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(American Edition) 39 makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came and the scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father had sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the son of God? (John, 10:30-36) Furthermore, the Bible explains the death of Jesus very differently than how Christians perceive it: 1. Jesus was saved from the cross like Jonah was saved from the belly of a whale: For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the Whale’s belly; so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matthew, 12:40) 2. Jesus (may peace be on him) was taken off the cross alive: But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they broke not his legs; But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. (John, 19:33-34) 3. Jesus did not die on the cross since one who is hanged dies an accursed death: His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day: (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance… (Deuteronomy, 21:23) 4. Prophet Jesus died in Kashmir, India: According to the following verse, Jesus could not have died unless he had preached to the twelve lost tribes of Israel. Ten of these Tribes were scattered in and around the Indian subcontinent. Therefore, if he had died on the cross, he would not have been able to fulfill his mission. “But he (Jesus) answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ” (Matthew, 15:24) 3. Mu ḥ ammad in t he Bible (may peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) The Holy Qur’ān declares: َ َ ا ِّل َِیۡن ۡ ِفِ التَوۡری ىۃ ّل َِی ۡ یَجِدُوۡنَہ ٗ مَکۡتُوۡبًا عِنۡدَہُم ۡلُۡمِی َ ا ۡ یَتَبِعُوۡن َ الرَسُوۡل َ النَب ِ َ ا ِ ۫ یَاۡمُرُہُم ۡ بِالۡمَعۡرُوۡف ِ وَیَن ۡلِۡنۡجِیۡل وَا ی ُ ہ َُہُُ الطَیِبی ت ِ وَیُحَرِم ُہُۡ عَن ِ الۡمُنۡکَر ِ وَیُحِل ُ ل مَنُوۡا ی ّل َِیۡن َ ا ُۡہِۡ ؕ فَا َِتِۡ کَانَت ۡ عَلَی ل َ ال ی ۡلَۡغۡل ُۡہُۡ اِصۡرَہُم ۡ وَا ُۡہُِ الۡخَبٰٓئِث َ وَیَضَع ُ عَن عَلَی