The Sources of the Story of the Burial of Jesus' body and the Rolling Stone

Chapter III

Section VI

The Texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it

In this section will examine the texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it, as is the case in the previous sections, which I call it Storyline or Plot-story or screenplay of the Gospels, where we will review the most of the events and stories and sayings that mentioned in the Gospels, and comparing them with the Old Testament and with Jesus as was portrayed in the Gospels, and his attributes in the laws of the faith of the churches as well.

28 - The Sources of the Story of the Burial of Jesus' body and the Rolling Stone

After the story of the crucifixion, the Gospels authors mentioned that Joseph of Arimathea buried Jesus in the tomb, and rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb in which Jesus stayed until rose from the dead, as in the following texts:

Matthew 27:57 Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

Matthew 27:58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him.

Matthew 27:59 When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

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. 

Matthew 27:61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

Matthew 27:62 On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,

Matthew 27:63 saying, "Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise’.

Matthew 27:64 "Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead’. So the last deception will be worse than the first."

Matthew 27:65 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how."

Matthew 27:66 So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard.

Mark 15:42 Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Mark 15:44 Pilate marveled that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for some time.

Mark 15:45 So when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

Mark 15:46 Then he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

Mark 15:47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was laid.

Mark 16:1 Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him.

Mark 16:2 Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

Mark 16:3 And they said among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?"

Mark 16:4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away — for it was very large.

Luke 23:50 Now behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good and just man.

Luke 23:51 He had not consented to their decision and deed. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God.

Luke 23:52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

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 19:38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus.

John 19:39 And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

John 19:40 Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

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.

John 19:42 So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.

I had discussed these texts in detail in the book "Jesus the Son of Joseph the Carpenter ... Confusing Questions", because they contain many errors and contradictions that confirm that they were not written by revelation or through seeing or hearing the real story of Jesus, including the following issues:

The first is the saying that Jesus has died and was buried; this is a clear evidence that he has nothing to do with the LORD the Creator in terms of divine attributes and equality with HIM; unlike what say the churches concerning him, because the Lord, the Creator of the heavens and the earth live forever, and heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him, as in the following texts:

Deuteronomy 32:39 ‘Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.

Deuteronomy 32:40 For I raise My hand to heaven, And say, "As I live forever,

2 Chronicles 6:18 "But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built!

The second is about what Matthew wrote that an earthquake has happened, when the angel has rolled back the stone from the door, as in the following text:

Matthew 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

Matthew 28:2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it.

Matthew 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.

Matthew 28:4 And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men.

This text contradicts what is written in the other Gospels about how disclosure of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, as well as it is inconsistent with the nature and the reality, because rolling a stone from the door of the tomb doesn't cause an earthquake, regardless of the size of the stones. Particularly as it is written that Joseph of Arimathea who he had rolled the stone against the door of the tomb, which means that the size and the weight of the stone was under the ability of one man to rolling it against the door of the tomb and rolled back the stone from the door without occurring earthquakes!

Moreover, that John wrote about taking away the stone from the tomb of Lazarus, when was risen from the dead, and didn't happen earthquake, (John 11:38-44)!

The third is about what Matthew wrote that the Jews made the tomb secure, and sealed the stone and setting the guard, as in the following text:

Matthew 27:62 On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,

Matthew 27:63 saying, "Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise’.

Matthew 27:64 "Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead’. So the last deception will be worse than the first."

Matthew 27:65 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how."

Matthew 27:66 So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard.

This story contradicts the state of the disciples as is written in the Gospels, because all of them had deserted Jesus and fled and left him alone when the soldiers arrested him, and then disowned him, and they did not believe that he rose from the dead; even that they were not knowing that he will rise from the dead! So how the Jews afraid of them to come by night and steal him away, and say to the people, ‘he has risen from the dead’?!

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.

Matthew 26:73 And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, "Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you."

Matthew 26:74 Then he began to curse and swear, saying, "I do not know the Man!" Immediately a rooster crowed.

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,

Mark 14:52 and he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked.

Mark 14:66 Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came.

Mark 14:67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You also were with Jesus of Nazareth."

Mark 14:68 But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you are saying." And he went out on the porch, and a rooster crowed.

Mark 16:10 She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept.

Mark 16:11 And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

Mark 16:14 Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

Luke 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles.

Luke 24:11 And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.

John 20:9 For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.

John 20:19 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you."

From all this, and many others, we find that the story of Jesus' burial and the Rolling Stone contradicts the attributes of the LORD the Creator of the heavens and the earth, and the state of the disciples as well, which raises doubts about its reality, so what is the source of this story?

Let's read the following texts:

Joshua 10:26 And afterward Joshua struck them and killed them, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging on the trees until evening.

Joshua 10:27 So it was at the time of the going down of the sun that Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, cast them into the cave where they had been hidden, and laid large stones against the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.

Joshua 10:18 So Joshua said, "Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to guard them.

Daniel 6:17 Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed.

This similarity between what is written in the Old Testament and what is written in Gospels confirms that the story of the Gospels was quoted from the Old Testament; as is their method and approach of writing the Gospels as is shown in this book, away from the Revelation and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, as well as away from the reality of the state of the disciples as it is written in the Gospels, which means that the law "do not accept the lying and false" applies to this story!

The Source of the Story of the Resurrection (the Appearance of Jesus to the Disciples)

Chapter III

Section VI

The Texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it

In this section will examine the texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it, as is the case in the previous sections, which I call it Storyline or Plot-story or screenplay of the Gospels, where we will review the most of the events and stories and sayings that mentioned in the Gospels, and comparing them with the Old Testament and with Jesus as was portrayed in the Gospels, and his attributes in the laws of the faith of the churches as well.

29 - The Source of the Story of the Resurrection (the Appearance of Jesus to the Disciples)

After the burial of Jesus' body, the Gospels authors have remained speechless and didn't mention anything about what happened with Jesus in the tomb, and how he came out of the tomb! And they began talking from the moment that had been discovered that the tomb was empty and the appearance of Jesus to the disciples, and each of them wrote a story different from the others in every detail, including the following events:

Who did go to the tomb?

Are they Mary Magdalene and the other Mary?!

Matthew 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

Or they were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome?

Mark 16:1 Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him.

Or they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, and then Peter?

Luke 24:9 Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

Luke 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles.

Luke 24:11 And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.

Luke 24:12 But Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying by themselves; and he departed, marveling to himself at what had happened.

Or it was Mary Magdalene in the beginning, and then Simon Peter and John?

John 20:1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

John 20:2 Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him."

John 20:3 Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb.

John 20:4 So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first.

John 20:5 And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in.

John 20:6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there.

Did Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome buy spices when the Sabbath was over after buried Jesus, or they prepared spices and fragrant oils before the Sabbath, and they rested on the Sabbath?!

Mark 16:1 Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him.

Luke 23:55 And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid.

Luke 23:56 Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

Who was in the tomb?

Was it an angel?

Matthew 28:2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it.

Or was it a young man?

Mark 16:4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away — for it was very large.

Mark 16:5 And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.

Or was it two men?

Luke 24:4 And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.

John 20:11 But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb.

Or was it two angels?!

John 20:12 And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

Did the women tell the disciples what happened or not?

Mark 16:8 So they went out quickly and fled from the tomb, for they trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

Luke 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles.

Luke 24:11 And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.

John 20:18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.

Did Mary Magdalene touch Jesus or not?

Matthew 28:9 And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him.

John 20:17 Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God’."

Did the disciples see Jesus in Galilee or in Jerusalem?

Matthew 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them.

Matthew 28:17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.

Luke 24:33 So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together,

Luke 24:34 saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"

Luke 24:35 And they told about the things that had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread.

Luke 24:36 Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, "Peace to you."

Luke 24:37 But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit.

John 20:19 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you."

John 20:20 When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

These differences and many others, confirm that the Gospels authors did not write their narratives according to the historical events that have been seen, or heard from trusted sources, but according to their method and approach of writing the Gospels, which is the quoting from the texts of the Old Testament and reformulating them in their narratives about Jesus, as is shown in this book. So what are the sources of this story?

In fact, there are several texts in the Old Testament talking about the appearance of the Lord to some people, which some people might understand of them, away from the principles and concepts of the Old Testament, that they refer to physical appearance directly. However, if this possible; it will be different from the appearance of Jesus, because the appearance of the LORD shows the greatness and the glory of Him, which could not be imagined, as we have read in the story of Elijah, which led to great and strong wind which tore apart the mountains, and broke the rocks in pieces and caused an earthquake, as in the following text:

1Kings 19:11 Then He said, "Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD." And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake;

1Kings 19:12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

While the appearance of Jesus, if it was true, is a kind of healing of death! Moreover, that the appearance of Jesus after his death does not refer to something special and miraculous, because the Gospels authors have mentioned three stories about some people who rose from the dead, and appeared to the people, (John 11:1-44), (Matthew 9:18-26) and (Luke 7:11-17), which is similar to what happened with Jesus and his appearance to his disciples!

Here are some texts that talk about the appearance of the LORD the Creator to some people:

Genesis 3:8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:9 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:10 So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."

Genesis 3:11 And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?"

This story is similar to what John has written about the appearance of Jesus to Mary in the garden, (John 20:11-18)!

Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.

Genesis 18:1 Then the LORD appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.

From all of the above, we conclude that the narratives of the Gospels concerning the Resurrection and the appearance of Jesus to his disciples are not reliable, which means that the law "do not accept the lying and false" applies to them.

The Source of the Story of Jesus' Ascension into Heaven

Chapter III

The Sources of the Gospels and the Way of Writing Them

Section VI

The Texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it

In this section will examine the texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it, as is the case in the previous sections, which I call it Storyline or Plot-story or screenplay of the Gospels, where we will review the most of the events and stories and sayings that mentioned in the Gospels, and comparing them with the Old Testament and with Jesus as was portrayed in the Gospels, and his attributes in the laws of the faith of the churches as well.

30 - The Source of the Story of Jesus' Ascension into Heaven

After the story of the Resurrection of Jesus and his appearance to the disciples; the Gospels authors finished talking about the life and the preaching of Jesus, and they started writing the epilogues of their gospels according to their method and approach, which is shown in this book, away from the historical events and away from the revelation and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit as well, for this we find that the writers who are supposed to be of the twelve Apostles, i.e., Matthew and John, have ended their Gospels without mentioning the story of Jesus' ascension into heaven!

While has been added paragraphs to the epilogue of the Gospel of Mark, who was not of the disciples, as is well-known, that talked about Jesus' ascension into heaven, as in the following text:

Mark 16:14 Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

Mark 16:19 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

And Luke, who he was also not of the disciples, has written about Jesus' ascension into heaven twice. The first in his Gospel, and said that Jesus ascended at the same day that appeared to the disciples. The second in the Acts of the Apostles; and stated that Jesus has ascended into heaven after forty days! As in the following texts:

Luke 24:50 And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.

Luke 24:51 Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven.

Luke 24:52 And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

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.

Act 1:10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel,

So, if the story of Jesus' ascension into heaven is true, and Luke has heard the story from a trusted source, or as he said in the prologue of his Gospel "just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account" (Luke 1/2-3), he will not be disagreed with himself in determining the the exact timing of Jesus' ascension into heaven, which has been ignored by Matthew and John!

Luke 1:1 Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among us,

Luke 1:2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,

Luke 1:3 it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus,

Luke 1:4 that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed.

Now the question that arises here is what is the source that has been relied upon by Luke and those who wrote the epilogue of the Gospel of Mark to write the story of Jesus' ascension into heaven?

Let's read the following text:

2Kings 2:11 Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

2Kings 2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, "My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!" So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.

This story talks about Elijah's ascension into heaven, and I do think that Luke and those who wrote the epilogue of the Gospel of Mark had relied upon it to write the story of Jesus' ascension into heaven, while Matthew and John were not convinced that this story can be relied upon or to be basis to write a story of Jesus' ascension into heaven, or they did not pay attention to the story of Elijah, for this they have not written anything about this story, unlike the story of the Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem sitting on a donkey and colt, which is written by the four Gospels authors, because there is a clear text written in the book Zachariah, (9:9), talks about the Entry of a king into Jerusalem riding on a donkey and colt, which I have discussed previously, and showed how they wrote different stories and how they distorted the text of Zachariah!

Zechariah 9:9 "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.

And this shows clearly the method and the approach of writing the Gospels, as is shown in this book, away from the historical events, as well as away from the revelation and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, otherwise, writing the story of Jesus' ascension into heaven by all of them; is more important than writing about that Jesus rode on a donkey and colt! Because could anyone imagine that an author composes a book about Neil Armstrong biography without mentioning his ascension into Moon, and who cares or remembers if he was riding on a horse or a donkey or even a colt! And this refers that the law "do not accept the lying and false" applies to the story of Jesus' ascension into heaven!

The Sources of the Sayings of Jesus "Who made me a judge over you?" and "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword" and "I came to send fire on the earth" and "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans"

Chapter III

Section VI

The Texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it

In this section will examine the texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it, as is the case in the previous sections, which I call it Storyline or Plot-story or screenplay of the Gospels, where we will review the most of the events and stories and sayings that mentioned in the Gospels, and comparing them with the Old Testament and with Jesus as was portrayed in the Gospels, and his attributes in the laws of the faith of the churches as well.

The Sources of some Sayings of Jesus:

The Source of the Saying of Jesus "Who made me a judge over you?"

The Source of the Sayings of Jesus "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword" and "I came to send fire on the earth"

The Source of the Saying of Jesus "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans"

The Source of the Saying of Jesus "O faithless and perverse generation"

The Source of the Saying of Jesus "let the dead bury their own dead"

The Source of the Saying of Jesus "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart"

31 - The Source of the Saying of Jesus "Who made me a judge over you?"

Luke 12:13 Then one from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

Luke 12:14 But He said to him, "Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"

In this text Luke alone wrote on the lips of Jesus that he said that he is not a judge, which means that he has nothing to do with the LORD in terms of divine attributes and equality, unlike what the churches and the laws of the faith say concerning that he was a god and the son of God and one of three Persons who are one and have the same nature and essence and ability, because here Jesus says that he is not a judge, while there are dozen of texts in the Old Testament declare that the LORD the Creator of the heavens and the earth is the judge, including the following texts:

Deuteronomy 1:17 ‘You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it’.

Judges 11:27 ‘Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you wronged me by fighting against me. May the LORD, the Judge, render judgment this day between the children of Israel and the people of Ammon’."

1 Samuel 24:12 "Let the LORD judge between you and me, and let the LORD avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you.

1 Samuel 24:15 "Therefore let the LORD be judge, and judge between you and me, and see and plead my case, and deliver me out of your hand."

Psalm 7:11 God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day.

Psalm 9:7 But the LORD shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.

Psalm 9:8 He shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

Psalm 58:11 So that men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely He is God who judges in the earth."

Psalm 75:7 But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another.

Isaiah 33:22 (For the LORD is our Judge, The LORD is our Lawgiver, The LORD is our King; He will save us);

This contradiction between Luke and the Old Testament indicates that this text is not revelation or inspiration of the Holy Spirit, so from Where quoted Luke this text?

Let's read the following text:

Exodus 2:11 Now it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

Exodus 2:12 So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

Exodus 2:13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, "Why are you striking your companion?"

Exodus 2:14 Then he said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" So Moses feared and said, "Surely this thing is known!"

As we read that Luke has quoted the saying of Jesus from the words of the Hebrew man, ignoring that what he wrote contradicts the laws of the faith of the various churches, and what proves my view that Luke had quoted the saying of Jesus from this text is that he had quoted this text and wrote it on the lips of Stephen in Acts of the Apostles, as in the following text:

Act 7:35 "This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge’? is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Despite the fact that this quote is wrong, because Moses at this time has not been sent to them yet, because the LORD will speak with him and sends him after forty years of this event!

Moreover, whom he said to Moses this saying was not a group of people, but one man.

From all this, we see how the Gospels authors have used the Old Testament texts to write their narratives about Jesus in every detail, as is their method and approach of writing the Gospels, as is shown in this book, regardless if they contradict with the Old Testament texts, or with the laws of the faith of the churches, which means that the law "do not accept the lying and false" applies to this saying.

32 - The Source of the Sayings of Jesus "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword" and "I came to send fire on the earth"

Matthew 10:34 "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.

Matthew 10:35 "For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;

Matthew 10:36 "and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household’.

Luke 12:49 "I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

Luke 12:50 "But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!

Luke 12:51 "Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division.

Luke 12:52 "For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three.

Luke 12:53 "Father will be divided 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 her mother-in-law."

These texts represent a dilemma in the hearts and minds of the good people of the followers of the churches, and a strange understanding which contrasts with the preaching of Jesus; which is based on redemption, love, peace, forgiveness and salvation, as displayed in the Gospels and as say the various churches, which indicates that these texts have not been written through the revelation or the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, or even through the same source, because Matthew and Luke did not write the same words, but through the method and approach of writing the Gospels, as is shown in this book. So what are the sources of these texts?

As for the sayings "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth, I did not come to bring peace but a sword" and "I came to send fire on the earth"; there are dozens of texts that talked about the sword of God and about the fire, which had been sent by the LORD, or He will send it, including the following texts:

Psalm 78:62 He also gave His people over to the sword, And was furious with His inheritance.

Psalm 78:63 The fire consumed their young men, And their maidens were not given in marriage.

Psalm 97:3 A fire goes before Him, And burns up His enemies round about.

Ezekiel 30:8 Then they will know that I am the LORD, When I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed.

Ezekiel 39:6 "And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 39:7 "So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

Ezekiel 39:8 "Surely it is coming, and it shall be done," says the Lord GOD. "This is the day of which I have spoken.

Hosea 8:14 "For Israel has forgotten his Maker, And has built temples; Judah also has multiplied fortified cities; But I will send fire upon his cities, And it shall devour his palaces."

Amos 1:4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, Which shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

Amos 1:7 But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, Which shall devour its palaces.

Amos 1:10 But I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, Which shall devour its palaces."

Amos 1:12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah."

Amos 2:2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting and trumpet sound. 

Amos 2:5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem."

Psalm 78:61 And delivered His strength into captivity, And His glory into the enemy’s hand.

Psalm 78:62 He also gave His people over to the sword, And was furious with His inheritance.

Isaiah 34:5 "For My sword shall be bathed in heaven; Indeed it shall come down on Edom, And on the people of My curse, for judgment.

Isaiah 34:6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Isaiah 66:16 For by fire and by His sword The LORD will judge all flesh; And the slain of the LORD shall be many.

Jeremiah 9:15 therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Jeremiah 9:16 "I will scatter them also among the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them."

Jeremiah 12:12 The plunderers have come On all the desolate heights in the wilderness, For the sword of the LORD shall devour From one end of the land to the other end of the land; No flesh shall have peace.

Jeremiah 25:16 "And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them."

Jeremiah 25:27 "Therefore you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Drink, be drunk, and vomit! Fall and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you."‘

Jeremiah 25:29 "For behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished, for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth," says the LORD of hosts’.

Ezekiel 6:3 "and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD’! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, to the hills, to the ravines, and to the valleys: "Indeed I, even I, will bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

Ezekiel 21:4 "Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north,

As for the source of the rest of the texts of Matthew and Luke, let's read the following text:

Micah 7:5 Do not trust in a friend; Do not put your confidence in a companion; Guard the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom.

Micah 7:6 For son dishonors father, Daughter rises against her mother, Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.

As we read that the text in the book of Micah is almost the same as the text that mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, despite they must be aware that this idea inconsistent with what they have written about Jesus and his calling for peace, tolerance, love and forgiveness!

33 - The Source of the Saying of Jesus "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans"

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.

This text with the text that talks about sending Jesus only to the children of Israel, which is as follows:

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."

Are considered one of the most major problematic issues in the hearts and minds of the good people of the followers of the churches, because they contradict what is written in the Gospel of John about his visit to a city of Samaria that called Sychar, (John 4:1-43).

Moreover, that all of them are not of the children of Israel, which means that they are not followers of Jesus, if so, this indicates that this text has not been written by the revelation or the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, but through the method and approach of writing the Gospels, as is shown in this book, therefore what is the source of this text?

Let's read the following text:

Jeremiah 10:1 Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.

Jeremiah 10:2 Thus says the LORD: "Do not learn the way of the Gentiles; Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven, For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.

As we read that the LORD asked the children of Israel not to learn the way of the Gentiles, which is similar to what is written by Matthew, but he wrote his text as a real way or a physical way, which made him contrasts with John!

34 - The Source of the Saying of Jesus "O faithless and perverse generation"

Matthew 17:14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying,

Matthew 17:15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.

Matthew 17:16 "So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him."

Matthew 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me."

Matthew 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.

Matthew 17:19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"

Matthew 17:20 So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

Matthew 17:21 "However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."

Luke 9:37 Now it happened on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met Him.

Luke 9:38 Suddenly a man from the multitude cried out, saying, "Teacher, I implore You, look on my son, for he is my only child.

Luke 9:39 "And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and it departs from him with great difficulty, bruising him.

Luke 9:40 "So I implored Your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

Luke 9:41 Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."

Luke 9:42 And as he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the child, and gave him back to his father.

These two texts represented a dilemma in the Gospels; not only because they have described the disciples as a faithless, which is indeed their reality as it is written in the Gospels, but because they could not cure the child and cast the demon out of him, while Matthew and Luke wrote before this story that Jesus had given them power and authority over all demons to cast them out, as in the following texts:

Matthew 10:1 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.

Luke 9:1 Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

Luke 9:2 He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

And this proves that the word of Jesus is not true and unachievable, and this unlike the words of the Lord the Creator of the heavens and the earth, as is shown in the first chapter, which indicates that this story is not a revelation or an inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and what matters here is what is the source of the saying "faithless and perverse generation"?

Let's read the following text:

Deuteronomy 32:3 For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe greatness to our God.

Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.

Deuteronomy 32:5 "They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation.

Deuteronomy 32:6 Do you thus deal with the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?

This text is part of the Song of Moses, which he had said at the end of his life, and describes the children of Israel that they are a perverse and crooked generation, and this description is true, because they did a lot of troubles to Moses, even though they had seen a lot of miracles, as is written in the Old Testament, while what Matthew and Luke have written on the lips of Jesus that he says that his disciples is a faithless and perverse generation proves that his words in the previous texts have not been achieved!

35 - The Source of the Saying of Jesus "let the dead bury their own dead"

Matthew 8:21 Then another of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

Matthew 8:22 But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

Luke 9:59 Then He said to another, "Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

Luke 9:60 Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God."

Anyone who reads these texts feels sad, because how dare Matthew and Luke to write about the hardness of Jesus' heart; who prevents his disciple to bury his father through pretext flimsy and false, and contradictory as well, saying let the dead bury their own dead and go and preach the kingdom of God, because this disciple could have preached the kingdom of God among his family and his peoples, and there is no moment for preaching the Kingdom of God better than the moment which the human beings facing death, so this disciple was able to preach the Kingdom of God and at the same time contributes to bury his father.

For this, I can say that this text is not a revelation or inspiration of the Holy Spirit, but it was written according to the method and approach of writing the Gospels, as is shown in this book, so from Where Matthew and Luke quoted this text, and wrote it on the lips of Jesus?

Let's read the following text:

1Kings 19:19 So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.

1Kings 19:20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"

1Kings 19:21 So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen’s equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.

The existence of this story in the Old Testament; made Matthew and Luke compose this story about Jesus, but unlike the story of Elijah and Elisha, as we read, because when Elisha asked Elijah to let him to kiss his father and his mother then he will follow him; Elijah did not say anything to him, such as "you should not kiss the dead" or that your father and mother do not deserve the kiss, but allowed him and said to him "go back again", so Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, and gave it to the people, and they ate, then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.

For this I say, that the method and the approach of the Gospels authors in writing the Gospels, which is the quoting the stories and the texts of the Old Testament and reformulating them in the Gospels, regardless of the true meaning or the reality of those stories and texts, is the main reason of all the errors and contradictions and unacceptable sayings that we read in the Gospels!

36 - The Source of the Saying of Jesus "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart"

Matthew 5:27 "You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery’.

Matthew 5:28 "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

This text is one of the beautiful texts that written by Matthew on the lips of Jesus, but it is not far away from the method and approach of the Gospels authors in writing the Gospels, which is the quoting from the texts of the Old Testament and reformulating them in their narratives about Jesus to make similarity with the Old Testament to say that they are from the same source, as shown in this book, including this text, which is similar to two texts in the Old Testament, which are as follows:

Exodus 20:17 "You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s."

Proverbs 6:25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.

We can see the similarity between the texts of the Old Testament and Matthew's text, and this appears in the most of teachings of Jesus in the Gospels, because either they are on contrary them, or violated the commandments of the Law, or added to them, or they are themselves, for this I say that most of the stories and the texts of the Gospels can be read from the Old Testament, with one difference, in fact a huge difference, which is that the Old Testament calls to worship the Lord the true God alone, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, while the Gospels calls to worship three gods with the LORD or beside Him, and that is why it contains all of these contradictions and discrepancies and errors and differences. Which means that the law "do not accept the lying and false" applies to all these sayings.

The Source of the Story of Jesus sleeping in the Ship

Chapter III

Section VI

The Texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it

In this section will examine the texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it, as is the case in the previous sections, which I call it Storyline or Plot-story or screenplay of the Gospels, where we will review the most of the events and stories and sayings that mentioned in the Gospels, and comparing them with the Old Testament and with Jesus as was portrayed in the Gospels, and his attributes in the laws of the faith of the churches as well.

37 - The Source of the Story of Jesus sleeping in the Ship

Matthew 8:23 Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him.

Matthew 8:24 And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep.

Matthew 8:25 Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!"

Matthew 8:26 But He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

Matthew 8:27 So the men marveled, saying, "Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"

Mark 4:36 Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him.

Mark 4:37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.

Mark 4:38 But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?"

Mark 4:39 Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.

Mark 4:40 But He said to them, "Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?"

Mark 4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!"

Luke 8:22 Now it happened, on a certain day, that He got into a boat with His disciples. And He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the lake." And they launched out.

Luke 8:23 But as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy.

Luke 8:24 And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm.

Luke 8:25 But He said to them, "Where is your faith?" And they were afraid, and marveled, saying to one another, "Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!"

These texts talk about the story of Jesus calming the storm, which contains a lot of contradictions with the laws of faith of the various churches, or that those laws contradict it; that say that Jesus is a god and the son of God and one of the three Persons who are one and have the same nature and essence, because it says that Jesus was asleep, and in the text of Mark he was asleep on a pillow, and the sleeping is not one of the attributes of the LORD the Creator of the heavens and the earth, as said Elijah on Baal when he slaughtered the prophets of Baal, as it is written in the Old Testament.

1Kings 18:27 And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, "Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened." .

Moreover, these texts also contradict the attributes of the Lord the God who is not a man or the son of man, and does not dwell on the earth with men nor sleep, because heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him, as in the following texts:

Psalm 121:4 Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

2 Chronicles 6:18 "But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built!   

Furthermore, they have described the disciples that they have no faith, so if the disciples have no faith, who is the person who has Faith among the followers of the various churches?!

From all this, I can say that this story is quoted from the Old Testament as is the method and approach of writing the Gospels, as is shown in this book, so what is the source of this story?

Let's read the following text:

Jonah 1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up.

Jonah 1:5 Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep.

Jonah 1:6 So the captain came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God; perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish."

In this text we read part of the story of Jonah on the ship, and if we look closely in the paragraphs could see the Gospels authors when they wrote this story and reformulated in their narratives about Jesus, even though they say that he was a god and the son of God, and he describes the disciples that they have no faith! Moreover, Matthew had also quoted from this story the period of staying of Jesus in the tomb, (Matthew 12:39-49), which is inconsistent with what is written in the Gospels about the time period of his stay in the tomb, as is well-known.

So, we conclude that this story is not true, and the law "do not accept the lying and false" applies to this story.

The Source of the Saying of Jesus "Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man"

Chapter III

Section VI

The Texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it

In this section will examine the texts which were quoted from the Old Testament, but they have not been attributed directly to it, as is the case in the previous sections, which I call it Storyline or Plot-story or screenplay of the Gospels, where we will review the most of the events and stories and sayings that mentioned in the Gospels, and comparing them with the Old Testament and with Jesus as was portrayed in the Gospels, and his attributes in the laws of the faith of the churches as well.

38 - The Source of the Saying of Jesus "Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man"

John 1:43 The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, "Follow Me."

John 1:44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

John 1:45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote — Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

John 1:46 And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."

John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"

John 1:48 Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

John 1:49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"

John 1:50 Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree’, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."

John 1:51 And He said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."

This text is part of the story of the beginning of preaching of Jesus that written by John, and we notice that it contains several errors and contradictions with the other Gospels, including the following:

The first is the writing on the lips of Philip that he said "We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph", this saying is wrong, because there is no any text in the Old Testament mentions Jesus by name.

The second is that he said Jesus the son of Joseph, and this is contradict what the various churches say that Jesus was born of Mary without intervention of a biological father, as is well-known.

The third is that this story contradicts the story of the beginning of Jesus' preaching in the other Gospels, because John wrote that Jesus began preaching when John the Baptist was outside the prison, while the other Gospels authors wrote that Jesus began preaching after he has been arrested, as in the following texts:

Matthew 4:12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee.

Matthew 4:13 And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,

Mark 1:14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

John 1:35 Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples.

John 1:36 And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, "Behold the Lamb of God!"

John 1:37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

John 1:38 Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, "What do you seek? " They said to Him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), "where are You staying?"

John 1:39 He said to them, "Come and see." They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).

John 1:40 One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

John 1:41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated, the Christ).

John 1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is translated, A Stone).

John 1:43 The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, "Follow Me."

All these things confirm that this story is not true, especially the saying "Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man", because the Gospels never mention that anyone has seen heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon Jesus!

Even the text that was written by John himself about hearing a voice from heaven did not say that heaven was opened, as well as Luke who said that an angel from heaven has appeared to Jesus, did not write that heaven was opened, as in the following texts:

John 12:27 "Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

John 12:28 "Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it and will glorify it again."

John 12:29 Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to Him."

Luke 22:43 Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.

Luke 22:44 And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Luke 22:45 When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow.

And this indicates that this saying has not been achieved, which means that it is not a revelation or inspiration of the Holy Spirit, or even it was written through seeing the real story of Jesus or hearing it from a reliable source, but it is written through their method and approach of writing the Gospels, which is the quoting from the texts of the Old Testament and reformulating in the narratives about Jesus to bestow a state of holiness and credibility and reliability on the Gospels, as is shown in this book, so what is the source of this saying?

In fact, there are several texts in the Old Testament talking about the ascending and descending of the angels and the opening of heaven, including the following text:

Genesis 28:10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.

Genesis 28:11 So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep.

Genesis 28:12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

This text is a dream of Jacob, and no one could object to the dreams or criticizes them, because anyone can say that he dreamed of dreams about anything without causing any disputes by anyone in its content, but what has been written by John on the lips of Jesus which containing the contradictions and errors that mentioned above was talking about seeing heaven open, and the angels descend and ascend upon Jesus in the physical reality, not in dreams, which did not happen; and the Gospels authors did not mention it, which indicates that this story has not been written through a revelation or inspiration of the Holy Spirit, or even through a trusted source, which means that our law "do not accept the lying and false" applies to this story.

The Epilogue of the Book of the Gospel Sources

Conclusion

Now, after this detailed and thorough and in-depth study of most the texts and stories and sayings of the four Gospels, and the relationship between them and the Old Testament, both with the principles and concepts of it, and the texts that have been quoted from it, and the exact meaning of the word "gospel" in the New Testament, and the way of preaching of the disciples, and the method and approach and the purpose of the writing the Gospels, it's a time to summarize the results which we have reached.

The first is that there is no any relationship or connection in terms of principles and sources between the authors of the Gospels particularly, and the rest of the New Testament authors generally, and the Old Testament except one thing which is the quoted texts, because, as we have read, the Old Testament is based on the Oneness of the LORD the Creator of the heavens and earth, while the New Testament was based on the multiplicity of gods and trinity! And so it is with the rest of Principles.

As for the quoted texts, none of them applies to Jesus or his time or his generation, knowing they have distorted and twisted and manipulated most of them, and so on, as we have seen, and all this they have done just to bestow a state of holiness and reliability and credibility on what they have written.

The second is that the true meaning of the term or the word "gospel" is the way of preaching Jesus through the Old Testament texts to convince the Jews especially and the other peoples generally that he is the Christ who was mentioned in the Old Testament texts, and not intended the Four Gospels. Otherwise, the churches should explain and justify why they did not keep the Gospels of Paul and Peter which have been mentioned in the Letters of Paul.

The third is that the four Gospels have not been written through the revelation or the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, as say the churches to their pious followers.

The fourth is that the four Gospels have not been written by the eyewitnesses, who have seen the story or heard it from reliable sources, as alleges the churches.

The fifth is that the four Gospels had been written through a certain approach and a certain way, which is the quoting from the texts of the Old Testament and reformulating in the framework of the narrative to say that the four Gospels are considered as achieving and fulfilling the prophecies of the Old Testament and from the same source away from the real story of the Christ!

Further evidence that proves the results of the book, which have not been discussed in detail in the book, which are as follows:

The first is that the writing of the Gospels after decades of Jesus' ascension to heaven, and this period of time was necessary to study the texts of the Old Testament and reformulating them in the context of narrative in the Gospels, and that's what we notice in Paul's Letters, although he had quoted dozens of texts from the Old Testament, yet he did not talk about Jesus' life, except few stories, which some of them are similar to what is written in the four Gospels, and the others inconsistent with what is written in them, and did not write any word on the lips of Jesus except one or two, as well as the disciples as is written in Acts of the Apostles about them, and in their letters, as is shown previously.

However, this period of time was not enough to write the four Gospels without errors and contradictions, for this we find that some of the texts were added to them, and deleted and reformed some others of them, hence, there is no manuscript is similar to other, even the modern translations differ from each other.

The second is the failure to identify exactly who are the Gospels authors.

The third is that there are no original manuscripts of the Gospels, and the oldest full manuscripts which are available dating back to the fourth century A.D, such as Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus.

The fourth is a controversy and dispute that has occurred over the centuries until now among fathers of churches on the legality and canonical of some of the texts and paragraphs and letters of the New Testament.

The fifth is that the Church was forced to hold the Councils to write the laws to protect the Gospel of criticism and established the Inquisition, which has cost the humanity millions of victims in the past centuries.

The sixth is, as we have read previously, that the one who has declared that he has gospel which he has received it by revelation from Jesus, (Galatians 1:11-12), i.e., Paul, this gospel has been lost, and the churches did not keep it!

The seventh is that all the non-canonical Gospels are talking about Jesus as a Christ and a god and the son of God, and he is crucified and died and was buried and rose from the dead, which indicates that those writers believe in Jesus as what the churches believe in him one way or another. And they wrote based on their understanding and interpretation of the Old Testament texts as did the four Gospels authors, but they are unable to compose an integrated story, or provide a coherent account, as the four writers did, now apart from all the contradictions and discrepancies and errors that contained in the four Gospels as is well known, and as we have read in the book. For example, the Gospel of Thomas which contains one hundred and fourteen paragraphs looks like outlines more than an integrated story.

Thus the churches have refused them to unite the hearts and minds of their followers on the four Gospels only, even though the errors and the contradictions and discrepancies which were contained in them.

All this confirms that the Gospels were not written by the revelation or the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, or even through seeing the real story of the Christ, or hearing it from reliable sources, but have been written through quoting the Old Testament texts and reformulating them in their accounts to talk about the life of Christ, the son of Mary, according to what the Churches believe in the attributes of Jesus, and here I'd like to remind once again that we need more knowledge and information more than is now available about the sects that existed in the first centuries, such as the Arians and others, to know the reality of what they were believed in Christ the son of Mary.

Finally, I'd like to mention a text of Hosea to be a sign to all those who are looking for the truth, which is as follows:

Hosea 14:9 Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right; The righteous walk in them, But transgressors stumble in them.

Nader Isa