RE: What is your Favorite Religious Contradiction?
May 26, 2011 at 7:38 am
(This post was last modified: May 26, 2011 at 7:53 am by chatpilot.)
Great choice of contradictions Taylor! I too have so many I could write a book on the subject but I will just mention one right now for example what were the last words of Christ as he died on the cross?
1.And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'But Jesus, again crying out in a loud voice, yielded up his spirit. Matthew 27:46,50
2.But Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. Mark 15:37
3.Jesus cried out in a loud voice saying, 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.' With these words he breathed his last. Luke 23:46
4.After Jesus had taken the wine he said, 'It is fulfilled'; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit. John 19:30
Did Jesus carry his own cross or was he assisted?
1. On their way out, they came across a man from Cyrene, called Simon, and enlisted him to carry his cross. Matthew 27:32
2. They enlisted a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross. Mark 15:21
3. As they were leading him away they seized on a man, Simon from Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and made him shoulder the cross and carry it behind Jesus. Luke 23:26
4. So at that Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. They then took charge of Jesus,and carrying his own cross he went out to the Place of the Skull or, as it is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, John 19:16,17
As you can see all of the synoptic gospels agree that Jesus did not carry his own cross, but John states that he did. It is interesting that in most movie depictions of Jesus crucifixion they almost always show him bearing his own cross or being assisted part ways. But according to the above mentioned scriptures he did not carry his cross at all Simon of Cyrene did. If you read the crucifixion and resurrection stories in all four gospels you will have enough contradictions to shake a stick at.
1.And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'But Jesus, again crying out in a loud voice, yielded up his spirit. Matthew 27:46,50
2.But Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. Mark 15:37
3.Jesus cried out in a loud voice saying, 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.' With these words he breathed his last. Luke 23:46
4.After Jesus had taken the wine he said, 'It is fulfilled'; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit. John 19:30
Did Jesus carry his own cross or was he assisted?
1. On their way out, they came across a man from Cyrene, called Simon, and enlisted him to carry his cross. Matthew 27:32
2. They enlisted a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross. Mark 15:21
3. As they were leading him away they seized on a man, Simon from Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and made him shoulder the cross and carry it behind Jesus. Luke 23:26
4. So at that Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. They then took charge of Jesus,and carrying his own cross he went out to the Place of the Skull or, as it is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, John 19:16,17
As you can see all of the synoptic gospels agree that Jesus did not carry his own cross, but John states that he did. It is interesting that in most movie depictions of Jesus crucifixion they almost always show him bearing his own cross or being assisted part ways. But according to the above mentioned scriptures he did not carry his cross at all Simon of Cyrene did. If you read the crucifixion and resurrection stories in all four gospels you will have enough contradictions to shake a stick at.
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