Matthew 26:39 "And going a little way forward, he fell upon his face, praying and saying: “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me. Yet, not as I will, but as you will.”
Type down the word "God" in this Aramaic dictionary to find out what Jesus used to call God:
http://www.peshitta.org/lexicon/
Look at the name used here :
http://www.learnassyrian.com/aramaic/church/church.html
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2007-08-28 00:42:22 · 9 answers · asked by kloneme 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The God of the Bible is not Allah, though that may be the word in Aramaic.
The God of the Bible is a persoanl God seeking individual relationship with believers.
Allah of Islam is a separate from Creation and is impossible by Islamic teaching from having a personal relationship with Muslims.
2007-08-28 00:52:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anthony M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I believe this is what this verse is saying. As frost vapours has said, all Prophets of Allah subhana wa ta'ala (on them be peace) prayed this way - prostration.
Yes the Aramaic word for God is Alaha.
Arab Christians and Jews as well as Muslims call God Allah.
Listen to this youtube video of a Christian talking about the Aramaic word for God as Alaha and talking about Oneness - ie worshipping God alone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqjwHnc5MgQ
A Dutch Bishop, Martinus "Tiny" Muskens recenty said: "Allah is a very beautiful word for God" and has suggested that Christians, and people of other faiths, use the word Allah for God:
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1184649898496&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout
Thanks :)
Salam.
2007-08-28 09:42:33 · answer #2 · answered by ♥zene purrs♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While there is one incident of Jesus falling to the ground on his face to pray, there are also incidence that state that he prayed while seated, while standing, while in a boat, alone in the mountain, with his face raised to heaven, with his hand raised, and in other postures. When you read the whole gospels of Jesus, you will find that he placed absolutely no importance on the physical posture of the person praying. Rather he looked at the condition of their heart. He never once gave a command for his follower to prostarte themselves when praying. Rather the one time he did mention a physical position, he said "When you STAND praying...." (Mark 11:25)
Jesus also never prayed to Alah. He prayed to Yahwah or Jehovah, the true God.
2007-08-28 07:58:16 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus prayed to his Father, Jehovah God. Allah had no son.
2007-08-28 08:34:57 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
19:58] These are some of the prophets whom GOD blessed. They were chosen from among the descendants of Adam, and the descendants of those whom we carried with Noah, and the descendants of Abraham and Israel, and from among those whom we guided and selected. When the revelations of the Most Gracious are recited to them, they fall prostrate, weeping.
http://www.submission.org/suras/sura19.htm
On The Day Of Resurrection
GOD will proclaim, "This is a day when the truthful will be saved by their truthfulness."
[5:116] GOD will say, "O Jesus, son of Mary, did you say to the people, `Make me and my mother idols beside GOD?' " He will say, "Be You glorified. I could not utter what was not right. Had I said it, You already would have known it. You know my thoughts, and I do not know Your thoughts. You know all the secrets.
[5:117] "I told them only what You commanded me to say, that: `You shall worship GOD, my Lord and your Lord.' I was a witness among them for as long as I lived with them. When You terminated my life on earth, You became the Watcher over them. You witness all things.
[5:118] "If You punish them, they are Your constituents. If You forgive them, You are the Almighty, Most Wise."
[5:119] GOD will proclaim, "This is a day when the truthful will be saved by their truthfulness." They have deserved gardens with flowing streams. They abide therein forever. GOD is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him. This is the greatest triumph.
[5:120] To GOD belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and everything in them, and He is Omnipotent.
http://www.submission.org/suras/sura5.htm
2007-08-28 07:52:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have to look in a dictionary, it's right there who Jesus was praying to " “My Father, if it is possible,.."
The only time Jesus referred to his Father as God was when God's wrath was poured out on Him on the cross and Jesus was quoting the Messianic Psalm 22.
Psalms 22:1 ..My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?...16 For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet-- 17 I can count all my bones-- they stare and gloat over me; 18 they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
2007-08-28 08:27:10 · answer #6 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus prayed to God.
2007-08-28 07:48:26 · answer #7 · answered by roselyn m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Christ prayed to The Father, his God.... because acoording to him The Father is the only true God...
2007-08-28 08:52:18 · answer #8 · answered by szuki 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes he did, as did all the prophets of ALLAH...
2007-08-28 08:00:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋