Chapter
III
Section IV
The Texts that were attributed directly to the Old
Testament in the Gospels
In this section we will examine the texts of the Old
Testament that were attributed directly to it, and the Gospels authors said
that they have not been fulfilled, and achieved only in Jesus and his time and
his generation, to find out what is the truth and the reality of them, and if
the Gospels authors have told the truth or not.
12 - The Source of the Story of the Two Robbers who
were crucified with Jesus
Matthew 27:38 Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one
on the right and another on the left.
Matthew 27:39 And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging
their heads
Matthew 27:40 and saying, "You who destroy the temple and
build it in three days, save
Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross."
Matthew 27:41 Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the
scribes and elders, said,
Matthew 27:42 "He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He
is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will
believe Him.
Matthew 27:43 "He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if
He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God’."
Matthew 27:44 Even the robbers who were crucified with Him
reviled Him with the same thing.
Mark 15:27 With Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His
right and the other on His left.
Mark 15:28 So the Scripture was fulfilled which says,
"And He was numbered with the transgressors."
Mark 15:29 And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their
heads and saying, "Aha! You who
destroy the temple and build it in
three days,
Mark 15:30 "save Yourself, and come down from the
cross!"
Mark 15:31 Likewise the chief priests also, mocking among
themselves with the scribes, said, "He saved others; Himself He cannot
save.
Mark 15:32 "Let the Christ, the King of Israel, descend now
from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even those who were
crucified with Him reviled Him.
Luke 22:35 And He said to them, "When I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and
sandals, did you lack anything?" So
they said, "Nothing."
Luke 22:36 Then He said to them, "But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who
has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.
Luke 22:37 "For
I say to you that this which is written must still be accomplished in Me:
‘And He was numbered with the transgressors’. For the things concerning Me have
an end."
Luke 22:38 So they said, "Lord, look, here are two swords." And He said to
them, "It is enough."
Luke 23:32 There were
also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to death.
Luke 23:33 And when they had come to the place called Calvary,
there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and
the other on the left.
Luke 23:34 Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do."
And they divided His garments
and cast lots.
Luke 23:35 And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers
with them sneered, saying, "He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is
the Christ, the chosen of God."
Luke 23:36 The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering Him
sour wine,
Luke 23:37 and saying, "If You are the King of the Jews, save
Yourself."
Luke 23:38 And an inscription also was written over Him in letters
of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Luke 23:39 Then one of the criminals who were hanged
blasphemed Him, saying, "If You are the Christ, save Yourself and
us."
Luke 23:40 But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying,
"Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
Luke 23:41 "And we indeed justly, for we receive the due
reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong."
Luke 23:42 Then he said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me
when You come into Your kingdom."
Luke 23:43 And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with
Me in Paradise."
John 19:31 Therefore,
because it was the Preparation Day,
that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath
was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
John 19:32 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the
first and of the other who was crucified with Him.
John 19:33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already
dead, they did not break His legs.
These texts talk about the crucifixion of Jesus with
two robbers, and there are several notes on them.
The first is that Mark and Luke attributed it to the Old
Testament directly.
The second is that Matthew and Mark contrasted with Luke,
because they said that the two robbers had reviled Jesus, while Luke said that
only one of them had reviled him.
The third is that Luke says that Jesus has said to the second
robber "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with me in
Paradise", despite Jesus did not ascend to heaven only after more than
forty days, as Luke himself wrote in the Acts of the Apostles, which means that
Jesus' promise was not achieved as he said! As in the following texts:
Act 1:3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering
by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days
and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
Act 1:9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He
was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
Matthew 24:35 "Heaven
and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
Mark 13:31 "Heaven
and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
Luke 21:33 "Heaven
and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
Before reviewing the quoted text from the Book of
Isaiah, I would like to mention two other texts, which are written in the
Gospel of John and the Gospel of Matthew, since they have been quoted from the
same chapter.
13 - The Source of the Saying "Lord, who has
believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
John 12:37 But
although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him,
John 12:38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be
fulfilled, which he spoke: "Lord, who has believed our
report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
14 -
The Source of the Saying that Jesus took our Infirmities and bore our Sicknesses
Matthew 8:16 When evening had come, they brought to Him many
who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed
all who were sick,
Matthew 8:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by
Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He Himself took our infirmities
And bore our sicknesses."
In this text Matthew says that the main reason that
Jesus was casting out the spirits with a word, and healing all sick is that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying "He
Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses", which means that
the text of Isaiah has not been fulfilled until Jesus came and healed some
patients! I'm not going to comment now on this conclusion, but will let the
text that mentioned in the book of Isaiah speaks to find out if this is true or
not?
These three texts are mentioned in the book of
Isaiah, chapter 53, which is an extension of the previous chapter, for this I
will start from the paragraph thirteenth of the chapter 52, which is as follows:
Isaiah 52:13 Behold,
My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled
and be very high.
This paragraph talks about a servant of the Lord;
and says that he should deal prudently, and shall be exalted and extolled and
be very high, and these characteristics as it is known can be acquired by a man
through commitment to worship the Lord alone, and implement the laws, as was
the case with Moses and other prophets, so the text begins mentioning the
characteristics of the servant of the LORD, then continues talking about his
characteristics, saying:
Isaiah 52:14 Just as many were astonished at you, So
His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than
the sons of men;
This paragraph talks about the servant of the Lord
who his visage was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of
men!
Then the text continued mentioning the attributes of
the servant of the Lord as the following:
Isaiah 52:15 So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings
shall shut their mouths at Him; For what had not been told them
they shall see, And what they had not heard they shall consider.
This paragraph says that the servant of the LORD,
who shall be exalted and extolled and be very high, will sprinkle many nations,
and Kings shall shut their mouths at him; for what had not been told them they
shall see, and what they had not heard they shall consider, and all these
characteristics talked about a servant of the Lord, yet the Gospels authors say
it was talking and prophesying about Jesus, and here we must examine the
characteristics of the servant of the Lord and compare it with the life of Jesus
as it is written in the four Gospels to find out the truth, and if they are
applied to Jesus or not.
The first thing we notice that these paragraphs talk about a
servant of the Lord, not a god and the son of God, and his visage was marred
more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men, and this
characteristic is for the creatures, not for the Lord the Creator.
The second note is that the text says that this servant
shall sprinkle many nations (or astonish, startle, cleanse, marvel, surprise,
according to the various versions), and this certainly does not apply to Jesus,
both in his lifetime or after his return, in case he comes back, because in his
life he did not preach any nation except the Jews, and said he was not sent
except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, and asked his disciples not to
call and preach among the Gentiles, as in the following texts:
Matthew 15:23 But He answered her not a word. And His disciples
came and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries out after
us."
Matthew 15:24 But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the
lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Matthew 10:5 These
twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do
not enter a city of the Samaritans.
Matthew 10:6
"But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
The third note is on the paragraph that talks about the
Kings who shall shut their mouths at him; for what had not been told them they
shall see, and what they had not heard they shall consider. It does not apply
to Jesus, because he never meets in his lifetime any king! And the governors
whom he had met them at his trial as the Gospels say, if we say that they are
kings, did not shut their mouths before him, but the opposite is true, they had
opened their mouths to question him, and Jesus had shut his mouth before them,
and refused to answer their questions, which forced them eventually to ridicule
him and whipping him and slapping him!
So where and when have the Kings shut their mouths in
his presence, if this text was referring to Jesus?
Matthew 27:11 Now Jesus
stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying,
"Are You the King of the Jews?" So Jesus said to him, "It
is as you say."
Matthew 27:12 And while He was being accused by the chief priests
and elders, He answered nothing.
Matthew 27:13 Then Pilate said to Him, "Do You
not hear how many things they testify against You?"
Matthew 27:14 But He answered him not one word, so that
the governor marveled greatly.
Mark 15:4 Then Pilate asked Him again, saying,
"Do You answer nothing? See how many things they testify against
You!"
Mark 15:5 But Jesus still answered nothing, so that
Pilate marveled.
Luke 23:8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was
exceedingly glad; for he had desired for a long time to see Him, because he had heard many things about Him, and he
hoped to see some miracle done by Him.
Luke 23:9 Then he questioned Him with many words,
but He answered him nothing.
Luke 23:10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently
accused Him.
Luke 23:11 Then Herod, with his men of war, treated
Him with contempt and mocked Him,
arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.
John 19:8 Therefore, when Pilate heard that saying,
he was the more afraid,
John 19:9 and went again into the Praetorium, and said to
Jesus, "Where are You from?" But Jesus
gave him no answer.
Isaiah 53:1 Who has believed our report? And to whom
has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
This is the paragraph that had been quoted by John
as it was fulfilled in the time of Jesus, which is one of the oddest things,
because if this paragraph had not been fulfilled only at that time, and
indicating to the Jews, this means that it applies to John himself and the rest
of the disciples! Because they are Jews, so how do they have had gained the
ability to believe; if the text talks about the Jews in Jesus' time?
Then the text returns to talk about the servant of
the Lord who was mentioned in it:
Isaiah 53:2 For He shall grow up before Him as a
tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has
no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected by men, A
Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid,
as it were, our faces
from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
In these paragraphs we read that this person has no
form or comeliness, no beauty, he was despised and rejected by men, and they
did not esteem him, and these things indicate very clearly that the servant of
the Lord has nothing to do with the LORD in terms of the attributes and nature
and essence, therefore how the Gospels authors quoted those paragraphs from
this chapter and said it was talking about Jesus and his time; unless it was
their way or method or approach of writing the Gospels?!
Isaiah 53:4 Surely He
has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we
esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.
King James Version: Matthew’s text:
Isaiah 8:16 When the even
was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he
cast out the spirits with [his] word, and healed all that were sick:
Isaiah 8:17 That it might
be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took
our infirmities, and bare [our] sicknesses.
Septuagint Version: Isaiah’s text:
Isaiah
53:4 He bears our sins, and is pained for us: yet
we accounted him to be in trouble, and in suffering, and in affliction.
Hebrew Version: Isaiah’s text:
Isaiah 53:4 Surely our diseases he did bear, and our
pains he carried; whereas we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God,
and afflicted.
This is the second paragraph that has been quoted by
Matthew when Jesus healed some patients, and cast out the spirits with a word,
and said that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet,
saying: "He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses".
And this does not mean that this person, or more
precisely the servant, is a god or the son of God, or that this servant heals
diseases or cast out the spirits, but it means that this servant will bear the sins
and the infirmities of his people, and he will suffer for his people, and this
could happen to any leader sees his people in distresses and misfortunes and
grief, so he feels sad to their grief and bears their sins and their pains and
seeks to facilitate the grief for them, which is an indication that the people
of this servant have done a lot of pain to him, and is forced to bear this pain
until finishing his task which the Lord has sent him for it, as was the case
with Moses, who bore all the pain of the children of Israel and their
disturbances for forty years until became eventually able to enter them into
the Holy Land, which was expressed by the following text:
Numbers 11:12 "Did I conceive all these people?
Did I beget them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in
your bosom, as a guardian carries a nursing child’, to the land
which You swore to their fathers?
Numbers 11:13 "Where am I to get meat to give to all these
people? For they weep all over me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat’.
This is the meaning of the paragraph, and it was
talking about a servant of the Lord and a savior of the children of Israel, not
about a god or the son of God, or about one of three Persons who are one and
have the same essence and nature, as the various churches say!
Isaiah 53:5 But He was
wounded for our transgressions, He
was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for
our peace was upon Him, And
by His stripes we are healed.
The Gospels authors and the churches say that this
paragraph was talking about Jesus and his wounds during his trial and when he
was on the cross, and they forget that the text speaks on a servant of the
Lord, not on a god or the son of God!
In spite of that the true meaning does not indicate
to a physical wound, but as in the preceding paragraphs; it indicates that the
servant of the LORD bears the transgressions of his people psychologically as a
result of their sins and iniquities, and that as a result of those wounds and
his patience on the people; the Lord healed the people because of him, as what
happened with Moses and the rest of servants of the Lord, the Prophets.
Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We
have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the
iniquity of us all.
This paragraph shows the situation of these people,
which is that each and every one of them has his own way, and do not have one
way with the servant of the Lord, for this has described them as strays!
As for the saying "And the LORD has laid on Him
the iniquity of us all", which is an extension to the preceding paragraphs
that say that the servant of the Lord was wounded for the transgressions and
sins of his people, which means that the LORD puts those sins and the iniquity
and transgressions on him, as happened with Moses and other prophets, for this
says in the next paragraph:
Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the
slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He
opened not His mouth.
Thus the servant of the LORD, who he was oppressed
and afflicted by his people was not angry of them, so that he bore all sins and
iniquities and transgressions of them.
As for what the Gospels authors and churches say that
this paragraph was talking about Jesus during the trial; is wrong for two
reasons. The first is that the text speaks on the servant of the Lord,
not a god or the son of God. The second is that Jesus was not silent during
the trial, as in the following text:
Matthew 26:63 But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered
and said to Him, "I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You
are the Christ, the Son of God!"
Matthew 26:64 Jesus said to him, "It
is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son
of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of
heaven."
Luke 22:67 "If You are the Christ, tell us." But He
said to them, "If
I tell you, you will by no means believe.
Luke 22:68 "And
if I also ask you, you will by no
means answer Me or let Me go.
Luke 22:69 "Hereafter
the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of the power of God."
John 18:19 The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples
and His doctrine.
John 18:20 Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I
always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always meet, and
in secret I have said nothing.
John 18:21 "Why
do you ask Me? Ask those who have heard Me what I said to them. Indeed they
know what I said."
John 18:22 And when He had said these things, one of the officers
who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, "Do You
answer the high priest like that?"
John 18:23 Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken evil, bear witness
of the evil; but if well, why do you strike Me?"
John 18:33 Then Pilate entered the Praetorium again, called Jesus,
and said to Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?"
John 18:34 Jesus answered him, "Are you speaking for yourself about this,
or did others tell you this concerning Me?"
John 18:35 Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and
the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?"
John 18:36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My
kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be
delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here."
John 18:37 Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king
then?" Jesus answered, "You say rightly that
I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the
world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth
hears My voice."
Isaiah 53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the
living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
From this paragraph, Isaiah starts talking about the end of the servant of the Lord, and we read
that he was stricken for the transgressions of the LORD’s people, i.e., the
children of Israel, because they are the people of the Lord in the Old
Testament, and I wonder if this text talks about Jesus, and was stricken for
the transgressions of the people of the Lord what is the role of the Original
Sin in his mission and preaching?
And if Jesus was stricken for the transgressions of
the people of the Lord, so what is his role in bearing the sins of other Peoples
of Gentiles, while he said that he was not sent except to the lost sheep of the
house of Israel, (Matthew 15:24)?!
Isaiah 53:9 And they made His grave with the wicked
— But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no
violence, Nor was any deceit in His
mouth.
Isaiah 53:10 Yet it
pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He
shall see His seed, He
shall prolong His days, And
the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.
These paragraphs talk on the end of the servant of
the Lord, and this contrasts with what is written in the Gospels about the end
of Jesus, because Jesus was crucified with two robbers, yet his grave was a new
and unused, and has not been buried anyone in it before him, as in the
following texts:
Matthew 27:60 and laid it in his new tomb which he
had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the
tomb, and departed.
Luke 23:53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen, and laid
it in a tomb that was hewn out of the
rock, where no one had ever lain before.
John 19:41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a
garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been
laid.
As for the saying that he will see his seed, if all
the texts of the Old Testament were talking and prophesying on Jesus; surely,
this paragraph does not talk or prophesy about him, because the Gospels authors
have written that Jesus did not marry, and did not see his seed in his life,
and no one could say that it will happen in the Second Advent, because Jesus
has said that people in the resurrection do not marry, therefore where and when
he will see his seed?!
Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the
Scriptures nor the power of God.
Matthew 22:30 "For
in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are
like angels of God in heaven.
As for the saying that the LORD shall prolong his
days, this does not apply to Jesus, because he gave up his spirit and died in
the prime of his youth and his age has not exceeded thirty-four years!
Isaiah 53:11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By
His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He
shall bear their iniquities.
King
James Version
Isaiah
53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall
be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant
justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
As
for this paragraph we have two notes on it. The first is that it talks about
the servant of the Lord, not a god or the son of God. The second is that
the servant of the Lord should be satisfied, and this does not apply to Jesus
during his arrest, or on the cross, or even after his resurrection from the
dead, as in following texts:
Matthew 26:31 Then
Jesus said to them, "All
of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is
written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep of the flock will be
scattered’.
Matthew 26:32 "But
after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee."
Matthew 26:33 Peter answered and said to Him, "Even if all
are made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble."
Matthew 26:34 Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you that this night, before
the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times."
Matthew 26:35 Peter said to Him, "Even if I have to die with
You, I will not deny You!" And so said all the disciples.
Matthew 26:40 Then He came to the disciples and found them
asleep, and said to Peter, "What? Could you not watch with Me one hour?
Mark 14:37 Then He came and found them sleeping, and
said to Peter, "Simon,
are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour?
Matthew 26:56 "But
all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled."
Then all the disciples forsook Him
and fled.
Mark 14:50 Then they all forsook Him and fled.
Mark 14:51 Now a certain young man followed Him, having
a linen cloth thrown around his naked
body. And the young men
laid hold of him,
Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with
a loud voice, saying, "Eli,
Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why
have You forsaken Me?"
Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud
voice, saying, "Eloi,
Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is translated, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"
Isaiah 53:12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the
great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was
numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.
This is the third paragraph, which had been quoted by the Gospels
authors, which Mark and Luke have attributed it directly to Isaiah, and said it
had been fulfilled, and be accomplished in Jesus when he was crucified with two
robbers.
Yet if we read it carefully, we find that it does not apply to
Jesus, as is written about him in the Gospels, because it says that the Lord
will divide the servant a portion with the great, and Jesus was divided a
portion with robbers, and says that he shall divide the spoil with the strong, and
Jesus did not participate in any battle, so how he will divide the spoils, and
says that he made intercession for the transgressors, while Jesus has not able
to intercede for himself, so how intercede for others, so where and when was
Jesus intercede for the transgressors?!
From all of the above, we conclude that the Gospels authors did not write their Gospels based on the historical events that occurred, whether they had seen, or heard it through trusted sources, but according to their way or method or approach of writing, which is the quoting from the texts of the Old Testament, either directly or indirectly, and reformulating them in their stories to bestow a state of holiness, credibility and reliability on their Gospels, regardless of the true meaning of those texts, or what they were talking about, so I can say that our law "do not accept the lying and false" applies to these texts and stories.
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