Talk:Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth in Christianity and other religions, is the Firstborn Son of God.

This statement is plainly wrong. Only Christianity states that Jesus is the Firstborn Son of God. Other religions, in particular Islam, accept that Jesus was a prophet sent from God but not that he enjoys any closer relationship with God than any other man due to anything innate. AlistairReece 12:41, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Use of sources

Please do not quote the Bible to support things which it plainly does not say. The citation from Luke reads as follows (within context):

"In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you. Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."

Nowhere is it stated that Jesus was born in the Year 0. Neither does this passage claim deity for Jesus. AlistairReece 12:48, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Re the date of Jesus' birth: When Jesus was born, dates in the Roman Empire were reckoned from the founding of the city of Rome. Later on, after Christianity had become the official religion of the Roman world, the emperor Justinian commissioned a monk named Dionysius Exiguus to make a new calendar which was reckoned from the time of the birth of Christ. This calendar was made in 526 A.D. Unfortunately, long after the Christian calendar was made, it was found that Dionysius had made an error in his calculations and placed the birth of Christ several years later than the actual event. Scholars today generally agree that the most likely date of Christ’s birth is actually 4 or 5 B.C. --gdm 01:02, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

revert

Hello, reverted the last edit. Reason see in comment. Perhaps the author can rewrite in another way ? This seems so far like a doubling:

• Islam sees Christ as a prophet, but asserts that he is not divine:
• Islam views Jesus as a great prophet, but nothing more. ----Erkan Yilmaz Wikiversity:Chat 20:33, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

While Jesus is considered a prophet in Islam, it is not really true that he is of the same standing as Muhammed. Muhammed is by far the most important of the prophets because he was the last one, and his prophecies supersede all that came before. Similarly, Muslims recognize the Jewish and Christian scriptures as divinely inspired, but believe they were superseded by the Koran. --gdm 01:25, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

My revisions

I just substantially edited the article, totally reformatting/restructuring it, and adding or rephrasing various details throughout to help clarify. Is this better? The Jade Knight 08:01, 25 March 2008 (UTC)