DISCREPANCIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
SAME
SUBJECT BUT DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS
·
Beginning of the duty of Jesus.
“Now
after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee,
proclaiming the good news of God…” [1]
“...John,
of course, had not yet been thrown into prison.”[2]
·
Name of the father of the husband of Mary
Jacob
“… Jacob
the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born …” [3]
Heli
“Jesus was about thirty years old when he
began his work. He was the son (as was thought) of Joseph son of Heli” [4]
·
Is Shelah son or grandson of Arphaxad?
Grandson
“Son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son
of Eber, son of Shelah, son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem…” [5]
Son
“The
descendants of Shem: Elam,
Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram
… Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.
To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg.”[6]
·
Is Jesus’ testimony about himself true or not?
It is not
true
“I seek
to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. If I testify about
myself, my testimony is not true.” [7]
It is
valid
“Then the
Pharisees said to him, ‘You are testifying on your own behalf; your testimony
is not valid.’ Jesus answered, ‘Even if I testify on my own behalf, my
testimony is valid …”[8]
·
Is John Elijah or not?
Jesus
says John is actually Elijah
“And the
disciples asked him, ‘Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come
first?’ He replied, ‘Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things; but I
tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they
did to him whatever they pleased. … Then the disciples understood that he was
speaking to them about John the Baptist.”[9]
He says
he is not Elijah.
“John confessed, ‘I am not the Messiah’ … And
they asked him, ‘What then? Are you Elijah?’ He said, ‘I am not.’ ‘Are you the
prophet?’ He answered, ‘No.’”[10]
·
Jesus says both “Tell your friends” and “No one
should know this.”
“Tell
your friends”
“As he
was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed by demons begged him
that he might be with him. But Jesus refused, and said to him, ‘Go home to your
friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy he
has shown you.’ And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis
how much Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.”[11]
“No one
should know this.”
“He took
her by the hand and said to her, ‘Talitha cum’, which means, ‘little girl, get
up!’ And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was twelve
years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. He strictly ordered
them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.”[12]
·
The number of the blinds sitting by the roadside
“Two
blind men”
“As they
were leaving Jericho,
a large crowd followed him. There were two blind men sitting by the roadside.
When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, ‘Lord, have mercy on
us ...”[13]
“A blind
beggar”
“They
came to Jericho.
As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind
beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of
Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on
me!”[14]
·
The number of the demoniacs coming out of the
tombs
“Two
demoniacs”
“When he
came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs coming
out of the tombs met him...”[15]
“A man”
“They
came to the other side of the lake, to the country of the Gerasenes. And when
he had stepped out of the boat, immediately a man out of the tombs with an
unclean spirit met him.”[16]
·
What do apostles take with them?
They
won’t take anything: no bag, no tunic, no sandals, no staff
“No bag
for your journey, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff.”[17]
They can
take a staff and wear sandals
“He
ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no
bag, no money in their belts; but to wear sandals and not to put on two
tunics.”[18]
·
Jesus wore nice smell
Two days
before the festivals… on his head
“It was
two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. While he was
at Bethany in
the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with an
alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and
poured the ointment on his head...”[19]
Six days
before the Passover … to his feet
“Six days
before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany … Mary took a pound of costly perfume
made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair.…”[20]
·
What was paid in return for the betrayal of
Jesus
“They paid him thirty pieces of silver”
“Then one
of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and
said, ‘What will you give me if I betray him to you?’ They paid him thirty pieces
of silver...”[21]
“They
promised to give him money”
“Then
Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order
to betray him to them. When they heard it, they were greatly pleased, and
promised to give him money...”[22]
·
Who carried the cross on which Jesus was
crucified?
“They
compelled this man to carry his cross”
“As they
went out, they came upon a man from Cyrene
named Simon; they compelled this man to carry his cross.”[23]
“Carrying
the cross by himself”
“So they
took Jesus; and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called
The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.”[24]
·
Where was Jesus buried after the crucifixion?
In Galilee
“Then go
quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead, and indeed
he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you
will see him.’ … Then Jesus said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; go and tell my
brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see
me.’ … Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee[25],
to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they
worshipped him….”[26]
In Emmaus
“Now on
that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus[27],
about seven miles from Jerusalem,
and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.… While
they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them,
‘Peace be with you.’… ‘Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself.’”[28]
·
Has anyone ascended into
heaven besides Jesus?
“No one has ascended into heaven”
“No one has ascended into heaven
except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man”[29]
“Elijah ascended into heaven”
“As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of
fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into
heaven.”[30]
·
Views of Jesus and Paul
Paul
“For the
law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.”[31]
… “I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the
law, then Christ died for nothing.”[32]
Jesus
“Do not
think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to
abolish but to fulfil.”[33]
·
Attitudes of Paul and Jacob
in terms of justification by faith
“A person is justified
by faith”
“For we hold that a person is
justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law.”[34]
“We say, ‘Faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness”[35]
“Human is justified by works”
“…if you say you have faith but
do not have works? Can faith save you?”[36]
“Was not our ancestor Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac
on the altar?”[37]
Yusuf Ulucan
Translation: H. Neslihan
Demiriz
[1] Mark: 1 / 14
[2] John: 3 /24
[3] Matthew: 1 /16
[4] Luke: 3 /23
P.S. Jacob is the husband
of Mary but not the father of Jesus. Thus, the pedigree should have been
startef with Mary.
[5] Luke: 3 / 35 – 36
[6] Genesis: 10 / 22 - 25, 11
/ 12
P.S. Christians try to
overcome the dilemma about Shelah by saying “It is not a rare situation where
generations or individuals do not take place in the generation tree in order to
engrave the pedigree or to fulfil a theological purpose.” … If our criticisms
reflect our ignorance of the font style and applications of those times, we
shouldn’t hurry about finding discrepancies in The Bible.
(http://www.hiristiyan.net/cevaplar)
[7] John: 5 / 30 – 31
[8] John: 8 /13 – 14
[9] Matthew: 17 / 10 – 13
[10] John: 1 / 20 – 21
[11]Mark : 5 / 18 – 20
[12]Mark: 5 / 41 – 43
[13] Matthew: 20 / 29 – 30
[14] Mark: 10 / 46 – 47
[15] Matthew: 8 / 28
[16]Mark: 5 / 1 – 2, Luka : 8 /
26 – 27
[17] Matthew : 10 / 10, Luka :
9 /3
[18] Mark: 6 / 8 – 9
[19] Mark: 14 / 1 – 6
(abridged).
[20] John: 12 / 1 – 3
[21] Matthew : 26 / 14 – 15
[22] Mark: 14/10 – 11 and in
Luke: 22/3 – 5 “they were greatly pleased and agreed to give him money”
expression is used.
[23] Matthew: 27 /32, Mark: 16 /21, Luke:23 /26
[24] John: 19 / 17
[25] Galilee is a district in the northwest of Sea of Galilee and it is quite far
away from Jerusalem.
[26] Matthew: 28 / 7 – 17
(abridged)
[27] The village
of Emmaus is in the 11 km northeast of Jerusalem.
[28]Luke:24 / 13 – 42
(abridged)
[29] John: 3/13
[30] 2 Kings: 2/11
[31] Romans :4 / 15
[32]Galatians: 2 / 21
[33] Matthew: 5 / 17
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