4:157- Did Christians Believe In The Crucifixion Because Of Established History?
and for boasting, “We killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.” But they neither killed nor crucified him—it was only made to appear so.1 Even those who argue for this ˹crucifixion˺ are in doubt. They have no knowledge whatsoever—only making assumptions. They certainly did not kill him. Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran I think what the Quran means here is that christians saw Jesus on the cross but he never died on it. I think Jesus was on the crucifix and they assumed they had killed him but God saved him.
I think the Quran is not denying the established history but it is just pointing out what actually happened rather than what everyone believes happened.