Monday, July 11, 2016

Examples of the Contradictions in the Bible..


And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred’ horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen … (2 Samuel 8:4) (KJV).   

And took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen … (1 Chronicles 18:4) (KVJ).
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of a famine come unto thee in thy land? Or wilt thou flee three  months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? … (2 Samuel 24:13) (KJV).

So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose three. Either three years’ Famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee … (1 Chronicles 21:11,12) (KJV).
… It held two thousand baths. (1King 7:26).
… It held three thousand baths. (2 Chronicles 4:5).
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. (1 Kings 4: 26) (KJV).
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen … (2 chronicles 9:25) (KJV)
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign … (2 Kings 8:26) KJV)
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign … (2 chronicles 22:2) (KJV).
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months… (2 Kings 24:8) (KJV)
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem… (2 Chronicles 36:9) (KJV)
If I testify about myself, my testimony is not valid. (John 5:31)
… Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid … (John 8:14).
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession.” (Matthew 15:21,22).
Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre… a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. (Mark 7:24-26).
… Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. The chief priests picked up the coins… they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field .. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty silver coins, the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter’s field … (Matthew 27:5-10)
With the reward he got for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out .. it is written in the book of Psalms, “May his place be deserted; let there be no-one to dwell in it … (Acts 1:18-20). 
And Jecob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. (Matthew 1:16).
… He (Jesus) was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli (Luke 3:23).
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matthew 12: 40).

Note: Jesus (pbuh) will be buried for 3 days and 3 nights.
He asked for Jesus’ body. Then he took it down wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no-one had yet been laid. It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin. (Luke 23:52-54).
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day if the week… He Jesus in not here; he has risen … (Matthew 28:1,6)
Note: Jesus (pbuh) was buried for 1 day and 2 nights.
There were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff-no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. Wear sandals but not as extra tunic (Mark 6:8,9).
He told them:” Take nothing for the journey- no staf, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic. (Luke 9:3).
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: … take no bag for the journey, or extra tunic, or sandals or a staff .. (Matthew 10:5-10).
… a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering.” Jesus said to him, “I will go and heal him.” The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. (Matthew 8: 5-8).
Note: The centurion himself asked Jesus for help!
… the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don`t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you.  But say the word, and my servant will be healed (Luke 7:6,7)

Note: The centurion did not meet Jesus but asked him for help through intermediaries.
     
       The above are just few examples of the contradictions in the Bible. Dr. Muhammed Ali Alkhuli, in his book “A comparison Between the four Gospels”, presented hundreds of contradiction in the New Testament and commented:

     “Remember that I am giving here mere examples of contradictions in the NT(New Testament)… One may argue that these are minor points of disagreement. In answer to this argument, I would emphasize that with God`s word, we do not expect neither minor nor major contradictions because God is the Perfect, the All-Knowing word.” (Dar Alfalah, 1998, p41).