Chapter III
The Sources of the Gospels and the Way of Writing Them
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:
Matthew 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:
Matthew 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 talks on a servant of the Lord, not on a god or the son of God!
Despite, 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 talks about 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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