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1 | How do these accounts reconcile? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 204180 | ||
Dear Tamara: Here is something from gotquestians.org Answer: The events surrounding Jesus’ resurrection can be difficult to piece together. We must remember two things: first, the news of Jesus’ resurrection produced much excitement in Jerusalem, and in the ensuing chaos many people were going many different directions. Groups were separated, and several different groups paid visits to the tomb, possibly more than once. Second, the writers of the Gospels did not attempt an exhaustive narrative; in other words, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John had no intention of telling us every detail of the resurrection or every event in the order that it happened. In the battle with skeptics regarding Jesus' resurrection, Christians are in a "no-win" situation. If the resurrection accounts harmonize perfectly, skeptics will claim that the writers of the Gospels conspired together. If the resurrection accounts have some differences, skeptics will claim that the Gospels contradict each other and therefore cannot be trusted. It is our contention that the resurrection accounts can be harmonized and do not contradict each other. However, even if the resurrection accounts cannot be perfectly harmonized, that does not make them untrustworthy. By any reasonable evaluation, the resurrection accounts from the four Gospels are superbly consistent eyewitness testimonies. The central truths - that Jesus was resurrected from the dead and that the resurrected Jesus appeared to many people - are clearly taught in each of the four Gospels. The apparent inconsistencies are in "side issues." How many angels did they see in the tomb, one or two? (Perhaps one person only saw one angel, while the other person saw two angels.) To how many women did Jesus appear, and to whom did He appear first? (While each Gospel has a slightly different sequence to the appearances, none of them claims to be giving the precise chronological order.) So, while the resurrection accounts may seem to be inconsistent, it cannot be proven that the accounts are contradictory. See more at. http://www.gotquestions.org/resurrection-accounts.html Shalom and God bless John |
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2 | How do these accounts reconcile? | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 204346 | ||
Dear John, Pondered what you said here for about a while I guess. Here is what I was able to try to peice together; 2)On context; Angels, Mathew has one angel sitting on a stone outside the tomb, Mark has one angel sitting to the right in the tomb, Luke and John have two angels inside the tomb. There may have been three angels. There were perhaps two or three angels around at first when the women came one was standing on the stone, they didn't see the other one, or ones inside the tomb. The writers only metioned the angel who spoke in some accounts. When Peter and John came they saw the two angels inside and maybe one was hanging out side and had moved off the stone and stood by the door. 3)On context; Mary sees Jesus first at the tomb and then goes and tells the disciples immediately in John, Mary sees Jesus first after leaving the tomb in Mark, The disciples see Jesus first at the place where they were away from the tomb in Mathew, the two on the road to Emmaus are the first to see Jesus in Luke. Perhaps Mary saw Jesus twice, once at the tomb and once on the way back to the disciples. Every account has someone different seeing Jesus first or in a differnt place because they were writing telling the story from a different point of view. 4)On context; Mary goes alone in John, Mary goes with the other Mary in Mathew, Mary goes with three women in Mark, Mary goes with a group of women more than three in Luke. All the women were there it's just that some writers only mention the woman who does the speaking and others simply only mention some of them. God Bless, the hat lady |
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3 | How do these accounts reconcile? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 204368 | ||
Dear Tam: I do hope this doesn't offend you, but I'm really not interested at all in a speculative discussion on this, or any other part of Scripture. First of all it's not what I said, please note that it was from gotquestions.org What I am concerned with is, the overall message of the Gospel. Jesus Christ was born, He lived a sinless life, He was crucified and died for our sins, He has risen from the dead, He commanded us, as believers, to go and preach His massage of salvation to the lost world, and He now sits at the Fathers right hand in glory. Speculation plus whatever else you put next to it adds up to nothing. Sola Scriptura! 1 Cor 2:2 For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. Shalom and God bless John |
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4 | How do these accounts reconcile? | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 204396 | ||
Dear John thanks for the further clarification as to where you are at. This is not an adomonition to you John, just an observation. Lionheart said something interesting to someone about reconciling things... He said that it is important to reconcile what appear to be conflicting accounts, or scriptures because of what Paul was saying to Timothy; II Timothy 2:15, 3:16,17 and II Peter 1:19-21. I hear you about not speculating and that you don't engage in it. But there is nothing unBiblical (not that you were saying there was) about attempting to reconcile accounts, or apparently conflicting scriptures based on who the author was, his intent in writing, who his audience was, what the subject matter was and how different authors in the Bible address the subject. It is all part of proper exegesis John (not trying to push you around here, sincerely). I am not offended, every one sees things through the central motif of their own theologial lens... I hear your concern about the over arching message of the gospel of Jesus Christ. There are plenty of concerns a person could legitmately have about the Bible than just the end message. The Bible has a lot of parts and there are a whole lot of areas of study concerning the Bible that go into varying aspects of the message. The history in the Bible, the actors in the play, the long progression of how the end message came to be, and on and on. I personally am interested in every facet of these things as they all pretain to or have bearing on the central message you are concerned with. There is room in the body of Christ for a great amount of diversity in all things pretaining to Christ and everything you could possibly study about the Bible is ultimately about Christ. I respect your point of view and it accounts for the content of a whole lot of your replies in answer to some of my questions and notes. Thank you for the clarification for the second time (I think). Ephesians 1:9,10 He has made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him with a view to an administration suitable to the fulness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heaven and things in the earth. All things will be summed up in Christ, us together as members of one another and the body of Christ and each of our own dedication to understanding the word of God to the full. God Bless, the hat lady |
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5 | How do these accounts reconcile? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 204398 | ||
Thanks for the lesson,... Tam. But I thought we were focussed on a specific part of Scripture, and was mostly referring to that. Although what I posted is the underling message of the Bible; Your question was about particular Scriptures in the 4 Gospels, and my answer by sending you an excerpt from gotquestions.org was in hope that it would put your questions about reconciling them to rest. And, what I subsequently posted, also is what I feel "very strongly" is "important" about the 4 Gospel accounts of His death and resurrection, in hope that it would help you focus on that, and not on superfluous details like the unbelievers do. Sheech! Shalom and God bless John |
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6 | How do these accounts reconcile? | Bible general Archive 4 | Tamara Brewington | 204401 | ||
Laughing out loud John, we will get it all together as one, don't worry, I will try the linkn again, I had trouble with it... Tam |
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