The Cairo Debate — Page 37
Final Hold-Forth. Did Jesus die on the Cross ?. This question is a hot-bed of controversy between. Christians and Muslims. In the course of religious discussions a clergyman from the very outset will strike the conversation in this familiar fashion :. Christians and Jews, despite their discords, are at one that Jesus died on the cross. The chronicles of the Roman Empire are in accord with this fact. . Six hundred years after Jesus a man from the. Arabian desert made his appearance and proclaimed contrary to the entire world, "They slew him not nor crucified him" (i. e. killed him by crucifixion). (The. Holy Qur'an, 4: 158). This claim by the unlettered prophet of the Arabian Peninsula is a standing miracle of Muhammad (the choisest belessings of God be upon him). . Its vindication by a subsquent research constitutes a valid argmument for his truth. . The subject of the death of Jesus on the cross was the theme of our discussions on March 17, 1933. . Dr. Philips took elaborate measures to handle this debate. Padre Kamel Mansur and Dr. Elder volunteered to assist Dr. Philips. Each of the three had his say in the debate but their dissertations were crowned with anything but success in front of no 37