Questions tagged [contradiction]
Questions tagged with this tag seek a resolution to an apparent contradiction in the Bible.
50 questions from the last 365 days
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Is there a conflict between 2 Chronicles 34 & 2 Kings 22/23 finding Moses Book of Law?
2 Chronicles 34 Josiah King of Judah purged the idols before finding Moses Book of Law and speaking to the prophet Huldah yet 2 Kings 22 & 23 it implies that they destroyed the idols after finding ...
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How is Malachi 4:5,6 related to 1 Corinthians 5:11
Why is Malachi 4:5,6 quoted to show that shunning is not a Christian practice in light of 1 Corinthians 5:11 and similar verses?
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that ...
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Did the Triumphal Entry "Shake the Whole City" (Matthew 21) or basically Fizzle Out (Mark 11)?
It strikes me that Jesus' entry into Jerusalem is described quite differently in Mark than in Matthew.
Mark 11
11 He entered Jerusalem and went into the temple area. He looked
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Reasons for nations remaining in the Promised Land
Regarding the nations that Israel did not drive out of the Promised Land during the time of Joshua, it seems multiple reasons are given for why the nations were not wholly removed:
Inability, due to ...
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Ezekiel 14:12-20 states that sons and daughters cannot be delivered due to ancestral righteousness. Ezekiel 14:21-23 seems to contradict this
In the Ezekiel 14:12-20 bible passage, Ezekiel 14:16 states that Noah, Daniel & Job's imputed very own righteousness can Only deliver themselves.
Ezekiel 14:18 and 14:20 state that the ...
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Matthew 12: 31-37 I feel these verses contradict eachother
I am struggling to understand the meaning of these verses.
Matthew 12:31-37, CSB:
“Therefore, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not ...
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Was Joseph sold to Ishmaelites or Midianites? [duplicate]
From Genesis 37:
25Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing bgum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to ...
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Isaiah 65:20 says some will die on the new earth. Rev. 21:4 says there will be no more death. Contradiction vs. progressive revelation?
Isaiah 65:20 says some will die on the new earth. Rev. 21:4 says there will be no more death.
We obviously can't yet know who is correct. Is this a contradiction? Was Isaiah seeing "through a ...
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How long are our days?
Are our days numbered 120 or 70/80 years?
Genesis 6:3
So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
Psalms 90:10
The length of our ...
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Are Leviticus 4:20 and 5:10 in contradiction to Hebrews 10:4?
In the Law it says that sins will be forgiven in the sacrificial system
Lev 4:20 - In this way the priest will make atonement for the
community, and they will be forgiven.
Lev 5:10 - The priest ...
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Does John 13:1 Mean that the described Meal was not the Last Supper
Note: The question is similar to Does John 13 refer to the Lord's supper? but focuses on the issue of the date, which does not seem to figure in the other question.
John 13:1-2
Before the feast ...
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Were Moses and Aaron cut off from their own people?
In Leviticus 18:29 NIV, it states as follows:
Everyone who does any of these detestable things—such persons must be cut off from their people.
And in Exodus 6:20, it states as follows:
Amram ...
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Is there a conflict between Samuel and Deuteronomy regarding the killing of infants?
Why would infants be slaughtered because of the parents evil, and is there a conflict between Samuel and Deuteronomy?
1 Samuel 15:3 - Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they ...
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At What Point Did Jesus Surrender When He was Arrested? (John 18 vs. Luke 22)
John 18
3 So Judas got a band of soldiers and guards from the chief priests
and the Pharisees and went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
4 Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen ...
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How do I explain the discrepancy concerning the women's reaction to the angel at the tomb's message?
There seems to be a discrepancy in the gospels concerning the women's reaction to the words of the angels at the tomb. The women in Matthew 28, Mark 16, and Luke 24 hear the message that Jesus died ...
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