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Bible Note: Greetings Jaknik! For the record, let us note that nothing you mentioned falls into the category of a contradiction (A and not A at the same time). What you have pointed out is that each account has varying levels of specificity. Do you really expect that every Gospel include every detail of every event? In the words of John 21:25 - "Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written." If I am reporting an event, and a particular detail has no interest for me or serves no purpose in my account, I will leave it out. The statment, "I went to work last night" is no less true because I don't give you a second by second account of everything that happened to me, was thought by me, or seen by me. If you want to critize the accounts for not being detailed enough, that is one thing. But, something is not contradictory unless something is stated to be both true and false at the same time. :-) p.s. - Correction on a previous post: I had said that there weren't any angels in John's account. But, as you pointed out, there are two mentioned after Peter and John depart. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |