Contradictions in the Bible [Page 2]

I took Shabbir Ally's "101 Contradictions" list from a website at scribd.com (a pagan website) on 7/16/2008. I still have to check to see if all the things on this list are valid. Some are not valid; however, most of them are. I am thankful to know these things, because if one desires to know truth, that same one must conform their personal beliefs to that truth. "He who hungers and thirsts after righteousness shall be filled," spoken by Yehoshua - obviously, righteousness is truth.

Shabbir Ally is an Islamic apologist. I found many of these contradictions myself, before I bumped into Shabbir's list. Many of them are new to me, however. I have posted them here for you, the seeker of truth, to find more truth.

As I read through this list, at a glance, for the first time, only a handful are not contradictions. Those that are not contradictions are Shabbir's lack of understanding of certain doctrines or points that were being made by the biblical author.

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In love and truth,

Maregaal

BY Maregaal Ben Yaakov

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Are there discrepancies in the Bible?

A sad, yet overwhelming yes.

In fact, there are many errors,

Myths and lies within the Gospels, the Epistles, the Jewish Tanach [Bible] and other Writings. An honest and non-biased look into these things from a Jewish believing man.

1.Who incited David to count the fighting men of Israel?

(a) God did (2 Samuel 24: 1)

(b) Satan did (I Chronicles 2 1:1)

2.In that count how many fighting men were found in Israel?

(a) Eight hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)

(b) One million, one hundred thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)

3. How many fighting men were found in Judah?

(a) Five hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)

(b) Four hundred and seventy thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)

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4. God sent his prophet to threaten David with how many years of famine?

(a) Seven (2 Samuel 24:13)

(b) Three (I Chronicles 21:12)

With this one I found out some great news to clear up this blatant contradiction. In the copies of the

Masoretic Tanach that comes from about the 3rd Century c.e., as well as the KJV, NKJV, NASB, ASV,

Young, Darby & Webster this error exists, you can blatantly read the error in the Hebrew text of the

Masoretic where the English versions are based from. However, if you look in the Septuagint - which is

the first "known" translation of the Tanach, done around 285BCE and NOT taken from modern Hebrew

[for it did not yet exist], but from ancient Hebrew, or Paleo-Hebrew [A different font altogether] this

contradiction does not exist. This is because in 2 Samuel 24:13, in the Septuagint, the number of years

is "three." Thus, down through the years we see that man has tainted things. This why we must always

be meticulous when transcribing things from a holy culture.

5. How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem?

(a) Twenty-two (2 Kings 8:26)

(b) Forty-two (2 Chronicles 22:2)

6. How old was Jehoiachin when he became king of Jerusalem?

(a) Eighteen (2 Kings 24:8)

(b) Eight (2 Chronicles 36:9)

7. How long did he rule over Jerusalem?

(a) Three months (2 Kings 24:8)

(b) Three months and ten days (2 Chronicles 36:9)

8.The chief of the mighty men of David lifted up his spear and killed how many men at one time?

(a) Eight hundred (2 Samuel 23:8)

(b) Three hundred (I Chronicles 11: 11)

9.When did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before defeating the Philistines or after?

(a) After (2 Samuel 5 and 6)

(b) Before (I Chronicles 13 and 14)

10. How many pairs of clean animals did God tell Noah to take into the Ark?

(a) Two (Genesis 6:19, 20)

(b) Seven (Genesis 7:2). But despite this last instruction only two pairs went into the

ark (Genesis 7:8-9)

11. When David defeated the King of Zobah, how many horsemen did he capture?

(a) One thousand and seven hundred (2 Samuel 8:4)

(b) Seven thousand (I Chronicles 18:4)

12. How many stalls for horses did Solomon have?

(a) Forty thousand (I Kings 4:26)

(b) Four thousand (2 chronicles 9:25)

13. In what year of King Asa's reign did Baasha, King of Israel die?

(a) Twenty-sixth year (I Kings 15:33 - 16:8)

(b) Still alive in the thirty-sixth year (2 Chronicles 16:1)

14.How many overseers did Solomon appoint for the work of building the temple?

(a) Three thousand six hundred (2 Chronicles 2:2)

(b) Three thousand three hundred (I Kings 5:16)

15.Solomon built a facility containing how many baths?

(a) Two thousand (1 Kings 7:26)

(b) Over three thousand (2 Chronicles 4:5)

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16. Of the Israelites who were freed from the Babylonian captivity, how many were the children of

Pahrath-Moab?

(a) Two thousand eight hundred and twelve (Ezra 2:6)

(b) Two thousand eight hundred and eighteen (Nehemiah 7:11)

17. How many were the children of Zattu?

(a) Nine hundred and forty-five (Ezra 2:8)

(b) Eight hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:13)

18. How many were the children of Azgad?

(a) One thousand two hundred and twenty-two (Ezra 2:12)

(b) Two thousand three hundred and twenty-two (Nehemiah 7:17)

19. How many were the children of Adin?

(a) Four hundred and fifty-four (Ezra 2:15)

(b) Six hundred and fifty-five (Nehemiah 7:20)

20. How many were the children of Hashum?

(a) Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:19)

(b) Three hundred and twenty-eight (Nehemiah 7:22)

21. How many were the children of Bethel and Ai?

(a) Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:28)

(b) One hundred and twenty-three (Nehemiah 7:32)

22. Ezra 2:64 and Nehemiah 7:66 agree that the total number of the whole assembly was 42,360.

Yet the numbers do not add up to anything close. The totals obtained from each book is as follows:

(a) 29,818 (Ezra)

(b) 31,089 (Nehemiah)

23. How many singers accompanied the assembly?

(a) Two hundred (Ezra 2:65)

(b) Two hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:67)

24. What was the name of King Abijah’s mother?

(a) Michaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (2 Chronicles 13:2)

(b) Maachah, daughter of Absalom (2 Chronicles 11:20)

Footnote: Yet, how can this be if Absalom had only one daughter whose name was

Tamar (2 Samuel 14:27)

25.Did Joshua and the Israelites capture Jerusalem?

(a) Yes (Joshua 10:23, 40)

(b) No (Joshua 15:63)

26.Who was the father of Joseph, husband of Mary?

(a) Jacob (Matthew 1:16)

(b) Hell (Luke 3:23)

27.Jesus descended from which son of David?

(a) Solomon (Matthew 1:6)

(b) Nathan (Luke3: 31)

28. Who was the father of Shealtiel?

(a) Jechoniah (Matthew 1:12)

(b) Neri’ (Luke 3:27)

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29. Which son of Zerubbabel was an ancestor of Jesus Christ?

(a) Abiud (Matthew 1: 13)

(b) Rhesa (Luke 3:27)

Footnote: Yet, how could this be when according to the Tanach, in I Chronicles 3:19, 20 the seven sons

of Zerubbabel are as follows:

a. Meshullam

b. Hananiah

c. Hashubah

d. Ohel

f. Berechiah

g. Hasadiah

h. Jushabhesed

Footnote: Thus, the names of either Abiud or Rhesa do not fit in anyway.

30. Who was the father of Uzziah?

(a) Joram (Matthew 1:8)

(b) Amaziah (2 Chronicles 26:1)

31. Who as the father of Jechoniah?

(a) Josiah (Matthew 1:11)

(b) Jeholakim (I Chronicles 3:16)

32. How many generations were there from the Babylonian exile until Christ?

(a) Matthew says fourteen (Matthew 1:17)

(b) But a careful count of the generations reveals only thirteen (see Matthew 1: 12-16)

33. Who was the father of Shelah?

(a) Cainan (Luke 3:35-36)

(b) Arphaxad (Genesis 11:12)

34. Was John the Baptist Elijah who was to come?

(a) Yes (Matthew II: 14, 17:10-13)

(b) No (John 1:19-21)

35. Would Jesus inherit David’s throne?

(a) Yes. So said the angel (Luke 1:32)

(b) No, since he is a descendant of Jehoiakim (see Matthew 1: I 1, I Chronicles 3:16).

And Jehoiakim was cursed by God so that none of his descendants can sit upon David’s throne

(Jeremiah 36:30)

This one is the most disturbing to me to a point, but not that much, for I already know that our holy

culture was lost long ago, much of it seems to have been lost before Alexander came around or

sometime before the Septuagint was formed in 285 BCE. The reason it is disturbing, because we

do not even know anything about the saviour of the world!!!! How is he linked to King David, because

by what is said here in this Jeremiah passage, it is clear he cannot come from Jehoiakim. In all truth

however, Josiah had several children. And three of them became the kings of Judah after he died.

36. 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.”

37. How did Simon Peter find out that Jesus was the Christ?

(a) By a revelation from heaven (Matthew 16:17)

(b) His brother Andrew told him (John 1:41)

38. Where did Jesus first meet Simon Peter and Andrew?

(a) By the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 4:18-22)

(b) On the banks of river Jordan (John 1:42). After that, Jesus decided to go to Galilee (John 1:43)

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39. When Jesus met Jairus was Jairus’ daughter already dead?

(a) Yes. Matthew 9:18 quotes him as saying, “My daughter has just died.”

(b) No. Mark 5:23 quotes him as saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death.”

40. Did Jesus allow his disciples to keep a staff on their journey?

(a) Yes (Mark6: 8)

(b) No (Matthew 10:9; Luke 9:3)

41. Did Herod think that Jesus was John the Baptist?

(a) Yes (Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:16)

(b) No (Luke 9:9)

42. Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus before his baptism?

(a) Yes (Matthew 3:13-14)

(b) No (John 1:32,33)

43. Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus after his baptism?

(a) Yes (John 1:32, 33)

(b) No (Matthew 11:2)

44. According to the Gospel of John, what did Jesus say about bearing his own witness?

(a) “If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true” (John 5:3 1)

(b) “Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true” (John 8:14)

45. When Jesus entered Jerusalem did he cleanse the temple that same day?

(a) Yes (Matthew 21:12)

(b) No. He went into the temple and looked around, but since it was very late he did nothing.

Instead, he went to Bethany to spend the night and returned the next morning to cleanse the

temple (Mark I 1:117).

46. The Gospels say that Jesus cursed a fig tree. Did the tree wither at once?

(a) Yes. (Matthew 21:19)

(b) No. It withered overnight (Mark II: 20)

47. Did Judas kiss Jesus?

(a) Yes (Matthew 26:48-50)

(b) No. Judas could not get close enough to Jesus to kiss him (John 18:3-12)

48. What did Jesus say about Peter’s denial?

(a) “The cock will not crow till you have denied me three times” (John 13:38).

(b) “Before the cock crows twice you will deny me three times” (Mark 14:30). When the cock crowed

once, the three denials were not yet complete (see Mark 14:72). Therefore prediction (a) failed.

49. Did Jesus bear his own cross?

(a) Yes (John 19:17)

(b) No (Matthew 27:31-32)

50. Did Jesus die before the curtain of the temple was torn?

(a) Yes (Matthew 27:50-5 1;Mark 15:37-38)

(b) No. After the curtain was torn, then Jesus crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into thy hands

I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last (Luke 23:45-46)

51. Did Jesus say anything secretly?

(a) No. “I have said nothing secretly” (John 18:20)

(b) Yes. “He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained

everything” (Mark 4:34). The disciples asked him “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it

has not been given” (Matthew 13: 1 0-11)

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52. 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)

53. The gospels say that two thieves were crucified along with Jesus. Did both thieves mock Jesus?

(a) Yes (Mark 15:32)

(b) No. One of them mocked Jesus, the other defended Jesus (Luke 23:43)

54. Did Jesus ascend to Paradise the same day of the crucifixion?

(a) Yes. He said to the thief who defended him, “Today you will be with me in Paradise” (Luke 23:43)

(b) No. He said to Mary Magdalene two days later, “I have not yet ascended to the Father” (John 20:17)

55. When Paul was on the road to Damascus he saw a light and heard a voice. Did those who were

with him hear the voice?

(a) Yes (Acts9: 7)

(b) No (Acts22: 9)

56. When Paul saw the light he fell to the ground. Did his traveling companions also fall to the ground?

(a) Yes (Acts 26:14)

(b) No (Acts 9:7)

57. Did the voice spell out on the spot what Paul’s duties were to be?

(a) Yes (Acts 26:16-18)

(b) No. The voice commanded Paul to go into the city of Damascus and there he will be told what he

must do. (Acts9: 7; 22: 10)

58. When the Israelites dwelt in Shittim they committed adultery with the daughters of Moab. God struck

them with a plague. How many people died in that plague?

(a) Twenty-four thousand (Numbers 25:1 and 9)

(b) Twenty-three thousand (I Corinthians 10:8)

59. How many members of the house of Jacob came to Egypt?

(a) Seventy souls (Genesis 4&27)

(b) Seventy-five souls (Acts 7:14)

60. What did Judas do with the blood money he received for betraying Jesus?

(a) He bought a field (Acts 1: 18)

(b) He threw all of it into the temple and went away. The priests could not put the blood money into

the temple treasury, so they used it to buy a field to bury strangers (Matthew 27:5)

61. How did Judas die?

(a) After he threw the money into the temple he went away and hanged himself (Matthew 27:5)

(b) After he bought the field with the price of his evil deed he fell headlong and burst open in the

middle and all his bowels gushed out (Acts 1:18)

62. Why is the field called “Field of Blood”?

a) Because the priests bought it with the blood money (Matthew 27:8)

(b) Because of the bloody death of Judas therein (Acts 1:19)

63. Who is a ransom for whom?

(a) “The Son of Man came...to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). “Christ Jesus who gave

himself as a ransom for all... “(I Timothy 2:5-6)

(b) “The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright” (Proverbs 21:18)

64. Is the Law of Moses useful?

(a) Yes. “All scripture is... profitable...” (2 Timothy 3:16)

(b) No. “ . . . A former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and

uselessness... “(Hebrews 7:18)

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65. 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)

(d) “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews” (John 19:19)

66. Did Herod want to kill John the Baptist?

(a) Yes (Matthew 14:5)

(b) No. It was Herodias, the wife of Herod who wanted to kill him. But Herod knew that he was a

righteous man and kept him safe (Mark 6:20)

67. Who was the tenth disciple of Jesus in the list of twelve?

(a) Thaddaeus (Matthew 10: 1-4; Mark 3:13 -19)

(b) Judas son of James is the corresponding name in Luke’s gospel (Luke 6:12-16)

68. Jesus saw a man sit at the tax collector’s office and called him to be his disciple. What was his name?

(a) Matthew (Matthew 9:9)

(b) Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27)

69. 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 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 hail 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)

70. Did Jesus pray to The Father to prevent the crucifixion?

(a) Yes. (Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42)

(b) No. (John 12:27)

71. In the gospels which say that Jesus prayed to avoid the cross, how many times did ‘he move away

from his disciples to pray?

(a) Three (Matthew 26:36-46 and Mark 14:32-42)

(b) One. No opening is left for another two times. (Luke 22:39-46)

72. Matthew and Mark agree that Jesus went away and prayed three times. What were the words of the

second prayer?

(a) Mark does not give the words but he says that the words were the same as the first

prayer (Mark 14:3 9)

(b) Matthew gives us the words, and we can see that they are not the same as in the

first (Matthew 26:42)

73. What did the centurion say when Jesus dies?

(a) “Certainly this man was innocent” (Luke 23:47)

(b) “Truly this man was the Son of God” (Mark 15:39)

74. When Jesus said “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken Me? ” in what language did he speak?

(a) Hebrew: the words are “Eli, Eli…“(Matthew 27:46)

(b) Aramaic: the words are “Eloi, Eloi... “(Mark 15:34)

75. According to the gospels, what were the last words of Jesus before he died?

(a) “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!” (Luke 23:46)

(b) "It is finished" (John 19:30).

76. When Jesus entered Capernaum he healed the slave of a centurion. Did the centurion come

personally to request Jesus for this?

(a) Yes (Matthew 8:5)

(b) No. He sent some elders of the Jews and his friends (Luke 7:3,6)

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THIS ONE IS NOT A CONTRADITION BUT DUE TO HIS LACK OF UNDERSTANDING, HE THINKS IT IS!!!

77. (a) Adam was told that if and when he eats the forbidden fruit he would die the same day (Genesis 2:17)

(b) Adam ate the fruit and went on to live to a ripe old age of 930 years (Genesis 5:5)

COMMENTS AND THE TRUTH: First things first, it would be highly unjust of HaShem to slay a man over

food!!! But, not unjust if He desires to strip Adam from the ability to escape death, which the tree of life

was able to do. So the main word in phrase of HaShem is the word, "surely." Because this word

means, "assuredly" or "definitely." For this is the direct quote of HaShem, "The day you eat of it you

will surely die." Did HaShem mean right then and there? Would that be just on HaShem's part, to slay

a person over food? No!!! Rather, what He meant, without twisting a thing is this: The day you eat of the

tree of knowledge, will be that day you will no longer have the access to reach forth to obtain the fruit

from the tree of life that can give you life without end, unto the judgment. Thus, you will surely and

most defiantly die, you shall not live on a continual basis.

For Adam was already destined to die or was going to die, but the fruit from the tree of life had the

power and ability to change that scenario so that he would, in fact, NOT die.

THIS ONE IS NOT A CONTRADITION BUT DUE TO HIS LACK OF UNDERSTANDING, HE THINKS IT IS!!!

78. (a) God decided that the life span of humans will be limited to 120 years (Genesis 6:3)

(b) Many people born after that lived longer than 120. Arpachshad lived 438 years. His son Shelah

lived 433 years. His son Eber lived 464 years, etc. (Genesis 11:12-16)

COMMENTS AND THE TRUTH: The direct quote from HaShem is this, "My spirit shall not always strive

with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years [KJV]." Or,

"My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for that he also is flesh; therefore shall his days be a hundred

and twenty years [Jewish Publication Society]." Or, "My breath shall not abide in man forever, since

he is flesh; His days are determined [or weighed] - 120 years [my rendering]." HaShem was not

talking about mankind's lifespan, rather He was giving a time limit on how long He will give mankind

to repent and to turn from their evil ways and do good, lest He destroy all life upon dry land by

means of a flood at the end of those determined days if they do not repent. Thus, this is a prophecy,

in that 120 years following that very moment He will destroy all life that lives on the dry ground if they

change not, for He is rich in mercy and desired not to destroy anyone. For if HaShem NEVER changes,

then we could use Ezekiel 18 as an example, there it says, "Therefore I will judge you, O house of

Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn [yourselves] from all

your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions,

whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O

house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore

turn [yourselves], and live ye."

79 . Apart from Jesus did anyone else ascend to heaven?

(a) No (John 3:13)

(b) Yes. “And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven” (2 Kings 2:11)

80. Who was high priest when David went into the house of God and ate the consecrated bread?

(a) Abiathar (Mark 2:26)

(b) Ahimelech, the father of Abiathar (I Samuel 1:1; 22:20)

81. Was Jesus’ body wrapped in spices before burial in accordance with Jewish burial customs?

(a) Yes and his female disciples witnessed his burial (John 19:39-40)

(b) No. Jesus was simply wrapped in a linen shroud. Then the women bought and prepared spices “so that they may go and anoint him [Jesus)” (Mark 16: 1)

82. When did the women buy the spices?

(a) After “the Sabbath was past” (Mark 16:1)

(b) Before the Sabbath. The women “prepared spices and ointments.” Then, “on the Sabbath they

rested according to the commandment” (Luke 23:55 to 24:1)

83. At what time of day did the women visit the tomb?

(a) “Toward the dawn” (Matthew 28: 1)

(b) “When the sun had risen” (Mark 16:2)

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84. What was the purpose for which the women went to the tomb?

(a) To anoint Jesus’ body with spices (Mark 16: 1; Luke 23:55 to 24: 1)

(b) To see the tomb. Nothing about spices here (Matthew 28: 1)

Sabbath (John 20: 1)

85. A large stone was placed at the entrance of the tomb. Where was the stone when the women arrived?

(a) They saw that the stone was “Rolled back” (Mark 16:4) They found the stone “rolled away from the

tomb” (Luke 24:2) They saw that “the stone had been taken away from the tomb” (John 20:1)

(b) As the women approached, an angel descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and conversed

with the women. Matthew made the women witness the spectacular rolling away of the stone

(Matthew 28:1-6)

86. Did anyone tell the women what occurred to Jesus’ body?

(a) Yes. “A young man in a white robe” (Mark 16:5). “Two men ... in dazzling apparel” later described

as angels (Luke 24:4 and 24:23). An angel - the one who rolled back the stone (Matthew 16:2).

In each case the women were told that Jesus had risen from the dead (Matthew 28:7; Mark 16:6;

Luke 24:5 footnote)

(b) No. Mary met no one and returned saying, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do

not know where they have laid him” (John 20:2)

87. When did Mary Magdalene first meet the resurrected Jesus? And how did she react?

(a) Mary and the other women met Jesus on their way back from their first and only visit to the tomb.

They took hold of his feet and worshipped him (Matthew 28:9)

(b) On her second visit to the tomb Mary met Jesus just outside the tomb. When she saw Jesus she

did not recognize him. She mistook him for the gardener. She still thinks that Jesus’ body is laid to

rest somewhere and she demands to know where. But when Jesus said her name she at once

recognized him and called him “Teacher.” Jesus said to her, “Do not hold me...” (John 20:11 to 17)

88. What was Jesus’ instruction for his disciples?

(a) “Tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me” (Matthew 2 8: 10)

(b) “Go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God

and your God” (John 20:17) [WHICH WAS IN JERUSALEM - WHEN THEY SAW HIM THE FIRST

TIME - Maregaal Ben Yaakov]

89. 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 24:3 3). 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)

90. To whom did the Midianites sell Joseph?

(a) “To the Ishmaelites” (Genesis 37:28)

(b) “To Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh” (Genesis 37:36)

91. Who brought Joseph to Egypt?

(a) The Ishmaelites bought Joseph and then “took Joseph to Egypt” (Genesis 37:28)

(b) “The Midianites had sold him in Egypt” (Genesis 37:36) (c) Joseph said to his brothers “I am

your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt” (Genesis 45:4)

92. Does God change his mind?

(a) Yes. “The word of the Lord came to Samuel: “I repent that I have made

Saul King...” (I Samuel 15:10 to 11)

(b) No. God “will not lie or repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent” (I Samuel 15:29)

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Notice that the above three quotes are all from the same chapter of the same book! In addition,

the Bible shows that God repented on several other occasions:

i. “The Lord was sorry that he made man” (Genesis 6:6) “I am sorry that I have made

them” (Genesis 6:7)

ii. “And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people” (Exodus 32:14).

iii. (Lots of other such references).

93. 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.

94. Who killed Goliath?

(a) David (I Samuel 17:23, 50)

(b) Elhanan (2 Samuel 21:19)

95. Who killed Saul?

(a) “Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.... Thus Saul died... (I Samuel 31:4-6)

(b) An Amalekite slew him (2 Samuel 1:1- 16)

96. 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 1:810)

(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)

97. Who will bear whose burden?

(a) “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2)

(b) “Each man will have to bear his own load” (Galatians 6:5)

98. How many disciples did Jesus appear to after his resurrection?

(a) Twelve (I Corinthians 15:5)

(b) Eleven (Matthew 27:3-5 and Acts 1:9-26, see also Matthew 28:16; Mark 16:14 footnote;

Luke 24:9; Luke 24:3 3)

99. Where was Jesus three days after his baptism?

(a) After his baptism, “the spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the

wilderness forty days ... (Mark 1:12-13)

(b) Next day after the baptism, Jesus selected two disciples. Second day: Jesus went to

Galilee - two more disciples. Third day: Jesus was at a wedding feast in Cana in Galilee

(see John 1:35; 1:43; 2:1-11)

100. Was baby Jesus’ life threatened in Jerusalem?

(a) Yes, so Joseph fled with him to Egypt and stayed there until Herod died (Matthew 2:13 23)

(b) No. The family fled nowhere. They calmly presented the child at the Jerusalem temple according

to the Jewish customs and returned to Galilee (Luke 2:21-40)

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101. When Jesus walked on water how did the disciples respond?

(a) They worshipped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God” (Matthew 14:33)

(b) “They were utterly astounded, for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts

were hardened” (Mark 6:51-52)

Actually, if you only read the two stories found in Matthew and Mark, there is no contradiction in the manner in which Shabbir Abby points out but in a different way.

First and foremost, Mark is simply stating the fact that the disciples should not have been so surprised because how Yoshua just feed 5,000 people with only 5 loaves of bread and two fish. Now here is what the gospel of Mark really says, using the KJV, "when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. For they considered not [the miracle] of the loaves: for their heart was hardened."

And here is what Matthew says, "And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid..... And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the son of God. "

What I underlined is the true contradiction, because in Mark it says they kept their thoughts to themselves, whereas in Matthew they outrightly uttered, "thou art the son of God."

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