The prophets are raised ONLY for quickening to life those who are spiritually dead, and it is this quickening through Jesus Christ that the Holy Qur'an refers here." (Ibid., f. 430; bold and capital emphasis ours) The late orthodox Muslim scholar Muhammad Asad also denied the miracles of Jesus and indirectly denied Christ's virginal conception and birth.
Lugha asili ya Yesu na ya Mitume ilikuwa Kiaramu ambacho ni jamii ya Kiyahudi na ambacho polepole kilishika nafasi yake kati ya Wayahudi kuanzia karne ya sita K.K. Hao wote walitokea mkoa wa Galilaya, uliokuwa na mchanganyiko wa watu (Waisraeli na mataifa), kiasi kwamba huko Wayahudi wenyewe walifuata kwa urahisi desturi za Kiyunani hata wakadharauliwa na wenzao wa Kusini (Yerusalemu na mkoa wa Yudea).