Understanding the context of this passage is essential for its correct interpretation. Jesus is teaching against the excesses of the Jewish Pharisees and scribes, a group of people very similar in many ways to the clerical class of alems and ulema within Islam.…
The numbering given in Chronicles is more specific, whereas the Kings figure simply rounds off the number of months, assuming that the additional ten days is not significant enough to mention.…
1 Kings records that sea-tank ordinarily held כּוּל)) 2,000 baths, whereas 2 Chronicles informs us that it could hold חזק)) 3,000 if filled to the maximum.…
In 2 Samuel, the number of “mighty men” (אישׁ־חיל , ‘îysh khah’-yil) , who drew the sword was 800,000, but it did not include the standing army of 288,000 described in 1 Chronicles 27:1-15 or the 12,000 specifically attached to Jerusalem described in 2 Chronicles 1:14.…
The family tree is given below:
This is the record of a terrible event. As we read this story we think these actions unthinkable and disturbing.…
[Many of our readers have asked us this question,so we have posted the following answer to help]
“Do you believe Muhammad is a messenger of God?”
This question put forth in just a few words is actually quite vast in its scope, and as I ponder how to answer with all the clearness and honesty that any inquirer deserves, I must say that I can only go so far in my reply in writing.…
The Qur’ān contains one verse (2:79) which seems to indicate textual corruption and is frequently quoted by those who oppose the previous scriptures:
…“And verily a party (فَرِيق fariq ) among them [Jews] hear the Word of God (Qur’ān); then they pervert it knowingly after they have understood it … There are illiterate men among them who, ignorant of the Scriptures, know of nothing but wishful fancies and vague conjecture.
Certain critics of the Gospels allege that a document called the “Gospel of Barnabas” is the original Gospel of Jesus, claiming that Christians had deliberately hidden it until it popped up in the 18th century. While there are hundreds of early manuscripts of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, there are absolutely no manuscript copies of the Gospel of Barnabas until one thousand five hundred years after Jesus.…
More than any other ancient Latin or Greek literature, the Bible has tremendous historical and manuscript evidence for its reliability. It has far more manuscripts and far earlier manuscripts. The New Testament has well over 1,000 times as many manuscripts as the works of the average classical author.…