I’ve read and debated with Christians about these before, and while in those days (and in these days still) I did not give weight to the words of the Bible, sometimes there is just too much evidence for it to be so easily ignored. Most Muslims have read these somewhere or another, but sometimes I find that extremely good references such as the ones below become intermingled with ones which require a bit more elaboration, detail, and sometimes even imagination than the average person is willing to spend on the subject.

So this is, in my humble opinion, ‘the cream of the crop’ on the matter.

Old Testament

Deuteronomy 18:18: I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

The Prophet Muhummad (??? ???? ???? ? ???) did exactly as the above, the Quran is literally the output of “my words in his mouth”. Bretheren is taken to mean “brothers”, and the Arabs are the brothers to the Jews, who are the subject of this verse.

Isiah’s Prophecy (Isaiah 29):

“And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, [I pray thee]: and he saith, I cannot; for it [is] sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, [I pray thee]: and he saith, I am not learned. “

Uncanny how similar this is to the very first revelation that the Prophet (??? ???? ???? ? ???) received, the response that he is illiterate was the very response that Sayiddina Muhummad (??? ???? ???? ? ???) had to give a thousand years later.

From Martin Lings biography of Sayiddina Muhummad (??? ???? ???? ? ???),

The Angel said to him: “Recite!” and he said: “I am not a reciter,” whereupon, as he himself told it, “the Angel took me and whelmed me in his embrace until he had reached the limit of mine endurance. Then he released me and said: ‘Recite!’ I said: ‘I am not a reciter,’ and again he took me and whelmed me in his embrace, and again when he had reached the limit of mine endurance, he again released me and said: ‘Recite!’, and again I said ‘I am not a reciter.’

(”Reciter” used here is not the best translation here, since the word can mean “recite” as well as “read” . There are some interpreters who suggest that this misunderstanding is what caused our Prophet (??? ???? ???? ? ???) to not repeat the words immediately, though allahu’alim.)

In the New Testament:

Jesus is quoted as saying in John 16:7-14,

“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you.”

First thing to note: “Comforter” is translated from the Greek “Periklytos”, this also has the meaning of “admired one” or “glorified one”. At the same time the name “Muhammad” ‘coincidentally’ means “admired/praised one”.

Again, the prophecy is very amazing when viewed in the light of Sayiddina Muhummad’s (??? ???? ???? ? ???) life.

1) The first part “because they believe not on me”. The Quran emphasizes belief in Jesus (AS).
2) Jesus seems to be saying that it will be difficult for him to demonstrate righteousness because he is not going to be present. Taken another way it could mean that since Jesus(AS) is leaving imminently, his behavior of righteousness will be insufficient to use as an example. Sayiddina Muhummad’s (??? ???? ???? ? ???) life on the other hand is documented clearly in this regard.
3) Judgment. The Quran and Islam in general emphasize this much more than, say, the New Testament.

Then the next part, again, “he shall not speak of himself but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak…”

Similar to Deuteronomy… again, very much seems to be describing the form of direct revelation with Muhummad (??? ???? ???? ? ???) experienced.

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These evidences are interesting for the agnostic and the Christian in the light of the fact that they a require pretty in-depth reading of the Bible to discover, and convenient indexes and such were not available in the time of the Prophet(??? ???? ???? ? ???). It should also be remembered that the Quran was revealed in a time when books were rare and hand-copied, and literacy itself was also rare. It was common knowledge that the Prophet (??? ???? ???? ? ???) himself could not read or write.