Continuing with my series of posts related to the Islamic belief of who Jesus is, today we consider why Jesus was arrested and condemned to death.  Now according to the Quran, Jesus did not die and was not crucified (Sura 4:157).  But somebody was crucified and there was a reason for it.  So why would anyone want to crucify Jesus?

Not even considering the Biblical account which clearly shows that Jesus was arrested and condemned to death for blasphemy (making himself equal with God).  According to Jewish sources, Jesus was crucified for blasphemy (agreeing with the Biblical record) and in Roman sources Jesus was crucified for being a disturber of the peace.

Even if we were to entertain the idea that Jesus wasn't crucified, it still doesn't explain away why he was condemned to death.  He was condemned for death for claiming to be the son of God!  A blasphemous statement if Jesus truly wasn't the son of God.  Even if a Muslim will not accept the death of Jesus, how can they explain the charge leveled against Jesus?

Mark 16:41-42 "Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, 'Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?' And Jesus said, 'I am'"

Here we see in Mark (I'm quoting from the gospel of Mark since Muslims generally hold that Mark is much more accurate than the other gospels) that the high priest asked Jesus directly, are you the Christ, are you the Son of God.  And Jesus said "I am".  That was the end of the "trial" and Jesus was condemned to death.  So we see that even before the crucifixion actually took place, Jesus was condemned to death for claiming to be the Son of God.

Truth, history, consistency and salvation belong to the followers of Jesus Christ.  May God open the eyes of people to see the great miracle of the resurrection so that your soul may be saved.