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The Bible                                    The Qur'an

Mark 14/50 says of Jesus' disciples, "Then   The Qur'an defends the disciples of Jesus
they all forsook Him and fled. The Bible     and confirms their innocence of betrayal and
(Matthew 8/26) also claims that the Messiah  weak faith. "But when Jesus felt
said to the disciples, "Why are you          [persistence in] disbelief from them,
fearful, O you of little faith?"             he said, 'Who are my supporters for
"But he turned and said to Peter, 'Get       [the cause of] Allah?' The disciples
behind Me, Satan!You are an offense to       said, 'We are supporters for Allah. We
Me, for you are not mindful of the           have believed in Allah and testify that
things of God, but the things of             we are Muslims [submitting to Him].
men.'" (Matthew 16/23)                       Our Lord, we have believed in what
Judas, despite being Jesus' treasurer,       You revealed and we have followed the
betrayed him for thirty pieces of            messenger [Jesus],so write us down
silver: "And said, 'What are you willing     among the witnesses'"(3/52-53)
to give me if I deliver Him to you?' And     "O you who have believed, be
they counted out to him thirty pieces        supporters of Allah, as when Jesus, the
of silver." (Matthew 26/15)                  son of Mary, said to the disciples, 'Who
                                             are my supporters for Allah?' The
                                             disciples said, 'We are supporters of
                                             Allah.'" (61/14)
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