Jesus (pbuh) is a Muslim according to the Bible

Peace be unto you and the mercy and blessings of Allah. May He guide us all to the 'Straight Path.'

Islam means peace by way of submission to the will of Allah. A Muslim is one who submits his will to Allah's will. In this post, insh'Allah, I shall illustrate that according to Jesus' (pbuh) own words from the Bible, he is a Muslim, submitting his will to Allah's just like every other Prophet (peace be upon them all).

John 6:38
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

John 5:30
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

These two verses already clearly illustrate that Jesus (pbuh) submits his will to Allah's which is the very definition of the word Muslim! He even gives the Islamic greeting, salaam wa leikum or peace be unto you:

Luke 24:36
And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

According to Jesus (pbuh), all Muslims are his brothers and sisters:

Matt 12:48-50
48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” 49 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

The main tenet of Islam is: "There is no God except Allah." Islam preaches the oneness of God and exhorts us to worship and serve only Him. In the Bible, Jesus (pbuh) does as well:

Mark 12:29
29 "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Only- without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively

John 17:3
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the ONLY true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Jesus (pbuh) calls God the ONLY (without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively) TRUE God. Therefore, God is alone, solely and exclusively God, because with others or anyone further, it is not the TRUE God. This statement as well as Mark 12:29 is enough to disprove the false doctrine of the trinity and shows that Jesus (pbuh) taught us to believe in the oneness of Allah, not associating any with Him, which is the key to eternal life. And of course that we should worship only Him:

Luke 4:8
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him ONLY shalt thou serve.

As a Muslim, we believe that Jesus (pbuh) did not die on the cross but his persecutors were caused to believe that he was.

4:157  That they said (in boast), "We killed Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah.;- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-

To clarify, Webster's online dictionary states that the definition of the word crucify is to kill by fastening to the cross.

crucify - kill by nailing onto a cross;

Therefore the Islamic view based on the above verse from the Holy Qur'an is that Jesus (pbuh) did not die on the cross and not that he was never placed on the cross. Jesus (pbuh) himself tells us by way of parable in the Holy Bible that he does not die on the cross, entirely supporting what the Holy Qur'an reveals and what Muslims today believe!

Matthew 12:38-40
38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Here Jesus (pbuh) clearly says what the only sign these people are going to be given. So as Jonah (pbuh) is in the belly of the whale, so to shall Jesus (pbuh) be in the heart of the earth, in other words, inside the tomb. If we look at the story of Jonah (pbuh) we see that while Jonah (pbuh) was in the belly of the whale he was alive. When he was vomited back on to land he was still alive. So for Jesus to fulfill this prophecy, he too would also have to be alive while he was in the tomb for three days. If he was dead, it would not be like Jonah (pbuh) because Jonah (pbuh) was alive! Therefore Jesus (pbuh) would not have died on the cross.

Here you may find further evidence for this:
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Jesus (pbuh) did not teach us that salvation depended on believing in him dying for our sins on the cross but, just as in Islam, that we must believe in Allah and obey the commandments to gain eternal life.

John 5:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Jesus (pbuh) says that he who believes on the One who sent him shall have eternal life and not be condemned. In other words if you believe in Allah you shall be saved.

Matthew 19:16-17
16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Even more so, he says no one will enter heaven unless they submit their will to Allah's, the definition of Muslim!

Matt 7:21
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

As you can see from Jesus' (pbuh) own words, he was a Muslim, submitting himself to the will of Allah.

Peace be unto you and the blessings of Allah.