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NASB | 2 Corinthians 4:3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 4:3 But even if our gospel is [in some sense] hidden [behind a veil], it is hidden [only] to those who are perishing; |
Bible Question:
Hello...my brother has been telling me that the books of Matthew and Mark are contradictory...basically trying to disprove Jesus as the Saviour. I have been reading both books simultaneously and am taking notes to discuss this with him but I would appreciate any additional information that disproves his theory. Thank you |
Bible Answer: In both accounts Jesus fulfills 350 prophecies from the Old Testament that came true about the place and exact time of His birth, about him being the deliverer and Immanuel (God is with us), about the miracles He preformed, about the circumstance of His death, burial, and resurrection. Mathew wrote about the coming of the kingdom of God in Jesus, Mark wrote about the diety of Jesus as God. Principle of interpretation; Each writer wrote to a different audience from a different point of view. Question, if you heard from two different people what happened at a party would they tell the same stories with the same details? No, niether do these writers. For instance take the end account where in Mathew, Mark, Luke and John; there are two angels and then one angel at the tomb, and there is one woman, two women and a bunch of women at the tomb, then the angel sat on the stone, there was one inside, there was one outside, there were two inside, and on and on. Principle of interpretation; just because only one angel is mentioned in one account and two in another does not mean there weren't two there, it means one writer was only interested in writing about the particular angel that spoke, and all the women were there, but the writer only mentioned the one who was spoken to. You have to think carefuly to reconcile the different accounts but it can be done because scripture is inerrant and cannot contradict itself. |
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