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NASB | Mark 6:8 and He instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff--no bread, no bag, no money in their belt-- |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 6:8 He told them to take nothing for the journey except a mere walking stick--no bread, no [traveler's] bag, no money in their belts-- |
Subject: reconcile Mark 6:8 and Luke 9:3 |
Bible Note: Hello ebrain, I find it a bit alarming with such a statement as "there a number of apparent errors in Scripture" said without qualification. This seems to leave open the possibility that scripture itself is errant! As one who holds a very high view of scripture this type of wording troubling to say the least. Might I refer you to R.A Torrey's work, "Alleged Errors and Contradictions". In his chapter on "Mistakes" in the Bible', he deals with this matter specifically: "The Bible is said not only to be full of contradictions, but also to contain mistakes. One of the “mistakes” most constantly referred to by critics is found in Matthew 27:9–10 (RV): “Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom certain of the children of Israel did price, and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.” "Perhaps it ought to be added that there has been much question by the critics as to whether the closing chapters of the book of Zechariah were really a portion of the prophecies of Zechariah. There is nothing in the chapters themselves to indicate that they were. It is true that for centuries they have been attached to the prophecies of Zechariah, but nowhere in the Bible does it state that they were by Zechariah, and it has been held that they were in reality not by Zechariah but by Jeremiah. This, however, is a question for the critics. If it should prove to be so, it would simply be an additional confirmation of the accuracy of Matthew’s statement. But even if it is not so, if Zechariah is the author of this prophecy (Zechariah 11:11–13) as we find it in the Bible, it does not at all prove that Jeremiah may not have uttered a similar prophecy to which Zechariah referred and which Matthew has accurately quoted. And the critics will have to search further if they wish to prove Matthew to have been in error." [R.A. Torrey, Difficulties in the Bible : Alleged Errors and Contradictions] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |