Quran and Crucifixion

Although crucifixion did not exist any earlier that about 500 BC, the Koran has passages that speak of crucifixion as early as 1900 BC. First, in 1500 B.C. when Moses turned Aaron�s rod into a snake before Pharaoh of Egypt in Ex 7, the Koran says in 7:124; 26:49, that Pharaoh's magicians believed in the God of Moses. Pharaoh angrily responds by threatening to crucify these magicians. The Koran 12:41, in a different story 400 years earlier, that echoes Gen 40, Joseph interpreted the baker�s dream to mean that Pharaoh would crucify him, whereas scripture say he was hung.

Britannica reports that the first historical record of Crucifixion was about 519 BC when "Darius I, king of Persia, crucified 3,000 political opponents in Babylon" (Encyclopaedia Britannica, crucifixion)

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Here is my response to refute the Alibaba's wild allegation against Quran:

What is the definition of crucify? (1) Crucify means to kill by nailing onto a cross (Source: TheFreeDictionary ).....(2)To put (a person) to death by nailing or binding to a cross. (Yahoo education)

Crucifixion is an ancient method of execution, where the victim was tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang there until dead.(Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Two methods of Crucifixion were followed in the infliction of the punishment of crucifixion. In both of these the criminal was first stripped naked, and bound to an upright stake, where he was scourged. After this, the victim was dressed again, and if able was made to drag the cross (usually weighing 150 lbs or more) to the place of execution. At this point he was again stripped naked, and was either fastened to it, or impaled upon it, and left to die. In this method, the crux simplex of Justus Lipsius, a single stake was used.

The other method: after the scourging at the stake, the criminal was made to carry a gibbet, formed of two transverse bars of wood, to the place of execution, and he was then fastened to it by iron nails driven through the outstretched arms and through the ankles. Sometimes this was done as the cross lay on the ground, and it was then lifted into position. In other cases the criminal was made to ascend by a ladder, and was then fastened to the cross. Probably the feebleness, or state of collapse, from which the criminal must often have suffered, had much to do in deciding this.

However the writers of Acts wrote about the so-called crucifixion of Jesus : 

 Acts 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Acts 10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree.

The writers of Mark wrote about the so-called crucifixion of Jesus: Mark 15:32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

Note: (1)The tree and the cross are not the same thing! (ii) The NT contradicts itself by saying that Jesus was crucified on the TREE or CROSS so the contradiction has invalidated the so-called crucifixion of Jesus! Contradictory statements are not acceptable to prove that Jesus was crucified! If you bring your case to the court and giving contradictory testimonies, your case will be thrown out of the court!

CRUCIFIXION [crucifixion] hanging on a cross , in ancient times a method of capital punishment . It was practiced widely in the Middle East but not by the Greeks. The Romans, who may have borrowed it from Carthage, reserved it for slaves and despised malefactors. They used it frequently, as in the civil wars and in putting down the Jewish opposition.

Crucifixion was probably at first a modification of hanging on a tree or impaling on a pole, and from such a connection come the synonyms tree and rood (i.e., rod or pole) . The Romans used mostly the T cross, the Latin cross, or St. Andrew's cross. It was common practice among the Romans to scourge the prisoner and to require him to carry his cross to the place of crucifixion. The prisoner was either nailed or tied to the cross, and, to induce more rapid death, his legs were often broken.(Source: Encyclopedia.com)

There are some  verses  of Quran and of the Bible about the the earliest known crucifixion:

 Quran 7: 124 . Said Pharoah: "Surely I shall have your hands and feet cut off upon alternate sides. Then I shall crucify you every one."

Quran 12:41: O my two fellow-prisoners! As for one of you, he will pour out wine for his lord to drink; and as for the other, he will be crucified so that the birds will eat from his head. Thus is the case judged concerning which ye did inquire."

 Genesis 40:19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

Joseph is one of the best-known figures in the Hebrew Bible, famous for his coat of many colours and his God-given ability to interpret dreams. Owing to jealousy from his brothers, he was sold as a slave, eventually working under the Egyptian Potiphar, but was later freed, and became the chief adviser (vizier) to the Egyptian Pharaoh around 1600 BC.

Those verses of the Bible and Quran prove that the crucifixion happened during Joseph's era that was around 1600 BC . Therefore the Holy Quran is right about the crucifixion! Therefore I dare to say that the crucifixion was practised long before 1600 BC.

The Bible places the birth of Moses around 1527 BC  so crucifixion happened during Moses' era so once again Islam is correct about the crucifixion!

Therefore it is you Alibaba who make a huge historical blunder !