Jesus and Muhammed
Mark Crocker
HUM/130
March 23, 2013
Scott Matkovich

Jesus and Muhammed

Jesus and Muhammad are the main historical figures in Christianity and Islam. The historical basis for Christianity is the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For Christians, or people who follow the works of Christ, Jesus is the Son of God, sent to Earth to save mankind from original sin. The people who repent their sin and follow the teachings of Christ will have eternal life in heaven. Muslims believe that God gave Muhammad the teachings and they were written in to the Qur’an. In Islam, other historical figures such as Abraham and Moses from Judaism and Jesus from Christianity were prophets for their respecting religions. God has always been present works through prophets. Each person was important to their respective religion, and their life and death had a great impact. (Fisher, 2014).

Jesus’ Life
To understand the life of Christ was first have to look at the story of his conception and birth. According to the Christian Bible, Gabriel the angel to Mary, Jesus’ mother that she would bear the son of God. This was shocking to her as she had just married Joseph and was still a virgin. This is known in Christianity as the Immaculate Conception. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, which fulfills old prophecies foretold in the Old Testament about the Messiah being born in King David’s homeland. There are few, if any stories of the time Jesus spent growing up as a child. The earliest story we have is Jesus as a child of twelve years. In this story, Jesus was accidentally left behind by his parents Mary and Joseph in the temple. When they returned they found him telling the rabbis his knowledge of the scripture, and the rabbis were amazed by what he knew. There is nothing told of his teenage years and his early twenties. The stories start again when he is