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Did Jesus Die Before Or After Passover?

Did Jesus Die Before Or After Passover?

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The Judgment on the Gabbatha by James Tissot, c. 1890

Skeptics and critics of the Bible often claim that the gospel of John contradicts the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,  in reporting Jesus died before, rather than after, the Passover. Did Jesus die before, or after, Passover?

Alleged contradiction:

Was Jesus crucified on the daytime before the Passover meal or the daytime after?
(a) After (Mark 14:12-17)
(b) Before. Before the feast of the Passover (John 13:1) Judas went out at night (John 13:30). The other
disciples thought he was going out to buy supplies to prepare for the Passover meal (John 13:29). When
Jesus was arrested, the Jews did not enter Pilate’s judgment hall because they wanted to stay clean to
eat the Passover (John 18:28). When the judgment was pronounced against Jesus, it was about the sixth
hour on the day of Preparation for the Passover (John 19:14) read more

Do The Gospels Contradict About Who Carried Jesus’ Cross?

Do The Gospels Contradict About Who Carried Jesus’ Cross?

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The gospels seem to contradict about who carried Jesus’ cross, which critics seize upon.

Seeming contradiction:

Did Jesus bear his own cross?
(a) Yes (John 19:17)
(b) No (Matthew 27:31-32)
 

THE PROBLEM

Who carried the crossbeam or pole?

·         Matthew 27:32 – Simon

          Mark 15:21 – Simon

·         Luke 23:26 – Simon

·         John 19:17 – Jesus

THE EXPLANATION

These divergent details, rather than being contradictions, actually are complimentary, and give powerful evidence the gospel writers are telling the truth, rather than copying from a single fictional account, or writing new fiction, in which the details are harmonized, or smoothed out. read more

Do The Gospels Contradict About What Time Jesus Was Crucified?

Do The Gospels Contradict About What Time Jesus Was Crucified?

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Skeptics and critics have claimed the gospels contradict about what time Jesus was crucified.

Alleged “contradiction”:

Where was Jesus at the sixth hour on the day of the crucifixion?
(a) On the cross (Mark 15:23)
(b) In Pilate’s court (John 19:14)

The issue here is:

What was the time of day when Jesus handed over to be crucified and put on cross:

·          Mark 15:25 – “It was the third hour when they crucified him” (ESV).  “That is, 9 A. M.” – ESV footnote on Mark 15:25

·         John 19:14-16 – “Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, ‘Behold your king!’ They cried out, ‘Away with him, away with him, crucify him!’ Pilate said to them, ‘Shall I crucify your king?’ The chief priests answered, ‘We have no king but Caesar.’ So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus” (ESV). “That is, about noon” – ESV footnote on John 19:14 read more

Contradiction About When Jesus’ Disciples Returned To Galilee?

Contradiction About When Jesus’ Disciples Returned To Galilee?

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Skeptics and critics have sometimes claimed that the gospels have a contradiction about when Jesus’ disciples returned to Galilee.

Alleged contradiction:

When did the disciples return to Galilee?
(a) Immediately, because when they saw Jesus in Galilee “some doubted” (Matthew 28:17). This period
of uncertainty should not persist
(b) After at least 40 days. That evening the disciples were still in Jerusalem (Luke 24:33). Jesus
appeared to them there and told them, stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high”
(Luke 24:49). He was appearing to them “during forty days” (Acts 1:3), and “charged them not to depart
from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise … “(Acts 1:4) read more

Did Herod Think Jesus Was John the Baptist?

Did Herod Think Jesus Was John the Baptist?

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Skeptics and critics have claimed the gospels contradict about whether King Herod thought Jesus was John the Baptist. 

Alleged contradiction:

Did Herod think that Jesus was John the Baptist?
(a) Yes (Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:16)
(b) No (Luke 9:9)

Let’s first look at what Herod was afraid of:

“When Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee, heard about Jesus, he said to his advisers, “This must be John the Baptist raised from the dead! That is why he can do such miracles.”—Matthew 14:1,2 NLT read more

What Was The Exact Wording On The Sign Above Jesus’ Head?

What Was The Exact Wording On The Sign Above Jesus’ Head?

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    THE INSCRIPTION AT THE CROSS - THE TRUTH STANDS FOREVER   What was the exact wording on the sign above Jesus’ head while he was being publicly executed? Do the four gospels contradict?

Alleged contradiction:

What was the exact wording on the cross?
(a) “This is Jesus the King of the Jews” (Matthew 27:37)
(b) “The King of the Jews” (Mark 15:26)
(c) “This is the King of the Jews” (Luke 23:38)
(d) “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews” (John 19:19)

This accusation assumes that each gospel writer was required to be exactly precise in his reporting.

A second key point to keep in mind, however, is that all four gospel writers report in agreement that the sign had the words, “The king of the Jews”, at a minimum. read more

Where Did Egypt’s Priests Get Water To Turn Into Blood?

Where Did Egypt’s Priests Get Water To Turn Into Blood?

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The very first of the ten plagues on ancient Egypt was the turning of the Nile river water into blood. But Egypt’s pagan priests did similarly with their magic arts. But this poses a seeming problem, where did the priests get water to turn into blood?

Alleged Contradiction:

The Bible says that for each miracle Moses and Aaron demonstrated the magicians did the same by
their secret arts. Then comes the following feat:
(a) Moses and Aaron converted all the available water into blood (Exodus 7:20-21)
(b) The magicians did the same (Exodus 7:22). This is impossible, since there would have been no water
left to convert into blood. read more

Was Egypt Devastated, as Ezekiel 29:1-16 Predicted?

Was Egypt Devastated, as Ezekiel 29:1-16 Predicted?

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Skeptics and critics have asserted that Ezekiel’s prophecy is false. Was Egypt literally devastated, as Ezekiel 29:1-16 predicted? Could the prophecy have only been fulfilled in a figurative sense?

Here is an example of the assertions of skeptics and critics of the Bible:

Possibly the most pessimistic of the Old Testament prophets, Ezekiel proclaimed impending doom upon everyone from Judah itself to the enemy nations surrounding it. The failure of his prophecies to materialize as he predicted makes a compelling argument against the Bible inerrancy doctrine. In one of his doom’s-day prophecies, Egypt was to experience forty years of utter desolation: read more

Did Jesus Ride Into Jerusalem On One Animal?

Did Jesus Ride Into Jerusalem On One Animal?

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Did Jesus ride into Jerusalem on one animal? This is an alleged Bible contradiction:

Jesus rode into Jerusalem on how many animals?
(a) One – a colt (Mark 11:7; cf Luke 19:3,5). “And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their
garments on it; and he sat upon it.”
(b) Two – a colt and an ass (Matthew 21:7). “They brought the ass and the colt and put their garments
on them and he sat thereon.”

Jesus obviously did not ride into Jerusalem on two animals, only on one.

Zechariah 9:9 foretold that the future King, the Messiah, would ride into Jerusalem on the colt of a donkey. Matthew quotes this fact in Zechariah 9:9, as he records the fulfillment of the prophecy:
“Now this took place so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled:

“SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, ‘BEHOLD YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU,
HUMBLE, AND MOUNTED ON A DONKEY, EVEN ON A COLT, THE FOAL OF A DONKEY.’”
The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them, and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their cloaks on them; and He sat on the cloaks.”—-Matthew 21:5-7 NASB read more

Contradiction About Whether Everyone Sins?

Contradiction About Whether Everyone Sins?

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Is there a contradiction in the Bible about whether everyone sins?

Here is an alleged contradiction:

Does every man sin?
(a) Yes. “There is no man who does not sin” (I Kings 8:46; see also 2 Chronicles 6:36; Proverbs 20:9;
Ecclesiastes 7:20; and I John 1:8,10)
(b) No. True Christians cannot possibly sin, because they are the children of God. “Every one who
believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. (I John 5:1). “We should be called children of God; and
so we are” (I John 3: 1). “He who loves is born of God” (I John 4:7). “No one born of God commits sin;
for God’s nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God” (I John 3:9). But, then
again, Yes! “If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (I John 1:8) read more

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