The Gnostic said: "They are the Jews, for they performed what Christ intended during His manifesting a semblance (tashbīh) to them of His killing and His crucifixion."

The Questioner said: "So if the Jews performed what Christ intended during His manifesting a semblance to them of His killing and His crucifixion, then they obeyed Him in the Outward (al-Ẓāhir); but if they performed the opposite of what He intended, then they overcame Him?"