Answering Questions Through The Holy Qur'an: Why do Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah? Why don't Jews believe in Jesus?

Why do Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah? Why don’t Jews believe in Jesus?

61:6 And when Jesus, the son of Mary, said, "O children of Israel, indeed I am the Messenger of Allah to you confirming what came before me of the Torah and bringing good tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name is Ahmad." But when he came to them with clear evidences, they said, "This is obvious magic."

(Jesus is from the Children of Israel and announced to them a gentile (aka “not-Jewish”) messenger to come after him. According to the Wikipedia article “Prophets in Judaism,” they do not include, for example, Noah, Salih, and Ishmael. This indicates that they blindly reject or have prejudices against people outside their group) (Sources of the Wikipedia article: Scherman, Nosson. The Stone Edition Tanach. Mesorah Publications, Limited. p. 2038 and “Megillah 14a and glosses ad loc.”) (See the article below, “Is Muhammad mentioned in the Bible?”) (Allah knows best)

2:91 And when it is said to them, "Believe in what Allah has revealed," they say, "We believe in what was revealed to us." And they disbelieve in what is besides it, while it is the truth confirming that which is with them. Say, "Then why did you kill the Prophets of Allah before, if you were believers?"

2:87 And indeed We gave Moses the Book and We followed him up with Messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear signs and supported him with the Holy Spirit. Is it not so, that whenever there came to you a Messenger with what yourselves did not desire, you acted arrogantly? So a party you denied and another party you killed. 2:88 And they said, "Our hearts are wrapped." Nay, Allah has cursed them for their disbelief; so little is that which they believe.

5:70 Certainly We took a Covenant from the Children of Israel and We sent to them Messengers. Whenever any Messenger came to them with what their souls did not desire, a group they denied and a group they kill.

4:156 And for their disbelief and their saying against Mary a great slander. 4:157 And for their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah." And they did not kill him nor did they crucify him; but it was made to appear so to them. And indeed, those who differ in it are surely in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And certainly they did not kill him.

(According to Verse 4:157, the Jews at that time knew that Jesus was the Messiah because they explicitly called him “Messiah” (4:157). The Gospel implicitly confirms and records that the Jews acknowledged that Jesus is the Messiah, because John 3:1-2 says, “Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.’”) (Allah knows best)

61:14 O you who believe, be helpers of Allah, as said Jesus, son of Mary, to the disciples, "Who are my helpers for Allah?" The disciples said, "We are the helpers of Allah." Then a group of Children of Israel believed and a group disbelieved. So We supported those who believed against their enemy and they became dominant.

(The disciples were among the Children of Israel and believed in Jesus. So, a group of the Children of Israel actually believed and acknowledged that Jesus is the Messiah, and another group disbelieved) (E.g., Mark 8:29 says, “he asked, ‘Who do you say I am?’ Peter answered, ‘you are the Messiah.’”) (Jesus was only sent to the Children of Israel, which is why all his disciples were among the Children of Israel. According to Matthew 15:24, Jesus said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel”) (Allah knows best)

5:110 When Allah said, "O Jesus, son of Mary, remember My Favor upon you and upon your mother when I strengthened you with the Holy Spirit, you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity. And when I taught you the Book and the wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you make from clay like the shape of the bird by My permission, then you breath into it, and it becomes a bird by My permission; and you heal those born blind and the leper by My permission; and when you bring forth the dead by My permission. And when I restrained the Children of Israel from you when you came to them with the clear proofs, then those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but clear magic."

(The Jews knew that Jesus was the Messiah because Jesus “came to them with [the] clear proofs” (5:110)) (Jesus used parables; Matthew 13:13 and Luke 8:10 confirm that the purpose of the parables is that they may not understand. According to Matthew 13:34, “Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.” On the other hand, according to Mark 4:34, Jesus explained everything in private to his (Jewish) disciples, and according to John 18:20, Jesus spoke nothing in secret in synagogues or at the temple (Jewish places). According to Matthew 13:36, Jesus explained a parable in private to his (Jewish) disciples. So, one interpretation is that the parables were addressed to non-Jews / gentiles so that they might not understand. Conversely, Jesus was sent to the Children of Israel (61:14, 43:59, 3:47-50, 5:72, 61:6), and everything was explained to them. Jesus came to the Children of Israel with clear evidences (61:6), “and We gave him the Gospel, in it (was) Guidance and light” (5:46); so the Gospel was Guidance and light, instead of confusion and unclearness) (Allah knows best)

46:10 Say, "Do you see if it is from Allah, and you disbelieve in it, and a witness from among the Children of Israel testifies to the like thereof, then he believed, while you are arrogant?" Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

9:31 They have taken their rabbis and their monks and the Messiah, son of Mary, as Lords besides Allah. And they were not commanded except to worship One God. There is no god except Him. Glory be to Him from what they associate.

(The Jews mix truth with falsehood. They were forbidden to do so. Verse 2:42 is addressed to the Children of Israel: “And do not mix the Truth with falsehood and conceal the Truth while you know.” In the Bible, they are also forbidden from spreading false reports and being a liar, in Exodus 23:1 and 7, and Proverbs 30:6) (Another reason to reject Jesus is that he might have been against their man-made rules; so the Jews, to defend their man-made rules against God’s Revelations and His Messengers, attributed blasphemy to Jesus the Messiah in order to kill him-but Jesus the Messiah never blasphemed. A “prophet” who leads people away from established law (Jewish man-made laws mixed with truth) or claims divinity must be rejected (Deuteronomy 13). The only way to kill him was by falsely attributing the blasphemy of other individuals named Jesus to him. The intention of attributing blasphemy to Jesus the Messiah is reflected in the Gospel (while it is obvious that “Jesus Barabbas” (aka “Jesus son of the father”) is the blasphemous one), and it is reflected in the Talmud (while it is obvious that Jewish authors referred to other Jesuses instead of speaking about Jesus the Messiah). See the link below “Jesus the Messiah” vs. “Jesus Barabbas”) (Allah knows best)

3:49 And a Messenger to the Children of Israel, "Indeed, I have come to you with a sign from your Lord - that I design for you from clay like the form of the bird, then I breath into it and it becomes a bird by the permission of Allah. And I cure the blind, and the leper, and I give life to the dead by the permission of Allah. And I inform you of what you eat and what you store in your houses. Indeed, in that is surely a sign for you, if you are believers.

(Another point is that, according to the site “jewfaq,” the messianic concept comes from Isaiah 2, 11, 42, 59:20, Jeremiah 23, 30, 33, 48:47, 49:39, Ezekiel 38:16, Hosea 3:4-5, Micah 4, Zephaniah 3:9, Zechariah 14:9 and Daniel 10:14, but the specific expression “the Messiah” does not occur in the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible: Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim). Thus, the Jews wrongly or falsely attributed specific events to the coming of a “Messiah” other than Jesus (e.g., the return of Jews to their homeland and the rebuilding of the Temple, etc.). Since Jews believe none of these events occurred during the lifetime of Jesus (nor have they occurred since), for them he was not the Messiah. But, according to the context, for example, Ezekiel 38:21 mentions the word “sword,” and Ezekiel 38:15 mentions the words “riding on horses” (instead of “cars” or “airplanes”), which suggests that the stories in Ezekiel refer to something that already happened in the past, not to a future event. So the Jews are wrongly attributing events to the coming of a “Messiah” other than Jesus. Likewise, Isaiah 30:16 speaks about riding horses, and there is no mention of the word “Messiah.” In Isaiah 11:1-9 and Jeremiah 23:5-8, the Bible talks about a “Branch” from the line of David. Jews claim this “Branch” is a future Messiah. Jesus is the only one who perfectly fits the “Branch” description-a righteous descendant of David. In addition, Jesus came with miracles from God as clear and undeniable evidence) (The Jews argue the Messiah must be a human being, so they use the false idea of Jesus being God as an excuse to reject him as the Messiah. However, Jesus never claimed divinity. See the link below “Is Jesus God or the son of God?”) (Allah knows best)

3:78 And indeed, among them is surely a group - they distort their tongues in the Book so that you may think it is from the Book, but it is not from the Book. And they say, "This is from Allah." but it is not from Allah. And they say the lie about Allah while they know.

(Another point is that it is said the Old Testament had multiple authors and that its composition took place over centuries, so it is not a reliable source. Thus, even if the Bible were to explicitly say that the Messiah is exactly the way Jews expect him to be, the Bible is not a reliable source regardless. You have to use the Qur’an as a Criterion to know what is true in there because there is undeniable evidence that the Qur’an is from God. In addition, Jesus came to them with clear proofs (43:63); that is the evidence that he is the Messiah, and they actually knew it because of the proofs (Qur’an 4:157, John 3:1-2)) (For example, most scholars believe the book of Jeremiah is a “team effort” that evolved over time. Regarding Isaiah, it is called “the most famous authorship mystery” in the Bible because the text changes drastically in style and historical setting. It is believed the book was expanded over 200 years, etc. So, the Jewish Bible is not a reliable source at all. You cannot follow your wishful thinking by attributing whatever you want to whoever you want as some Jews did) (Allah knows best)

17:4 And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Book, "You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach great haughtiness."

(Verse 17:4 is interpreted as the corruption of the Torah and the Gospel by the Children of Israel) (See the link below: “Is the Bible corrupted?”) (Allah knows best)

43:63 And when Jesus came with clear proofs, he said, "Verily, I have come to you with wisdom and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ. So fear Allah and obey me.

(Such a defamation of Jesus (Jews falsely attributing blasphemy to him) and this distortion of history is not something new; I have encountered several lies by Jews on different subjects while researching for my blog, and lying is a common practice among certain Jewish authors (though some non-Jewish groups do it too). Historically, Jews defamed Jesus, Mary, Solomon, Aaron, and the Samaritans, and also wrote historical errors about Dhul Qarnain, etc. (Search my blog for: “Was Aaron responsible for the golden calf?”, “Samaritans existing in ancient Egypt?”, “Is Dhul-Qarnain Alexander ‘the great’ or Cyrus ‘the great’?”, “Jesus vs. Paul”, “Is the Bible corrupted?”, “Does the Jewish Bible say that Palestine belongs to the Jews?”)) (Allah knows best)

5:114 Said Jesus, son of Mary, "O Allah, our Lord, send down to us a table spread from the heaven that it may be a festival for us – for the first and the last of us and a sign from You. And provide us and You are best of the providers. 5:115 Allah said, "Indeed I (will) send it down to you, then whoever from among you disbelieves after (that), then indeed, I will punish him with a punishment with which I have not punished anyone among the worlds."