Forgeries and Plagiarism in the New Testament

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

 

By: Shahid Bin Waheed شاهد بن وحيد

 

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الحمدلله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على اشرف الانبياء وسيدالمرسلين نبينا محمد صل ا لله عليه وعلى آله واصحابه وازواجه اجمعين - امابعد

All the praises and thanks be to Allaah, Sustainer of the Universe, and blessing and salutation to be the most distinguish of the Messengers and foremost among the Prophets, our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allaah be on him and on his wives, children and Companions.

 

There is no other fraud book on face of earth than New Testament in the entire history of mankind, which has resulted in an outbreak of falsehood i.e. Christianity. The ghostwriters of the New Testament forged the New Testament bluntly and boldly stealing from Old Testament and putting those words of Jesus’ lips. Any part of the New Testament quoted and/or interpreted by the Christians in support of their absurd claims, must be construed with reference to the significance of the whole (Bible). But Christians’ interpretation is never consistent with the rest of the Bible; in fact, no parts of the New Testament can and/or should contradict other Biblical Prophets including Jesus.

 

In this treatise we will inSha Allaah explore some of the forgeries found in the New Testament.

 

Example I

Plagiarism in the New Testament

Copied from Old Testament

Mark

015:034

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Matthew

027:046

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

 

 

 

 

Psalms

022:001

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Luke

023:046

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

Psalms

031:005

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

John

019:028

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

019:029

Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

019:030

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

Psalms

069:021

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Job

019:025

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

019:026

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

019:027

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

Readers now can see that all the alleged words attributed to Jesus before his alleged death are COPIED from Old Testament, mainly the Psalms 22:1, by the way it is part of same Psalms from which the theme of dividing Jesus’ clothes (as mentioned in all crucifixion accounts) comes from i.e. Psalms 22:18!

022:018

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

Bottom line, the great variety of (in these verses cited above and in almost all the Christian Bible as well) attribution illustrates that how free the ghostwriters of the Christian Bible were in putting words of the Old Testament on Jesus’ lips.

 

Example II

Christians always put forth the alleged prophecy of Isaiah 7:14 as their claims of Jesus’ godhood Jesus’ alleged virgin birth etc.

KJV Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

Again, the usual problem with a single verse of Isaiah 7:14 is that the Christians have lifted it off the context. A careful study of the book of Isaiah chapter 7 and chapter 8 tells us that the sign of the child was fulfilled in his own son, Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (Isaiah 8:3-4), inferring from the prophecy that the "Immanuel" in Isaiah 8:8 was directed to this son of Isaiah with such a prodigious name.

KJV Isaiah 8:3-4, 8

3 Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the LORD said to me, "Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. 4 Before the boy knows how to say 'My father' or 'My mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria."

8 and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,
       passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
       Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land,
       O Immanuel

The prophecy of Isaiah 7:14 was already fulfilled when the king of Assyria conquered Damascus, the capital of Aram around 732 B.C. However, after eight centuries Matthew decided to forged the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14 claiming it to be about Jesus alleged AKA Immanuel while showing a reckless disregard to the truth and honesty.

Points to be noted:

  1. There is no evidence that Jesus was ever called “Immanuel” thus, the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14 was not fulfilled in Jesus.
  2. Damascus and/or Aram were not conquered during the time of Jesus’ childhood, as we read in Isaiah 7:16 →  “But before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.” Again, then Isaiah 7:14 was not fulfilled at Jesus’ time and/or at his birth. Rather the prophecy had already been "fulfilled" in Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
  3. The birth of "Immanuel" {Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz} was intended as a sign for Ahaz. Jesus was born about eight centuries too late to be a sign for Ahaz, who was already long been dead.

 

The absurdity of Christians’ claims is that we read the following in the Gospel according to Luke:

The Birth of Jesus Foretold

Luke 1 (New International Version)

30But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 31You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.

 

At this point it will be appropriate to quote Jesus’ two concocted but contradictory genealogies also. Please be advised that names in “pink” text are contradictory in the gospels of Luke and Matthew.

 

Concocted but contradicted

Genealogies of Jesus

Pink names are contradictions

Matthew

Luke

Abraham

Abraham

Isaac

Isaac

Jacob

Jacob

Judah

Judah

Perez

Perez

Hezron

Hezron

Ram

Ram

Amminadab

Amminadab

Nahshon

Nahshon

Salmon

Salmon

Boaz

Boaz

Obed

Obed

Jesse

Jesse

David

David

Solomon

Nathan

Rhoboam

Mattatha

Abijah

Menna

Asa

Melea

Jehoshaphat

Eliakim

Johoram

Jonam

Uzziah

Joseph

Jotham

Judah

Ahaz

Simeon

Hezekiah

Levi

Manasseh

Matthat

Amon

Jorim

Josiah

Eliezer

Jeconiah

Joshua

 

Er

 

Elmadam

 

Cosam

 

Addi

 

Melki

 

Neri

Shealtiel

Shealtiel

Zerubbabel

Zerubbabel

Abiud

Rhesa

Eliakim

Joanan

Azor

Joda

Zadok

Josech

Akim

Semein

Eliud

Mattathias

Eleazar

Maath

Matthan

Naggai

Jacob

Esli

 

Nahum

 

Amos

 

Mattathias

 

Joseph

 

Jannai

 

Melki

 

Levi

 

Matthat

 

Heli

Joseph

Joseph

Jesus

Jesus

 

Let us conclude this brief account of forgeries in the New Testament by quoting the Jeremiah 23:16.

Jeremiah 23 (New International Version)

16 This is what the LORD Almighty says:
       "Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
       they fill you with false hopes.
       They speak visions from their own minds,
       not from the mouth of the LORD.

 

Conclusion!

 

The evidence from the very Bible tells us that Isaiah 7:14 was not about Jesus at all. It was rather about Isaiah’s own son and it was already fulfilled about eight hundred years ago, before the birth of Jesus. New Testament has been plagiarized word for word from the Old Testament, as evidence cited above proves that. The evidence provided by the written gospels is hearsay evidence. Hearsay evidence is secondhand evidence. In the case of gospels, the ghostwriters {Matthew, Mark, Luke & John} are all reporting stories and sayings related to then by the intermediate parties; none of them was an ear and eyewitness of the words and events he records. Contrary to the New Testament, this is how the Glorious Qur’aan sets the standard of authenticity and accuracy.

 

Glorious Qur’aan is the truly revealed word of Allaah in Arabic language to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, which was first preserved in the memory and then written down. However, some people simply think of Qur’aan as a book. But Glorious Qur’aan is not like any other book on the face of the earth, it is rather unique and absolute. But without knowing the definition of this Book (Qur’aan), one cannot conceptualize the essence of Glorious Qur’aan nor its sublimity. Thus, one who fails to conceptualize something, its significance will never become rooted in the heart."

 

For Glorious Qur’aan Tawatur تواتر (continuity) is a must.  The Glorious Qur’aan is defined as,

 

(صلى الله عليه وسلم) انه الكلام المعجزُ المنزلُ علی النّبى 

المكتوب فى المصاحف المنقول باتواتر، المتعبد بتلاوته

“It is the word of Allaah, miraculous, revealed on the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, written in Mus-haf مصحاف, passed on from generation to generation with Tawatur تواتر (continuity)

[Recitation of which is done as a worship].”

 

Tawatur تواتر (continuity) means that something is passed on in such a way that in each generation its narrators and/or reciters are so numerous that they cannot be counted and it is logically impossible for so many people living in different parts of the world to get united for telling a lie and/or making a mistake. For an Ayaah آيه (verse) to be a part of Qur’aan this Tawatur تواتر (continuity) is must. Therefore, only those Ayaat آيات of the Glorious Qur’aan which have come to us from Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم by Tawatur تواتر (continuity) are recited as the Qur’aan. An interesting fact must be mentioned here that Jews and especially Christians cannot produce the Tawatur تواتر (continuity) for their scriptures, tracing their scriptures back to Moses and/or Jesus with continuity like the Glorious Qur’aan, beside making hollow claims.

 

Friday, May 20, 2005

 

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