Category: Internal Contradictions Of The Bible

  • Where was Jesus put on when he was crucified?

    Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi In Mark 15: 32, we are told that Jesus was put on a “cross” to be crucified: Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him. The word for “cross” here in Greek is…

  • What Nation Was that Gentile Woman From?

    Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi In Matthew 15:22, we are told that the Gentile woman who went and met Jesus in order to ask his help to cure her daughter was a Canaanite: And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son…

  • Who Fashioned The Golden Calf?

    The Christian missionaries have accused the Qur’an of making a “contradiction” on the issue of who was responsible for the worship of the Golden Calf. It is further interesting to note, however, that the New Testament contradicts the Old Testament on the matter of blaming Aaron(P) solely for the fashioning of the Golden Calf. Exodus…

  • Who Killed Goliath?

    Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi In 1 Samuel 17: 51, we are told that David slewed the Philistine champion Goliath: Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion…

  • Various Numerical Contradictions Between Verses in the Old Testament

    Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi Various numerical contradictions can be seen between the verses contained within the Old Testament. We note the following numerical discrepencies, as follows: II Chronicles 36:9 says that Jehoiachin was 8 years old when he became king. II Kings 24:8 says Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king. II Samuel…

  • Was Keturah the Wife or the Concubine of Abraham?

    According to Genesis 25:1, Keturah is described as being Abraham’s wife: “Abraham married another wife named Keturah.” The word used for wife in the Hebrew is (‘ishshah) (Strong’s No. 802)[1] and The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (2001) defines the meaning of the word as “woman, wife, female”[2]. But according to I Chronicles 1:32, we…