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Muhammad in the Bible David Benjamin KeldaniEdited & Annotated by: Prof. Dawud M. R. Alhanbali & Prof, Dr. Kaseb A. Albadran ( 25 )admitted by the commentators to mean the royal authority and the prophecy respectively. Without stopping long, to examine the root and derivation of the second singular word “yiqha,” we may adopt of its either two significations, “obedience” or “expectation.”Let usfollow the firstinterpretation of Shiloh as given in the Pshitta version: “he to whom it belongs.” This practically means “the owner of the sceptre and the law,” or “he who possesses the sovereign and legislative authority, and his is the obedience of nations.” Who, then, can this mighty Prince and great Legislator be? Certainly not Moses(pbuh), for he was the first organizer of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, and before him there never appeared a king or prophet in the tribe of Judah. Decidedly not David (pbuh), because he wasthe first king and prophet descended from Judah. Moreover, evidently not Jesus Christ (pbuh), because he himself repudiated the idea that the Messiah whom Israel was expecting was a son of David (Matt. xxii. 44, 45; Mark xii. 35-37; Luke xx. 41-44). He has left no written law, and never dreamt of assuming the royal sceptre; in fact, he advised the Jews to be loyal to Cæsar and pay him tribute, and on one occasion,the crowds attempted to make him a king, but he escaped and hid himself. His Gospel was written on the tablet of his heart, and he delivered his message of “good news,” notin scripto, but orally. In this prophecy,there is no question of the salvation from original sin by the blood of a crucified person, nor of a reign of a god-man over human hearts. Besides, Jesus(pbuh)did not abrogate the Law of Moses(pbuh), but he distinctly declared that he had come to fulfil it, nor was he the last Prophet, for after him St. Paul speaks of many “prophets” in the Church.Muhammad (pbuh) came with military power and the Quran to replace the old Jewish worn-outsceptre and the impracticable and oldfashioned law ofsacrifices and of a corrupt priesthood. He proclaimed