A Comparison of three "Jesuses" and three "Mohammeds"
"Jesus answered: 'Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many." Mt 24:4-5 (NIV)
"I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, to that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough." 2 Cor 11:2-4 (NIV)
Category |
Jesus in Liberalism |
Jesus in the Bible |
Jesus in (most of) Islam |
Mohammed in Christianity |
Mohammed (Qur'an and Hadiths) |
Mohammed (non-Sharia Muslims) |
Nature |
Man |
fully god & man |
Man |
Man |
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Birth |
Usual, but illegitimate |
virgin born, no sin nature |
virgin born, sin did not touch. |
Typical birth to 'Abdullah and Amina, around 570 A.D. in Mecca |
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Forerunner |
Unclear |
John the Baptist, son of Zechariah |
None |
Jesus allegedly prophesied about Mohammed's coming |
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Miracles |
None, or perhaps a magician |
Performed many miracles as an adult |
Performed miracles as a child and as an adult |
A false prophet, no miracles |
Qur'an: Few miracles except writing the Qur'an, night journey, splitting moon Hadiths: Many miracles, including determining who had bewitched him. |
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Adult |
A sage or mystic, or revolutionary, or cult leader |
The Messiah, had disciples. Word of God. Died for our sins, is God, accepted worship |
The Messiah, had disciples. Word of God. A prophet whose words were lost |
A false prophet who leads people to Hell |
The greatest prophet.
The last prophet (Sunni)
2nd-to-last prophet (Shi'ite)
Part of God ('Alawite) |
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Personal Holiness |
Unknown |
Sinless |
Jesus was sinless |
Ordered assas-sination, divorce surprise attack, torture, allowed rape of captives |
Mohammed asked forgiveness for his past and future sins |
Mohammed was sinless like Jesus. |
Family Life |
Unknown |
Single and celibate |
Not mentioned |
Had at least 16 wives and 2 concubines. While Sura 4:3 says men can have only 4 wives, Sura 33:50 made an exception for Mohammed |
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Death |
Died; reason is obscure |
Died on the cross for our sins |
Appeared to be crucified. Ascended to Heaven |
Died c.62 years old (6/7/632 A.D.) about a year after eating sheep poisoned by a Jewish woman whose tribe Mohammed had all the men killed. |
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Resur-rection |
Probably did not |
Physically raised |
Definitely did not |
No, he led many to Hell |
No, Mohammed is in Paradise |
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Second Coming |
Will not come |
Yes, future return |
No |
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Teaching preserved today? |
Very little authentic is known |
Yes, God preserved His words |
Very little authentic is known |
Satan gave much of his teaching |
Allah preserved the words of this prophet alone without error |
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Role in the religion of the True God |
What little we know is a good example for us |
Must obey Jesus, one of the Three of the Trinity. |
Allah only pre-served Allah's corrupted message. |
Denied Father-hood of God, Jesus is God, Bible reliability |
Must obey Qur'an. +Hadiths (Sunnis) +Imam (Shi'ites) |
Teachings unreasonable today are abrogated. |
Note that Ahmaddiyas differ with many of the Muslim views of Jesus here. They believe he was not sinless, he was really crucified, but he was taken down alive and escaped to Kashmir.
Claimed to be Christ returned: Some claimed Gregori Rasputin, Jim Jones of Joneston (died 16 Nov 1978), Sun Myung Moon of the Unification church, Jacob Katsan (1977-), Guru Maharah Ji of the Divine Light mission, many Hindu and New Age gurus
Claim to the Jewish Messiah: Sabbatai Sevi.Zvi (17th century), Rabbi Schneerson of New York, probably Theudas in Acts 5:36
The Messiah, or Mahdi in Islamic religions: Imam al Husayn bin al-Kasim al-'Iyani (1010-1013 A.D.), First Fatimid caliph 'Obaidallah/'Ubaydullah (909-933/934 A.D.), The Bahaullah (Baha'is, 1817-1892), Husayn 'ali Nuri Baha', half-brother to the Baha'ullah, Sliman Murshad of Syria (1900-1949), Mahdists in Sudan, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1879, Ahmadiyya), many others
Claimed to be God: Lord Hakim (Druze worship him as visible God), Mohammed was worshipped as visible God by Muhammidiyya , 'Ali was divine according to the 'Ulyaniyya/'Alaya'iyya , 'Ali bin Abi Talib and Saliman al-Farisi long after their death are worshipped by some 'Alawite sects. God existed in the form of all the prophets according to the Rizamiyya / Muslimiyya Shi'ite sect
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