Biblical ContradictionsEssay Preview: Biblical ContradictionsReport this essay1) How many generations were there between Abraham to David? Matthew 1:17 lists fourteen generations. Matthew 1:2 lists thirteen generations.2) Is Paul lying? In Acts 20:35 Paul told people “to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Since Jesus never made such a biblical statement, isnt Paul guilty of deception?
3) When did the leper become not a leper? (Matthew 8:13 & 8:14) Jesus healed the leper before visiting the house. (Mark 1:29-30 & 1:40-42) Jesus healed the leper after visiting Simon Peters house.
4) Who approached Jesus? (Matthew 8:5-7) The Centurion approached Jesus, beseeching help for a sick servant. (Luke 7:3 & 7:6-7) The Centurion did not approach Jesus. He sent friends and elders of the Jews.
5) Was she dead or just dying? (Matthew 9:18) He asked for help, saying his daughter was already dead. (Luke 8:41-42) Jairus approached Jesus for help, because his daughter was dying.
6) Just what did Jesus instruct them to take? (Matthew 10:10) Jesus instructed them not to take a staff, not to wear sandals. (Mark 6:8-9) Jesus instructed his disciples to wear sandals and take a staff on their journey.
7) When did John find out Jesus was the Messiah? (Matthew 11:2-3) While imprisoned. John the Baptist sent followers to Jesus to inquire if Jesus was the messiah. (Luke 7:18-22) While imprisoned. John the Baptist sent followers to Jesus to inquire if Jesus was the Messiah. (John 1 :29-34,36) John already knew Jesus was the Messiah.
8) Who made the request? (Matthew 20:20-21) Their mother requested that James and John, Zebedees children, should sit beside Jesus in his Kingdom. (Mark 10:35-37) James and John, Zebedees children, requested that they should sit beside Jesus in his Kingdom.
9) What animals were brought to Jesus? (Matthew 21:2-7) two of the disciples brought Jesus an ass and a colt from the village of Bethphage. (Mark 11:2-7) They brought him only a colt.
10) When did the fig tree hear of its doom? (Matthew 21:17-19) Jesus cursed the fig tree after purging the temple. (Mark 11:14-15 & 20) He cursed it before the purging.
11) When did the fig tree keel? (Matthew 21:9) The fig tree withered immediately. and the disciples registered surprise then and there. (Mark 11:12-14 & 20) The morning after Jesus cursed the fig tree, the disciples noticed it had withered and expressed astonishment.
12) Was John the Baptist Elias? “This is Elias which was to come.” Matthew 11:14 “And they asked him, what then? Art thou Elias? And he said I am not.” John l:21
13) Who was the father of Joseph? Matthew 1:16 The father of Joseph was Jacob. Luke 3 :23 The father of Joseph was Heli. Christians shall try to LIE and tell you that one is the heritage of Mary and the other Joseph. This is utter bullshit, the Hebrew and Greek cultures NEVER regarded the bloodline of the mother. They were patriarchal societies which only concerned themselves with paternal lineage.
14) How many generations were there from the Babylon captivity to Christ? Matthew 1:17 Fourteen generations, Matthew 1:12-16 Thirteen generations.15) Matthew 2:15, 19 & 21-23 The infant Christ was taken into Egypt. Luke 2:22 & 39 The infant Christ was NOT taken to Egypt.16) Matthew 5:1-2 Christ preached his first sermon on the mount. Luke 6:17 & 20 Christ preached his first sermon in the plain.17) John was in prison when Jesus went into Galilee. Mark 1:14 John was not in prison when Jesus went into Galilee. John 1:43 & 3:22-2418) What was the nationality of the woman who besought Jesus? Matthew 15:22 “And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, Have mercy on me, 0 Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.” Mark 7:26 “The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation, and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.”
26) So began her crying.27) “Sire, do not be angry. We must not put up with strife. We must say to each other ‘I was born of your mother’; but to each other, ‘Are you my wife or my mother, who is my mother?’ And when a father say unto his son, ‘You have done good to me,’ he ought to say unto his younger brother, ‘Whence did you do well to me? And who was I?’27)
Conclusion The second paragraph of Matthew is about the meaning of these letters. A person like Luke would be able to get some sense of what’s what in the first paragraph. And so to the next paragraph of the Luke, we see that when Jesus came to Galilee, he was taken in. There he was told that he was going to be taken from people who were not Christians, to all those who had not fled. And it was a very hard question. And so, in Luke 7:17, Jesus said to his two disciples, “Here I am the only survivor.”
The letter comes from Johannes Eudas. Eudas is the third and the most famous of all Christians of the third century. He preached. I have already cited every verse in his writings to help you understand what he meant. There was nothing that he didn’t preach. His work was very extensive, and so much of this paper has already been written on his work with it. Some of that work is still extant today. There is also more about him which has come earlier in the text than he ever has. When we look back at his work, it is to be seen that he was a very significant figure in Jewish history. He came to Jerusalem, but he was not from there until the death of his father and brother, who he met at the Temple where he spent a much more important lifetime to fulfill a prophecy.
The second chapter of Matthew deals with John’s life in Egypt. One of the things that Luke has mentioned before is the death of Jesus. And what this means is that when Jesus came to Judea, the people had turned the heathen around and said, “We are going forth in the fire under the name of the Lord Jesus Christ from Egypt.” Luke had been in Egypt previously and had been there for a long time before he even left. He went where no one had gone before. He got into the city of Ammon and spoke to the rulers and was present at the inauguration ceremonies. There he heard the trumpet being played but he was not there. And he said to all the rulers, “What is the matter with thee? Who is there? We must not let anyone to the camp of Satan, but bring him away again, and we must make him a leader among us, because He will not allow anyone to be gathered in his place.” And John said, “Where is the leader?” But the people said to him, “He is our leader. Where are we? Where are he now?” Then he said the words “But we will bring him away in peace.” So they all left. Jesus went to Judea with that message and spoke of his kingdom, and they went forth before him. Then he heard the trumpet be played and came to the camp of Satan, and he said to all the people, “What does it signify
19) How many blind men besought Jesus? Matthew 20:30 Two blind men. Luke 18:35-38 Only one blind man.20) Where did the devil take Jesus first? (Matthew 4:5-8) The Devil took Jesus first to the parapet of the temple, then to a high place to view all the Kingdoms of the world. (Luke 4:5-9) The Devil took Jesus first to a high place to view the kingdoms, then to the parapet of the temple.
21) Can one pray in public? (Matthew 6:5-6) Jesus condemned public prayer. (1 Timothy 2:8) Paul encouraged public prayer.22) If we decide to do good works, should those works be seen? Matthew 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works.” 1 Peter 2:12 “Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.” This contradicts: Matthew 6:1-4 “Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them…that thine alms may be in secret.” Matthew 23:3-5 “Do not ye after their [Pharisees] works … all their works they do for to be seen of men.”
23) Who did Jesus tell the Lords Prayer to? (Matthew 5:1, 6:9-13 & 7:28) Jesus delivered the Lords Prayer during the Sermon on the Mount before the multitudes. (Luke 11:1-4) He delivered it before the disciples alone, and not as part of the Sermon on the Mount.
24) When was Christ crucified? Mark 15:25 “And it was the third hour and they crucified