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Christians, Did the bible talk about this story about Jesus that is mentioned in the Quran?

Shia Islam

Quran and Ahlul-Bayt a.s.
Premium Member
This Quranic verses about Jesus seems to be related to a religious christian festivity, does it has a parallel in the bible?

[And remember] when the disciples said, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, can your Lord send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven? [Jesus] said," Fear Allah , if you should be believers."
5:113

They said, "We wish to eat from it and let our hearts be reassured and know that you have been truthful to us and be among its witnesses."
5:114

Said Jesus, the son of Mary, "O Allah , our Lord, send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us and a sign from You. And provide for us, and You are the best of providers."
5:115

Allah said, "Indeed, I will sent it down to you, but whoever disbelieves afterwards from among you - then indeed will I punish him with a punishment by which I have not punished anyone among the worlds."
 

Shiranui117

Pronounced Shee-ra-noo-ee
Premium Member
It seems similar to the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus' teachings on the Eucharist, Jesus' promise of the water of eternal life, and Peter's vision where he is presented a blanket of unclean animals by Christ, and is told to kill and eat.
 

Pegg

Jehovah our God is One
It seems similar to the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus' teachings on the Eucharist, Jesus' promise of the water of eternal life, and Peter's vision where he is presented a blanket of unclean animals by Christ, and is told to kill and eat.

it doesnt seem to resemble that account because in the Quran quoted above, it was Jesus disciples who asked for the food. The account about the fish in the bible is where Jesus feeds a multitude of people who had come to hear him speak.

It is likely a mish-mash of a few different accounts such as the illustration of the marriage feast.

Matthew 22:1 Once more Jesus spoke to them with illustrations, saying: 2 “The Kingdom of the heavens may be likened to a king who made a marriage feast for his son. 3 And he sent his slaves to call those invited to the marriage feast, but they were unwilling to come. 4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those invited: “Look! I have prepared my dinner, my bulls and fattened animals are slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the marriage feast.”’ 5 But unconcerned they went off, one to his own field, another to his business; 6 but the rest, seizing his slaves, treated them insolently and killed them.
7 “The king grew wrathful and sent his armies and killed those murderers and burned their city. 8 Then he said to his slaves, ‘The marriage feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy. 9 Therefore, go to the roads leading out of the city, and invite anyone you find to the marriage feast.’ 10 Accordingly, those slaves went out to the roads and gathered all they found, both wicked and good; and the room for the wedding ceremonies was filled with those dining.
11 “When the king came in to inspect the guests, he caught sight of a man not wearing a marriage garment. 12 So he said to him, ‘Fellow, how did you get in here without a marriage garment?’ He was speechless. 13 Then the king said to his servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and throw him into the darkness outside. There is where his weeping and the gnashing of his teeth will be.’
14 “For there are many invited, but few chosen.”



And the warning that the first ones invited will not be the ones reclining at the table in heaven:

Matthew 8:11 But I tell you that many from east and west will come and recline at the table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of the heavens; 12 whereas the sons of the Kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside. There is where their weeping and the gnashing of their teeth will be.”
 
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