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1 | Advise on contradictions found in bible | Bible general Archive 1 | userdoe220 | 17578 | ||
[1 Corinthians 15:5] Jesus appeared to the twelve after he rose again. [Mathew 28:16] Jesus appeared to the eleven after he rose again. What the heck. I will answer another one. In Matthew, Judas was not alive when Jesus appeared to the masses. 12 disciples(apostles) minus one (apostle...Judsas)gives you 11(apostles) disciples. In Acts 1 the disciples chose another disciple, Matthias, to replace Judas. Matthias was a witness of the ressurection and therefore constittued the 12th apostle--some debate here. So, Paul could say in 1 cor. 12 that Jesus appeared to the 12--the 12th being matthias. |
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2 | Advise on contradictions found in bible | Bible general Archive 1 | Sir Pent | 17580 | ||
There is another possibility as well. in 1 Cor 15:5 "the Twelve" is capitalized (at least in the NIV). Thus it seems to be a proper noun refering to a group of people (ie. the British, the Germans, etc.) It is possible that "the Twelve" was another name for the group that today we call "the Apostles". If this is the case, then the passage in Matthew is refering to the actual number of people there (notice that "eleven" is not capitalized). But Paul is refering to the group as a whole instead. Once again, the message that God would want us to learn is that Jesus did actually raise from the dead after being crucified for our sins. God wants us to know that this was witnessed by many people, and is something that we can trust to be true. |
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