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NASB | John 1:35 ¶ Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 1:35 ¶ Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples, |
Bible Question:
In Mark 1:16-20 we read where Jesus called Simon and his brother Andrew to be his disciples. He found them in Galilee fishing. However in John 1:35-42 it says something completely different. Why the discrepancy? Can anybody clear this up? Songbirdca |
Bible Answer: There are a lot of "discrepancies" in the four gospels. Mark is usually accorded the first in line status, followed by Matthew, Luke, then John (some 30 years after the other three). Note the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in each gospel. In Luke, John the Baptist is in jail and doesn't baptize Jesus. In Matthew, John the Baptist does baptize Jesus and recognizes him as the Son, but later, when he hears about the miracles Jesus is doing, John sends his disciples to ask Jesus if his is "really" the Son of God. Check out the perfume episodes, there are three or four different versions. A couple have the head of Jesus annointed with perfume; others have the perfume poured over his feet and wiped off by the hair of the woman who did the pouring; happens at Simon the Leper's house, then at Simon the Pharisee's house, then at the house of a Mary, the sister of Lazurus. One of the women is described, too, as a prostitute. Then at the cross when Jesus is crucified, one of the gospels (only one) puts the mother of Jesus there, where Jesus actually talks to her. That gospel is the Book of John. John claims that he, too, was at the foot of the cross. None of the other Books say anything about this. John is the only one to mention the stabbing of Jesus's side by the soldier's spear. Then when the tomb is discovered to be empty, each gospel relates that differently, having different people show up, having different angels in different locations, and having just one, then another gospel has two angels. Some have earthquakes happen, while others don't. Matthew has dead people from surrounding graveyards come alive and walk out of their tombs and go into Jeruslem and mingle with the citizens.... Matthew and Mark have an angel visit Joseph to tell him about the Holy Spirit and the coming of the baby Jesus. In Luke, the angel appears to Mary instead of Joseph.....etc.... |