Exposing the misquote of Acts 2:22 to claim that Peter refused Jesus Divinity
Exposing the misquote of Acts 2:22 to claim that Peter refused Jesus Divinity
Muslims try to claim that Peter in his sermon on the day of pentecost disproved Jesus divinity by saying
Acts 2:22
You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know
Again Muslims can not understand that Jesus called himself the Son of God referring to his divinity (John 9:35-38) and the Son of Man (more than 70 times) mainly referring to his man nature and also referring to the Old testament prophecies about his divinity as the Messiah
Another aspect is that they do not read Peter sermon in context because in this same sermon we find the following:
First: Peter quoted prophet Joel from OT in Acts 2:16-17 saying
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
So God pours his own spirit on mankind, and we find that Peter in Acts 2:33 said about Jesus
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured forth this, which you now see and hear.
So Jesus is the one who poured the Holy Spirit on mankind so for Peter Jesus is God
Second: In Acts 2:23 Peter said
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain
So Peter is preaching everyone that Jesus died on the cross!
Are the Muslims willing to accept that? Are they also willing to accept Jesus Resurrection in the same sermon in Acts 2:24???
Now usually Muslims come and challenge, where in the bible Jesus said that he is God? And for those we recommend this PDF book in the following link
Putting Jesus in His Place
