Both the Bible and the Quran agree that the Lord Jesus was sent from a Sender who is the one True God
Also, the Lord Jesus accurately determined the difference between the Sender and the sent while the Quran announces the First Miracle of the Lord Jesus-
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The Sender vs. the Sent in the Quran
Required background to understand Jesus Word:
1. Jesus was Jewish and sent to the Jews.
In Matthew 15:24, the Lord Jesus said: “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
2. The audiences of the Lord Jesus’ Word were almost always Jewish; most of them were non-religious normal people while some of them were top religious leaders.
The top religious leaders which used to attend Jesus teaching were sent by the chief great official Jewish Leaders in order to put Jesus down.
3. Mark 12:13 says:” And they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words” hoping to catch him saying something incriminating; as regards the religious Law.
It is interesting that Mark did not say who they were. But definitely, they were the chief great official Jewish Leaders which were not happy with Jesus who appeared as a religious leader although He never ever attended their teachings or their schools.
4. It seems likely that the Jewish religious leaders used to compare between Moses and Jesus; their faith is that none among the Jews is greater than Moses; Moses is the greatest messengers in all the Israelite history!
5. Certainly, Jesus knew the Torah and He knew that Moses has three titles in the Torah; they are:
§ Moses is God and Sender “The Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet” [Exodus 7:1] Here, Moses is God to Pharaoh and the Sender of Aaron
§ Moses is the greatest Messenger in the history of the Jews. [Deuteronomy 34:10 says: “No messenger like Moses has yet emerged in Israel”].
§ Moses is the slave of God (Moses is a slave of God is mentioned some 20 times in Torah).
The Lord Jesus knew all of that if not more than that!
And this is the required background to understand the verse John 13:16
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In John 13:16, the Lord Jesus is clearing up the relationship between the slaves (messengers) of God and God who sent them.
According to the Lord Jesus’ teaching, this relation is very simple and very clear; it is that: the messenger (Slave) of God is never ever greater than God.
In other word, the Lord Jesus explains that there is a Sender and a sent; and the sent is never ever greater than the Sender.
This is what the Lord Jesus says in John 13:16
John 13:16 according to Good News Translation
“I am telling you the truth: no slaves are greater than their master, and no messengers are greater than the one who sent them.’
In the Bible, the Lord Jesus said “the One who sent me or Him that sent me” 34 times.
For 34 times, Jesus declares that the Lord God is the Sender and He is the Sent.
For 34 times, Jesus declares that He is but like Moses; just a slave of God and a Sent Messenger!
According to the Biblical versions, the Lord Jesus began his statement, to confirm this meaning and make it rock-hard, by
Verily, verily or
Truly, truly, I say to you or
I assure you or
Yes, indeed! I tell you for certain etc.
Finally, I will repeat unto you smart reader what the Lord Jesus has said for eight times in the Bible:
“Let the person who has ears, hear” or
“He that has ears to hear, let him hear”.
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The Sender vs. the Sent in the Quran
The Quran absolutely agrees that the Lord Jesus is but a messenger sent by the one true God, Allah.
You may have no idea about the First Miracle of the Lord Jesus that is mentioned only in the Quran; it is:
Jesus talked while He was few months old!
What He said:
This will be discussed in the next article:
To be continued.
Written by Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil, Articlebase.com
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