CHIEF PRIESTS LYING?

Christians often tell us that the Jews did not corrupt the Torah, the Torah is pure and has always been preserved by the rabbis?

This is a very bold claim made by Christians. We know from the Quran (Surah 5:44)  and Christian Scripture (Romans 3:2)  that the Torah was entrusted to the Rabbis. But, the question is did they do as they were told, that is to look after the Torah?

If Christians believe that the Rabbis protected the Torah by preserving the book from any alterations or tampering, then one has to challenge how honest were High Priest (chief priest) and rabbis during ancient times? In order to dismantle this absurd claim made by Christians we don't have to go too far, the New Testament gives us the answer.



The story of Jesus found  in the New Testament  tells us how evil and corrupt the Jewish rabbis were They were condemned by Jesus on several occasions, he would often curse them and call them names (Matthew 12:29, Matthew 23:33)

Here's where the real problem starts. We are told in the book of Matthew that the chief priests asked the soldiers to LIE!

¹¹ While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. ¹² When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, ¹³ telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ ¹⁴ If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” ¹⁵ So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day (Matthew 28:11-15)

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An interesting passage that needs serious attention. We read that after the women had seen the alleged resurrection of Jesus the guards found out of the empty tomb, and they went to the chief priests and them of what had happened. "THE CHIEF PRIEST DEVISED A PLAN AND PAID THE SOLDIERS MONEY?  AND HIS WAS WIDELY CIRCULATED AMONGST THE JEWS TOLL THIS DAY"?

Let's analyse this.  Matthew is telling us that the CHIEF PRIEST TURNED TO DECEPTION  by making a plan and resulting to making the soldiers lie by bribing them. This would be highly unlikely when their very Torah says :

“You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another. (Leviticus 19:11)

A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath. (Proverbs 21:14)

The above verses cannot be more emphasised to say that lying, dealing falsely, taking or giving bribe is a great sin, how then could the chief priest commit such and act?

If the chief priests can lie and give a false testimony, how trustful would he or his people be to protect the Torah from alterations? If deceiving people can be done much the chief priests then changing the Torah would be no problem Thanks to Matthew he exposed the Jewish rabbis showing us how dishonest they were ! 

ASK YOURSELF CAN DO YOU STILL BELIEVE  THE JEWISH RABBIS  PRESERVED THE TORAH?

For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD and arouse his anger by what your hands have made (Deuteronomy 31:27-29)

How can you say we are wise and have the Torah of the Lord with us when it's been corrupted by the scribes (Jeremiah 8:8)