Bible Question:
Hi folks, Someone sent me the mail below, please advise on the supposed contradictions in the bible. Thanks. Benjibabs. These are some of the contradictions -or could be- that I found in the Holy Bible and I would really like to know why are they so? Sorry, I didn't type in the verses word for word but you can refer to them from your Bible. -------------------------- [Mathew 1:16] Joseph the carpenter is the son of Jacob. [Luke 3:23] Joseph the carpenter is the son of He'-li. ***************** [1 Corinthians 15:5] Jesus appeared to the twelve after he rose again. [Mathew 28:16] Jesus appeared to the eleven after he rose again. ****************** [Mathew 19:28] You which followed me in the regeneration, when the son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, you shall also sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. [John 6:70] Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a DEVIL?! ******************* [John 8:14] If I bear record of myself, yet my record is true. [John 5:31] If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. ******************* [Luke 5:1] The story of the fishermen happened at the beginning of Jesus's mission. (See also Mathew 4:18) [John 21:1] The story of the fishermen happened after Jesus was resurrected from the dead. ******************** [Mathew 21:18] Jesus purified the temple from the sellers before he passed by the fig tree which he cursed. [Mark 11:12] Jesus purified the temple from the sellers after he passed by the fig tree which he cursed. ********************* [2 Samuel 24:1] God provoked David against Israel, and said: Go and number them. [1 Chronicles 21:1] Satan provoked David against Israel and ordered him to go and number Israel. ******************* [2 Samuel 10:18] David slew seven hundred chariots of the Syrians. [1 Chronicles 19:18] David slew seven thousand chariots of the Syrians. ******************* - Here are some of the contradictory narrations that I found about the crucifixion: [Mark 15:25] It was the third hour, and they crucified him. [John 19:14] It was the sixth hour, and he was not crucified yet. ******************* [Mathew 27:32] They compelled Simon to bear the cross of Jesus. (see also Luke 23:26 and Mark 15:21) [John 19:17] Jesus was bearing his cross himself. ******************** [Mark 15:21] They put Jesus on the cross. [1 Peter 2:24] They put Jesus on the tree. (See also Galatians 3:13) ******************** [Mark 15:23] They gave him wine mingled with myrrh to drink. [Mathew 7:34] They gave him vinegar mingled with gall to drink. ********************* [Mathew 27:44] The two thieves who were crucified with him were insulting him. [Luke 23:39] One of the thieves was reviling Jesus, and the other rebuked him saying: Do not you fear God?... And then he said to Jesus: Remember me when you come to your Kingdom. Jesus said to him, "Verily I say unto you, today you shall be with me in Paradise." ********************* [Mathew 27:5] Judas went and hanged himself. [Acts 1:18] Judas fell headlong, and burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. ********************** [John 20:1] The visitors to Jesus's grave: Mary Mag-da-le-ne only. [Mathew 28:1] Mary Mag-da-le-ne and another Mary. [Luke 24:10] Mary Mag-da-le-ne and another Mary and Jo'-an-na. [Mark 16:1] Mary Mag-da-le-ne3 and another Mary and Sa-lo'-me. *********************** [John 20:12] One woman saw two angels at the grave of Jesus. [Mathew 28:2] Two women saw one angel. [Luke 24:3] Three women saw two men. [Mark 16:5] Three women saw one man. ********************** [Luke 24:9] Mary the Mag-da-le-ne and Mary the mother of James and Jo'-an-na returned back from the grave and told the eleven apostles all of what they saw. [Mark 16:8] Mary Mag-da-le-ne and another Mary and Sa-lo'-me returned back from the grave and did not tell anyone anything because they were afraid. |
Bible Answer: Resurrection: One woman, two women, three women, etc The holy women carrying the spices previously prepared, start out for the sepulchre before dawn, and reach it after sunrise; they are anxious about the heavy stone, but know nothing of the official guard of the sepulchre (Matt., xxviii, 1-3; Mark, xvi, 1-3; Luke, xxiv, 1; John, xx, 1). The angel frightened the guards by his brightness, put them to flight, rolled away the stone, and seated himself (not upon, ep autou), but above (epano autou) the stone (Matt. xxviii, 2-4). (Three Women-One Angel, Above the Stone) Mary Magdalen, Mary the Mother of James, and Salome approach the sepulchre, and see the stone rolled back, whereupon Mary Magdalen immediately returns to inform the Apostles (Mark, xvi, 4; Luke, xxiv, 2; John xx, 1-2). (Two Women-One Angel, Inside the Tomb) The OTHER TWO holy women enter the sepulchre, find an angel seated in the vestibule, who shows them the empty sepulchre, announces the Resurrection, and commissions them to tell the disciples and Peter that they shall see Jesus in Galilee (Matt., xxviii, 5-7; Mark, xvi, 5-7). (Three Women-Two Men) A second group of holy women, consisting of Joanna and her companions, arrive at the sepulchre, where they have probably agreed to meet the first group, enter the empty interior, and are admonished by two angels that Jesus has risen according to His prediction (Luke, xxiv, 10). Not long after, Peter and John, who were notified by Mary Magdalen, arrive at the sepulchre and find the linen cloth in such a position as to exclude the supposition that the body was stolen; for they lay simply flat on the ground, showing that the sacred body had vanished out of them without touching them. When John notices this he believes (John, xx, 3-10). (One Woman-Two Angels) Mary Magdalen returns to the sepulchre, sees first two angels within, and then Jesus Himself (John, xx, 11-l6; Mark, xvi, 9). Brian |