قوله تعالى : ( وقفينا على آثارهم ) أي : على آثار النبيين الذين أسلموا ، ( بعيسى ابن مريم مصدقا لما بين يديه من التوراة وآتيناه الإنجيل فيه ) أي : في الإنجيل ، ( هدى ونور ومصدقا ) يعني الإنجيل ، ( لما بين يديه من التوراة وهدى وموعظة للمتقين )
After the prophets of the Israelites, I sent Jesus, son of Mary, as a believer in the Torah, giving judgement in accordance with it. I also gave him the Gospel that contained guidance to the truth and evidences to remove doubts and solve difficult cases of rulings: it corresponded to the Torah that came before it, except in a few rulings that it replaced. I made the Gospel a guide and a means to restrain people from doing that which was prohibited.