God to be their "Father," then how did they regard Jesus? To answer
this let us read together:
"And when he would have put him to
death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet."
- Matthew 14:5 (compare with Matthew 21:26)
"And the multitude said, This is Jesus
the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee." - Matthew 21:11
"But when they sought to lay hands on
him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet."
- Matthew 21:46
"And he said unto them, What things?
And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet
mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:" - Luke 24:19
"The woman saith unto him, Sir, I
perceive that thou art a prophet." - John 4:19
"Then those men, when they had seen the
miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should
come into the world." - John 6:14
"Many of the people therefore, when
they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet." -
John 7:40
Indeed, how did Jesus himself
describe himself? Let us read:
"Nevertheless I (Jesus) must walk to
day, and to morrow, and the [day] following: for it cannot be that a prophet
perish out of Jerusalem." - Luke 13:33
And they were offended in him. But Jesus
said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country,
and in his own house.- Matthew 13:57
This is once again confirmed in the noble
Qur'an:
"And when Jesus son of Mary said: O
Children of Israel! Verily! I am the messenger of Allah unto you,
confirming that which was [revealed] before me in the Torah"- The noble
Qur'an, Al-Saf(61):6
From: What Did Jesus Really Say By Misha'al Ibn
Abdullah