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cause he was not a Prophet, for they knew very well that
he did not claim to be the former, and that he was a
Prophet - but because they hated him for his words:
Messiah was not the Son of David, but his Lord. (1) This
admission of the Synoptics confirms the statement in the
Gospel of Barnabas, where Jesus is reported to have added
that the Covenant will be fulfilled with the "Shiloah" - the
Prophet of Allah - who will come from the family of Prophet
Ishmael. For this reason the Talmudists describe Jesus as
"the second Balaam" - that is, the Prophet who prophesies
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for the benefit of the heathen at the expense of the "chosen
people."
Footnote:
he did not claim to be the former, and that he was a
Prophet - but because they hated him for his words:
Messiah was not the Son of David, but his Lord. (1) This
admission of the Synoptics confirms the statement in the
Gospel of Barnabas, where Jesus is reported to have added
that the Covenant will be fulfilled with the "Shiloah" - the
Prophet of Allah - who will come from the family of Prophet
Ishmael. For this reason the Talmudists describe Jesus as
"the second Balaam" - that is, the Prophet who prophesies
135
for the benefit of the heathen at the expense of the "chosen
people."
Footnote: