For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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Bible Contradictions
This is where I will handle apparent contradictions in the Bible that I was not able to cover in my book, Why I Trust the Bible.
| Interpretation | First things first. Is your interpretation accurate? |
| OLD TESTAMENT | |
| Exodus 3, 19 | Is the mountain named Mt. Horeb or Mt. Sinai? |
| Exod 20; Ezek 18 | Are children punished for their parents' sins, or not? |
| GOSPELS | |
| Matthew 1; Luke 3 | Why are Jesus' genealogies different? |
| Mark 6:8; Mt 10:10; Lk 9:30 | In one gospel, Jesus says the disciples could take a staff; in another, it hem says they could not. |
| Luke 7:36–50 | The Woman/Women who poured perfume on Jesus |
| John 18:13; Matt 26:57f. | Was Jesus taken to Annas or Caiaphas? |
| Peter's denials | How many times did Peter actually deny knowing Jesus? |
| Matthew 27:9 | When Matthew sees the prophecy about Judas's death, he says it comes from Jeremiah, although most people argue it is from Zechariah. |
| ACTS AND LATER | |
| Acts 10:30 | Was Cornelius' vision 3 or 4 days earlier? |