Page 201 - Christians Must Heed Jesus

Adnan Oktar
Harun Yahya

The individual who was crucified instead of Jesus was
Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus. As a great miracle, God

made Judas Iscariot resemble Jesus. When they came to take
Jesus to crucify him, they took Judas Iscariot, who was present
there, instead and crucified him. Besides, since Judas Iscariot's
face was covered with blood, people did not realize that it was
not Jesus who was crucified. In the latter part of the verse 157 of
the 4th surah, God relates, "They have no real knowledge of it,
just conjecture." Those who set the trap and those around just
went along with their own misapprehensions, and as set out in
the verse, they have no other knowledge of it.
Indeed, in the Gospel, the last words of Jesus are given as
"Elohi, Elohi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, My God,
why have You forsaken me?" This is a continuation of the same
delusion and the expression of weakness of faith in question be-
longs to Judas Iscariot, whose plot was thwarted and who was
crucified instead of Jesus. Indeed, it is obvious that Jesus, who
was a servant of God, who wholeheartedly submitted to God
and loved Him and who knew that everything comes from
Him, could not have spoken these words. But one would expect

such rebellious statements to come from the mouth of a hyp-
ocrite such as Judas Iscariot.

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