Bible Contradiction
King David’s Famine: A Bible Contradiction?
Bible critics like to teach that Scripture is filled with contradictions. It is thought that if the Bible contradicts itself then it is not trustworthy. One alleged contradiction occurs in...
How Many Sons did Abraham have? A Look at an Alleged Bible Contradiction
Genesis 22:2 says, “Then God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love…’” Yet Genesis 16 records how Abraham became the father of Ishmael. In fact, it...
Did Moses Write His Obituary? (Deuteronomy 34)
The first five books of the Bible (Genesis – Deuteronomy) were written by Moses during the 40 years of wondering in the desert. This is taught in the Old and...
Matthew’s Genealogy of Jesus – A Contradiction of Kings?
The Gospel of Matthew begins with a genealogy connecting Jesus back to Abraham, the father of the Jewish people. Matthew starts Jesus’ story with this list of names because he...
Can God Be Tempted?
Some people think that there is a contradiction concerning the topic of whether God can or cannot be tempted. Look at the following verses:...
The Death of Judas Iscariot
The Gospel of Matthew says that Judas Iscariot died by hanging himself (27:5). However, when we read Acts 1:18 Peter says something different: “…he fell headlong, his body burst open...
Three Days and Three Nights
Matthew 12:40 says, “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, the Son of Man will be three days and three nights...
The Ancestors of Jesus: A Contradiction?
One of the most common contradictions that skeptics claim that exists in the Gospels is the discrepancies between Matthew and Luke’s genealogies of Jesus. Matthew (1:2-16) begins his gospel with...