‎‏. Translated by: ‏‎Narjis Narjis

God is infallible and the spirit soul makes no mistakes. And if dubiousness or mistake happens, it is ascribed to the deficient human nature. 

In the most significant Christian doctrines, i.e., that of crucifixion and redemption, existing in the Gospel, we can observe that the narrator of this story has been sharply contradictory. In the Matthew’s gospel, the narrator says that there is a person who put a sign for the Roman soldiers by saying: “seize the person who I am going to kiss and do not let him go”.

But in the John’s gospel, this text completely disappears and is replaced by another which says that Jesus Messiah is the one who guided the Roman soldiers to himself as saying: “who are you looking for?” “We are looking for Jesus of Nazareth” the soldiers answered. “Here I am!” Jesus said. Then they arrested him. 

Hereby I present the two texts to show the truth. 

The Book of Matthew, 26: 46-56: 

“Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him. And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him…….Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.”

While the Book of John,18:3-12 says: 

“Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he…..Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way……Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him”

The other gospels have kept silent and did not mention any thing about this subject. 

Once, I asked a priest who was working with me during my priest craft career before resigning: 

- “How do you explain the difference and the fact that the two gospels have overlooked mentioning this story?”

- “Listen dear, what is important that Jesus was arrested by them, which is to say that the two gospels have agreed to this story!” the Priest said. 

- “What is the reason behind this difference?” I asked. 

- “I don’t know” He replied. 

- “How don’t you know this and the story of arresting Jesus is one of the most well-known stories in the Gospel and it is the axis of Christian belief? Did Jesus submit himself or was he arrested due to the betrayal of one of his close friends? 

- “As Jesus is the Lord, he’s the only one who knows what happened to himself” the priest said that and left me to do his prayers in the altar

At that moment I remembered Jesus saying: “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron” (1st Timothy, 4:1-2)