king was Caesar, and was causing political unrest. Pilate questioned Jesus, and seeing that he had committed no crime wanted to set him free. The Jewish religious leaders insisted, however. They demanded he be crucified, and Pilate accepted that demand. Again according to the Bible, it was the Jews who were actually responsible for the decision to execute Jesus.
This led to some Christians harboring an enmity for the Jews throughout history. One of the reasons for the emergence of “anti-Semitism,” or hatred of Jews, is that Christians regarded the Jews as “Christ-killers.”
The reaction of Jewish leaders to Mel Gibson’s film in recent months has been that the film has revitalized this concept, which has persisted for the last 2,000 years. In many scenes in the film the hatred and anger of some Jewish religious figures towards Jesus are depicted. This is an important point of conflict which divides Christianity and Judaism, which have a great deal in common, and even sets them in opposition to one another.
The Truth Revealed in the Qur’an
However, there is a most important truth behind the current debate over Jesus between Jews and Christians.
This truth is revealed in the Qur’an. According to the verses of Almighty God, Jesus was not actually put to death by being crucified. The Jews set such a trap for him, but God foiled that trap with a miracle and rescued Jesus, with someone else being crucified in his place. This truth is described in Surat an-Nisa’:
And [on account of] their saying: “We killed the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, Messenger of God.” They did not kill him and they did not crucify him, but it was made to seem so to them.
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