Category: External Contradictions Of The Bible
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Geographical Errors Within The New Testament
It is well known that the Gospel of Mark contains numerous geographical errors. This is summed up in Kummel’s classic, Introduction to the New Testament: [T]he considerations against this assumption [that John Mark, companion of Peter, wrote the gospel of Mark] carry weight. The author obviously has no personal knowledge of Palestinian geography, as the…
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Washing of Hands Practised by “All The Jews”?
There is a problem with this passage, however: the ritual washing of hands was obligatory only on the priests! So the question remains, if the author was a native of Palestine and a Jew, then how was he so ignorant of the Jewish customs and made such a fundamental error regarding a practice that was…
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A Worldwide Census under Quirinius?
There is an attempt by each writer of the Synoptic Gospels to either re-correct or present their own version of what they perceive to be the “accurate” story of Jesus’ birth, and this has caused disagreements between the gospel records. The discrepancies between the different gospel records were so numerous and glaring that it did…
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Gamaliel And The Revolt of Theudas
In Acts 5:36, Gamaliel is recorded to have said as follows concerning the Jewish revolt of Theudas against the Roman Empire: Pro gar toutoon toon heemeroon anestee Theudas legoon einai tina heauton, hoo proseklithee androon arithmos hoos tetrakosioon, hos aneerethee, kai pantes hosoi epeithonto autoo dielutheesan kai egenonto eis ouden. “For before these days rose…
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The Eclipse of Matthew 27?
In the article Historical Errors in the Qur’an? I briefly touched upon the events mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew surrounding the crucifixion of the Prophet Isa(P). With regards to the crucifixion of ‘Isa(P), it is recorded in the Gospel of Matthew: Matthew 27:4 “From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over…