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Jesus - his Appearance and his Childhood
His Appearance
Lentulus, a Roman official, describes Jesus:
" He had nut-brown hair that is smoothed down to the ears, forming soft curls and flowing onto his shoulders in luxuriant locks, with a parting in the center of his head after the fashion of the Nazarenes. A smooth clear brow and a reddish face without spots and wrinkles. Nose and mouth are flawless. He bears a full luxurious beard which is the same colour as his hair and is parted in the middle He has blue grey eyes with an unusually varied capacity for expression. He was of medium height, fifteen and a half fists tall. He is cheerful in seriousness. Sometimes he weeps, but no one has ever seen him laugh."
" He was a ruddy man inclined to white. He did not have long hair. He never annointed his head. Jesus used to walk bare foot, and he took no house, nor adornment, nor goods, not clothes, nor provisions except his day’s food. His head was dishevelled and his face was small. He was an ascetic in this world, longing for the next world and eager for the worship of Allah. "
Genealogy
Out of the four Gospels, Mark and John are silent about Jesus' birth , and Mathew just casually mentions it. then, again, Luke contradicts himself by giving a human genealogy to Jesus , while Mark and John don't mention it. As between Mathew and Luke, the former gives twenty six (26) persons between Adam and Jesus, While Luke has forty two (42) name in his list. Thus, there is a discrepancy between the two of sixteen (16) people. If we accept forty years as the average age of a person, then there is a gap of six hundred and forty (640) years between the two records of Jesus' supposed lineal descent !
Date of birth
The exact date of is not known. According to Luke, it is associated with a census which was held in 6 A.D. It is also stated that he was born in the reign of Herod, who died in 4 B.C.
Vincent Taylor, however, concludes that his date of birth could be as early as 8 B.C (The Jesus Report, J. Lehman, pp. 14-15).
Since Herod ‘s decree, set in motion by the news of Jesus’s actual or imminent birth, that all newly born infants in Bethlehem should be slaughtered, obviously must have preceded Herod’s death.
Even if we follow Luke, the discrepancy between the two verses in the same Gospel is of ten years. Most of the commentators believe the second verse, which infers that he was born in 4 B.C., i.e. four years ‘Before Christ’.
Miraculous conception
The miraculous conception and the birth of Jesus have been the
subject of much discussion. Some people believe that he was no more than the
flesh and blood son of Joseph. While others, believing in the immaculate
conceptions, therefore conclude that he was the ‘son of God’ but remain
divided as to whether this term should be taken literally or figuratively.
Luke says :
" The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a virgin, ..... the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her and said : 'Hail, thou art a highly favoured woman '. Ad when she saw him , she was troubled at his saying and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her : ' Fear not, Mary , for thou hast found favour with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son and shalt call his name Jesus .... .Then said Mary unto the angel : ' How shall this be seeing I know not a man ?' ..... And the angel answered : ...With God ,nothing shall be impossible' .And Mary said :' Behold the handmaid of the Lord ,be it unto me according to thy word '. And the angel departed from her." (Luke 1: 26 -39)
The same incident is described in the Holy Qur'an as follows :
" When the angel said : ' O Mary !Allah chosen you and made you pure and has preferred you above the women of Creation ... O Mary! Allah gives you good news of a Word from Him whose name is the Messiah, Jesus , son of Mary , illustrious in the world and the hereafter and one of those brought near (to Allah)' ... She said : 'My Lord! how can I have a child when no mortal has touched me ?' He said " ' So (it will be). Allah creates what He will . If He decrees a thing. He says to it : 'Be1' 'it is' " (Holy Qur'an 3 :42 - 45)
How did Jesus survived !!
There was a among the Jews an expectation of the Messiah, a new leader who would baptised and annointed their king,. The rumor circulating among the Jews of his imminent birth led to Herod's decision to kill all the babies born in Bethlehem where, according to tradition, the Messiah was to appear. The powerful secret society of the Essenes was set in motion by Zechariah, and Mary succeeded in escaping the clutches of the Roman soldiers. She went with Jesus to Egypt, where the Essenes had another colony.
The sudden disappearance of Jesus and Mary and their safe escape from the Roman authorities had, until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, been a mystery and source of speculation. None of the Gospels cover this episode. The existence of the Essenes community shows how it was possible for them to evade their pursuers with such success despite the publicity which must have surrounded the birth. Under other circumstances, a child who spoke coherently and with authority from the cradle , and who visited by shepherds and Magi might not have been able to disappear so easily.
Maiden Speech - Jesus's the first miracle
there area no such contradictions in the Holy Qur'anic doctrine of the immaculate conception and the miraculous birth of Jesus. Yet Qur'an firmly rejects the divinity of Jesus, as is shown in this description of what happened shortly after Jesus's birth:
" Then she bought the child to her people, carrying him ;
and they said : ' Mary , you have surely committed a monstrous thing! sister of Aaron , your father was not wicked man nor was your mother an unchaste woman.'
Mary pointed to the child then : but they said " ' How shall we speak to one who is still in the cradle, a little child ?'
He (Jesus) said : ' I am the servant of Allah ; Allah has given me the Book., and made me a prophet. Blessed He has made me, wherever I may be, and he has enjoined me to pray ,and to give the alms, so long as I live , and likewise to cherish my mother . He has not made me arrogant , unprosperous .Peace be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I am raised up alive!' That is Jesus son of Mary, in word of truth, concerning which they are doubting .
It is not for Allah to take a son to Him .Glory be to Him ! When He decrees a thing, He only says to it :' Be!' IT is. " ( Holy Qur'an 19 : 27 - 35)
The birth of Adam was the greatest miracle , as he was born without a father or mother. The birth of Eve, too was a greater miracle than the birth of Jesus, inasmuch as she was born without a mother. Qur'an says :
" He likeness of Jesus with Allah is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust. then He said to him: 'Be' and he is " (Holy Qur'an 3: 59)
Christianity - Jews View
Their Holy Scripture, the Talmud, says: Jesus is burning in hell in "boiling hot semen. (The Talmud, Gittin 57a)" (thank you bro Osama Abdallah)
Christianity - Muslim View
Islam is the only non-Christian religion accept Prophet Jesus as the Christ
It accepts Mary, the mother of Jesus, and praise her than the Christian Bible do.
(ICRA)