make them untrustworthy of preaching his
teachings, never mind the prophet-hood. According to Matthew,
Jesus said to Peter, " O you of little faith, why did you
1
- Explaining Luke’s Gospel, Ibraheem Saeed, pp 580
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doubt?" (Matt 14/31), this made Saint Eckstein describe Peter

saying, “He was unstable because he believed some times and
doubted some times”. 1
If this what is said about Peter, were the other disciples better? In
many passages, the New Testament tells us that they were of little
faith too. Jesus described them as such many times. Matthew said,
"And they went and woke him, saying, "Save us, Lord; we
are perishing. And he said to them, "Why are you afraid,
O you of little faith?" (Matt 8/25-26) and he also said, "But
Jesus, aware of this, said, "O you of little faith, why are
you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have
no bread?" (Matt 16/8)
Luke said, "But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in

the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,
how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?"
(Luke 12/28). See also (Mark 4/40, Matt 6/30), should we believe
such people’s stories, never mind consider them inspirations?
The strongest among these examples is when Jesus (PBUH)

described them, as they had no faith at all. Matthew said, "Why
could we not cast it out? He said to them, "Because of your
little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a
grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain,
'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing
will be impossible for you." (Matt 17/ 19-20) are those who did
not have faith even like a grain of mustard seed prophets and
trustworthy of writing Allah’s (S.W.) inspiration.
Secondly, the disciples’ miracles do not prove that they were

prophets
If Christians consider the disciples as prophets or messengers

because they had performed some miracles, performing those
miracles do not prove that. The holy passages tell us that even false
prophets can perform miracles and signs. Jesus said, "For false
christs and false prophets will arise and perform great
signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even
the elect. See, I have told you beforehand." (Matt 24/24-25)
Moreover, the New Testament does not mention any miracle for
Mark or Luke.
1
- The Truth Revealed, Rahmatullah Al Hindi, Vol. 1, pp 234
Jesus (PBUH) had warned from those false prophets, and told that
they would claim believing his message. He said, "On that day
many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in
your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do
many mighty works in your name? And then will I declare
to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers
of lawlessness. "Beware of false prophets, who come to
you in sheep's clothing…You will recognize them by their
fruits." (Matt 7/5-23)
Miracles are not – in any way – proofs for more than faith and
believing. According to the Gospel, each believer is capable of
performing miracles. Quoting Jesus, Matthew said, "He said to
them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you,
if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say
to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will
move, and nothing will be impossible for you." (Matt 17/20)
Commenting on this passage, the Jesuit Priesthood says, “The

believer is capable of moving a mountain like God Himself”.
Jesus also said, ""Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever

believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater
works than these will he do”. (John 14/12)
According to this, each Christian is capable of performing Jesus’

miracles including healing the sick, bringing back the dead and even
greater miracles. Christian scholars were in embarrassing situation
because of this passage, for, it is not appropriate to say that the
disciples and the believers can perform miracles greater than the
miracles of Christ. However, they said, “The Lord Christ did not say
that his disciples would perform greater miracles than his, bringing
back the dead is the most we can do.” 1
All they can do is bringing back the dead!
Thirdly, prophet-hood – according to the Holy Bible – does not

guarantee infallibility in preaching
Considering that the disciples were prophets, does not mean –

according to Christians beliefs - that they were infallible from making
mistakes in telling and even lying. In First kings we read, "Now
1
- Applied Interpretation of the Holy Bible, Few theologians, pp 2222
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there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and one of his sons

came and told him all the works that the man of God had
done that day in Beth-el…And he went after the man of
God and found him sitting under an oak. And he said to
him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?"
And he said, "I am. Then he (The prophet) said to him,
"Come home with me and eat bread. And he said, "I may
not return with you, or go in with you, neither will I eat
bread nor drink water with you in this place. for it was
said to me by the word of the LORD, 'You shall neither eat
bread nor drink water there, nor return by the way that
you came." And he said to him, "I also am a prophet as
you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the
LORD, saying, 'Bring him back with you into your house
that he may eat bread and drink water. He lied to him. So
he went back with him and ate bread in his house and
drank water.'" (Kings (1) 13/11-19) Then the chapter continues to
mention the punishment of that poor prophet who obeyed the liar
prophet, believing that he was telling him God’s orders and
inspiration.
Another example is in the Second Kings. When Ben- Hadad, the king
of Syria sent Hazael to Prophet Elisha asking to ask him about the
sickness he had, Prophet Elisha (Far be it from any prophet to lie)
lied in his answer. He said, “Go, say to him, 'You shall
certainly recover,' but the LORD has shown me that he
shall certainly die." (Kings (2) 8/10)
In our previous episode of the True Guidance and Light series, we

have discussed many shameful deeds that the Torah attributed to
the prophets that make it impossible for us to believe that Christians
believe in those prophets infallibility, never mind the disciples.
NULLIFYING THE ATRIBUTION OF THE GOSPELS AND

EPISTLES TO THE DISCIPLES
The twenty-seven books of the New Testament belong to eight
writers, each had written different amount. While the letter of Judah
is two pages, the writings that attributed to Paul are more one
hundred pages.
Moreover, the relationship between those authors and Jesus varies.

While John, Peter, Judas, and Jacob were among the twelve
disciples, Luke and Mark did not meet him, and Paul became a
Christian after the ascending of Jesus (PBUH).
Christians consider those eight authors inspired human beings and

they wrote what was dictated to them by the Holy Spirit, each in his
own way. We have proved that the authors of the New Testament
were not inspired of what they have written.
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However, is it right to attribute the books of the New Testament to

those eight authors, specially Matthew, John and Peter who
supposed to be the distinguished disciples of Jesus, or that the
attribution is also a fabrication? Is it possible that those words - that
in the New Testament -would come from the disciples of Jesus,
whom he brought up along the years of his mission, and whom the
Quran praised?
Studying the New Testament carefully, made scholars doubt that the
disciples of Jesus, the believers, wrote those books. Thus, they
studied carefully the attribution of those books to them.
We shall not look into the authentication of some books, because

those who wrote them were not the disciples of Jesus. Based on
that, it does not matter whether Mark and Luke wrote the books that
attributed to them, or any of the Christians who lived at the end of the
first century. None of those was infallible, inspired or had any of
Jesus’ praise or recommendation. The same goes to the letters of
Paul, Jesus’ enemy, who claimed to be a messenger and infallible
even though he never met Jesus at all.
First: The Gospel According to Matthew

It is the first book in the New Testament. This book consists of
twenty-eight chapters, which tell about the life of Jesus and his
teachings from the day he was born until his ascending to heaven.
The church attributes this book to Matthew, one of the twelve

disciples whom Jesus chose. The church claims that Matthew wrote
this book by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. References likely
consider that Matthew wrote his book to the people of Palestine,
which are the Jews new Christians. The references vary regarding
the date of its writing, but they agree that it was written between the
years 37- 100 C.E.
In the introduction to Matthew’s Gospel, the monastic version says,

"Many authors date this book between the years 80 and 90, or
maybe a little earlier, but we cannot be very certain in this matter".
Fenton, the commentator of Matthew’s Gospel (pg 11), considered

that, "It was written between year 85 and 105 C.E." which is close to
what Prof. Haring estimated when he said, " the book of Matthew
was written in the year 80 to 100 AD" . 1 Regarding the language in
which this book was written, all scholars agree that it was the
Hebrew language, while some believe it was the Syriac or the Greek.
The most important historical testimony regarding this gospel is the

testimony of Papias of Hierapolis (155 C.E). It says, "Matthew wrote
the sayings in Hebrew, and then, each of its translators to Greek
translated it as much as he could”. In his book, “Against Heresies”,
Irenaeus of Lyons (200 C.E) said, “Matthew wrote a gospel for the
Hebrews in their own language”. 2
The Gospels’ existing manuscripts are all in Greek, thus, scholars

wonder who the original translator from Hebrew to Greek was. There
are many opinions in this regard but they have no supporting
evidence at all. Commenting on that, Father Matta Al Meskeen said
that they are "assumptions without evidence". Others said that the
translator was Matthew himself, John the evangelist, and others.
The fact is what Saint Jerome (420 C.E.) said. He said, "The
translator of the book of Matthew from Hebrew to Greek is
unknown". It is more likely that it was more than one translator, as
Papias said, translated it.
Norton, who is known as "The guardian of the Gospel", said about

this unknown translator, "The one who translated the book of
Matthew was like a man who collects wood at night; who does not
differentiate between wet and dry wood. He translated the right and
the wrong". 3
Matthew’s Biography
Who was Matthew? What is his relation with the bible that attributed
to him? Does that Bible consist of God's word and his inspiration?
1
- The Torah, The Gospel, the Quran and Science, Maurice Bucaille , pp 8 – 12. The History of the
Church, Eusabius, pp 146. Christ in the Christians’ Creeds Resources, Ahmad Abdul Wahab, pp, 59
2
- The History of the Church, Eusabius, pp 146 - 214
3
- The Truth Revealed, Al Hindi, Vol.2, pp 523- 533. The Gospel According to Matthew, Matta Al
Meskeen, pp 29
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Answering these questions, what we know about Matthew is what

the Christian scholars said about him. He was one of the twelve
disciples, he was working as a tax collector in the village of Nahom
and he followed Jesus after that.
Historical sources mention that Matthew went to Abyssinia and was

killed there in 70 C.E. The New Testament does not mention him
except two times. The first, is when Jesus called him at his working
place (See Matt 9/9), the second time is in the verse that mentions
the names of the twelve disciples (See Matt 10/3, Luke 6/15).
We should mention here that Mark and Luke said that the tax
collector, who met Jesus at the tax booth, was Levi the son of
Alphaeus, (See Mark 2/14, and Luke 5/27) they did not mention
Matthew. However, the church claims – without proof - that Levi the
son of Alphaeus is another name for Matthew the tax collector.
John Fenton, the commentator of the book of Matthew and the Dean
of the Faculty of Theology in Linchfield, said that there is no evidence
that Matthew is the Christian name for Levi. He believes that it is
more likely that "there was relationship between Matthew, the
disciple, and the church, for which he wrote his Gospel. Thus, the
author of this gospel attributed his work to the founder or the teacher
of that church whose name was Matthew. It is likely that the writer of
the Gospel had taken the opportunity that was given to him by Mark
when he was speaking of the calling of one of the disciples, and he
linked it to Matthew, as he was the teacher of the church that he
followed." 1
The Church’s evidence of attributing the Gospel to

Matthew
The church asserts that Matthew is the author of the Gospel, based
on some issues.
First, "There are signs and clear evidence that the writer was a
Jewish who converted to Christianity."
Secondly, "It does not make sense that such important gospel- the
first of the gospels- could be attributed to an unknown person, but
rather to one of Jesus’ disciples."
1
- Christ in the Christians’ Creeds Resources, Ahmad Abdul Wahab, pp, 58
Thirdly, Papias mentioned that, “In the second century, Matthew

collected Jesus’ sayings”.
Finally," It is indisputable that the job of the accountant is to keep all

the files, because it is one of the most important duties for the
submission of the accounts, as such, this evangelist kept all Jesus’
sayings accurately". 1
Notes on the Gospel According to Matthew:
Going through the previous Christian evidence, scholars believe that

Christians have no solid evidence for attributing this gospel to
Matthew. It is not necessary that the accountant should right his
religious notes the same way he writes his work. In addition,
Matthew’ writing of Jesus’ sayings does not support attributing
today’s gospel to him. Many evidence show that the writer of this
gospel was not one of Jesus’ disciples, as it is mentioned in many
places in the gospel that its writer was not Matthew the disciple.
- Matthew depended on the gospel of Mark, as he copied 600

passages from the 612 passages of the gospel of Mark. He based
as well on another document, scholars called it M.
In his introduction to the gospel of Matthew, J. B. Philips, a

professor of theology at the English church, said, "Saint Matthew
quoted from the gospel of Saint Mark, and he revised it trying to
reach to a better image of God."
In his book, "The Introduction to the Gospel", Pastor Faheem Aziz

said that Matthew's adoption of the gospel of Mark is known for all
those who studied the bible. If Matthew, the disciple, was the
writer of the gospel, why would he copy from Mark, who was ten
years old at the time of Jesus? Why would any one of the twelve
disciples copy from him? Would one, who witnessed the events,
copy from someone who had not seen it? 2
- The gospel of Matthew mentions Matthew, the tax collector

twice, and it does not point out in any way that he was the writer.
1
- The Holy Bible Dictionary, pp 832
2
- Two Debates in Stockholm, Ahmad Deedat, pp 66. Judaism and Christianity, Mohammad Al A’athamy,
pp, 321
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The writer mentioned his name as one of the twelve disciples; he

did not put him the first nor the last. Then when he spoke about
him following Jesus, he mentioned the name as a third person. He
said, "As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man
called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to
him, "Follow me." and he rose and followed him.”. (Matt
9/9)
If Matthew was the writer, he would say, "he said to me", "I
followed him", "he saw me", and that indicates that Matthew was
not the writer.
- Reading the Gospel carefully, you would realize the writer’s vast
knowledge in the Torah, which considered him the most interested
one in the Torah’s prophesies about Jesus. That could not come
from a tax collector; the writer was not Matthew the tax collector.
In his commentaries on the New Testament, A. Tricot (1960) said

that believing that Matthew was a tax collector from the village of
Nahom, and whom Jesus called to teach, is not accepted anymore; it
is not as what the fathers of the church claim. 1
Those who denied the attribution of the gospel to

Matthew
Many of ancient and modern Christian scholars have denied

attributing this gospel to Matthew. Festus in the fourth century said,
"The gospel that has been attributed to Matthew was not written by
him", and Saint Williams and Father De Don in his book, "The life of
Christ", believe the same.
In his introduction to the gospel of Matthew, J. B. Philips said, "The

old tradition attributed this gospel to Matthew the disciple, but most
of today's scholars reject this opinion".
Professor Haring said, "The gospel of Matthew was not written by

Matthew, but it was written by unknown author, who concealed his
identity for some reasons”.
1
- The Torah, The Gospel, the Quran and Science, Maurice Bucaille , pp 80 -80
The monastic introduction to the Gospel of Matthew says, "As for the
author, the gospel did not mention any thing about him. The oldest
tradition of the church (Papias of Hierapolis (155 C.E)) attributed it to
apostle Matthew…However; the search in the Gospel did not prove
that view or nullifies it. Since we are not sure who the writer was, we
should be satisfied by some of the features that is found in the
Gospel itself...".
In his book, "The Introduction to the Gospel", Pastor Faheem Aziz

said about the unknown writer of the gospel of Matthew, “We cannot
give him a name, the writer could be Matthew the apostle or he could
be someone else”. In his commentary in this Gospel (pg 136), John
Fenton said, "His identity with this disciple is almost certainly a
fiction." 1
Ebionites and the Unitarians, ancient Christian sects, doubted the

attribution of this Gospel to Matthew. They believed that the first two
chapters were added to it and that the real beginning of the gospel is,
"In those days John the Baptist came." (Matt 3/1) so, the
gospel begins with the story of John the Baptist, as it is in the
Gospels of Mark and John.
Moreover, his saying "In those days" does not refer to the two
preceding chapters as the end of the second chapter tells about
Herod killing the children after Jesus birth. It was at the time of the
childhood of both Jesus and John, who was six months older than
Jesus was. While the third chapter tells about John’s preaching –
when he was a young man - which means that there was deletion
before the third chapter, or it is the real beginning of the gospel. 2
Who is the real author of the Gospel According to

Matthew?
If Matthew was not the author of the gospel that bears his name,
who, then, was the real author?
In answering to this question, we say, the results of the western

studies proved that the writer of the gospel is not Matthew the
disciple. The real author, who might be one of Matthew students,
attributed it to Matthew since the second century.
1
- Saint Matthew, J. C. Fenton, pp136
2
- The Truth Revealed, Rahmatullah Al Hindi, Vol. 2 pp 538
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Coleman and the commentators of the ecumenical translation tried to

identify some features of the original author. The author- as seen in
his gospel- is a Jewish Christian who linked the Torah with the life of
Jesus. He, as described by Coleman, wanted to cut his relation with
Judaism with the keenness to continue in the line of the Old
Testament. He is a Jewish author, who respects the Law, and by that
considered very far from Paul who does not respect the Law. The
author of the gospel said, "Therefore whoever relaxes one of
the least of these commandments and teaches others to do
the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven."
(Matt 5/19) 1
The solid proof that Matthew did not write the gospel is that many
scholars believe - as previously mentioned - that the gospel was
written after 70 C.E, the year in which Matthew died.
We wonder now where is the Gospel that Matthew wrote in the
second century, as mentioned by Papias.
To answer the question we say, Papias mentioned that Matthew

wrote and collected Jesus' sayings. However, what we see in the
gospel is a complete story of Jesus life, not a collection of his
sayings. Moreover, if it is proved that Matthew did not write this
gospel, it does not mean that he did not write another one. It is
important to mention that among the gospels that the church rejected
was “The Gospel of Matthew” and perhaps Papias meant that one.
What we have mentioned is not far from what the scholar Mayor
said, as he concluded his research saying that what Matthew wrote
was Jesus’ sayings, and was translated into Greek and edited later
to the form we have now. 2
Thus, scholars believe that there are many things prevent saying that
this gospel is the word of Allah (S.W.) and his inspiration. It is – as
the scholar Abu Zahra said - "A gospel written by unknown author.
We do not know when it was written, by which language, where it
was written and to whom. We do not know the character of its writer,
his knowledge of the religion and the two languages, the one from
which it was translated and the one was translated into, all these are
missing points in the scientific research." 3
1
- The Torah, The Gospel, the Quran and Science, Maurice Bucaille , pp 8 -12
2
- The Gospel According to Matthew, Matta Al Meskeen, pp 28
Second: The Gospel According to Mark
The second Gospel of the New Testament and Christians attribute it

to Mark.
Who is Mark? What do we know about the author of this Gospel? Is it

right to attribute it to Mark?
The Gospel according to Mark consists of sixteen chapters, telling

the story of Jesus since his baptism by John the Baptist until his
death and resurrection after his crucifixion.
It is the shortest among all the gospels, and the critics consider it - as
Wills said - the most accurate gospel that tells about Jesus’ life. The
critics agree that it was the first written gospel, and Matthew and
Luke had copied from it.
The authors of the book "Introduction to the Holy Bible" said,

“Perhaps the gospel of Mark is the oldest of the four gospels. It was
written between 65-70 AD, before the destruction of the temple of
Jerusalem. It seems that Matthew and Luke copied from the gospel
of Mark." 1
The German scholar Royce said: “This gospel is the original from
which Matthew and Luke have copied. It is the one and only gospel
that is called the Gospel of Christ, as it begins with "The
3
- Speeches on Christianity, Mohammad Abu Zahra, pp 54
1
- Introduction to the Holy Bible, John Palkin and Others
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beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God"

(Mark 1/1)
Christian sources claim that Mark wrote his gospel in Rome, or

maybe in Alexandria. It was written – According to many different
sources - between 39-75 C.E. It is more likely that it was written
between 44-75 C.E., based on the testimony of the historian
Irenaeus, who said: "Mark wrote a gospel after the death of Paul and
Peter."
The oldest mention of this gospel was by the historical Papias (140
C.E.) when he said, "Mark wrote his gospel based on memories
passed to him by Peter." 1
Who is Mark?
Researchers passed what the Christian resources mentioned about

Mark’s biography, which is in the Holy Bible’s dictionary. He was
called Mark, his real name was John, and he accompanied Barnabas
and Paul in their journey, and then left them and returned later to
accompany Paul.
The biographers agree that he was a translator to Peter, who had

something to do with this gospel. Josephus, the historian, mentioned
that Mark was the first to preach the gospel in Alexandria, where he
was killed.
Notes on the gospel of Mark
The researchers studied this gospel and its writer deeply, and they
have some notes:
Mark was not one of Jesus’ disciples, but was one of Paul and
Peter’s disciples. Dennis Nineham said in his explanation of the
Gospel of Mark (pg 39), "No one of that name is known to have been
in especially close relationship with our lord or to have been
particularly prominent in the early church."
There is another strong evidence by the historian Papias when he

said, "John the elder used to say: ‘Mark became a translator to
Peter, he wrote in details what Peter said. Yet, what he wrote was
1
- Critical study of the Gospel of Mark, Mohammad Abdulalim Abu Assaad, pp 265- 267, The Holy Bible
Dictionary pp 854
not similar to what Jesus said or did, because he never met or heard
from Jesus, but – as I said- joined Peter, who formulated the
teachings of Jesus Christ to suit the listeners’ needs. He was not
making a story that is genuinely linked to or about Jesus to his
speeches."
Dennis Nineham said, (pg 39): "it is uncertain whether the author of
the gospel of Mark is John Mark, who is mentioned in the book of
acts (12/12, 25), or it was Mark who is mentioned in the first letter of
Peter (15/13), or Mark who is mentioned in the letters of Paul…
The early church was in the habit of assuming that all occurrences of
a given name in the New Testament referred to a single individual.
But when we remember that Mark (Marcus) was the commonest
Latin name in the Roman Empire and that the early church must
have contained innumerable Marks, we realize how precarious any
assumption of identity in this case."
The most important issue that had the researchers’ attentions about
this gospel is its end. The end of this gospel (16/9-20) is not in the
old important manuscripts such as codex Vaticanus and codex
Sinaiticus.
William Perkily said, “The famous end – in addition to its absence

from the originals – has a style of which its language is different from
the rest of the gospel.”
RahmatuAllah Alhindy quoted from Saint Jerome in the fifth century

that the early fathers doubted this end.
The Revised Standard Version considered it (suspicious) unreliable

passages and deleted it from its 1951 edition.
The introduction of the Gospel of Mark in the Jesuit Priesthood

edition says, "It is generally undeniable that the end as it is now
(16/9-20) was added to mitigate the end of the book from an abrupt
halt in verse 8."
Father Kissinger said about this end, "The last verses must have
been deleted when the gospel of Mark was received by the people
who adopted it. When the similar writings of Matthew, Luke and John
passed through, an end to the gospel of Mark was written from here
and there…that gives an idea on how freely the gospels were dealt
with."
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Commented on this issue, Maurice Bucaille said, "What an obvious

confession that people made many alterations to the holy passages."
1
1
- The Truth Revealed, RahmatuAllah Al Hindi, Vol.1 pp 152, The Torah, The gospel and the Quran and
Science, Maurice Bucaille, pp 85- 86, Christ in the Christian Creed Resources, Ahmad Abdulwahab, pp 56
Third: The Gospel According to Luke
It is the third and the longest gospel, and consists of twenty-four

chapters. The first two chapters tell about the prophet John and the
birth of Jesus. The rest of the chapters tell about the story of Jesus
until the Resurrection after the crucifixion.
The sources vary in determining the exact date of the writing of this
gospel; between 53-80 CE. The author of this gospel based his
writings on Mark; he copied three hundred and fifty passages from
Mark, and he copied as well from Matthew or he and Matthew copied
from the same source. 1
Who is Luke?
The church attributes this gospel to Luke, while the Christian

resources do not tell much about his biography. However, the church
agrees that he was not one of Jesus disciples, as it is seen from the
beginning of his gospel, "Inasmuch as many have undertaken
to compile a narrative of the things that have been
accomplished among us. just as those who from the
beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word
have delivered them to us." (Luke 1/1-2).
The resources agree also that he was not a Jew; he was a

companion of Paul that is mentioned in Colossians 4/14, and others,
and that he wrote his gospel for his friend Theophilus. "To write
an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
that you may have certainty concerning the things you
have been taught." (Luke 1/3-4).
Notes on the gospel according to Luke

Researchers noted many things in the Gospel according to Luke. the
most important are:
1- The beginning of the Gospel according to Mark speaks of a

personal letter, and it is based on his own work and not God’s
inspiration. Many of Christian scholars noted that, and they denied
that this gospel is an inspiration. Among them Mister Keadell, in his
book "Letter of inspiration", Watson and many of the old scholars.
1
- The Torah, The gospel and the Quran and Science, Maurice Bucaille, pp 87- 90, Christ in the Christian
Creed Resources, Ahmad Abdulwahab, pp 64 – 65, 150
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Saint Augustine said, "I would have never believed in the gospel if I
did not take it from the holy church."
2- Many researchers doubted the first two chapters of this gospel. In

addition, this doubt – as told by Jerome - goes back to the early
fathers of the church, and the Marcion sect’s copy did not contain
these two chapters.
Scholars confirm that Luke did not write these two chapters, because
in the book of Acts he said, "In the first book, O Theophilus, I
have dealt with all that Jesus began." (Acts 1/1), means his
miracles, as proved by the completion of the passage "To do and
teach. Until the day when he was taken up." (Act 1/2) The first
two chapters talk about the birth of Jesus, not his deeds. Ward
Catholic quoted from Jerome his saying, “Some of the old scholars
doubted chapter twenty-two of this gospel”.
Thus, we see that there are four authors of this gospel, who took
turns in writing its passages and chapters.
3- The author's character is covered with uncertainty. No one knows

his town, his career, for whom did he write his gospel and the date of
writing. What we know that he was one of Paul's followers, and he
never met Jesus. How could one bring this book as evidence and
how can we consider his words holy?
Fourth: The Gospel According to John
The fourth gospel is the Gospel according to John. It is the most

important and exciting of the gospels, as those who claim Jesus’
divinity refer to some of its passages as evidence.
This gospel consists of twenty-one chapters telling about Jesus in a

different way from the other three gospels. Scholars believe it was
written between. 68-98 C.E., and some said later. The church
attributed this gospel to John the fisherman.
Who is John the fisherman?
He is John the son of Zabdee, the fisherman from Galilee. He and

his brother Jacob followed Jesus; his mother as well was one of the
close people to Jesus. The editors of the bible dictionary think it is
likely that she was Jesus' aunt, the sister of Mary, Jesus' mother. He
lived until the end of the first century C.E., while the historian
Eranemous believes that he lived until 98 C.E. The church tells that
he wrote his gospel in Ephesus before his death. 1
Christians evidence of the attribution of the gospel to

John
To support the attribution of the gospel to John, the church refers to

evidence of the editors of the Holy Bible’s dictionary. They are:
1- The author of the gospel was a Jewish from Palestine. That

appears from his knowledge of the geography of Palestine and
Jerusalem and the Jewish traditions, and appears from the
Greek style of the gospel, some Semitic effects.
2- The writer was one of Jesus disciples, and that appears from
using the plural form, mentioning in details Jesus deeds and
his disciples feelings. It appears from John (21/24) that the
author of this gospel was one of the disciples. "This is the
disciple who is bearing witness about these things,
and who has written these things, and we know that
his testimony is true." (John 21/24).
1
- The Holy Bible’s Dictionary, pp110 -111
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3- The author of this gospel was the disciple whom Jesus loved;
that disciple was John himself." 1
This gospel was strongly opposed to be canonically recognized.

Therefore, Dr. Post went to defend it in the holy Bible’s dictionary
saying, "Some of the disbelievers denied the legality of this gospel,
because they hate its spiritual teachings and its clear statement
about Jesus’ divinity. However, its own testimony is enough. Peter
refers to a verse from this gospel (2 Peter 1/14, John 21/18), Ignatius
and Polycris quoted from it and as well the letters to Deukintis,
Basilos, Justin the martyr and Tainas. This evidence goes back to
the middle of the second century. Based on that evidence, and the
gospel of John, which agrees with what we know about John's
biography, we can say that John wrote this gospel. Otherwise its
writer is a very cunning and fraud person, and that is unbelievable,
because who intended to cheat the world could not be spiritual." 2
Nullifying the attribution of the gospel to John
Scholars tried their efforts to study the truth of attributing this gospel
to John, and knowing the real author. They denied the attribution of
the gospel to John the apostle based on:
1- There is an old denial of attributing the gospel to John. The

denial of this was by a number of Christian sects; among them
was the Alogen sect from the second century. The author of
the book "The God of Glory" said: "The deniers of the divinity
of Jesus Christ found that the Gospel of John is a major
obstacle and a stumbling stone in their way; as in the first
generations the heterodox refused John."
Encyclopedia Britain says: "There is a positive testimony for those

who criticize the gospel of John. It is that there was a sect of
Christians in Asia Minor refuses to recognize John as the author of
the gospel, in about 165 CE, and was attributed to Sirenthon (an
atheist), there is no doubt that this was a false attribution .
However, there is a question about this large sect. St. Ebivaniuos

(374 to 377 CE) saw that they worth talking about in long. He called
it “Alogi” (i.e., Opposition to the Gospel of the Word)
1
2
If the attribution of the Gospel of John was above all suspicion,

would such a sect produce any of these theories in that era, and in
such country? Absolutely not."
An evidence of the wrong attribution of this gospel to John is that

Justin Martyr talked about John in the mid-second century, and did
not mention that he wrote a gospel. In addition, Philemon (165 CE)
quoted from the Gospel of John and he did not attributed to him.
The attribution of the gospel to John was denied in the presence of

Irenaeus, the disciple of Polycarp, who was a disciple of John.
However, Irenaeus did not defend the gospel of John, debate or
argue about that denial. It was unlikely that he had heard from
Polycarp that John had a gospel, and then he did not defend it. 1
Scholars continued to deny the attribution of this gospel to John for

ages. Among these testimonies what came in the French
Encyclopedia: "This gospel and other three chapters from the New
Testament are attributed to John. However, scientific researches in
theology do not support this attribution."
In his book "The Banner of the Cross and Twisting the Truth", the
Indian pastor Barakat Allah said, “Scholars do not believe any more
that John the son of Zabadie wrote the fourth gospel without doing
researches and study. Moreover, all the critics in general disagree
with this theory”.
Encyclopedia Britannica says: "Regarding the gospel of John, there

is no doubt that it is a false gospel. Its author wanted the two
apostles, Matthew and John, to oppose each other. We pity those
who try their efforts to link, even to a small degree, the philosopher,
who wrote this gospel in the second century with John the fisherman
from Galilee, because they are wasting their efforts; doing so without
any inkling of guidance”.2
1
- The Truth Revealed, Rahmatullah Al Hindi, Vol.1 pp 155- 156 , The difference between The Creator
and the Creation, Abdulrahman Baji Al Baghdadi, pp 560 -561
2
- . The difference between The Creator and the Creation, Abdulrahman Baji Al Baghdadi, pp 561, Christ
(PBUH) between facts and illusions, Mohammad Wasfi, pp 41- 42. Differences between the translations
of the Holy Bible, Ahmad Abdul Wahab, pp 87 -88.
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Moreover, reading the gospel will show, with no doubt, that the
gospel itself nullifying its attribution to John, the disciple. It was
written in an Agnostic way; speaking about the Logos and Philo of
Alexandria's theory.
It is impossible that John, the fisherman, had written it, because, and
according to the Book of Acts, he was illiterate. "Now when they
saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that
they were uneducated, common men, they were
astonished." (Acts 4/13)
The conclusion of the gospel, "This is the disciple who is

bearing witness about these things, and who has written
these things, and we know that his testimony is true." (John
21/24), which was an evidence for attributing the gospel to John, is
an evidence that attributing this gospel is John is not true, as it
speaks about John as a third person.
The scholar West believes that this passage was in the margin and
then was added to the text. It might be the words of the elders of
Ephesus, and bishop Gore supports him, as it is not found in Codex
Sinaiticus. The introduction of Jesuits priesthood says about this
passage and the passage that follows it: "They are additions
recognized by all the commentators".
In his book, "The four Gospels", the scholar Burnett Hillman Streeter
believes that, "The purpose of these additions to the text and to the
end of the gospel of John was to encourage and convince people to
believe that the author was John; a theory, which was denied by
some people in that era." 1
In addition, some historians, such as Charles Alfred and Robert

Easels and others, said that John died hanged in the year 44 C.E. by
Agrippa the first. Thus, he was not the author of the gospel, as this
gospel was written in the end of the first century or early in the
second century. 2
1
- The Holy Books between truth and alterations, Yahya Rabee, pp 155. What Is Christianity, Mohammad
Al Othmany, pp 150 – 152. Judaism and Christianity, Mohammad Dhia Al A’thamy, pp 329. Is the Bible
God’s Word, Ahmad Deedat, pp 79.
2
- Forgiveness between Islam and Christianity, Ibrahim Khalil Ahmad, pp 18. Christianity, Mustapha
Shaheen, pp 85.
Who wrote the gospel of John?
If John was not the author of this gospel, then who is the real author?
In his introduction to this gospel, Pastor Fahem Aziz answers: "It is a
difficult question, and the answer needs broad study, which often
ends with the sentence, "only God knows who wrote this gospel".
There are some scholars tried to answer this question by determining

the characteristics of the author of the gospel, without mentioning a
certain name. Grant says, "He was a Christian and agnostic as well.
It is likely that he was not Jewish, but he was either Eastern or
Greek. That appears from him not being upset when he wrote about
the destruction of a Jewish city."
In the introduction of the gospel, we read that some of the critics "Do
not mention the name of the author, and describe him as a Christian,
who wrote in Greek in the end of the first century in the Asian
churches."
John Marsh, the commentator of the Gospel of John, said, (pg 81):
"it is likely that in the last ten years of the first century there was a
person called John. He could be John Marcus, not John the son of
Zabadi as it is commonly known. He collected a lot of information
about Jesus, he may know about one or more of the synoptic
gospels. Then he wrote Jesus' story in a new way, the way of his
sect, which considered itself international and was influenced by the
disciples of John the Baptist."
Scholar Ritchbunder said: "This gospel as a whole and the letters of

John as well, were not written by John. Someone wrote them at the
beginning of the second century and attributed them to John to make
the people believe in them”.
Stedline agrees with him. He believes that the author "Was a student
of the Alexandrian school." In his book "Tohfat Algel", Yousof Alkhory
said, "The author of the gospel is Proclos, the disciple of John”.
Scholars, such as James McKinnon and Burnett Hillman Streeter In

his book, "The four Gospels", believe that John is another one of
Jesus’ disciples, which is John the Wise. Irenaeus, who attributed
this gospel to John the son of Zabadi, was confused between the two
disciples.
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In his book "The Testimony of the Gospel of John", George Elton

mentioned, that the author of this gospel is one of three: a student of
John the disciple, John the Elder (not the disciple), or an unknown
scholar from Ephesus.
Elton, who still considers the gospel of John holy, was not convinced,
because, "Whatever the theories about the author of this gospel,
what is clear to us is that the man who wrote it had the idea of a
Prophet. If one of his disciples wrote it, no doubt he was influenced
and filled with his spirit."
Scholars believe that there is more than one author for this gospel.
Among them Coleman, when he said, "Everything points out that the
present published text belongs to more than one author. The present
gospel might have been published by the students of the author, and
they might have added to it". The introduction to the Gospel of John
says the same.
All these prove that John the apostle did not write the Gospel of
John, and that the real author is unknown. It is not right to attribute
holiness and infallibility to an unknown author.
Regardless not knowing the author, and the impossibility of his

holiness, there are many problems about this gospel mentioned by
scholars. Among those problems:
This gospel is different from the other three gospels, although the
four gospels’ subject is the history and the life of Christ, peace be
upon him. The story of Christ is similar in the three synoptic gospels,
while it differs in the fourth gospel.
In his book "Introduction to the Gospel", Father Roget says, "It is
another world; it is different from the rest of the gospels in the
selection of topics, speeches, style, geography and history, and even
its theological vision".
These differences led him to present a very different image of Christ

from the three gospels, which some call “Synoptic” or "similar". In this
regard, Encyclopedia Americana says, "It is difficult to connect the
three gospels with this gospel, which means if the three gospels are
correct; this gospel has to be a false."
In his book, "The Expanded Universe", and commenting on these

differences, Sir Arthur Findlay says, "The Gospel of John has no
worthy value to be mentioned regarding the true events. It seems
that its contents were from the writer's imagination”.
One of the problems about this gospel is that it was altered. The
story of the adulterous woman was added to it. (See John 8/1-11),
about which the introduction to Jesuit Priesthood said, "There is an
agreement that it was taken from unknown reference and had been
added later." This story has been omitted from the Revised Standard
Version, because it was regarded as an added statement to the
gospel." 1
In addition, many scholars believe that the author of the Gospel did
not write the last chapter. Crones Says, "The gospel consisted of
twenty chapters, and Ephesus’ church added the twenty-first chapter
after the death of John." 2
This is undeniable by the authors of the introduction of Jesuit

priesthood, as they believe that chapter twenty is the last chapter in
the Gospel, and chapter twenty-one was added to the gospel. They
say, "This chapter, which comes after 20/30-31, appears to be as an
index and its source still a subject of debate. This chapter might have
been added by some of John disciples."
Thus, we have come to a clear conclusion, that the attribution of the

four gospels to the Disciples of Christ "Raises difficulties of all kinds.
Today we look at the gospels as were written by unknown authors", 3
and that is the truth.
1
- Readings in the Holy Bible, Abdurrahim Muhammad, Vol.2 pp 272. Christ’s Crucifixion, Ahmad
Deedat, pp 68. The Torah, the Gospel and the Quran and Science, Maurice Bucaille, pp 91. The Arabic
Joint Translation put these passages between two quotation marks and explains in the margin that they do
not exist in old codex, the Assyrian and the Latin translations.
2
- The Truth Revealed, Vol.1 pp 156
3
- Summary of the Religions’ History, Philsian Chali, pp 230, and he attributed it to the historian Mount in
his book “The History of the Holy Bible”, pp 156.
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Fifth: Epistles of the New Testament

Following the four gospels, there is a number of letters, namely, (The
Book of the Acts - the fourteen letters of Paul – Jacob Epistle – the
two Epistle of Peter, - the three Epistles of John – the Epistle of
Judah - Revelation).
First: The Book of Acts

This book consists of twenty-eight chapters, talking about the work
done by the Apostles and the disciples. It is attributed to Luke, the
author of the third gospel, as its beginning says, "In the first
book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began
to do…." (Acts 1/1)
Second: The Letters of Paul
These fourteen letters are attributed to Saint Paul, and they are full of
passages that show that he was the author. These letters were also
written as personal letters; they are not theological in nature, but
personal letters with introductions and conclusions.
There is no agreement on the authenticity of attributing these letters

to Paul, as some scholars tend to believe that some of his disciples
wrote four of these letters twenty years after his death, according to
the Encyclopedia Britannica.
In his commentary on the Gospel of John, Argon doubts all the

letters of Paul. He says, "Paul wrote nothing to the churches, he only
wrote two or four lines."
The conflict about the letter to the Hebrews was the most. While the
Eastern Church attributes it to Paul, Luther attributes it to Apollos.
Tertullian, the historian of the second century CE, said, "It was
written by Barnabas". Ragus, (A Protestant scholar), said, "Some of
the protestant scholars believe in the falsity of the letter to the
Hebrews." 1
1
- The Truth Revealed, Rahmatullah Al Hindi, Vol.1 pp 163- 165 , The difference between The Creator
and the Creation, Abdulrahman Baji Al Baghdadi, pp 306. Judaism and Christianity, Mohammad Dhia Al
A’thamy, pp 325 – 327. The Holy Bible’s Dictionary, pp599
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The introduction of Jesuit Priesthood says, "There is no doubt that

there are many evidence against the authenticity of attributing the
letter to Paul. One may believe that one of Paul’s friends wrote it, but
there is no way to find the name of the writer. We must eventually
testify that we do not know the name of the writer."
The authors of "Introduction to the Holy Bible" say, "We simply do

not know who the author was, although the letter ends with warm
greetings; it does not have a title. However, the general assumption
is that Paul is the one who wrote it. The writer might be Barnabas the
(Acts 4/36), who must have known everything about the priests and
their work. A third possibility is that Luke was the writer, because of
the similarity of style between Hebrews, the Gospel of Luke and the
Book of Acts. There is a fourth possibility is that Apollos was the
writer, who knew Timothy very well (13/23). (Acts 18/24) tells us that
Apollos was good in writing and fluent in speaking, and the person
who wrote this letter was like that. There are many other possibilities,
and finally we should say that no one knows who wrote this letter." 1
Father Oreganos agreed with that final statement when he said,

"God knows who really wrote this letter. Some of the earlier people
said: Clements, the bishop of Rome, did, and the others said: it was
written by Luke." 2
Third: The Catholic Epistles and Revelation
Those letters are seven, three attributed to John, two to Peter, one to
Judah and one to Jacob, Then, the last book of the New Testament:
Revelation. Scholars attributed these letters to people whom they
believe are among the twelve disciples of Jesus.
Peter was a fisherman from the village of Nahom, known as Simon.

Scholars believe that he was one of the disciples of John the Baptist
before he accompanied Christ and be the best of his disciples. He
preached in Antioch and others, and then he was killed in Rome in
the mid-first century C.E.
Jacob was the son of Zabadi the fisherman – a brother of John the
evangelist - and was close to Christ. He led the council of Jerusalem
in 34 C.E., and was killed by Agrippa the first, most likely in 44 C.E.
1
- An Introduction to the Holy Bible, John Balkan and others, pp 556
2
- The History of the Church, Eusebius, pp 276
Others say, "The Jews killed him when they threw him from the
temple and stoned him in 62 C.E.”
Regarding Judah, the sources tell nothing about him except that
whether or not he was the younger brother of Jacob, means the son
of Zabadi, or he was the disciple Lebous, who was known as
Thaddaeus? Still, some say he is another Judah. 1
These letters are educational by its contents, personal by its style;

often mention the name of its author in its introduction. However, the
attribution of these letters was the subject of long debate in the first
centuries of Christianity. What we have mentioned about the letter to
the Hebrews applies to most of them. It was until the mid-fourth
century C.E. that the second letter of Peter, the second and third
letters of John, the two letters of Jacob, Judah, and the book of
Revelation, which was the subject of much controversy prior to
approval, were recognized.
The book of Revelation contains wired dream that aims to confirm

Christ’s divinity, his power in heavens, and the submission of the
angels to him, as well as some future predictions that were
formulated in a symbolic and ambiguous way. John saw this vision in
his dream and it is twenty-seven pages! These kinds of dreams are
strange and far from reality.
The earlier fathers of the church doubted this book. Kees Brisbter
(212 CE) said, "The book of Revelation was written by Sirenthon the
atheist", the same was said by Dionysius; one of the ancient
scholars.
Dionysius, the head of Alexandria School in 250 CE, relates, from

some previous scholars that they studied all the chapters of the book
of Revelation, and found it, "With no meaning or evidence, it is a
false title. Was not written by John… was not written by any of the
disciples, the priests or the men of the church. Corinthius, the
founder of the so-called Corinthians sect, wanted to support his
fictional story and attributed the book to John".
Corinthius believed that Christ is the king of the earth, which is
consistent with the idea of the book about the events of the earth’s
last days.
1
- The Holy Bible Dictionary, pp 174 -176, 1075. How Evangelists think about the basics of the Christian
Faith, Wayne Gerdom, pp 46.
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Dionysius, the great author, was not convinced by the achievements

of his former scholars. He studied the book and concluded that, "The
book was written by a person named John, a saint inspired by the
Holy Spirit, but I can not believe that he was the disciple the son
Zabadi, the author of the Gospel of John and the letters. I think there
were many people of the same names as of the Apostle John." 1
Luther said, "The book does not teach about Jesus; does not
mention him clearly, and it is not clear that it was inspired by the Holy
Spirit." His successor, the reformer Zwingli said, "We have nothing to
do with the book of Revelation, because it is not a religious book, it is
unlike John's writings and I can reject it." The interpreter Barkley
comments: "Many have agreed with Luther and Zwingli."
It was quoted that some interpreters said, "The number of puzzles in

the book of Revelation is as the number of its words”, and another
said, “The study of the book of Revelation makes one crazy, or, who
is trying to study it is a fool”.
The introduction to this book in the Jesuit Priesthood Edition says,

"The book of John tells us nothing about its writer, he had called
himself John, gave himself the title as a prophet and he never
mentioned that he is one of the twelve disciples. There is a text that
might be true, it was found in the second century, and it stated that
the writer of Revelation was John the Apostle. However, there is no
agreement on that in the old tradition, and the source of Revelation
has remained subject to doubt. The views of scholars in our time are
complex; some confirm that the differences in construction,
environment and theological thinking make it difficult to attribute
Revelation and the Fourth Gospel to one writer.
Other scholars disagree with them ... They believe that there is a
relation between the book of Revelation and the Gospel and that the
prophet being taught by teachers belonging to John environment in
Ephesus."
In the introduction to his commentary on Revelation, the interpreter
William Barclay said, "It is unlikely that the writer was an apostle, if
he was, he would stress more on this fact than being a prophet. In
addition, he speaks of the apostles, as he never knew them. This is
1
- The Church History, Eusebius, pp 329 -331
a way of a person chronicling the time of the Apostles, and the title of
the book suggests this idea, it is "The vision of John the theologian".
It is likely that the title, “the theologian" which means a person, who
knows theology, has been added to the name of John the writer to
distinguish him from John the Apostle.
Eusebius, the father of the church’s history, said, "It is likely to be

that the second John was the one who saw the vision that attributed
to John, if no one wants to believe that the first John [the disciple]
has seen it." 1
Thus, there is no evidence that John wrote the book and the most
that we could say that that unknown writers taught by John in
Ephesus wrote it.
Scholars mentioned the denial of the attribution of the Catholic

Epistles, such as Horn denial, and that he argued that their originals
do not exist in the ancient Syriac translation.
Eusebius said, "Everyone accepted without controversy our known

books, except for the letter to the Hebrews, the letter of Jacob, the
letter of Judah, the second letter of Peter, Revelation, and the
second and third letters of John. The public had accepted them, but
some doubted. The two Letters of John are personal letters and it is
difficult to prove its authenticity”. 2
Regarding the letter of Jacob, he said, "The letter is disputed, or at

least not many of the earlier scholars mentioned it in their writings,
as is the case in the letter of Judah, and yet we know that these
letters were read, along with the rest of the book, publicly in many
churches." 3
Regarding the letter of Judah, the scholar Krutis mentioned in his

book "The History of the Bible", "This is the letter of Judah, who was
the fifteenth of the Archbishops of Jerusalem in the era of Ed Dane,"
Making the letter of Judah as the work of a bishop lived in the second
century C.E.
1
- The New Testament Commentary, William Barclay, pp 9.
2
- The Church History, Eusebius, pp 145
3
- ibid, pp 88
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The Syriac church does not recognize, even now, the second letter
of Peter, and the second and third letters of John, Escalger said,
“He, who wrote the second letter of Peter had wasted his time”.
Regarding the author of the second letter of Peter, the introduction of

Jesuit priesthood said, "The opinion that the author of the letter is
Simon Peter is still a subject of debate, which raises a lot of trouble.
There is no need to mention the references, where the writer told of
his life, in which he said that he is Peter the Apostle, [i.e., the
unknown author was lying when he claimed that he was Peter]. it is a
kind of literature known as Wills. It does not seem that the writer
belongs to the first generation of Christians. Since the date of such
letter, imbued with the Jewish Christian traditions, cannot be
delayed, we can suggest that it was written in about 125 C.E., which
proves that Peter did not write it.
The applied interpretation of the Holy Bible said about this letter, "We
are not sure when this letter was written or who wrote it and the
subject of the author is controversial. Thus, the second letter of Peter
was the last book to be included to the New Testament”.
In the Church History, Eusebius, the father of the Church history,

said, "We found that his second letter is not within the legal books,
nevertheless it is proved useful to many, has been used with other
books. What I know is that there is only one legal letter and is
recognized by earlier scholars”.
The introduction of Jesuit priesthood says about their legality, "Both

this letter and the book of Revelation were in the New Testament,
which was the most difficult book to be recognized, it entered the
church slowly. Not recognized in most churches, until the fifth
century and recognized in Syria in the sixth century."
We conclude with what Dr. William Barclay, a Professor of the New

Testament in University of Glasgow, said. He said, "Martin Luther
refused to give this book (Revelation) a place in the New Testament,
and added it to other books, which are the letters of Jacob, the letters
of Peter, the letters of Judah, the second letter of Peter and the letter
to the Hebrews. He suggested putting Revelation at the end of the
New Testament." 1
1
- The New Teastament Commentary, William Barclay, pp 9
Ancient Pagan Sources of the New Testament
The ancient pagan was an important reference for the evangelist in

forming their stories about Christ, especially those parts, of which
they have not witnessed, such as those relating to his birth, his
claimed crucifixion or his alleged trial.
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Scholars mentioned many similarities between the stories of the

gospels and the stories of the ancient pagans - which preceded the
existence of Christianity many centuries of – about their gods.
The emergence of the stars at the birth of the gods
Matthew spoke about the birth of Christ. He said, "Now after

Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of
Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to
Jerusalem. saying, "Where is he who has been born king
of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have
come to worship him… After listening to the king, they
went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen
when it rose went before them until it came to rest over
the place where the child was.. And going into the house
they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell
down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures,
they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
(Matt 2/1-11).
The story of Matthew is similar to what the Buddhist say about
Buddha. In his book "The Angel Christ", Benson said, “It is stated in
the Buddhist holy books that the skies announced the birth of
Buddha by a bright star appeared in heavens, and they call it in
these books the" Star of Christ". The historian Bail said the same.
In his book, "The Chinese history", Thornton relates that at the birth
of “Yu”, who was born from a virgin, a star appeared in the sky, and
the same happened at the birth of the Chinese wise, Lautze.
In his book, "The life of Christ", Pastor Geeks said, "Extraordinary

events were common, especially during the birth or the death of one
of the great men, and was referred to by the appearance of a star or
a comet, or by contacts between the celestial bodies" 1
Gifts to the born gods
Matthew speaks, in the context of the story of the Magi, about the
gifts of the Magi to the new born. "And going into the house
they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell
1
- Paganism in Christianity, Mohammad Tahir At Tenneer, pp 65 -85. Christianity, Ahmad Shalabi, pp
153
down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures,

they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
(Matt 2/10-11).
It is also known among the ancient pagans that when Krishna was
born, and the shepherds knew of his birth, they gave him gifts from
the timber, barge and perfumes. Likewise, the wise men did at the
birth of Buddha.
In addition, Mithra, the savior, to whom the wise men of the magi had
given gifts of gold and perfumes. The same did the Magi at the birth
of Socrates (469 B.C.E.); three of them came from the east, and
gave him gifts of gold, perfume and food.
The divine Joy for the birth of the God
Luke mentioned that the angels were very happy for the birth of
Christ. "And in the same region there were shepherds out
in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And
an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of
the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with
fear. And the angel said to them, "Fear not, for behold, I
bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the
people…And suddenly there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among
those with whom he is pleased!" (Luke 2/8-14).
The ancient pagan told about that prior to Luke, and it is stated in the
book "Fishno Burana".
"The virgin Devaki was pregnant of the world guardian and glory of
the gods. On the day of her delivery was full of joy, the universe was
full of light, the gods in sky were happy and the spirits were singing
when the helper was born. The clouds were happy too and it started
to rain flowers.
Buddhists believe the same, as the historian "Fu Neb honk" quoted.
"The spirits, which surrounded the virgin Maya and her son, the
savior, started to pray and sing, "Glory to you Queen, be happy,
because the child you conceived is holy."
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This is close to what the Egyptians say, about the birth of "Osoris,"
and the Chinese in the "Confucius", as S. Francis mentioned and
Bounwick in his book “Egyptians belief” quoted. The same was
mentioned about some other nations.
Places of birth of the gods
The Gospel according to Luke says that Christ was born in a

manger, (see Luke 2:16), the ancient pagan tell the same. Krishna,
as they said, was also born in a cave, and after his birth was put in a
manger, where a good shepherd raised him. Huat ze, the Son of
Heaven to the Chinese, his mother left him when he was small, and
cows and sheep surrounded and protected him from all evil.
Christ experience of fasting
The Gospel according to Matthew talks about Satan testing Christ for
forty days. "And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he
was hungry." (Matt 4/2) The same also was told about Buddha in
China and about Zoroster with the Magi and other gods in the pagan
nation.
In his book, "The fasting life of Buddha", Monsieur Connery said,

"The great Buddha exhausted himself to the point of not eating or
breathing. Prince Mara (the prince of the devils) passed by and
meant to test Buddha." 1
The resurrection of the gods and their rights for
judgment
The New Testament writers speak of Christ’s judgment of humans.

The Gospel according to John says, "And he has given him
authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of
Man." (John 5/27)
This is also a pagan belief. Historians have talked about the

Egyptians belief of their savior’s resurrection after death, and that he
would be the one who rewards or punish the dead on the Judgment
Day.
1
- Paganism in Christianity, Mohammad Tahir At Tenneer, pp 97 – 98. Honest Discussion between the
Worshipper of Allah, and the Worshipper of Christ, Abdul Wadoud Shalabi, pp 43 - 46.
They mentioned in their legends that Osoris was a just ruler. His
brother betrayed him and killed him, and distributed his body’s parts
to the provinces of Egypt. His widow Isis gathered his body’s parts
from here and there, while she filled the world weeping and crying.
Then, a light came from the sky; the dead limbs of the body were
joined. He went to the sky holding the scale of justice and mercy.
The Indians think that their god, Krishna, is a savior. Pastor George
Cox said, "They describe Krishna as a soft-hearted hero, who is full
of divinity, because he sacrificed himself. They believe that no one
can do what he did."
The historian Doan said, "Indians believe that Krishna, the first born,
who is the same god Fishno, which has no end or beginning - as
they believe - was kind and saved the Earth from its burdens. He
came and sacrificed himself to save the people." Scholar Hawk also
said the same. 1
There is an important question: How do Christians explain this

correspondence between their beliefs and the old pagans’ beliefs,
which made Christianity an altered version of these religions?
Many claimed that these religions took their beliefs from Christianity,
but these religions existed centuries before Christianity.
The Manuscripts and the fossils, which recorded their beliefs, are
much older than Christianity and its gospels.
Therefore, Christians have to admit that the writers of the New

Testament took from the legends of the old previous pagans, or
escape to a world of secrets and darkness, where no reasoning or
evidence, and the myth take control.
Father James Ted, a lecturer at the University of Oxford said about

this similarity, "It is a divine secret, beyond the minds of the human
beings, and could not be interpreted as the interpretation and
perception of these humans. 2
1
- Paganism in Christianity, Mohammad Tahir At Tenneer, pp 29 – 32. Readings in the Holy Bible, Abdur
Rahim Muhammad, Vol.2, pp 238-239
2
- Honest Discussion between the Worshipper of Allah, and the Worshipper of Christ, Abdul Wadoud
Shalabi, pp 41
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Allah (S.W.) is right when he says about Christians: “That is a

saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the
unbelievers of old used to say”. (Holy Quran, At -Tawba: 30)
Allah (S.W.) has warned them not to be like the unbelievers. He

(S.W.) says, “Say: "O people of the Book! exceed not in your
religion the bounds (of what is proper), trespassing beyond the
truth, nor follow the vain desires of people who went wrong in
times gone by,- who misled many, and strayed (themselves)
from the even way”. (Holy Quran, Al-ma’ida: 77)
The Gospel of Christ (PBUH)
If human wrote these gospels and letters, and if the writers did not
claim that they were writings the words of God, how did these
writings have become sacred and divine, and where is the gospel,
which Allah (S.W.) revealed to Jesus, in which Muslims believe?
The True Gospel: the Gospel of Christ
Scholars wondered for long about the gospel of Christ, which Allah
(S.W.) revealed to Jesus, in which Muslims believe and is mentioned
often in the gospels. However, the Christian answer is absolute
silence and ignorance of the existence of this Gospel. They believe
that the gospel, or the New Testament, starts when the apostles
begin to write the letters and the Gospels.
Paul’s letters, which were written in the second half of the first
century, speak in many passages about the gospel of Christ, but
they did not mention the four Gospels. Paul – who has fourteen
letters in the New Testament, was killed in 62 C.E., while Mark wrote
the first Gospel in 65 C.E. Dozens of gospels were written after that,
which also refer to the gospel of Christ (PBUH) or the Gospel of God.
Passages talk about the Gospel of Christ
Paul then the Evangelists spoke about the Gospel of Christ in many
Passages. Paul said, "I am astonished that you are so
quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of
Christ and are turning to a different gospel… but there are
some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of
Christ." (Gal 1/6-8). He talked about a real gospel, of which people
left and turned to another false gospel.
Warning them, he said, "On those who do not obey the gospel
of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the punishment of
eternal destruction." (Thessalonians (2) 1/8-9)
The four gospels mentioned a real gospel. When the woman poured
perfume at Jesus’ (PBUH) feet, he said, "Truly, I say to you,
wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world,
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what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

(Matt 26/13) No doubt, he did not mean the gospel of Matthew, which
Matthew wrote years after this story.
The Gospel according to Mark says, "For whoever would save

his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake
and the gospel's will save it." (Mark 8/35).
It is noticeable that these passages speak of one gospel, not four

gospels or the seventy gospels, which the church had rejected. The
passages call this gospel the Gospel of God, and the Gospel of
Christ.
The text called Allah’s (S.W.) inspiration to Christ (the Word of God).
People crowded upon the shore of the lake to hear the word God .
"On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him
to hear the word of God." (Luke 5/1)
The same when he (PBUH) entered the village of Nahom. "And

many were gathered together, so that there was no more
room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the
word to them." (Mark 2/2). That divine speech, which people
crowded to hear, was the gospel that Muslims believe. It is the word
of Allah (S.W.) to Christ (PBUH), which the Holy Quran calls “Injeel”-
the Gospel.
Christians avoid acknowledging the existence of a real gospel - the

gospel of Christ. They said that nothing was revealed to Christ. The
gospel is his personal words, which the Evangelists quoted from him.
This of course is consistent with their belief about Christ’s divinity. It
is proper that God would receive a book; this is for prophets.
Their claim is disproved by the text that spoke about Allah’s (S.W.)
inspiration to him (PBUH). "I speak of what I have seen with
my Father." (John 8/38). He (PBUH) also assured that he received
revelation and inspiration from Allah (S.W.). He said, "For I have
not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent
me has himself given me a commandment--what to say
and what to speak. And I know that his commandment is
eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has
told me." (John 12/49-50), and he said, "But speak just as the
Father taught me." (John 8/28).
John the Baptist (PBUH) called Allah’s (S.W.) words to Jesus, ‘the
testimony’; and he predicted that many people of Israel well refuse it.
He said, "He who comes from above is above all. He bears
witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives
his testimony. Whoever receives his testimony sets his
seal to this, that God is true. For he whom God has sent
utters the words of God." (John 3/31-34).
In other texts, Jesus said that he received revelation like all prophets;
his disciples believed in him as a messenger and believed what he
said to them is the word of Allah (S.W.). He said, "And they have
kept your word. Now they know that everything that you
have given me is from you. For I have given them the
words that you gave me, and they have received them and
have come to know in truth that I came from you; and
they have believed that you sent me." (John 17/6-8).
Thus, when his mother and his brothers came to him and stood at his
door, he turned away from them and went to his disciples, who
listened to Allah’s (S.W.) words and followed. "But he answered
them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear
the word of God and do it." (Luke 8/21). Allah’s (S.W.) words are
not just good news, in which people believe - as some claim that the
gospel is the good news of his salvation - but deeds.
To confirm Allah’s (S.W.) revelation to him, he (PBUH) said,

“Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And
the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who
sent me." (John 14/24). This inspiration will be the judge in the
Judgment Day. "The one who rejects me and does not receive
my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will
judge him on the last day. For I have not spoken on my
own authority." (John 12/48-49).
The Gospel of Christ is what Muslims believe to be Allah’s (S.W.)

words to Jesus Christ (PBUH), and which we miss today and long to
see, but unfortunately, it was lost during persecution and the
difficulties that Christianity faced during the first centuries.
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The Documentation and the Canonism of the New

Testament
New questions come to mind: How did the gospels appear after the
disappearance of the gospel of Christ, Who wrote them, and in what
conditions were they written?
Answering these questions, we say, some of the Christian historians

agree that they were verbal stories and statements. Those
statements were formulated later to become written texts to meet the
needs of the emerging Christian church. It is sufficient to mention
what Joachim Iremia said in his book, "Christ's words that are not in
the Gospels", which published by the Egyptian Church. He said, " we
should bear in mind two key facts about the gospels and its writing:
that for a long time, all known traditions about Jesus were all oral
statements, and they continued the same for about thirty-five years
after Jesus. The situation did not change until Nero's persecution of
Christians. Then the elders of the church met, in the fall of 64 C.E.,
and found that many of the best men of the church had been lost.
They did not find except John, who was known as Mark, a colleague
of Peter the Apostle in service, to record as much as he can
remember from the teachings of Christ. Mark wrote his short gospel,
which carried his name, and it was the oldest written story about the
life of Christ.
The second fact is that Mark’s story about Jesus and his sayings,
made others to do like him, and other gospels came out…There
were a considerable number of gospels. When the Church sensed
the danger of the situation, it began to investigate the foundations of
these four known gospels, and considered the rest as Apocrypha,
which were collected and burned, until they disappeared."
Speaking about the history of the documentation of the New

Testament, the introduction of the Jesuit priesthood says, "The
Gospel of Mark might be written in the years 65-70 C.E. The Gospels
of Matthew and Luke do not reflect the same environments, as they
were sent to other places, and were written ten to twenty five years
after the Gospel of Mark".
In the mid-second century, there was a movement of collecting a

sacred Christian book as the one of the Jews. That movement had
resulted in the books we have in the New Testament. The French
introduction to the New Testament says, "Early Christians did not
realize the need to write about and keep the deeds of the apostles
until the death of the last Apostles”.
It seems that Christians, until the year 150 C.E., progressed slowly to
establishing a new set of holy books. Most likely, they started by
collecting the letters of Paul, and used them in their church; their
purpose was never to add a new chapter to the Holy Bible.
Regardless of the importance of those texts, there is no written
testimony before the second century (Peter 2/ 3-16), to prove that
people knew a group of written Evangelical texts. There is no
mention that these texts had the necessity criteria. That appeared
only in the second half of the second century. We can say that the
four gospels were legally accepted in 170 C.E., even though this
term was not used until then.
It is important to mention what happened between the year 150 and

year 200, as the Book of Acts was gradually accepted, and there
was an agreement on the first letter of John… There is a large
number of works that some fathers mention them as legal books,
while others consider them as beneficial readings. There were some
other books, which were considered as part of the Holy Bible, and
part of the Law. However, they did not last as such for long; they
were eventually removed from the law. This had happened to the
Shepherd of Hermas, the Didache, the first Epistle of Clement, the
Epistle of Barnabas, and the Apocalypse of Peter. 1
We can summaries what the New Testament’s Introduction

mentioned, as that, the collection of the gospels began after the
death of the most important disciples, and had been accepted in the
mid-second century. Marcion, assisted in the formation of the New
Testament in the year 160 C.E., when he called for the rejection of
the Old Testament, and needed to provide his church with other holy
books.
1
- Readings in the Holy Bible, Abdur Rahim Muhammad, Vol.2, pp 268-269. Christ in the Christian
Creeds Resources, Ahmad Abdul Wahab, pp 33 -35
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His followers contributed in the spreading of these Gospels. He

collected a gospel during his time, and that was the beginning of the
New Testament.
The church historians agreed that the four gospels and the letters of
Paul were accepted towards the end of second century. The first
historian that mentioned the four gospels was Irenaeus in the year
200 C.E. Then Clement, who mentioned them, defended them and
consider them necessary to be accepted.
In his book, " Dissertation upon Irenaeus ", Dr. Dodwell said, “We
have at this day certain that most authentic ecclesiastical writers of
the times, as Clemens Romanus, Barnabas, Hermas, Ignatius, and
Polycarp, who wrote in the order wherein I have named them, and
after all the writers of the New Testament. But in Hermas you will not
find one passage or any mention of the New Testament, nor in all
the rest of any one of the Evangelists named”.
Justin Martyr, the most eminent of the early Fathers, wrote about the
middle of the second century about the divinity of Christ. He used
more than three hundred quotations from the books of the Old
Testament, and nearly one hundred from the Apocryphal books of
the New Testament, but not even one from the four gospels.
In his book, "Christian records" (pp 71), Rev. Dr. Giles said, "The
very names of the Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, are
never mentioned by him [Justin] – and do not occur once in all his
writings”. The rest of the books of the New Testament remained
subject of disputes between churches throughout the third century.
Few of the books were accepted in Eastern churches, as the letter to
the Hebrews, while the followers of the Western churches rejected it,
and accepted the book of revelation. 1
Thus, persecutions caused the loss of the gospel of Christ, and the
need made the church to come up with new gospels and letters
known in the mid-second century C.E. Then, the churches adopted
them in different ranks of holiness. The disagreement remained for
centuries, until the sixth century C.E, when this book was regarded
as a Holy Book. People wrote it and people regarded it as holy and
the word of Allah (S.W.). It is manmade, and man made it Holy Book.
The Gospels’ Errors
1
- The Truth Revealed, Rahmatullah Al Hindi, Vol.2 pp 381
Any human work is subject to errors, and such are the gospels. They
are full of errors, which confirmed by history and reality. These errors
in the book make it impossible to be holy, and convert its inspiration’s
claim into a mirage. The errors in the gospels are many, they are in
many types; the Holy Book disprove some as wrong or lies, the mind
and reasoning disprove some, while history and reality disprove
others.
First: errors evidenced by the holy books
How far are these passages from honoring God and his prophets!
The book of Revelation tells about the vision of John, when he saw
the son of God setting on his throne in the form of a sheep that has
seven horns and seven eyes, Allah the Almighty is very much above
that. The author said," And between the throne and the four
living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb
standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns
and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God
sent out into all the earth." (Rev 5/6).
The passage continues to speak of those standing in front of him .

"Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve
him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the
throne will shelter them with his presence. They shall
hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not
strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the
midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will
guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe
away every tear from their eyes. (Rev 7/15-17).
The text reveals who is sitting on the throne in the form of sheep that
was God the Son, the second god of Trinity. He said, "They will
make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them,
for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with
him are called and chosen and faithful." (Rev 17/14).
The text of John goes to recall that the crowd, which was before the
throne of God, called of the salvation of God and the sheep . "From
every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages,
standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed
in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and
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crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our

God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" And all the
angels were standing around the throne and around the
elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their
faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying,
"Amen!" (Rev 9/12).
Does God need salvation and from whom, and who will save him? Is
there no better way to refer to the worshiped Almighty God?
The New Testament speaks of God foolishness and weakness, but

his foolishness is wiser than the wisdom of men, and his weakness is
stronger than the strength of men. In this regard, Paul said, "For
the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the
weakness of God is stronger than men." (Co (1) 1/25). There
is no way to accept to say that God Almighty has weakness or
ignorance, He (S.W.) is the Almighty, the Wise and the Omniscient.
Paul – or more precisely, the unknown writer of Hebrews - insulted

God's book and Law and describe it as old. This cannot be in the
book of God, or in what He reveals to His prophets, whose tasks
were to confirm and glorify His revelation and words. Paul said, "A
former commandment is set aside because of its weakness
and uselessness. (for the law made nothing perfect); but
on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through
which we draw near to God." (Heb 7/18-19)
He said about the Torah, which God revealed to Moses, "And

what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to
vanish away." (Heb 8/13) He also said, "For if that first
covenant had been faultless, there would have been no
occasion to look for a second." (Heb 8/7)
Ignoring all the books, which prohibit some food (see Lev 11:1-47)
and considering them as Jewish myths and wills of the apostates,
Paul said, "Not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and
the commands of people who turn away from the truth. To
the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and
unbelieving, nothing is pure." (Tit 1/14-15)
This is what Paul and the unknown writer of Hebrews said about
God’s Law, which is described in the Psalms as, “The law of the
LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the
LORD is sure, making wise the simple. the precepts of the

LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of
the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes." (Psalms 19/7-8)
The New Testament attribute to Jesus insulting his prophets

brothers, describing them as thieves and accusing them of not
guiding their people. John said, “So Jesus again said to them,
"Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All
who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the
sheep did not listen to them. .. The thief comes only to steal
and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and
have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good
shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a
hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the
sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees,
and the wolf snatches them and scatters them." (John 10/7-
12)
It is impossible that God Almighty would say such things about

himself in his books or to his messengers.
Loss of points, even characters from the law
Trying to strengthen the Old Testament's authenticity, the evangelists

attributed to Jesus that he said, "But it is easier for heaven and
earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become
void." (Luke 16/17). In addition, that he said in Matthew "For
truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not
an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is
accomplished." (Matt 5/18). Are these statements true, or that
there are words, lines and even books, have been lost from the Law?
Many Examples have been cited about those lost words in the first
book of this series. Thus, I will present only three examples, leaving
it to the decent reader to consider such a text. These examples
prove that the above statements are not the Word of God or the
words of his prophet Christ, but some additions written by those
writers and falsely attributed to God.
Among the evidence of the shortage and the loss of points and
characters from the Law, what we find stated in the book of
Chronicles. "The sons of Ezra: Jether, Mered, Epher, and
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Jalon ***** and she conceived and bore Miriam, Shammai,

and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa." (1Ch 4/17).
It did not mention the rest of Ezra’s children neither the one who
conceived Mary and her sisters, and the typists put only five stars
instead to draw attention to the loss in the text.
To see more of the Bible’s stars See (Ch (2) 36/23), (Ezr 1/3), (Ezr
6/5-6), (Samuel (2) 5/8), (Eze 22/43), (Kings (2) 5/6) and (Zechariah
6/15), and many others that are too many to mention.
The loss and fallout extend to include books containing thousands of

points and letters, as the Book of Wars of the Lord, which mentioned
in the Book of numbers, as it said, "Wherefore it is said in the
Book of the Wars of the LORD, "Waheb in Suphah, and the
valleys of the Arnon." (Num 21/14) This book cannot be found,
as well as the book of Nathan the prophet, the prophecy of Ahijah the
Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo, which are mentioned in the book
of Chronicles. it said: "are they not written in the history of
Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the
Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer." (Ch (2) 9/29).
To see more of these missing letters and books, see (Josh10/3),

(Samuel (2) 1/18), (Ch (1) 29/29), (Ch (2) 12/15), (Kings (1) 4/13-32)
and many more
All these are evidence of the loss of words and letters of the Law, as
the heavens and the earth and their survival are witnesses of Christ's
innocence from what the Evangelists attributed to him.
Matthew, wrongly, referring to the Book of Jeremiah
In a prophecy told by Matthew, he made a mistake when he quoted

from the Torah. Matthew said, "Then when Judas, his betrayer,
saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and
brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests
and the elders…And throwing down the pieces of silver
into the temple, he departed….But the chief priests, taking
the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into
the treasury, since it is blood money." So they took
counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial
place for strangers. Then was fulfilled what had been

spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "And they took
the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price
had been set by some of the sons of Israel. and they gave
them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me." (Matt
27:3-10). Referring this quotation to the Book of Jeremiah was
wrong. There is nothing of that in the Book of Jeremiah; it is in the
Book of Zechariah: "Then the LORD said to me, "Throw it to
the potter"--the lordly price at which I was priced by
them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them
into the house of the LORD, to the potter." (Zechariah 11/12-
14)
It is important to mention here that the story in the Book of Zechariah

has nothing to do with Christ and Judah. The price requested by
Zachariah was a decent, price for his work, while the price received
by Judah was a price of betrayal and treachery.
The truth is that the referring is not to the Book of Zechariah and
Jeremiah, but to a non-canonical book attributed to the Prophet
Jeremiah. In his interpretation of the Bible, Adam Clarke quoted
Jerome saying that, “The Jews from Nasserites showed him this
prophecy in the Hebrew copy of the book of Jeremiah, which is
questionable (apocrypha). But it is likely that they have made this
prophecy in the Book of Jeremiah only to prove the quotation found
in the book of Matthew".
Reverend Saman Calhoun considers that the original copy did not
specify the name of the prophet quoted by the referral; “Then was
fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet”, as stated in
the Syriac translation.
The friends of David did not eat the Bread of the

Presence in the time of priest Ahimelech
The author of the Gospel of Mark made a mistake twice while

speaking of what David did when he was hungry and ate the bread of
the presence, which only priests are allowed to eat. He said, "Have
you never read what David did, when he was in need and
was hungry, he and those who were with him. how he
entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high
priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not
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lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to
those who were with him?" (Mark 2/25-26)
His saying "He and those who were with him” is definitely
wrong, because David was alone when he went to the high priest
after he fled from saul, as stated in the book of Samuel. "Then
David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech
came to meet David trembling and said to him, "Why are
you alone, and no one with you... but there is holy bread."
(Samuel (1) 21/1-4)
The second error occurred when Mark named the chief priest
Abiathar. The book of Samuel states that the chief priest then was
his father, Ahimelech, who was killed by Saul because he gave the
holy bread to David. See (Samuel (1) 22/20-23)
The editors of the Holy Bible Dictionary remind that Abiathar then
fled to David with Sadouk, the chief priest, after the death of his
father, Ahimelech. Ward, the Catholic admitted this mistake in his
book "Errors" and quoted Mr. Joe Will saying, “Mark made a mistake,
he wrote Abiathar instead of Ahimelech”. 1
Praising Judah, the betrayer
When the evangelists speak of the disciples, they speak well of the
twelve, including Judah the betrayer. They even mentioned him while
mentioning events that took place after his death.
Matthew mentioned Jesus saying to his twelve disciples, “Truly, I

say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit
on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will
also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel." (Matt 19/28)
Matthew did not exclude Judah the betrayer, whom Jesus described
as "but woe to that man …. It would have been better for
that man if he had not been born." (Matt 26/24)
Luke noticed Matthew's error and did not make the same mistake; he
did not mention the number of chairs. See (Luke 22/28-29)
1
- The Truth Revealed, Rahmatullah Al Hindi, Vol.2 pp 339. The Holy Bible Dictionary, pp 20
Paul made the same mistake when he talked about the resurrection
of Christ, which is supposed to be after the death of Judah and
before the election of Mitas. (See Act 1/26) Paul said, "That he
was raised on the third day in accordance with the
Scriptures. And that he appeared to Cephas, then to the
twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred
brothers." (1Co 15/4-6)
The writer of Mark noticed the mistake when he told the same story,
and then he said, "Afterward he appeared to the eleven."
(Mark 16/14)
We have to mention here that Jesus appeared to ten of the disciples

the first time, as Thomas, who missed the first meeting, was not with
them. John said, "Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the
Twin, was not with them when Jesus came." (John 20/24).
The duration of Christ staying in the heart of the earth

was not three days and three nights
Matthew made another mistake when mentioned that the son of man
(Christ) stayed in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
He said, "Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered
him, saying, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you. But
he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation
seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the
sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three
days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will
the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart
of the earth." (Matt 12/38-40)
It is well known from the gospels that Jesus was crucified on Friday,
was buried on Saturday night, and was out of the tomb before dawn
on Sunday. That means that he did not stay in the tomb except for
Saturday and Sunday night. This is equal to two nights and one day,
not three days and three nights, as told by Matthew.
Basle, a Christian scholar, admitted that Matthew had made a

mistake, and claimed that he had misunderstood the words of Christ;
such an interpretation as to stay three days and three nights in the
ground was based on Matthew’s understanding.
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What Jesus meant was, "As the people of Nineveh believed in

preaching and did not ask for a miracle, people should hear my
preaching without asking for a miracle."
Trying to modify the text tries in his interpretation, Yohanna Fam

Athahab said, "The three days and three nights are counted from
Thursday, when Jesus had dinner with the disciples and the food
became his body. The heart of the earth is a figurative expression for
their stomachs." 1 This is clearly a repugnant statement!
Second: Errors proved by reality
The close return of Christ and the fast end of the world
There are many other texts, in which the Evangelists made mistakes,
and reality and history are the proofs. The Gospel according to
Matthew mentions about the near Resurrection day, which is coupled
with the near return of Christ, which was specified by Christ, as they
claim, that it was before the end of his generation. Therefore, he
asked his disciples not go to preach in the cities of the Samaritans,
as the Resurrection will happen then.
There are about ten passages, which spoke about the return of
Christ and the Resurrection in the gospels. The most important are,
"For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the
glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person
according to what he has done. Truly, I say to you, there
are some standing here who will not taste death until they
see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." (Matt 16/27-28)
He also said, "When they persecute you in one town, flee to

the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone
through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man
comes." (Matt 10/23) Father Matta Almiskeen commented on this
passage, saying, "It took too much time from scholars to explain this
verse, and they declared that they could not see the solution,
because there is no solution." 2
In addition, in the book of Revelation, he said, "I am coming
soon." (Rev 3/11)
Matthew mentioned the events that would accompany the return of
1
- The Truth Revealed, Rahmatullah Al Hindi, Vol.2 pp 318
2
- The Gospel According to Matthew, Father Matta Al Miskeen, pp 364 -365
Jesus. “As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came

to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things
be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the
close of the age?" (Matt 24/3)
Father Matta Almiskeen said, "With the question about the

destruction of the temple they added: What is the sign of the coming
of the son of man, they were absolutely sure that the destruction of
the temple is the end of the world, and the Son of Man comes, and
the doomsday completes, and the kingdom of God begins." 1
Jesus answered the first question of his disciples, as he described

signs of the destruction of the temple. Then proceeded to answer the
second question on his coming and the end of time, he said,
"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun
will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and
the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the
heavens will be shaken. Then will appear in heaven the
sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth
will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on
the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. …Truly,
I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all
these things take place.2 Heaven and earth will pass away,
but my words will not pass away." (Matt 29/35), see (Mark
13/24-31)
In the book of Luke, "And Jerusalem will be trampled

underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles
are fulfilled. "And there will be signs in sun and moon and
stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity
because of the roaring of the sea and the waves. People
fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming
on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be
shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a
cloud with power and great glory….Truly, I say to you,
this generation will not pass away until all has taken
place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words
will not pass away." (Luke 21/24-33)
1
- The Gospel According to Matthew, Father Matta Al Miskeen, pp 367
2
- Interpreters and commentators trying hard to solve this dilemma; Irinemous said that the word
‘generation’ refers to human beings, Oregano said it refers to the Christian church, and others said that it
refers to Jewish rule. However there are others who confessed that it refers to a period of time (70 -100)
years. See, The Gospel of Luke’s interpretation, Pastor Ibrahim Said, pp 525
(74)
Father Matta Almiskeen said, “All scholars agreed that this verse
refers to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, which actually
occurred in his generation." 3
The idea of the rapid return and the near resurrection overwhelmed
the writers of the epistles. Among them, was Paul, who said, "But
they were written down for our instruction, on whom the
end of the ages has come." (1 Co 10/11)
In his letter to the Thessalonians, Paul talked about how he will meet
Jesus after the believers in Jesus rise from the dead. He said, "For
this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we
who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord,
will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord
himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command,
with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the
trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then
we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so
we will always be with the Lord." (1 Thess 4/15-17).
He confirmed his belief in this idea by saying, "Behold! I tell you

a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the
last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead
will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed."
(1Co 15/51-52)
Jesuit Monastic comments on this latter text, saying, "Paul spoke as
a person who was expected to be alive at the coming of Christ".
The Dictionary of Theology says:" "It seems that the believers, at the
beginning of the Church had thought that Jesus will come
immediately… Paul did not say that the second glorious coming
would be after a long time, but rather the contrary he hoped that he
will be alive (1 Thess 4/17).
John said, "Children, it is the last hour, and as you have

heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists
have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour."
(1Jo 2/18).
3
- The Gospel according to Luke, Father Matta Al Miskeen, pp 674
The Jesuit Monastic comments on this verse: “Hinting to the last hour
of history, the first Christians, including John, were convinced that
the hour is near, but they believed that the coming of the Lord in
glory will be preceded by a corrupting; the False Christ."
These sayings and others indicate that the occurrence of the

resurrection and the return of Jesus before will happen during the
time of the first generation. However, many centuries have gone but
they did not happen. This shows that these prophecies are among
the evangelists’ errors.
The miracles of the believers
Reality proved another evangelists’ mistake. Jesus did not lie, and it
is impossible that he said what the evangelist attributed to him in
these passages.
The end of the book of Mark, states that Jesus appeared to his
disciples after the crucifixion. Then, he said to them, "And these
signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they
will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they
will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink
any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay
their hands on the sick, and they will recover." (Mark 16/17-
18)
Close to this meaning, Mark said that Jesus told his disciples,
"Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to
this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and
does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says
will come to pass, it will be done for him." (Mark 11/22-23)
In addition, in the book of Matthew, "And whatever you ask in

prayer, you will receive, if you have faith." (Matt 21/22)
When a man approached Jesus begging him to heal his son from
epilepsy, he said, "But if you can do anything, have
compassion on us and help us. And Jesus said to him, "If
you can! All things are possible for one who believes."
Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I
believe; help my unbelief!" (Mark 9/22-24). Jesus made him
understand that the believers can make miracles- all kind of miracles.
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Thus, Jesus asked him to believe in order to heal his son. The man
promised to believe, and Jesus healed his son, as the man was not a
believer yet.
John quoted Jesus saying, "Truly, truly, I say to you,

whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do;
and greater works than these will he do." (John 14/12) Thus,
every believer can make impressive miracles as those made by
Jesus, like reviving the dead and healing the sick; and trying is the
best proof!
Those who doubt the success of this experience should read the
following lines, which were written by Father Matta Almiskeen. He
said, "Give me curved knees and sincere hearts of the faith in the
promise of Jesus, and you will see how the blinds see, the deaf hear,
and the limps walking, running and dancing. All kinds of diseases will
be healed even chronic, cancer and cirrhosis of liver and kidney
failure and heart disease; for, Jesus, is Jesus, yesterday, today and
forever." 1
Those who believe in the holiness of these passages and unable to

do miracles do not have faith. Matthew told about the disciples, who
came to Jesus privately to ask him why they failed to cure the
leprous. He answered them: "For truly, I say to you, if you
have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this
mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and
nothing will be impossible for you." (Matt 17/20) Thus, every
Christian believer can bring people from the dead, heal the sick and
bring the devils out, but if he failed to do that then he is not a
believer.
These passages speak of miracles that can be made by the

believers. Is there any miracle that happened in the lives of those
who claim faith in Christ?
Did the church fathers as well as the rest of the faithful make
miracles like, or better than, those of Christ; did they bring back the
dead, did they heal the sick; did they master several languages and
spoke in different tongues, or they are not believers and failed to
make such miracles?
1
- The Gospel according to Matthew, Father Matta Al Miskeen, pp 514
During the debate between Ahmad Deedat and the Chief priest of
Sweden, Stanley Sjoberg, one of the audience stood and read out
the passage of Mark to the Rev. Sjoberg (Mark 16/16-18). Then the
man asked him to drink a bottle of poison saying: "Drink this deadly
poison, but you will not die because you have faith in Jesus, and you
have true faith."
Then, Sjoberg’s face changed, and he, stammered, said, "We do not
die if we drink poison! This is strange. I am a believer in God and in
the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit tells us what will happen to us. My
wife had said to me thirty days ago, ‘Stanley, be careful, someone
will assassinate you by poison’ …. I see the devil inside you (to the
man), I do not want to make a show…" Then he took the poison and
poured it in a plant pot.
The believers fast rewards in life
Reality and life, again, proved another evangelists’ mistake. Mark

mentioned that Peter said to Jesus, "See, we have left
everything and followed you." Jesus said, "Truly, I say to
you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or
sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my
sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a
hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and
sisters and mothers and children and lands, with
persecutions, and in the age to come, eternal life." (Mark
10/28-30). In the book of Matthew "Will receive a hundredfold
and will inherit eternal life." (Matt 19/29) In the book of Luke
"will receive many times more in this time." (Luke 18/30)
Scholars did not understand how to obtain these rewards; how could
people have many mothers and fathers…If the understanding that
the parents and brothers and mothers are figurative expressions,
how to understand the rewards of fields and wives? When did we
see that happen to those who leave their homes to preach
Christianity? They leave their mothers, their sisters and their money,
When did they receive a hundredfold of rewards?
The verse speaks clearly of an earthly reward "with

persecutions", and that it will happen "in this time", and then a
promise of eternal life in the hereafter.
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This verse is a lie, if it was right people will rush to answer the call,
and the experiment will reveal facts and things that people would
race and fight each other for them.
However, Father Matta Almiskeen described the promise in a

strange symbolism. He said, "Instead of the father, Jesus will give
him the spirit of the son of the heavenly father, and instead of the
mother will feel the motherhood of the church. Instead of the women
here, taking off from men and women the sense of needing each
other…it becomes a need from the heaven to give birth, by spirit, to
children, who inherit the kingdom of heaven. The longing to the
children as well, become nostalgia to them as the children of God." 1
Is the earth spherical or flat?
The book of Revelation speaks about the vision of John when he

saw the earth as flat with four corners, and an angel stands at each
corner. John said, "After this I saw four angels standing at
the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds
of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or
against any tree." (Rev 7/1). John mentioned the four corners of
the earth again when he said, "And when the thousand years
are ended, Satan will be released from his prison. And will
come out to deceive the nations that are at the four
corners of the earth." (Rev 20/7-8)
Matthew confirmed this perception about the earth while speaking

about the devil’s test to Christ. When wanted to show Jesus all the
kingdoms of the earth, the devil took him to a very high mountain and
show him all the kingdoms of the earth, "Again, the devil took
him to a very high mountain and showed him all the
kingdoms of the world." (Matt 4/8)
He was able to see from the high mountain, which would be so if the
earth was flat, but it is impossible if the earth was spherical, as we
know.
Third: errors proved by the mind
1
There are errors proved by the mind and they are not inspirations.
The mind would realize they are wrong, and realize the ignorance of
their writers of Allah’s (S.W.) laws in nature.
A star in the sky of Jerusalem
Matthew mentioned the story of the Magi, who came to Christ when
he was born, to worship him. He said, "Now after Jesus was
born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king,
behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?
For we saw his star when it rose and have come to
worship him."… they went on their way. And behold, the
star that they had seen when it rose went before them
until it came to rest over the place where the child was.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with
great joy."
(Matt 2/1-10)
There are many reasons for the mind to reject this story:
- Matthew spoke about a moving star and its movements – even

it is very far- it can be seen from the earth; pointing to a certain
area in Jerusalem, to a certain house, where there is Christ.
Then the star stops while still in the sky. How did it move, how
did it guide them to the house, how did it stop, and how did
they see all these? These are questions without answers.
- How did the Magi know about Christ and his star if they did
not even know God? How could they prostrate to a prophet
whom they do not believe in his religion? These all are lies,
because none of the ancient Magi and their historians
mentioned such a thing, neither the other evangelists including
Luke, who followed every thing accurately.
- Then why did the Magi bother in taking this long journey, is it
just to bow down to him, give him gifts and then return?
- The passage speaks about Herod interest in the newborn

baby, and that he intended to kill him. He asked the Magi to tell
him if they found the child so he too could bow down to him.
The Magi dreamed that they should not return to Herod, and
they did so, because, if Herod was interested he could go with
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them to Bethlehem, which is near to Jerusalem, or he could

send any of his men with them, as this matter is very important
to him.
- Matthew mentioned Herod’s massacre of the children, after the

Magi left, before he could find the child. This story is false,
because none of the historians mentioned this event, in spite of
its importance. We should mention here that the great Herod
died four years before the birth of Jesus as states in all
historical sources.
Riding the donkey and the colt together
What the mind cannot imagine is what Matthew said speaking of

Christ entering Jerusalem. He said, "They brought the donkey
and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he (Christ)
sat on them." (Matt 21/7), Christ cannot be setting on the donkey
and the colt at the same time. It is a mistake and a lie, by which
Matthew wanted to fulfill a prophecy of the Torah. "This took place
to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, "Say to
the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you,
humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal
of a beast of burden." (Matt 21/4-5)
The wonders of Matthew at the death of the crucified
Similarly, the mind does not accept the wonders that Matthew told
had happened at the death of Christ. He said, "And yielded up his
spirit. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in
two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the
rocks were split. The tombs also were opened. And many
bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. and
coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went
into the holy city and appeared to many." (Matt 27/50-53)
This story is wrong, a mistake and a lie, because it never happened

that saints or others returned from dead.
Then, what had happened, did they marry after they returned, did
they return to their houses, or they died after that? What was the
reaction of the Jews, Pilate and the disciples when this great event
occurred?
The answer is, ‘nothing’, because neither Matthew, nor those who
did not tell about these wonders, answered these questions. If those
wonders were real, every one would be speaking about it and people
would believe in Christ. The father Kenningser said, "we must not
mock, because Matthew's intention was very respectable, he
incorporated the oral words of the old story with of his writing, but the
story is still suitable to Jesus Christ; the star”.
Norton, who is called the guardian of the Gospel, said, "This story is
false, and most probably that these stories were popular among the
Jews after the destruction of Jerusalem. Perhaps someone wrote it
in the margin of the Hebrew copy of the book of Matthew, then the
writer inserted it into the text, and the translator translated it as it is”.
Perhaps there are many passages were in the margins of the New
Testament, which were wrongly inserted into the text. How can we
find these false passages and take it from the book?
There is no doubt that men of the church, who closed their minds
from the truth, refuse to accept the fact that the Gospel has mistakes,
because the Holy Spirit does not make mistakes. While those who
respect their minds would say that, this book is human and not the
word of God and the evidence is what we have shown.
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Alterations in the New Testament
One wonders where the alterations of the gospel came from. Was it
from the evangelists and the authors of the letters, or from the
transcribers, who managed the texts according to their creeds, or
from those who made the personal writings of the disciples holy, or
from all of this? Perhaps the latter is the right answer.
First: the alteration by the evangelists: were the

evangelists honest when copying from each other?
It is undeniable- as we mentioned - that Luke had copied 51%, while

Matthew had copied 90 % of the text of the book of Mark. Were
Matthew and Luke honest when they copied from Mark, or they
copied according to their wishes?
The truth is that both of them copied from Mark as they wished,
especially Mathew, who always exaggerated the events he copied to
fit in the person of Christ, or to convey a fulfillment of a prophecy of
the Torah, which the story of mark could not convey. Scholars
mentioned many examples, such as:
Mark says about the crucified, "And they offered him wine
mixed with myrrh." (Mark 15/23)
However, Matthew copied from Mark and changed the text, he said ,
"They offered him sour wine to drink, mixed with gall."
(Matt 27/34), it is known that the sour wine (vinegar) and wine are
different. Matthew meant to convey the claimed prophecy of the
Torah, "They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst
they gave me sour wine to drink." (Psalms 69/21) He had
changed the word ‘wine’ to ‘sour wine’.
Mark says, "Whoever does the will of God, he is my brother

and sister and mother." (Mark 3/35)
While Matthew copied it as, "For whoever does the will of my

Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
(Matt 12/50), the words "my father" were added for theological
reasons.
The same is in another verse. When Christ asked his disciples what
they think oh him, Peter answered, "You are the Christ." (Mark
8/29) However, Matthew altered Peter’s answer. "You are the
Christ, the Son of the living God." (Matt 16/16)
Example of Matthew's alteration is when he changed what Mark told

about Christ, that he did not make miracles in Galilee. He said,
"And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid
his hands on a few sick people and healed them. And he
marveled because of their unbelief." (Mark 6/5-6). He did not
make even one miracle, but he healed a few sick people, but healing
a few people was not enough for them to believe, and he was
surprised because they did not believe.
However, Matthew did not like the idea that Christ did not make any
miracle. He said, "And he did not do many mighty works
there, because of their unbelief." (Matt 13/58) He made
miracles, but not many, and he justified that Jesus did not perform
many miracles because of their unbelief; the unbelief became a
reason for non-performance, while it was a result in Mark.
Luke, as well, had altered what he copied from Mark. Mark – who,
according to the Christian sources, provides the realest picture of
Christ - mentioned the last words of the crucified. It was a scream of
a desperate person. "My God, my God, why have you
forsaken me?" (Mark 15/34)
However, Luke- as Will Durant believes - did not like Mark's

sentence, he believed that it did not agree with the teachings of Paul
about Christ the Savior, who came to be crucified, and he changed it.
"Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" (Luke 23/46)
Matthew had made changes in many passages that he copied from

Mark. He added what he thought would increase the rank of Christ.
Mark mentioned the man with the unclean spirits, whom Jesus
healed and took the devils out of him and made them go into the
pigs. He said, "They came to the other side of the sea, to the
country of the Gerasenes. And when Jesus had stepped out
of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a
man with an unclean spirit….And when he saw Jesus from
afar, he ran and fell down before him. And crying out with
a loud voice, he said, "What have you to do with me, Jesus,
Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not
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torment me."…. Now a great herd of pigs was feeding

there on the hillside, and they begged him, saying, "Send
us to the pigs; let us enter them." So he gave them
permission. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered
the pigs." (Mark 5/1-13)
Matthew made them two men instead of one. He said ,

“When he came to the other side, to the country of the
Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming
out of the tombs, so fierce…And behold, they cried out,
"What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you
come here to torment us before the time?" Now a herd of
many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. And
the demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, send
us away into the herd of pigs." And he said to them, "Go."
So they came out and went into the pigs." (Matt 8/28-32)
In his interpretation of the Gospel according to Matthew, Pastor

Tadrus Yacob Malaty tried to reconcile the two stories. He said, "It
seems that one of the two men was a well known person there, and
was clearly mad, thus, Matthew and Luke focused on him ignoring
the other." The popularity of one of the two men made them neglect
to mention Jesus miracle of healing the other, because he is crazy
but not famous!
Mark and Luke told about healing the blind, Mark said, "And they
came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his
disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar,
the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. And when
he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out
and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"… And
Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?"
And the blind man said to him, "Rabbi, let me recover my
sight." And Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith
has made you well." And immediately he recovered his
sight and followed him on the way. (Mark 10/46-52) See (Luke
18/35-24)
Matthew told the same story but with two blinds. He said, "And as
they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. And
behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside,
and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they
cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"…. Jesus

called them and said, "What do you want me to do for
you?" They said to him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened."
And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately
they recovered their sight and followed him."(Matt 20/29-34)
This is an exaggeration from Matthew and an alteration of what he
copied from Mark.
We should mention here that Luke made the story happened before
Christ enter Jericho. He said, "As he drew near to Jericho, a
blind man was sitting by the roadside begging." (Luke
18/35). Did Jesus heal the blind before he entered Jericho or after he
left it?
There is another alteration by the evangelists, it is the place of this

miracle, was it the country of the Gerasa, according to Mark (Mark
5/1) and Luke (8/26), or is it the country of the Gadara, according to
Matthew (8/28). The two names indicate two different places.
The first – according to the Holy writings encyclopedia - is now

“located in Om Qais on the highlands south of the hot spring in the
Yarmouk Valley and the called "Hamma", about six miles away from
the south-east of the Sea of Galilee."
While the country of the Gerasa is located about sixty kilometers to
the south of Jadrah, and the remains of this famous Roman city are
still in Jerash in Jordan. The location of the two cities are clear to
anyone looks at the maps of the Holy Bible. One might see another
important thing; both cities are not located beside a sea; thus, they
are not the right places for this miracle.
Scholars did not know how to make these two distant places near to
each other. The authors of the encyclopedia agree on an
assumption, which has no proof. They said, "It is certain that the rule
of Jadrah - as the main city in the region - has been extended to the
entire region East of the sea, including the city of Gerasa.” 1
In this acrobatic way, the city of Gadara the city of the Gerasa
became one city.
Mark told us about Jesus’ coming to Jerusalem riding a colt. He said,

"Jesus sent two of his disciples. and said to them, "Go into
the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it
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- The Holy Writings Encyclopedia, Gadara
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you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat.
Untie it and bring it…..And they brought the colt to Jesus
and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. "(Mark 11/1-7)
While Matthew exaggerated in telling the same story, he told that

Jesus rode a donkey and a colt at the same time. Matthew said,
"Then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into
the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a
donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring
them to me…..They brought the donkey and the colt and
put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them." (Matt 21/1-7)
Matthew did not show us how Jesus rode a donkey and a colt at the
same time. That is not important, what important is that he could
fulfill a prophecy of the Torah, which is in the book of Zachariah.
"Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having
salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a
colt, the foal of a donkey." (Zechariah 9/9), and Matthew
declared that. (Matt 21:4)
When Jesus (PBUH) spoke of the day of resurrection, he said that he

does not know when it will be. Mark said, “But concerning that
day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in
heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." (Mark 13/32).
Matthew did not like that, as he cannot imagine Jesus’ ignorance of
the day of resurrection, and he changed the verse. He said, "But
concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the
angels of heaven, but the Father only." (Matt 24/36)
Matthew also altered the events that happened at the death of the
crucified according to his imagination. "And Jesus cried out
again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. And
behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top
to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.
The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the
saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out
of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy
city and appeared to many." (Matt 27/50-53)
Matthew neither told us what did those, who returned from the dead
do, nor about the people’s reaction for those great events. Mark did
not mention these great events, in spite of their importance. If they
were true, he would not ignore to mention them. Neither Luke, who
recorded every thing accurately, nor John mentioned them, which

means that they were from Matthew’s imagination.
The evangelists altered Jesus’ words when they quoted his words to
his disciples. According to Luke, he said to them, "You are of
more value than many sparrows. "And I tell you, everyone
who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also
will acknowledge before the angels of God, but the one
who denies me before men will be denied before the angels
of God." (Luke 12/7-9), Luke made Jesus’ acceptance and denial
before the angels of God.
He disagreed with Matthew who made Jesus acceptance and denial

before God, not his angels. He quoted Jesus saying, "You are of
more value than many sparrows. So everyone who
acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge
before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me
before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in
heaven." (Matt 10/31-33), which one did Jesus say, and what about
the other?
In his interpretation of the book of Matthew (p. 271), John Fenton

could not deny the facts and admitted of these alterations of the
stories. Trying to justify, he said, "The manuscripts (of the Gospels)
have been modified considerably in places where the titles of the
Lord were mentioned”. He admits that there was alteration but he
accused the copyists of the manuscripts, not Matthew, the writer.
In fact, the writers of the gospels made the alterations of the texts,
not the copyists. The additions are always in the book of Matthew, if
the alterations were in the original manuscripts, it would not be
always in the book of Matthew. The scholar Keys Man was right
when he said, "Luke and Matthew had deliberately made a hundred
changes to the text of the book of Mark, which was in their
possession, for religious purposes."
Second: the evangelists alterations when they copied

from the books of the Torah
The writers of the New Testament altered the books of the Torah
when they copied from it:
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- Paul altered the text when he copied from the book of Psalms.
Paul said, "For it is impossible for the blood of bulls
and goats to take away sins. Consequently, when
Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and
offerings you have not desired, but a body have you
prepared for me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure." (Heb 10/4-6)
Paul copied from the book of Psalms and altered it. In Psalms,
"Sacrifice and offering you have not desired, but you have
given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you
have not required." (Psalm 40/6) He changed "you have given
me an open ear” with " a body have you prepared for me ".
- The evangelists altered as well, as they attributed to the Torah

what is not in it. Matthew said about Christ, "And he went
and lived in a city called Nazareth, that what was
spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: "He shall
be called a Nazarene." (Matt 2/23). There is no such thing
in the books of the prophets.
What confirms that the alteration was Matthew’s is that when Philips
told the disciple Nathaniel about Jesus of Nazareth, he was
surprised that a Christ would come from Nazareth. "Nathaniel
said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"
(John 1/46), if there was a prophecy about the Nazareth before, he
would not be surprised.
Commenting on this verse, the publishers of Jesuits Priesthood

Edition said, "It is difficult for us to know exactly to which passage
Matthew was referring". Moreover, the scholars of the Holy Bible
said, "Nazareth was not of importance in ancient times, thus, it was
not mentioned in the Old Testament, or in books of Josephus or the
Egyptian, Assyrian, Hittite, Phoenician and Aramaic documents
before the birth of Jesus and it was first mentioned in the Gospel."
- Another example of alteration, when Jacob and Luke talked

about the lack of rain by the prayers of Prophet Elijah, they said
that it lasted three years and six months, altering the Old
Testament, which indicated that the rain stopped for less than
three years. Jacob said, "Elijah was a man with a nature

like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not
rain, and for three years and six months it did not
rain on the earth." (Jam 5/17). Luke agreed with him and
claimed that Jesus said, "I tell you, there were many
widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the
heavens were shut up three years and six months,
and a great famine came over all the land." (Luke 4/25)
They copied and altered the story– as I mentioned - from the book of
Kings. It says, “Now Elijah said … there shall be neither dew
nor rain these years, except by my word." (1Ki 17/1), then,
"After many days the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in
the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I
will send rain upon the earth." (1Ki 18/1), It rained in the third
year, perhaps in the beginning of the third year, which means the
rain stopped for less than three years, not three years and six
months as mentioned by Jacob and Luke.
- Paul attributed the description of heaven, which God prepared

for the believers, to the books of the prophets. He said, "But,
as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined, what God has
prepared for those who love him." (1 Co 2/9), there is no
such verse or passage in the books of the prophets in the Old
Testament.
- In the fifth chapter of his gospel, Matthew attributed to Jesus

what is not in the Torah. He said, "You have heard that it
was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate
your enemy." But I say to you, Love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you." (Matt 5/43-44),
Matthew referred to a verse in Leviticus. “You shall not take
vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your
own people, but you shall love your neighbor as
yourself: I am the LORD" (Lev 19/18). Neither this verse
nor others mention anything about hating the enemies;
Matthew’s claim that it is in the ancient books (The Old
Testament), is a lie and an alteration. Thus, Pastor Samuel
Yousuf said, "would God ask to hate? One might think that this
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happened in the Old Testament, but there is no such thing in

God’s commandments”. (Compare Lev 19/18)." 1
The evangelists quoted Zachariah’s prophecy that says, "Rejoice

greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of
Jerusalem! behold, your king is coming to you; righteous
and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a
donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey." (Zechariah 9/9), but,
as usual, they found no difficulty in changing the words if it is
necessary. Matthew said, "What was spoken by the prophet,
saying, "Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King
cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt
the foal of an ass." (Matt 21/4-5) Matthew made many changes to
the text by shortening and deleting what does not suit the person of
Christ. He deleted “righteous and having salvation is he”
because he realized that Christ is not the expected King, who is
righteous and victorious, and kept the two characteristics, meek and
riding the donkey and the colt together.
John had done the same and deleted what Matthew deleted, and
added to the text that Jesus rode one animal instead of two. He saw
that riding two animals at one time would not fit Jesus' matured
personality. He also transferred the claimed prophecy from joy and
pleasure "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" to fear, "Fear
not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting
on a donkey's colt!" (John 12/15)
Paul was dishonest when he quoted from the book of Isaiah , "for it
is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow
to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." (Rom 14/11).
He changed the Old Testament’s text two times, first when he
attributed to God saying that he is alive. Second, when he said that
the tongues will praise God, while Isaiah spoke about the tongues
that will swear by God. Isaiah said, "By myself I have sworn;
from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that
shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every
tongue shall swear allegiance." (Isa 45/23)
In addition, Matthew changed the ancestry of Christ; he deleted

whatever he did not like, and then tried to deceive the reader.
Matthew realized that the children of the king Yohoyakyim was
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- Introduction to the Old Testament, Pastor Samuel Yousuf, pp 367
forbidden from sitting on the throne of David, See (Jeremiah 36/30-

31), so he deleted his name from the ancestors of Christ , fearing that
the reader might be a ware that Jesus would not set on the throne of
David. He said, "And Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his
brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon." (Matt
1/11). It is known that Jechoniah is the grandson of Joshiah, not his
son, he is the son of the forbidden king Yohoyakyim the son of
Joshiah. See (1Ch 3/14-15)
Luke claimed that Shelah is the son lf Cainan, the son of Arphaxad
and that is different from the Torah. Luke said, "Eber, the son of
Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad." (Luke 3/35-
36). The book of Genesis says, " Arpachshad fathered Shelah."
(Gen 10/24). It confirms it in the following chapter, as it says that
Arphaxad had his son Shelah at the age of 35. "When
Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah." (Gen
11/12), See (1Ch 1/18) and (1Ch 1/24). The name Cainan was never
mentioned in the Torah, what Luke had said is an alteration, or he
believed that the gospels was altered, thus he changed it.
Reverend Samaan Kalhoon agrees with us that there is an alteration,

but he does not agree about who was responsible. He believes that
"The name Cainan was never mentioned in the Hebrew origins of the
Old Testament; it might be added accidentally by one of the
transcribers." 1 The transcriber- in his opinion – is responsible for
such alteration, not Luke. The reader may attribute the alteration to
anyone (the transcriber or Luke) but I insist that the reader should
agree with the Reverend Kalhoon and me on the occurrence of
alteration in this paragraph.
Luke claimed that Jesus opened the book, and read a sentence, in
Isaiah 61, which we cannot find in the book today. He said," And
the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He
unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was
written. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has
anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has
sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering
of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are
oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." (Luke
4/17-19). His saying, "recovering of sight to the blind, to set
at liberty those who are oppressed” is not in the passage from
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- The Two Evangelists Agreement, Samaan Kalhoon, pp 86
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which Jesus was reading; See (Isa 61/1-3), and the second passage
is in (Isa 58/6).
Father Matta Almiskeen mentioned the confusion of the scholars

regarding this passage. He said, "Scholars have different opinions
about this addition, as some say: it was added lately by a Christian.
Others, like the scholar K. Prott, said, that this addition is the result
of combining the two texts together in the Jewish Liturgy. While the
scholar B. Rike boldly said, that the Messiah himself added it by his
authority as a prophet." 1 Everyone agrees that it is an addition that is
not in the chapter 61 of the book of Isaiah, but they do not agree
about the person who added it; Christ, the Jews or lately by
Christians.
Finally, Matthew made some changes when he quoted from the book
of Micah. He said, " for so it is written by the prophet: "'And
you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means
least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a
ruler who will shepherd my people Israel. (Matt 2/5-6). Micah
did not deny that Bethlehem is the smallest of the Jews cities, but he
described it as the smallest of the cities of Judah. He said, "But
you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be
among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for
me one who is to be ruler in Israel." (Mic 5/2)
Third: The Invention of Printing and the Alteration of the

New Testament
In the sixteenth century, printing was invented, and a new type of

alteration appeared. In his book, “The Gospels, their origins and their
Growth”, Frederick Grant and George Caird in his interpretation,
mentioned that, In 1516 Erasmus issued his first printing.
During the time of King James I of England and Scotland, a religious

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- The Gospel According to Luke, Father Matta Al Miskeen, pp 202
conference was held in 1604 resulted in forming a translation

committee from the Protestant. The committee was in charge of the
production of the official translation of the Bible in English, and the
King James stamped, and it was printed in 1611 C.E.
This version, the most famous version in the history of Christianity

that was translated into most of the world's languages, was criticized
continually since the time of King James. A petition was presented to
the King James, it said: "The texts that are included in our prayer
book are more or less different from the Hebrew version, perhaps
two hundred subjects has been changed."
Breton said to the priests, "Your famous English translation altered
the words of the Old Testament in eight hundred and forty-eight
points, and caused people to reject the New Testament and go to
the Hellfire".
In 1881 the King James Version was revised, and was called the
Revised Standard Version. Then thirty-two theologians, assisted by
an advisory committee represented by fifty religious sects, revised it
again in 1951 and they called it the Revised Standard Version (RSV).
It was revised again in 1971, and had the same name (RSV). In the
introduction to this edition, we read, "The texts of King James
Version has serious errors... those errors are many and serious,
which requires revising."
The Revised Standard Version deleted John’s well-known passage

of Trinity. See (1 John 5/7), and the end of the Gospel of Mark (16/9-
20. 1
The development of the New Testament’s text is possible according

to the Catholic, as stated in the introduction to their New Testament.
It says, "Today, we can say that the text of the New Testament is
fixed in a good way, and there is no need to be revised unless we
find new documents." 2
The Catholic had issued a Latin version of their own and called it
"Duay". It was printed for the first time in 1582 and then in 1609. This
version differs from the Contemporary King James Version in many
things. The most important thing is adding seven of the Torah books
1
- The Truth Revealed, Rahmatullah Al Hindi, Vol.2 pp 572-573, The Modern Debate, Ahmad Deedat, pp
133-139, Is the Bible God’s word? Ahmad Deedat, pp 18-19
2
- Differences in The holy Bible Translations, Ahmad Abdul Wahab, pp 26
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(The Apocrypha), which do not exist in the Protestant translation of

the King James Version.
Examples of altering the versions

Those who altered the gospels tried different ways, they deliberately
added some additions to the printed text, and made the additions in
brackets to indicate its absence in the oldest manuscripts and that
they are explanatory additions.
However, in other versions, the brackets disappear and what was in

the brackets became part of the sacred text. In other versions, they
deleted the text in the brackets and the brackets. Which of these
texts is the word of God? Who has the right to add to or delete from
the Holy Bible? Does not that increase his punishment when he adds
to the book, or delete his name from the book of life and the holy city
when he deletes some of the book. (See Revelation 22/18-19)
An example of altering these versions is what mentioned in the First

Epistle of John, “For there are three that bear record in
heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and
these three are one. And there are three that bear witness
in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and
these three agree in one." The first passage is not in the old
manuscripts, and was not mentioned during the Nicene council.
This passage is in all the New Testament translations that printed

after the sixteenth century C.E. It is well known that the addition of
this text was necessary to assure the doctrine of Trinity, which lacks
such strong evidence.
Christian theologians, including Crespak, Schulz, Horne the
prejudiced, the collectors of the interpretation of Henry, Eckstein, and
Rev. Fender admitted that this text is an addition, and Martin Luther
omitted it from his translation. Isaac Newton wrote a letter of fifty-
pages, proved the alteration of this verse, which remained in all
editions and translations in various languages of the world until the
middle of this century.
In 1952, the Holy Bible revision committee issued the New Revised
Standard version; this text was among the deleted texts, but not from
all the translations of the Holy Bible. 1
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- The Truth Revealed, Vol.2, pp 497- 504, The true Evidence Of the Alteration of the old books, Ahmad
Abdul Wahab, pp 34-38, Is the Bible God’s Word, Ahmad Deedat, pp 26 -28
In some versions, they put it in brackets to indicate that it does not

exist in ancient manuscripts. However, the paragraph became part of
the text, as it appeared without brackets, in many versions in the
world. Other versions deleted this text and considered it – in spite of
its theological importance – an addition text to the Bible.
Scholars justify deleting this text by saying, "These additions are in

some of the old Latin manuscripts" that is, it was added by who
translated the book from Greek to Latin. I should mention here that
St. Jerome’s Latin translation (The Vulgate) do not contain this
passage.
The also deleted the only two passages that speak of Jesus’
ascension to heaven in Mark (16/19), and (Luke 24/51). They deleted
them from the (RSV) in 1952, and they remained in the rest of the
other translations.
Then, in 1971, two individuals and two religious sects presented

numerous requests to the revising committee. Consequently, the
passage regarding the Trinity, the conclusion of the Gospel of Mark
(16:9 - 20), and (Luke 24:51) were revised in the next edition, with
the same name, (RSV). 1 However, the common Arabic Translation
put the conclusion of the Gospel of Mark in brackets and indicated in
the margin that it "It does not appear in the oldest manuscripts."
There is also alteration that the Gospel of Mark consisted of some

copies, "And if any place will not receive you and they will
not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is
on your feet as a testimony against them. Verily I say
unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and
Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city." (Mark
6/11 KJV) In the new versions of the New Testament, one cannot
find the second passage; whish starts with “Verily I say”. In other
copies, there will be a note between to brackets with an explanation
like; “Some Greek copies continue, "I tell you the truth, on the
Judgment Day it will be better for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah
than for the people of that town".
However, in other versions, the brackets were removed, and what
was in the brackets was added to the text. While other versions
removed the brackets and what is inside them. Is this passage God's
words, or not? A question we present to those who still believe that
1
- Is The Bible God’s Word, Ahmad Deedat, pp 26 – 28, Two debates in Stockholm, Ahmad Deedat, pp
65
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the Holy Bible is protected from alteration, and that the demise of
heavens and earth is much easier than losing one letter from it!
The same alteration happened often in many verses, as Matthew

“For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever.” (Matt 6/13), Paul (1Co (1) 10/28) "Then do not eat it,
for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake
of conscience." (1Co (1) 10/28)
In other chapters in the Bible, theologians hesitate to include some

passages, for, they do not agree on its originality; as some versions
put in them between brackets, while others delete them completely.
However, that did not prevent other versions from deleting the
brackets, making what was inside them part of God's Word, which
does not change!
Matthew said, “Soothly after that they had crucified him,

they parted his clothes, sending lot. [That it should be
fulfilled, that is said by the prophet, saying, they parted to
them my clothes, and upon my cloth they sent lot.] (Matt
27/35 Wycliffe New Testament)
King James Version and other versions deleted the brackets, and
make what is inside of them part of the text. "And they crucified
him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, they parted
my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they
cast lots." (Matt 27/35 KJV)
Still, other translations deleted the brackets and the text. “And
when they had crucified him, they parted his garments
among them, casting lots;” (Matt: 27/35 American Standard
Version, New International Version –UK, and Today’s New
International Version.)
In Matthew, Matthew said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,

pretenders (hypocrites)! For you swallow up widows'
houses and for a pretense to cover it up make long
prayers; therefore you will receive the greater
condemnation and the heavier sentence.” (Matthew 23/14). In
King James Version, they put a note, and pointed out in the margin
that this paragraph "Some manuscripts do not contain verse 14”.
Christian theologians altered the end of the letter to the Hebrews;

they changed what its unknown writer wrote, "You made him for
a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him
with glory and honor, and didst set him over the works of
thy hands: putting everything in subjection under his
feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him”.
(Heb 2/7-8) Many editions deleted the sentence “and didst set him
over the works of thy hands”, and it says, "crowned him
with glory and honor, putting everything in subjection
under his feet."
The unknown writer of the letter to the Hebrews said , “For they
could not endure that which was commanded, And if so
much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or
thrust through with a dart.” (Heb 12/20). This text “or thrust
through with a dart” was deleted from many editions and
translations, while the common Arabic translation considered it God's
word, which they claim it lasts forever!
In addition, sometimes theologians either add or delete without using

brackets, as what mentioned in the Book of Acts in the Middle East
protestant version and the Catholic version in the context of the story
of Philips with the servant of the Queen the Abyssinia. It says,
"And as they were going along the road they came to some
water, and the eunuch said, "See, here is water! What
prevents me from being baptized? And Philip said, “If you
believe with all your heart, you may.” And he replied, “I
believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” And he
commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down
into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized
him." (Act 8/36-38 KJV) This verse “And Philip said, “If you
believe with all your heart, you may.” And he replied, “I
believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” that took place
after they have seen the water, is not in the New International
Version, Today’s New International Version and the New
international Readers’ Version." and the eunuch said, "See,
here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?
And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both
went down into the water." The reason for deleting it is that it
did not exist in the majority of the old manuscripts.
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Another example is altering Jesus’ question to the blind that he

healed. "Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and
having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of
Man?" (John 9/35) they have changed it in many editions to
“Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had
found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son
of God?” 1
Finally, the book of Luke said that Jesus said to the Jews, “And
answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or
an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him
out on the sabbath day?”. (Luke 14/5) Many translations have
changed the word “ ass ” to “son”. "Which of you, having a
son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day."
(Luke 14/5)
This would make the reader confused between all these different
passages, and a question will remain in his/her mind, which of these
texts are God’s words?
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- To see more of these alterations see Matthew 18/11, 19/9, 20/16, 23/14, Mark 7/8, 7/16, 9/44,
10/21, 11/26, 15/28, Luke 1/28, 8/45, 11/11, 17/36, 23/17, 24/42, John 3/13, 11/51, Acts 9/5-6,
15/34, 24/6-7, 28/29, Romans 11/6, Peter (1) 4/14, and other places.
The Contradictions of the Gospels
“Do they not then meditate on the Quran? And if it were from
any other than Allah, they would have found in it many a
discrepancy. “(Holy Quran, An Nisa’: 82)
This verse gives a valid criterion to verify the authenticity of any book
attributed to God Almighty (Allah S.W.). Humans make mistakes;
they can be forgetful and confused when the days pass, therefore,
their writings are consistent with these human natures.
If we apply this to the four Gospels and the letters, we will see the
effects of these human natures on the evangelists’ writings, and that
they created contradictions in the events they mentioned in these
writings. The existence of these contradictions prove that these
books are not God’s words, and cannot be part of the Word of God,
which God inspired to some of the disciples of Christ.
Christians admit the validity of this criterion, therefore, we see that

the interpreters of the New Testament explain these contradictions
and difficulties far from the truth that the texts indicate and tell,
because they believe that that contradictions means that these books
are human’s, not God’s, books.
Christians believe in the four Gospels, all of which talk about the
story of Christ; therefore, all the stories had to be similar in meaning
and content - or, at least – complete each other in order to be a
complete biography and record about Christ. However, when
comparing the gospels’ texts about the same event, we see a
contradiction, which makes it impossible for the mind to say it is the
same event.
Considering these contradictions, it was necessary for Christians to

choose some of these gospels, or some of their stories, make them
sacred, and reject others. In addition, they have to admit that the four
Gospels are books written by humans, then, and only then, people
would understand these contradictions. The insistence that these
contradictions are from God that is what we reject.
Are there contradictions in the Gospels?
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Examples of contradictions in the New Testament
Scholars gave dozens of examples of the contradictions in the four

Gospels and the Epistles; some related to events, some make Jesus
contradicts himself, especially the contradictions that related to the
crucifixion, and some contradict the Old Testament.
First: the evangelists’ contradictions in recording events

- The ancestry of Christ
Perhaps the most striking and important contradiction in the New
Testament is the contradiction of (Matt 1/1-17) and (Luke 3/23-38)
about the ancestry of Joseph, the Carpenter. Scholars had
discovered some notes about this linage, including:
- Luke and Matthew agreed to begin the linage with Joseph the
Carpenter, and then they differed and then met again by Zorobabel
son of Salathiel, where Matthew considered him the tenth
grandfather to Joseph the Carpenter, while Luke made him the
nineteenth.
The two evangelists disagreed again, as Matthew made Christ as a

descendant from the kings of Israel, Solomon then Roboam, then
Abia, then Asa, and then Josaphat, While Luke made him the
descendants of Nathan the son of David, whom none of his children
was a King of Israel.
- It is inconceivable that Christ is a descendant of two brothers,

Solomon and Nathan sons of David (PBUH), nor does it make sense
also about Zorobabel and his father Salathiel. It is either they (Christ,
Zorobabel, and Salathiel) were the descendants of Solomon or they
were the descendants of his brother; Nathan.
-The difference between the two lists of names is too big, to the
extent that makes it impossible to combine them. There are
differences in the number of generations and names; there is an
imbalance in the genealogy, and there is deleting of some parents.
- Matthew attempted to divide the lineages into three groups,

fourteen fathers in each. He said, "So all the generations from
Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from
David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations,
and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ

fourteen generations." (Matt 1/17)
However, Matthew did not mention the same numbers. He only
mentioned twelve fathers between Christ and the deportation to
Babylon. He deleted a number of names from the second list to
preserve the number 14; he deleted three names between Joram
and Ozias. They are Ahazia the son of Joram, his son Joash and his
son Amaziah the father of Azariah.
The following table shows the contradictions clearly. It compares the
lists according to Luke, Matthew, and First Chronicles regarding the
linage of Jesus between David and Joseph, the Carpenter. We will
see the names that Matthew had deleted to make his list. He
changed the ancestry of Christ to suit his purpose.
No Matt (1/1- Ch (3/10- Luke No Matt (1/1- Ch (3/10- Luke

17) 19) (3/23-38) 17) 19) (3/23-38)
1 David David David 22 Zorobabel Zorobabel Salathiel
2 Solomon Solomon Nathan 23 Abiud Zorobabel
3 Roboam Roboam Matatha 24 Eliakim Rhesa
4 Abia Abia Minan 25 Azor Joanna
5 Asa Asa Melia 26 Sadoc Juda
6 Josaphat Josaphat Eliakim 27 Achim Joseph
7 Joram Joram Jonan 28 Eliud Semei
8 … Ahazia Joseph 29 Eleazer Mattathias
9 … Joash Juda 30 Matthan Maath
10 … Amaziah Simeon 31 Jacob Nagge
11 Ozias Azariah Levi 32 Joseph Esli
12 Joatham Joatham Matthat 33 Naum
13 Achaz Achaz Jorim 34 Amos
14 Ezekias Ezekias Eliezer 35 Mattathias
15 Manasses Manasses Jose 36 Joseph
16 Amon Amon Er 37 Janna
17 Josias Josias Elmodam 38 Melchi
18 … Jehoiakim Cosam 39 Levi
19 Jechonias Jechonias Addi 40 Matthat
20 Salathiel … Melchi 41 Heli
21 … Pedaiah Neri 42 Joseph
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- Who asked for the kingdom, the mother or her two sons?
In this event, Matthew contradicted Mark. Matthew said , “Then the

mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her
sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for
something. She said to him, "Say that these two sons of
mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your
left, in your kingdom." Jesus answered, "You do not know
what you are asking." (Matt 20/20-22)
Mark told the same story, but the two sons asked for the kingdom,
not their mother. Mark said, "And James and John, the sons
of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, "Teacher, we
want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." …And they
said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and
one at your left, in your glory." Jesus said to them, "You
do not know what you are asking." (Mark 10/35-38)
Regarding this verse, in his interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew

(pg 324) John Fenton said, "Matthew made some changes to the
Gospel of Mark. The most important is that in the Gospel of Mark the
two disciples asked from Jesus, while in the Gospel of Matthew the
mother asked from Jesus”.
- Did Jesus ask his disciples to take the staff or not?
Mark told about Jesus recommendation to his disciples; after he

gave them power over the impure spirits. It says, "He charged
them to take nothing for their journey except a staff--no
bread, no bag, no money in their belts. But to wear
sandals and not put on two tunics." (Mark 6/8-9)
However, it is different in the Gospel of Luke. It says, "And he sent

them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. And
he said to them, "Take nothing for your journey, no staff,
nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two
tunics." (Luke 9/2-3)
The Gospel of Matthew contradicts Mark about taking the staff and
the shoes, as he attributed to Jesus, "Acquire no gold nor silver
nor copper for your belts, no bag for your journey, nor
two tunics nor sandals nor a staff." (Matt 10/9-10) Matthew
told that they were not allowed to take shoes or staff, contradicting
the Gospel of Mark.
- Did they hear the voice of God, or God's voice cannot be

heard?
John told about God, the father. He said, “And the Father who
sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you
have never heard, his form you have never seen." (John
5/37) Therefore, no one had heard God’s voice.
While the three evangelists told about God's voice that people heard
after the baptism of Christ by John the Baptist. Mark said, "And a
voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with
you I am well pleased." (Mark 1/11) and see (Matt 17/5) and
(Luke 3/22).
- Is John the Baptist, Elijah?
John said that the priests and the Leviticus sent to John the Baptist
to ask him,(Who are you?). They asked him saying, "Are you
Elijah?" He said, "I am not." (John 1/21)
However, Matthew mentioned that Jesus said that John the Baptist is
Elijah. "Truly, I say to you, among those born of women
there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet
the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater
than he….and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah
who is to come. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
(Matt 11/11-15) In another verse, Jesus said, and he meant John the
Baptist, "But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to
him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him." (Mark
9/13), it means that one of the two prophets was a liar, or the writers
of the gospels are liars, which is the fact.
- When did the fig tree withered?
The gospels mentioned that Christ came to a fig tree, and when he
found it with no fruit, he prayed that it may never bear fruit again,
"May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree
withered at once. When the disciples saw it, they
marveled." (Matt 21/19-20)
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Mark contradicted that, as he mentioned that Jesus’ prayer, then,

"And when evening came they went out of the city. As they
passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered
away to its roots. And Peter remembered and said to him,
"Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered."
(Mark 11/19-21) This means that the fig tree did not wither at once,
and the disciples did not find about it until the next day.
- Did the centurion come to Jesus?
Matthew mentioned that when Jesus entered Nahom city, "a

centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, "Lord,
my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly."
(Matt 8/5-6)
Luke told the same story but he mentioned that the centurion did not
come to Jesus, but, "When the centurion heard about Jesus,
he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and
heal his servant. And when they came to Jesus, they
pleaded with him earnestly." (Luke 7/3-4) did the centurion
come or not?
- When did the story of applying ointment on Jesus' feet take

place?
The four gospels tell about the sinner woman who applied ointment
on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The evangelists
disagree about the time of the story; Luke said it was at the
beginning of Jesus preachment, while others said it was at the time
of the crucifixion and they did not agree whether it was two days or
six days before the Passover. Luke said it was at the beginning of
Jesus preachment (see Luke 7/36-50), during the life of John the
Baptist. Luke mentioned that the Baptist sent his disciples to Jesus in
the same chapter. (See Luke 7/19-23)
However, Mark claims that the story happened two days before the
Passover. Mark said, "It was now two days before the
Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the
chiefpriests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest
him by stealth and kill him, for they said, "Not during the
feast, lest there be an uproar from the people."… A woman
came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard,
very costly." (Mark 14/1-3). The Passover, which Mark mentioned,
is the Passover in which the crucifixion happened.
John claims that the story happened six days before the Passover.
He said, "Six days before the Passover….Mary therefore
took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard
and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet." (John
12/1-3) He talked about the same Passover that Mark mentioned,
which is before the crucifixion. When did the story take place? Did
the Holy Spirits make mistake when telling them or the evangelists
made the mistake?
- Did the devil test Jesus on the mountain first or in the temple?
The evangelists mentioned the devil testing Jesus in two places, one
in Jerusalem, at the temple, and the second at a very high mountain.
However, the evangelists disagreed in the order of the two events,
Matthew believed that the testing was at the temple and then on the
mountain. He said, "Then the devil took him to the holy city
and set him on the pinnacle of the temple. and said to him,
"If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down…Again,
the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed
him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory." (Matt
4/5-8)
Matthew contradicted Luke, who believed that it was on the mountain

first. "And the devil took him up and showed him all the
kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to
him, "To you I will give all this authority and their glory…
And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle
of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God,
throw yourself down from here." (Luke 4/5-9)
Rev. Dr. Ibrahim Said is confused with the order of the two events;
he cannot find anything to satisfy his and his readers' confusion. He
said, "Most of the scholars in the past century tend to accept the
order that is mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew, while the
contemporary scholars prefer the order that is mentioned in the
Gospel of Luke." 1 The question is which of the two events occurred
first. That is one of the difficulties in the New Testament.
- When did Elijah and Moses appear to the disciples?

1
- Interpretation of the Gospel According to Luke, Rev. Dr. Ibrahim Said, pp 85
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The evangelists mentioned Moses and Elijah’s appearance to the

disciples after they went with Jesus to the mountain for prayer; days
after Jesus left the city. However, the evangelists disagreed whether
it was six or eight days. Luke said, "Now about eight days after
these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James
and went up on the mountain to pray." (Luke 9/28)
Matthew contradicted him saying, "And after six days Jesus

took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and
led them up a high mountain by themselves." (Matt 17/1) Did
Moses and Elijah appear after six or eight days?
In a desperate attempt to resolve this contradiction, father Matta

Almiskeen said, "This confusion, maybe, was because Saint Matthew
did not count Saturday in the middle, while Saint Luke counted it and
counted the day in which saint Peter spoke about Christ". 1
I believe that the reader is aware that the word "Maybe" indicates
that his explanation is an assumption with no basis; it is better and
ethical to say that one of the evangelists had made a mistake .
- Was Abraham justified by faith only?
One of the most important contradictions in the New Testament is

the difference in the importance of the work to reach righteousness,
with the agreement on the importance of faith. Paul diminished the
importance of work, and believed that it has no benefit for God. He
referred to the righteousness of Abraham (PBUH) before his faith
and his commitment to the Law, and considered that the work is due
for the righteousness that God granted him. He said, "For if
Abraham was justified by works, he has something to
boast about, but not before God. For what does the
Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was
counted to him as righteousness." Now to the one who
works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
And to the one who does not work but trusts him who
justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to
whom God counts righteousness apart from works." (Rom
4/2-6)
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Faith, without work, is the way to righteousness, as Abraham was

justified by faith; so would the believers; that is Paul’s doctrine. "For
we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of
the law." (Rom 3/28)
The disciple James disagreed and contradicted him, as he believed

that faith without work is nothing but dead faith. Contradicting Paul,
he referred to the righteousness of Abraham, where the faith of
Abraham was not enough to be righteous. He became righteous by
work; he sacrificed his son Isaac to God, and considered that his
righteousness, James said, "Was not Abraham our father
justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the
altar? You see that faith was active along with his works,
and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture
was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was
counted to him as righteousness"--and he was called a
friend of God. You see that a person is justified by works
and not by faith alone…For as the body apart from the
spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead." (Jam
2/21-26), was Abraham Justified by faith only, or faith without work is
like a dead body?
- Where did Jesus’ sermon take place?
The Evangelists mentioned the long sermon of Christ to his disciples,

in which he sympathized with the poor and the hungry, and threaten
the rich. However, they disagreed about the place where Jesus gave
his sermon. "Seeing the crowds, he went up on the
mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to
him." (Matt 5/1) Matthew believed that the sermon was on the
mountain.
Luke said that the sermon was on a level place not on a mountain;
he said, "And he came down with them and stood on a level
place, with a great crowd of his disciples." (Luke 6/17)
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Second: does Jesus contradict himself?
The gospels show that Jesus contradicted himself in his statements,

due to the contradictions of the four evangelists, or the contradiction
of one of them with himself.
- Was Peter a devil or a prophet?
Mentioning Jesus' opinion of Peter, Matthew had a contradiction in

the same page; he said, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah!
For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my
Father who is in heaven…you are Peter…I will give you
the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind
on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you
loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven…" (Matt 16/17-19)
He contradicted that after a few lines when he said, "Said to Peter,

"Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For
you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on
the things of man." (Matt 16/23)
Matthew later talked about Peter denial and even the cursed of
Jesus in the night of the trial (see Matt 26/74), then he said in
another verse, "When the Son of Man will sit on his glorious
throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve
thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." (Matt 19/28)
which words about Peter are right, while they all attributed to Jesus?
- What was Christ’s response towards his enemies?
Luke attributed to Christ two contradictory responses towards the

enemies. Once he claimed that Jesus recommended loving them.
"But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to
those who hate you, bless those who curse you." (Luke 6/27-
28) However, he attributed the contrary to Jesus, when Jesus told
the example of the ten Trustees in his kingdom, as the king who was
rejected by his people. He said, "But as for these enemies of
mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them
here and slaughter them before me." (Luke 19/27). Which
treatment for the enemies came from Jesus?
- Should we love or hate our parents?
Another contradiction is when Luke claimed that Jesus said, "If

anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and
mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters,
yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple." (Luke
4/26) In another verse, Luke mentioned that a man asked Jesus
about the eternal life, and Jesus answered, "Honor your father
and mother." (Luke 18/20)
In the Gospel according to Mark, Jesus said , "You shall love your
neighbor as yourself." (Mark 12/31). Should the disciples love
and honor or hate their fathers and mothers?
- Is it possible that Hellfire is the fate of Christ (PBUH)?
Matthew mentioned that Christ said that those who insult their
brothers will be in hell. He said, "And whoever says, 'You fool!'
will be liable to the hell of fire." (Matt 5/22) While Luke claimed,
that Christ insulted his two disciples, who did not recognize him after
his resurrection. "And he said to them, "O foolish ones, and
slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!"
(Luke 24/25). He also said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! (Matt
16/23), and in another verse he said to him, "O you of little faith,
why did you doubt?" (Matt 14/31) Do Christians say that Hellfire
is the fate of Christ, or they judge these passages as contradictions?
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Third: the contradiction between the Old Testament and the

New Testament
The evangelists also had contradictions with the writers of the Old
Testament in different matters that they shared, historical and
theological.
Contradictions in the characteristics of God
John said, "No one has ever seen God." (John 1/18), and he was
right. However, he contradicted what the Torah mentions in many
passages. Jacob said, "For I have seen God face to face." (Gen
32/30)
The same is also in the Book of Exodus when Moses insisted on

seeing God. God said to him, "Behold, there is a place by me
where you shall stand on the rock, and while my glory
passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will
cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will
take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my
face shall not be seen." (Exo 33/21-23)
In addition, John contradicted what Luke said, by saying that

Stephen had seen God’s image and glory, "But he, full of the
Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God,
and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said,
"Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man
standing at the right hand of God." (Act 7/55-56)
John said that no one heard the voice of God the father. He said ,
"And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness
about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you
have never seen." (John 5/37), thus, no one had heard the voice
of God, which contradicts what is mentioned in the Torah, that the
people of Israel had heard the voice of God when he talked to them
in Horeb, "Then the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of
the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form;
there was only a voice." (Deu 4/12) Did the people hear God’s
voice or not?
Paul described God rightly. He said, "For God is not a God of

confusion but of peace." (1Co 14/33)
However, he contradicted what is mentioned in the Book of Genesis ,

"And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and
they have all one language….Come, let us go down and
there confuse their language, so that they may not
understand one another's speech. And from there the
LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth." (Gen
11/6-9)
- Is all the food allowed?
The Torah mentions what food should we or should not eat. see (Lev
11/1-47) However, Mark said that Jesus opposed that and that he
said strange things; that he allowed all kinds of food. "Hear me, all
of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person
that by going into him can defile him, but the things that
come out of a person are what defile him." (Mark 7/14-15)
It was difficult for his disciples to understand, therefore, they asked

again, and he answered, (since it enters not his heart but his
stomach, and is expelled?" (Thus he declared all foods
clean.). (Mark 7/19) That is the strangest way to clean food, and
contradicts the Laws of Torah.
- Who bought the land of Shechem?
There is a contradiction between the book of Acts and the book of

Genesis, about who bought the land of Shechem from Hamor family,
was it Abraham or Jacob?
In the book of Acts, "And Jacob went down into Egypt, and
he died, he and our fathers, and they were carried back to
Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought
for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem."
(Act 7/15-16)
In the book of Genesis, "And Jacob came safely to the city of

Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan…And from the
sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, he bought for a hundred
pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched
his tent. " (Gen 33/18-19)
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The mistake was from the writer of the book of Acts, because the
land that Abraham bought was in the land of Hebron (Galilee). He
bought it from Ephron, and it is where he buried Sarah, and where he
was buried. In the book of Genesis, we read, "And Abraham
weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in
the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver…
After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of
the field of Machpelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in
the land of Canaan." (Gen 23/16-19) Who bought the land of
Shechem, Abraham or Jacob?
- How many years did Saul rule the people of Israel?
In the book of Samuel, Saul ruled the people of Israel for two years,
"Saul was . . . years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned . . . and two years over Israel." (1Sa 13/1), which
contradicts what is in the book of Acts, “Then they asked for a
king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the
tribe of Benjamin, for forty years." (Act 13/21) Did Saul rule
for forty or two years?
- Who is the son of God, whom David prophesized?
Paul mentioned in his letter to the Hebrews God’s promise to David

about his son Solomon, but he made it as a prediction of Christ
(PBUH). He said, "But in these last days he has spoken to us
by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things…
having become as much superior to angels as the name he
has inherited is more excellent than theirs. For to which of
the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son, today I
have begotten you"? Or again, "I will be to him a father,
and he shall be to me a son"? (Heb 1/2-5)
Paul quoted the passage from the book of 2 Samuel (7/14), and
made it a prediction Of Christ. It says , "I will be to him a father,
and he shall be to me a son." (2Sa 7/14). Paul thought that this
passage was a prediction of Christ (PBUH) and he quoted it in his
letter. However, this quotation is not true, as the passage was about
speaking to David. God asked the prophet Nathan to say to David ,
"Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David…
When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your
fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall
come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He

shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the
throne of his kingdom forever. I will be to him a father,
and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I
will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of
the sons of men… In accordance with all these words,
Nathan spoke to David." (2Sa 7/8-17).
The prediction was of someone born of David not from his offspring,
who will rule the people of Israel after the death of David. It was
about someone, who is the builder of the house of God, and whom
God will punish if he does not follow the Law. All these
characteristics, according to the Torah, were fulfilled in Solomon.
The book of Chronicles mentions that that person is Solomon. It

says, "Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a
man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding
enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give
peace and quiet to Israel in his days. He shall build a
house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his
father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel
forever." (1Ch 22/9-10)
- Who was called out from Egypt?
Another alteration of the claimed prophecies is what Matthew said

about Jesus’ return from Egypt during his childhood. Matthew said,
"And remained there until the death of Herod. This was to
fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of
Egypt I called my son." (Matt 2/15) He claimed that that fulfilled
the prediction, which is in the Book of Hosea. See (Hos 11/1-2)
However, the passage in the book of Hosea said nothing about

Christ; it is about the return of the people of Israel, with Moses, from
Egypt. It is about Jacob, then about his sons and their return from
Egypt, and their worshiping idols and ignoring God’s calls . "When
Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called
my son. The more they were called, the more they went
away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning
offerings to idols." (Hos 11/1-2)
The text has nothing to do with Christ. Worshiping idols took place
before Christ. It does not apply to those who lived in the time of
Christ, because the Jews repented and stopped worshiping idols five
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hundred and thirty-six years before the birth of Christ, after they were
released from Babylon. They did not return to worship idols after that
repentance, as it clear to the reader of the Holy Bible, and proved by
the history books.
Fourth: Christians between the recognition of the contradictions

and arrogance
Christian Scholars have made desperate and naive attempts to

combine these contradictions and present them as compatible and
complementary. However, all of these attempts often appear in vain,
as well as combinations that have no evidence.
Therefore, the Jewish critic and philosopher Espinoza was right

about what he said about the Torah, and his saying applies to the
New Testament. "If someone thinks that I speak in a general way,
without sufficient basis, I would request him to get and show us a
certain arrangement of these accounts that can be followed in the
writings of historians without falling into a grave error. One, in the
course of trying to reconcile the interpretation of these accounts,
should take into account the terms and methods, and ways to link
the words, and explain them, so that we can follow this explanation
in our writings. I will bow in reverence to those who can do the job,
and I am ready to describe him as Apollo himself.
I have to admit that I could not find the person who tried this attempt,
in spite of my long search for him. Despite that since my childhood I
was saturated with the common views of the Bible, it was impossible
not to reach to what I have reached. Any way, there is no reason to
waste the reader’s time here, and to offer him/her, as a challenge, to
attempt a hopeless try. " 1
Few are those who recognize the truth. Among them are the editors
of the Christian magazine, “The Blain Truth”. In its July 1975 issue,
we read, "There are many allegations of inconsistencies in the Bible,
which the scholars could not solve so far. It has what satisfies every
unbeliever and atheist. Scholars are still grappling with some
difficulties to this day. No one denies this fact, however, except he
who is ignorant of the Bible".
1
- The Holy Books between Accuracy and Alteration, Yahya Rabee, pp 325
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The Legislative and the ethical impact of the New

Testament
Christ said, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in

sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You
will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered
from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy
tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased
tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good
fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will
recognize them by their fruits." (Matt 7/15-20)
Muslims present this Biblical passage and ask the Christians to

consider it as a judge, and then the results will show the right and the
wrong.
- The reality of Christian societies
Looking at the Christian societies in general, scholars recorded the

spread of a number of vices in them, such as adultery,
homosexuality, suicides, crimes, racial discrimination, the
disintegration of the family and bad social relations, alcohol and
drugs, alienation from religion and the prevalence of atheism, and
the brutality with the other nations.
Ponte, a German magazine, had published statistics about the

beliefs of the Germans, and the result of the statistics was that 65%
of the Germans believe in God, and 50% believe in life and judgment
after death.
In South Africa, where the proportion of Christians is 98%, incest

between the whites is 8%, while the number of alcohol addicts in the
United States, according to the Rev. Jimmy Swegart, is forty-four
million, in addition to ten million drunkards.
John Weston mentioned a research conducted in 1978, and the

result was that 4% of the American society practice homosexuality or
lesbianism throughout their lives, and 10% practice it for three years.
Figures from Parenthood Federation in Britain show that half of
teenage girls under 16 engaged in adultery.
- How does the New Testament face this reality?
One might wonder what the Gospel has to reform and correct these
disasters and epidemiological figures. Does the Gospel have a
relation to these figures?
The answer is the inability of the gospels’ legislation to cure these

conditions in the Christian societies. It is not false at all, if we say that
the Holy Bible is one of the causes of the corruption in those
societies, whether directly or indirectly. 1
The responsibilities of the book for these vices vary in their level of
impact, but together, they contain the cause and the root of the
problems. That indicates that it is not the word of God, because God
sent prophets with his books to guide people and take them out of
the darkness and evil to the guidance and light.
First: The New Testament and contrary to human nature
There are many gospels’ texts reflect what is against the human
nature, which had a negative moral or social impact on the readers,
including:
The New Testament urges to leave marriage and remain celibate.

Paul said, "To the unmarried and the widows I say that it
is good for them to remain single as I am." (1Co 7/8) In
another verse, he said, "For the mind that is set on the flesh is
hostile to God." (Rom 8/7) Therefore, according to Paul, humans
perform drinking, eating, sleeping, marriage and other human needs,
while being hostile to God.
Paul said that because of the wrong idea that overwhelmed him, that
is the enmity between the body and spirit. "For the desires of the
flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit
are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other,
to keep you from doing the things you want to do." (Gal
5/17). This supposed conflict between the spirit and the body distorts
human life, which cannot reach happiness unless there is integration
between the body needs and desires of the soul.
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- This does not mean that the Holy Bible does not contain some noble teachings, which are the lights and
guidance of the prophets. However, these teachings are mixed with false alterations that made them too
hard to identify.
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The disciple Jacob was exaggerating in warning from loving the

world without distinguishing between good and evil. He said, "You
adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with
the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes
to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of
God." (Jam 4/4). Is the love of the good or the parents or even the
needs of the humans, such as marriage, reproduction, and food and
drink hostility to God!
Matthew mentioned that Christ asked to renounce the world,

including the basic and essential needs of a decent human life. A
man came to Christ and said that he had memorized all the
commandments, "All these I have kept. What do I still lack?"
Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what
you possess and give to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." When the
young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had
great possessions. And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I
say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of
a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of
God." When the disciples heard this, they were greatly
astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?" (Matt 19/20-
25) This passage and others are against the basics of life, which
build civilizations.
Similarly, where we see an invitation to sluggishness and laziness,

where humanity will be destroyed if it did it. Luke said , "Do not be
anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your
body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and
the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they
neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor
barn, and yet God feeds them...… Consider the lilies, how
they grow: they neither toil nor spin… And do not seek
what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be
worried… Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things
will be added to you." (Luke 12/22-31)
Another conflict with human nature is the unreasonable ideas in the

New Testament. Quoting Christ, Matthew said, "But I say to you,
Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
(Matt 5/44). In addition to the fact that loving enemies is something
impossible, and the Christian societies never apply at any time, it is
impossible that Christ would ask to love Satan, the greatest enemy of
humankind. We can say the same of the demons of humanity whom
God does not love, and it is not proper from humans to love them.
It is strange that the book asks the believers to love their enemies,
no matter what they did, while elsewhere, believers are requested to
hate those who do good to them, or their parents, brothers and sons.
Hate is the basic requirement to become one of Jesus’ disciples, as
Luke claimed. "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his
own father and mother and wife and children and
brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot
be my disciple." (Luke 14/26)
Second: The legislative deficit of the New Testament
The gospels’ legislations are unable to set the straight integrated life,
and it is impossible that life would be straight with them. Matthew
attributed to the Christ saying , "But if anyone slaps you on the
right cheek, turn to him the other also." (Matt 5/39). The text
mentions an alternative to impunity, therefore it is abolition of the law
of retribution, or a moral addition that lack reasonableness, as if
urging to accept grievance and injustice, which is undoubtedly a
great cause to the emergence of corruption and wickedness.
Likewise, Luke said, "To one who strikes you on the cheek,
offer the other also, and from one who takes away your
cloak do not withhold your tunic either. And from one
who takes away your goods do not demand them back."
(Luke 6/29-30). Would any wise man do such thing? If the people
did that, what kind of injustice, oppression and evil would it be?
Here, we wonder: If this text was from the words of Christ, why did
he violate it when the servants of the high priests beat him? He did
not give him the other cheek, instead he said, "If what I said is
wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is
right, why do you strike me?" (John 18/23)
There is also another question looking for an answer: Did the church
apply this moral at any time, or the fact is that this saying is
impossible, and if the church and Christ failed to do so, it is
impossible for others.
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The New Testament forbids divorce unless if one of the spouse

committed adultery. "What therefore God has joined together,
let not man separate… And I say to you: whoever divorces
his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries
another, commits adultery." (Matt 19/6-
This legislation is among the causes of the spread of adultery. It is

the solution and the way for those who have marriage problems due
to life hassles and the differences of human natures; those whom the
New Testament prevent to build their lives on purity again .
This strange legislation cannot straighten life. There are many things
that make life between spouses impossible, and the only way out is
the divorce, and by preventing it many harms might happen. That is
why the Protestant Church allowed divorce, which other churches
are trying to approve in order to get out of this strange legislation.
Matthew’s statement about the reason for the prohibition of divorce

"What therefore God has joined together, let not man
separate" (Matt 19/6), is not true, because marriage is not a divine
combination between two. It is an agreement between the two to
marry in accordance with the laws of God; like the rest of God’s laws.
Another legislative deficit in the New Testament is the prohibition of

marrying more than one, as understood from (Corinthians (1) 1-7 -
5), which is agreed on by the various Christian churches. Statistics
indicate a continuous increase in the numbers of women. In England,
women outnumber men by four million, in Germany, five million, and
eight million in America. How would the New Testament solve this
problem, which will increase if the Christians follow the words of Paul
by leaving marriage and remain celibate? "To the unmarried and
the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single
as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they
should marry." (1Co 7/8-9)
The result of this education is the scandals that are shaking the
church every day, and prove that humans cannot overcome their
nature, and that this guidance is not the word of God, because God
knows what works and is appropriate for his creations .
Third: The role of nullifying the Law in the spread of corruption

and disintegration
However, all what we mentioned are only a side effects of the

scourge. The main problem experienced by Christian communities is
in the doctrine of Salvation and the Atonement. This doctrine makes
the belief of Christ's crucifixion enough for one’s salvation; and to
free him/her from the curse of the law and the commandments. Paul
nullified the prohibition and the punishment for those who committed
various vices like adultery, drinking alcohol, murder and corruption.
According to him, the belief in Christ, who was crucified for us, atone
our sins no matter how great they are. Consequently, the believers
in these texts would do all forms of sins with no fear of the
punishment of God.
Paul called God's law, which refines human behavior, the curse, he
said, "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law." (Gal
3/13) He announced that there is no need for it after the crucifixion of
Jesus. He said, "So then, the law was our guardian until
Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a
guardian." (Gal 3/24-25)
He assured the abolition of the law, saying, "For he himself is our

peace, who has made us both one… by abolishing the law
of commandments." (Eph 2/14-15) He also said, "Yet we know
that a person is not justified by works of the law but
through faith in Jesus Christ, because by works of the law
no one will be justified." (Gal 2/16) He considered those who
insist on following the law insulting Christ. "You are severed from
Christ, you who would be justified by the law." (Gal 5/4)
He assures that there is no need to do good work, He said, "For if

justification were through the law, then Christ died for no
purpose." (Gal 2/21) He also said, "By a law of works? No, but
by the law of faith. For we hold that one is justified by
faith apart from works of the law." (Rom 3/27-28) Paul
believes that the belief of Christ is a way to righteousness and
salvation without the need for the law and deeds . "who saved us
and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works
but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave
us in Christ Jesus who abolished death and brought life
and immortality to light." (2Ti 1/9-10)
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He assured this strange meaning in another statement saying, "But

when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior
appeared. he saved us, not because of works done by us in
righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the
washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit."
(Tit 3/4-5) Thus, he opposed the Torah and declared that any food is
Lawful. See (Deu 14/1-24)
He said, "I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that

nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone
who thinks it unclean." (Rom 14/14) He also said, "To the
pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and
unbelieving, nothing is pure." (Tit 1/15) "For everything
created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is
received with thanksgiving." (1Ti 4/4)
He defined the righteous according to his doctrine by saying,

"Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by
his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's
righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had
passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness
at the present time, so that he might be just and the
justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus." (Rom 3/24-26)
Declaring the new conditions for Salvation, he said, "because, if

you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and
believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved." (Rom 10/9), and the same is in Mark.
"Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but
whoever does not believe will be condemned." (Mark 16/16)
In another verse, he declared that the Salvation is for all humanity.

He said, "but gave him up for us all." (Rom 8/32) and John’s
saying explains it. "Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the
propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for
the sins of the whole world." (1Jo 2/1-2) He assured that by
saying, “And we have seen and do testify that the Father
sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.” (1Jo 4/14)
He made the Salvation for all sins and for all people regardless of the
sins they make. Thus, according to this doctrine, the people who
would enter heaven (the kingdom of God) are the worst and the
unethical people.
These passages had a big impact on Christians; they understood
from these passages that everything is allowed. Martin Luther, one of
the founders of the Protestant sect, said, “The gospel does not ask
us to do work for our salvation, but in the contrary, it rejects our
deeds. In order that our righteousness power appears, our sins must
be great and many”.
In his book, “The Devine Places”, Mila Nekton said, “Do not worry if
you are a thief, adulterer, or a sinner. Just do not forget that God is a
very kind elder and he had forgiven your sins long before you commit
them”. 1
Thus, we found that what is happening in your Europe and the

Christian societies in general is because of this book, which
Christians insist that it is – despite its great negativity – the guiding
word of God that leads to righteousness and heaven.
1
- The Original Sin Between Judaism, Christianity and Isalm, Omayma Shaheen, pp 148, Christ In the
Quran, the Torah, and the Gospel, Abdul Kareem Al Khateeb, pp374
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Is this Christ?
The final stage of proving that the New Testament is not the word of
God, is pointing out some of the characteristics and deeds that the
New Testament attributes to Jesus. These deeds and characteristics
cannot be attributed to noble and wise men. How could they be
attributed to Jesus (PBUH), whom God Almighty sent as a good
example for humanity?
The New Testament has many passages that insult Jesus, and
praising him in other passages will not clear this issue. Among these
passages are the following:
- Mark claimed that Jesus did not care to teach the weak believers,
but his disciples. Mark said, "And when he was alone, those
around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of
the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in
parables, so that "they may indeed see but not perceive,
and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should
turn and be forgiven." And he said to them, "Do you not
understand this parable? How then will you understand
all the parables?... With many such parables he spoke the
word to them, as they were able to hear it…. He did not
speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own
disciples he explained everything." (Mark 4/10-34) According
to Mark, Jesus used to explain his teachings to the disciples only,
and that he spoke to others with parables, "They may indeed see
but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not
understand” and he did that to mislead them “lest they should
turn and be forgiven".
The gospels mention Jesus’ advice regarding our mothers and
fathers. However, they mention that he insulted his mother when he
was in a wedding in Cana. John mentioned that Jesus’ mother came
and asked him to turn the water into wine. Then Jesus told her,
"Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has
not yet come." (John 2/4); this was the same word that he
mentioned to the sinner woman, whom he brought to be stoned.
"Said to her, "Woman!" (John 8/10)
When one of the disciples came and told Jesus that his mother and
brothers were waiting to speak to him, he did not stand to to meet
and welcome them. Instead, according to Matthew’s claim, he said,
"Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" And
stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said,
"Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does
the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister
and mother." (Matt 12/48-50) Is it possible that Christ ignored his
mother as such; was not she the pure clean virgin to whom the
angels appear?
Jesus was not as what the gospels claim; he was kind to his mother
as he said about himself in the Holy Quran. He said, "(He) hath
made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable”.
(Holy Quran, Maryam: 32)
In another verse, the gospels accused him of drinking wine. Matthew

said that Jesus told the Jews, “he Son of Man came eating and
drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a
drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!" (Matt
11/19)
This is what the gospels mention about Jesus and his mother. John
attributed to Mary – the mother of Jesus (PBUT) – making wine for
the guests of the wedding. In the contrary, the Holy Quran mentions
that she was the cleanest and the purist among all women. “O
Maryam! surely Allah has chosen you and purified you and
chosen you above the women of the world.” (Holy Quran, Al
Imran: 42)
Paul had completed the tragedy when he asked people to drink wine.
He said, "(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine
for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)
(1Ti 5/23) Moreover, the book of Proverbs considers drinking wine as
a remedy to poor people’s problems; it make them forget their
problems and pain. It says, “Give strong drink to the one who
is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress. Let them
drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery
no more." (Pro 31/6-7) However, Christian societies did not take a
little wine as Paul taught, instead, they have tens of millions of
alcoholics. It is another impact of the Holy Bible.
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Luke mentioned a strange from Jesus. He said that Jesus said to the
crowd, "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own
father and mother and wife and children and brothers and
sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my
disciple." (Luke 14/26), then he continued with this impossible
conditions. "So therefore, any one of you who does not
renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple." (Luke
14/33)
These conditions are not only improper to human nature – as I

mentioned earlier, but also are impossible. Moreover, hating relatives
is unethical and immoral, and it is unlikely that Jesus asked people to
hate their fathers and mothers, and love their enemies, including
Satan.
It is also improper to attribute to Jesus, who was the prophet of

peace, a horrible saying. Quoting Jesus, Matthew said, “Do not
think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have
not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to
set a man against his father, and a daughter against her
mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-
law. And a person's enemies will be those of his own
household." (Matt 10/34-36) this is a big insult to this great
prophet, which indicates lies of the writers, whom Christians claim
that they were writing the word of God.
Similarly, Luke said, "I came to cast fire on the earth, and
would that it were already kindled... Do you think that I
have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but
rather division. For from now on in one house there will
be five divided, three against two and two against three.
They will be divided, father against son and son against
father, mother against daughter and daughter against
mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and
daughter-in-law against mother-in-law." (Luke 12/49-53) did
the evangelists tell the truth when they said that Jesus was an
immorality prophet?
According to Matthew, a man followed Jesus wanting to have the

honor of following him and then he asked Jesus to give him the
permission to bury his father, but Jesus refused and said,
"Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
(Matt 8/22)
Do kind people do such a thing? What is the impact and influence of
this verse on the twenty first century readers? Does this strange
verse have a relation to the family relationships in Christian
societies?
Another disciple asked Jesus for permission for his family farewell,
but he refused and warned him. Luke said, "Yet another said, "I
will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those
at my home." Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his
hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of
God." (Luke 9/61-62) Thus, that disciple did not deserve the
kingdom of God. What kind of religion is this, and what teachings, is
this what the words of God ask us to perform? There is no doubt
that these verses and the similar ones are the reasons for family
disintegration in Europe and the West.
Another insult to Jesus is what Matthew wrote. He said, "A man

came up to him and, kneeling before him, said, "Lord,
have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers
terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the
water. And I brought him to your disciples, and they could
not heal him. And Jesus answered, "O faithless and
twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How
long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me." And
Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and
the boy was healed instantly." (Matt 17/14-18) There is no
reason for that complain or the annoying of helping the needy.
The gospels still insult Jesus when mentioning the story of the
Canaanite woman. "And behold, a Canaanite woman from
that region came out and was crying, "Have mercy on me,
O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed
by a demon." But he did not answer her a word. And his
disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away,
for she is crying out after us." He answered, "I was sent
only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But she came
and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." And he
answered, "It is not right to take the children's bread and
throw it to the dogs." She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the
dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."
(128)
Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith!

Be it done for you as you desire." (Matt 15/22-28)
He did not have mercy on her and did not help her until she accepted
that she is one of those like dogs – Gentiles. "For this statement
you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter."
(Mark 7/29) There is no reason for that harshness. How and why he
did not help that poor woman, and how did he say that she – or all
the gentiles – are like dogs?
In another verse, according to the gospels, he said that gentiles are

like pigs. Matthew said, "Do not give dogs what is holy, and do
not throw your pearls before pigs." (Matt 7/6) It is
unacceptable that they attribute this racism to Jesus, who, as they
claim, came for the salvation of the whole world.
In his book, “The Story of Civilization”, Will Durand said, “One would
find harsh and bitter passages in the Gospels that are opposite of
what we are told about Jesus in other passages. That some of them
seem at first glance away from justice, and some include bitter
mockery and hatred.”
Among the wonders of the New Testament is that it calls Jesus as a

cursed. Curse is being excluded from God’s mercy, and it is the
punishment for the criminals, sinners, and those who do not follow
God’s commandments and Law. See (Deu 27/15-26)
However, Paul found it proper to consider Jesus (PBUH) one of

these sinners and criminals. Paul said, “Christ redeemed us from
the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us--for it is
written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree". (Gal
3/13) He did not find a way to connect between the curse of the
hanged according to Moses’ Law, and his claim about the crucified
Christ. He made Christ cursed with a philosophy; that he is cursed
instead of all the sinners and criminals.
John mentioned that Jesus lied - far it is from him. He mentioned that
the disciples asked Jesus to go to Jerusalem during the feast to
show his miracles. Jesus then, according to Matthew, said, "You
go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my
time has not yet fully come." After saying this, he
remained in Galilee. But after his brothers had gone up to
the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in
private." (John 7/8-10) He told them that he was not going, then he
went secretly so they would not discover his lie - far it is from him.
If the gospels attributed lies to the incarnated God, what would we
expect from humans? These are clear lies that Christians cannot and
should not attribute them to Jesus (PBUH). There is no surprise, if
Christians become liars after reading and believing these lies.
One would be surprised of the nudity in the Christian West. However,

it would not be a surprise for those who read the story of Jesus in the
Gospel according to John. John said, "Rose from supper. He
laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it
around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and
began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the
towel that was wrapped around him…When he had
washed their feet and put on his outer garments and
resumed his place, he said to them, "Do you understand
what I have done to you?" (John 13/4-12)
Those who attributed nudity to Jesus would not feel a shame to

attribute it to the disciples. According to John, the disciples went to
swim and Simon was very naked - stripped, and Jesus did not
recognize him. Then, "That disciple whom Jesus loved
therefore said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter
heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment,
for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the
sea." (John 21/7)
Moreover, the gospels quoted Jesus cursing the Jews – and they
deserve it. However, it should not come from a prophet, whom God
sent to guide and teach his people kindness and morals; it should not
come from some one who said, "Love your enemies and pray
for those who persecute you." (Matt 5/44)
How could it be that he said after that, "But woe to you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites... "Woe to you, blind guides…
You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape
being sentenced to hell?" (Matt 23/13-33)
Is it proper for who asked to bless the enemies, to say, "You

fools!" (Luke 11/40) and to consider people as dogs and pigs? "Do
not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls
before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to
attack you." (Matt 7/6)
(130)
According to the gospels, Jesus insulted his disciples. He said to the

two disciples, whom did not recognize him, "O foolish ones, and
slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!"
(Luke 24/25) and to Peter, he said, "Get behind me, Satan!"
(Matt 16/23) and he told him in another occasion, "O you of little
faith, why did you doubt?" (Matt 14/31)
According to Matthew, Jesus threatened those who did less than

that. Matthew said, “and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be
liable to the hell of fire." (Matt 5/22)
Paul cursed and said to people what is similar to that. "Look out
for the dogs, look out for the evildoers." (Phi 3/2) Then he
mentioned that drunkards, revilers and swindlers would not inherit
the kingdom of God. "Nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God." (1Co 6/10)
Did he include himself and Jesus, or were they both having an

exception, or was it a deception to attribute these nonsense to one of
the greatest messengers, and then they still claim it is the word of
God?
The gospels continued to insult Jesus, who has no genealogy, by

mentioning his genealogy. Surprisingly, they made the genealogy of
Joseph the Carpenter, the genealogy of Jesus, who had no father.
There is no blood relation between Jesus and Joseph the Carpenter.
It may make sense if the genealogy was that of Mary, but not
Joseph.
The evangelist mentioned many times that Joseph the Carpenter is

Jesus’ father. Luke said, "And when the feast was ended, as
they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in
Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, but supposing him
to be in the group…"Son, why have you treated us so?
Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in
great distress." (Luke 2/43-48) 1
Relating Jesus to Joseph – despite being not true – is assuring what

the Jews say and what is written in their Talmud about the Pure Mary
and her son.
1
- Commenting on this verse, Pastor Samaan Kalhoon Said, “No doubt that Jesus had learned since his
childhood that Joseph was his father, and his mother did not tell him that Joseph was not his real father;
she did not tell him about his miraculous birth. The Two Evangelists Agreement, Samaan Kalhoon, pp
77,78
When we read the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew, we will notice that

he mentioned four grandmothers; they are Tamar, and the wife of
Uriah the Hittite, Rahab, and Ruth. One may ask, what is the secret
of mentioning these four grandmothers from the others? Were they
extraordinary women? Is there any lesson we can learn about
honoring Jesus by relating him to them?
The Old Testament mentions a sin for each one of these four
grandmothers. Tamar was the mother of the illegitimate Pharez from
the father of her husbands, who married her one after another. (See
her story with Judah in Genesis 38/ 2-30)
Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, is the one with whom the
Torah falsely accuses David of having adultery. She was the wife of
Uriah, who was the army leader, and she conceived from David, then
David pushed her husband to death, and then he married her.
Among their children was Solomon, one of Jesus grandfathers. (See
the story in 2 Samuel 11/ 1-4)
Rahab was the wife of Solomon and the mother of Boaz; and both –
according to Matthew – are among Jesus’ grandfathers. She is the
one about whom Joshua said, "A prostitute whose name was
Rahab." (Jos 2/1), and he mentioned her story in his book.
Ruth the Moabite was the wife of Boaz and the mother of Obid. The
Torah says, "No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the
assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation." (Deu
23/3) Fortunately, Jesus is not included in this curse; he was the
thirty second generation of Ruth. However, this Moabite grandmother
better than the other three, for, the Bible does not mention that she
committed adultery, but she just seduced Boaz following her mother-
in-law’s advice. Her mother-in-law said to her, "Wash therefore
and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down
to the threshing floor… But when he lies down, observe the
place where he lies. Then go and uncover his feet and lie
down, and he will tell you what to do."… So she went
down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-
law had commanded her." (Rth 3/3-6)
One may ask, what is the secret of concern about these four
grandmothers? I cannot find an explanation except that they wanted
to harm the honor and the reputations of the prophets starting with
(132)
Noah and ending with Jesus – May God’s mercy and peace be upon
them all.
In his interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew, desperately, and

attempting to justify Matthew’s mistake and such great abuse to
Christ, Pastor Tadros Yakoob Malaty said, “Christ put on himself this
unclean relationship to purify it; he wanted to say, ‘He who came for
the sinners, was born of sinners to clean the sins of all”.
Father Matta Al Miskeen considered the four grandmothers as, “Four

jewels taken from the mud of nations to beautify Jesus’ chest’ as the
sinners’ savior; made of the names of the adulteresses a pearl
necklace which only those who are open-eyed and with big hearts
can enjoy”.
I believe that I am not one of those who like the adulteresses’ pearl
necklace that beautified Christ’s chest, and I am not sure if the
reader is the same as me or he/she is one of those who are open-
eyed, who likes that the names of those adulteresses beautify
Christ’ chest?
I will not let you feel sorry about what you read about Christ (PBUH);
the great messenger, who was not as they mentioned at all. To
comfort you, I would like to quote Ernest Renan, the prominent
historian. In his book, “The Life of Jesus” (pp 15), he said, “If we
consider, when we write about the life of Jesus, only what we are
certain about, we will only write a few lines”.
I am sure that these few lines will not contain all the harm and the
abuse as those pages of the gospels.
I hope that you agree with me on that these abuses and insults from
the evangelists towards Jesus (PBUH) are evidence that these
gospels are not the word of God. God’s word is far from mentioning
such things about His honorable messengers and prophets, including
Christ – may God’s mercy and peace be upon him.
Conclusion
We will end this long journey by saying that we – Muslims – believe

in the Gospel that God Almighty gave to Christ (PBUH) as true
guiding and light to humanity, and as good news about prophet
Mohammad (PBUH). However, Christians had lost that gospel.
“And with those who say, We are Christians, We made a
covenant, but they neglected a portion of what they were
reminded of.” (Holy Quran, Al Ma’ida: 14)
What the letters of the New Testament record, claiming that these
records are the words of God without evidence or proof, is proven to
be altered and, thus, void. We also have seen that the New
Testament cannot be attributed to the disciples, but is the writings of
unknown authors, who borrowed these stories from the ancient
pagans. We have also seen that those unknown writers had copied
from each other with being honest.
Examining the books of the New Testament proved to us that those

writers were not inspired, for the huge number of mistakes that they
made. Moreover, they did not claim that they were inspired, but the
church and the councils claimed that. The decisions of churches’
fathers made these books – out of other first century’s writings –
holy, while these fathers considered reading other writings a crime
punishable by curse and death.
The New Testament continued to fail even with morality. It offers

morals that would destroy humanity and civilization. Moreover, it
insults Jesus Christ (PBUH), which proves, again, that it is not the
word of God Almighty.
God Almighty is right. He says, “Then woe to those who write the
Book with their own hands, and then say: "This is from Allah,"
to traffic with it for miserable price!- Woe to them for what their
hands do write, and for the gain they make thereby.” (Holy
Quran, Al Baqara: 79)
Many people reached the same conclusion about the New

Testament. Those who did not follow blindly, but accept the evidence
and proofs. Among them, was Philsian Chali, who said, “Rarely that
the church’s writings are original and truly belong to those whom
they are attributed. Most of the time, they are mixed work, altered, or
changed with many alterations and additions; they are – anyway –
man’s work, and they are impossible to be God’s words. 1
1
- Summary Of Religions History, Philsian Chali, pp 234
(134)
Finally, I thank the reader for reading these lines, and gladly invite
him/her to read the following part of this series, which is "Is Allah
(S.W.) One or Three?
We ask our Lord (Allah S.W), to guide us to the truth by His will, He
is the One, and Only who is capable of that.
Sources and References
1. The meaning of the Holy Quran, Abdullah Yusuf Ali

2. The Holy Bible
• King James Version

• Modern King James Version
• King James Version (Red Letters)
• King James Version with Apocrypha
• Good News Bible
• American Standard Version
• Contemporary English Version
• International Standard Version
• English Standard Version
• Bible in Basic English
• Geneva Bible
• Barnabas Gospel
• Bishops Bible
• Wycliffe New Testament
• The Amplified Bible
• World wide English (New Testament)
3 -The Two Evangelists Agreement, Pastor Samaan Kalhoon

4 – Israel Altered the Gospels and the Sacred Writings, Ahmad
Abdul Wahab
5– The Sacred Writings before Islam, Saber To’aimah
6- The Truth Revealed, Rahmatullah Al Hindi
7 - The Gospel according to Luke, Father Matta Al Meskeen
8 - The Gospel according to Matthew, Father Matta Al Meskeen
9 – The Proof of Altering the Ancient Writings , Ahmad Abdul
Wahab
10 – The History of the Church, Eusebius
11 – The Applied Interpretation of the Holy Bible
12 – Interpretation of the New Testament, William Barclay
13 - The Torah, the Gospel, the Quran and science, Maurice
Bucaille
14 – A Study of the Torah and the Gospel, Kamel Safaan
15 - The Truth between Christianity and Islam, Mansour Husain
abdul Aziz
16 - Explanation on Luke's Gospel, Priest Dr. Ibrahim Said
17 – Paganism in Christianity, Mohammad Taher At Tenneer
18 – The Difference between the Creator and the Creation,
Abdurrahman Baghdadi
19 – Readings in The Holy Bible, Abdurrahim Mohammad
(136)
20 – The Holy Quran and The Holy Bible, which one is God’s
word, Ahmad Deedat.
21 – The Holy Bible in the Scale, Abdussalam Mohammad
22 – Allah (S.W.) and the Prophets (PBUT) in the Torah and the
Old Testament, Mohammad Ali Al Bar
23 – An Introduction to the Holy Bible, John Balkan and others
24 - The True Christianity as revealed by Christ, Alaa' Abu Bakr
25 - The Modern Debate, Ahmad Deedat,
26 - Two Debates in Stockholm, Ahmad Deedat and Pastor
Shuberg
27 – Is The Bible God’s word? Ahmad Deedat
Index:
SUBJECT Page No.
3
INTRODUCTION
5
THE NEW TESTAMENT
7
THE NEW TESTAMENT’S CODEX
10
THE DIFFERENCES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT’S CODEX
NULLIFYING THE ATRIBUTION OF THE GOSPELS AND 25

EPISTLES TO THE DISCIPLES
First: The Gospel According to Matthew 26
Second: The Gospel According to Mark 33
Third: The Gospel According to Luke 36
Fourth: The Gospel According to John 38
Fifth: Epistles of the New Testament 46
Ancient Pagan Sources of the New Testament 35
The Gospel of Christ (PBUH) 58
The Documentation and the Canonism of the New 61
Testament
The Gospels’ Errors 64
Alterations in the New Testament 81
The Contradictions of the Gospels 98
The Legislative and the ethical impact of the New 115
Testament
Is this Christ? 123
Conclusion 132
Sources and References 134
IndeX 136

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IS THE NEW TESTAMENT GOD’S WORD?

Monqith Ben Mahmoud Assaqar, PhD

Translated from Arabic by

Following the tradition of prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in thanking

I wish to express my appreciation and gratitude to my noble parents,

I would also wholeheartedly like to express my thanks and gratitude

I also extend my thanks and appreciation to all my brothers, friends

Munqidh Bin Mahmoud Assaqqar, PhD

Among these faithful prophets was the great messenger and

Describing the believers, Allah (S.W.) says, "The Messenger

The Gospel that Allah (S.W.) revealed to Jesus (PBUH) is not

Nevertheless, Muslims have no objection that some of the New

However, do the scientific historical evidence (and even the New

To answer this question, we will investigate the Holy Bible, Christian

Dr. Monqith Ben Mahmoud Assaqar

THE NEW TESTAMENT

The New Testament is a collection of the four Gospels, the book of

Matthew, John, Peter, James and Judah were Jesus' (PBUH)

Christians confess that Jesus' (PBUH) disciples and their followers

During the Vatican Council (1869 – 1870), the church made a

Christians do not believe in the literal inspiration (Word for word or

Priest Fender explained the Christians’ belief in revelation. He said,

This is in brief the Christians’ belief of the New Testament.

THE NEW TESTAMENT’S CODEX

the infallibility of Allah’s (S.W.) word, which the disciples of Jesus

In order to comprehend the importance of these manuscripts and

The New Testament’s manuscripts fall under three categories.

First, the Papyrus Codex

Second, the Greek Codex

These manuscripts were written on animals’ skin, and this way of

Third, manuscripts belong to the thirteen century and later.

Codex Basilensis is the most important among these manuscripts.

Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Sinaiticus, and Codex Vaticanus are the

The introduction of the Catholic New Testament says, “The most

and Codex Vativanus is the most important. We do not know the

This codex contains the New Testament with some shortage. An

4 - Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus

5 - Codex Bezae Cantabrigensis

This codex belongs to the fifth century, and it is now in Cambridge

Scholars suggested that it belongs the eighth century, and it is now it

This codex belongs to the ninth century, and it is now in Bodleian

THE DIFFERENCES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT’S CODEX

Christians cannot prove otherwise, and Priest Fringe confessed on

Trying to reduce the importance of these differences between the

He also said, “There is no book that contain alteration, mistakes and

In Encyclopedia Britannica, Maurice Nourn said, “The earliest codex

Regarding the Gospel according to Mark, in his book, “Saint Mark”,

Priest Chorer said that the Gospels manuscripts contain 50 000

Christians try to find an excuse for these differences. In his book,

It is clear that what the writers introduced accumulated over the

The published text of the New Testament is not final; it depends on

It is a temporary New Testament, until further notice!

Examples of the transcribers’ alterations

Matthew said, "So when you see the abomination of

16) The sentence, (let the reader understand), is an addition

The end of the Gospel according to John reads as follows, "This is

Among the additions in the Gospel according to Luke is what he

Father Matta Al Miskeen said, “With No exception, all theologians