Some Bible problems with
common Christian doctrines 

 (1) "And God said, Let there be light" (Gen. 1:3) and "...And the evening and
the morning were the first day" (Gen. 1:5), versus
"And God said, 'Let there be light in the firmament of the heaven to divide
the day from the night.... ' "And God made two lights; the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars
also.... And
the evening and morning were the fourth day" (Gen. 1:14-19).
(a) God created light on the first day; yet there were no moon, sun or stars
until the fourth day; 
(b) how could it be known when the first three days ended if there was no sun
until the fourth day?; and 
(c) How could morning be distinguished from evening, if the sun and the moon
were yet to be created? 

(2) "And God said,'Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yeilding seed,
and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind.... And the evening and the
morning were the third day" (Gen. 1:11-13), versus "And God made two great
lights; the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the
night; he made the stars also" (Gen. 1:16), and "the evening and the morning
were the fourth day" (Gen. 1:19). Vegetation was created on the third day; yet
there was no sun for the photosynthesis until the fourth day.
(3) " In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Gen. 1:1),
and"... the evening and the morning were the first day"
(Gen.1:5), versus "And God made two great lights; and the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also"
(Gen. 1:16) and the evening and the morning were the fourth day" (Gen. 1:19).
(a) According to biblical "science", the earth was created 3 days before the
sun, the moon and the stars; €(b) Scientists say there are many stars whose
light takes millions of years to reach the earth. How, then, could they be
6,000 to 8,000 years old as many Christians allege?

(4) "And God said, 'Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,
and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind...' And the evening and the
morning were the third day" (Gen. 1:11-13), versus "And God said, 'Let the
waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life... And God
created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters
brought forth abundantly.... And the evening and the morning were the fifth
day" (Gen.1:20-23). Genesis says that life existed first on the land as plants
and later the seas teemed with living creatures. Geological science says that
the sea teemed with animals and vegetable life long before life appeared on
land. 
(5) " So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that
moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds,and every winged
bird according to its kind.... And there was evening and there was morning, a
fifth day" (Gen. 1:21-23 RSV). Geological science says fishes appeared long
before the birds. They were not created during the same day or period.
(6) "And God created...every winged fowl after his kind...." (Gen. 1-21) and
"And the evening and the morning were the fifth day"
(Gen. 1:23), versus "And God made ther beast of the earth... and every thing
that creepeth upon the earth after his kind...." (Gen. 1-25), and "... the
evening and the morning were the sixth day" (Gen. 1:31). Science says creeping
reptiles appeared on the earth before the fowl, not afterwards.
(7) "And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his
kind, cattle, and creeping thing, the beast of the earth after his kind: and it
was so. And God made...every thing that creepth upon the earth after his
kind...." (Gen. 1:24-25). Science contends that reptiles were created long
before mammals, not simultaneously. While reptiles existed in the Pennsylvanian
Period, mammals did not appear until the close of the Reptilian Age.
(8) "And God said, 'Let the water bring forth abundantly the moving creature
that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of
heaven" (Gen. 1:20). Birds did not emerge from water.
(9) "So God created man in his own image,...male and female created he them"
(Gen. 1:27), and "the evening and the morning were
the sixth day" (Gen. 1:31). If Adam was created on the 6th day, approximately
6,000 years ago (Bishop Usher's calculations), then nobody lived before 4,000
B.C. Prehistoric men would be fictitious. By tracing the genealogy of Jesus
back 77 generations to Adam, the third chapter of Luke also supports belief in
a very young earth. If each man had lived approximately 100 years, then the
world would be no more than 9,684 (7,700 + 1984) years old. If each of Jesus'
ancestors had lived to be 1,000 years old (an age not even reached by
Methuselah), the earth would still be only 78,984 (77,000 + 1984) years old,
according to creationists.
(10) "And to every beast of the earth, and every fowl of the air, and to every
thing that creepeth upon the earth wherein there is life, I have given every
green herb for meat: and it was so" (Gen. 1:30). Carnivorous beasts and fowl do
not eat green herbs.
(11) "And God saw everything that he had made...." (Gen. 1:31) and "on the
seventh day God ended his work" (Gen. 2:2).
Scientifically speaking, unless God had male organs or attributes, it is
difficult to see how God could be masculine. 
(12) "And out of the ground the Lord formed every beast of the field, and every
fowl of the air; and bought them to Adam to see what he would call them: and
whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof"
(Gen. 2:19).
Environmentally speaking, how could every living creature be brought to any
spot in the Middle East or elsewhere without many animals dying because of
climatic changes and other factors? 
(13) "And Lord God said unto the serpent, 'Because thou hast done this, thou
art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly
shalt thou go, and dust shalt eat all the days of thy life'..." (Gen. 3:14).
If the serpent was a snake, snake-like, or reptilian in character and condemned
to crawl upon its belly, how did it move before? And does science know of any
serpent that eats dust?
(a) "... and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, Jusha-bhesed,
five." (1 Chron. 3:19-20). How can there be five sons of Zerubbabel when 7
males and one female are listed? 
(b) "And it had for its inheritance Beer-sheba, Sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
Balah, Ezem, Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazarsuah,
Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen- thirteen cities with their villages" (Josh. 19:2-6
RSV). Fourteen cities are listed, not 13.
(c) "The cities belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme
South, toward the boundary of Edom, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah, Dimonah,
Adadah, Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, Hazor-hadattah,
Kerioth-hezron (that is Hazor). Amam,Shema, Moladah, Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon,
Bethpelet, Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba, Biziothiah, Baalah, Iim, Ezem, Eltolad,
Chesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and
Rimmon; in all twenty-nine(29) cities, with their villages" (Josh. 15:21-32
RSV). Thirty-six cities are listed, not 29.
(d)"...and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal and Barial, and Neariah,
and Shaphat, six" (1Chron. 3:22). Five names don't total six.
(e) "...the sons od Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshiah, Hashabiah, and
Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun,..." (1 Chron. 25:3).
Again, five names do not total six.
(f) "And in the lowland, Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah,
Enam, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Sha-araim, Adithaim, Gederah,
Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages" (Josh. 15:33-36 RSV). Fifteen
cities are listed, not 14.Bibical authors not only counted inaccurately but
often added with comparable precision.
(g) "The whole congregation together(those who returned from the Captivity-Ed.)
was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore (42,360)"
(Ezra 2:64). The number of people in each tribe that returned from the
Captivity are listed from Ezra 2:3 to Ezra 2:60. One need only total the
figures to see that 29,818 returned, not 42,360- an error of 12,542.
(h) A similar problem is encourntered in Neh. 7:66, which says, "the whole
congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and three-score
(42,360)." One need only add the figures between Neh. 7:8 and Neh. 7:62 to see
that the total for all the tribe should have been 31,089, not 42,360-- an error
of 11,271. Besides adding inaccurately, Ezra and Nehemiah can't agree on
what the total should be. The former supports 29,818 while the latter
asserts 31,089. 
(i) "And this is the number of them: Thirty (30) charges of gold, a thousand
(1,000) charges of silver, nine and twenty (29) knives, Thirty (30) basins of
gold, silver basins of a second sort four hundred and ten (410), and vessels a
thousand (1,000). All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and
four hundred (5,400)" (Ezra 1:9-11). Even if all these items were composed of
silver and gold, they would not total 5,400 (30+ 1,000+ 29 + 30 + 410 +
1,000=2,499 not 5,400).
(j) "And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and
Merari" (Num. 3:17) and "Those that were numbered of them (the
Gershonites-Ed.)...were seven thousand and five hundred (7,500)" (Num. 3:22)
and "...these are the families of the Kohathites...eight thousand and six
hundred (8,600)" (Num. 3:27-28) and "...these are the families of the Merari.
And those that were numbered of them,...were six thousand and two hundred
(6,200)" (Num.3:33-34), versus "All that were numbered of the Levites,...were
twenty and two thousand (22,000)" (Num. 3:39). The author of Numbers added
inaccurately, since 7,500 + 8,600 + 6,200 equals 22,300, not 22,000.
(a) David took seven hundred (2 Sam. 8:4), seven thousand (1 Chron. 18:4)
horsemen from Hadadezer; 
(b) Ahaziah was 22 (2 Kings 8:26), 42 (2 Chron. 22:2) years old when he began
to reign; 
(c) Jehoiachin was 18 (2 Kings 24:8), 8 (2 Chron. 36:9) years old when he began
to reign and he reigned 3 months (2 Kings 24:8), 3 months and10 days
(2 Chron. 36:9); 
(d) There were in Israel 8000,000 (2 Sam. 24:9); 1,1000,000 (1 Chron. 21:5) men
that drew the sword and there were 500,000 (2 Sam. 24:9), 470,000
(1 Chron. 21:5) men that drew the sword in Judah;
(e) There were 550 (1 Kings 9:23), 250 (2 Chron. 8:10) chiefs of the officers
that bare the rule over the people; 
(f) Saul's daughter, Michal, had no sons (2 Sam. 6:23), had 5 sons
(2 Sam. 21:6) during her lifetime; 
(g) Lot was Abraham's nephew (Gen. 14:12), brother (Gen. 14:14); 
(h) Joseph was sold into Egypt by Midianites (Gen. 37:36), by Ishmaelites
(Gen. 39:1); 
(i) Saul was killed by his own hands (1 Sam. 31:4), by a young Amalekite
(2 Sam. 1:10), by the Philistines (2 Sam. 21:12); 
(j) Solomon made of a molten sea which contained 2,000 (1 Kings 7:26), 3,000
(2 Chron. 4:5) baths;
(k) The workers on the Temple had 3,300 (1 Kings 5:16), 3,600 (2 Chron. 2:18)
overseers; 
(l) The earth does (Eccle. 1:4), does not (2 Peter 3:10) abideth forever;
(m) If Jesus bears witness of himself his witness is true (John 8:14), is not
true (John 5:31); 
(n) Josiah died at Megiddo (2 Kings 23:29-30), at Jerusalem (2 Chron. 35:24);
       (o) Jesus led Peter, James, and John up a high mountain after six
(Matt. 17:1, Mark 9:2), eight (Luke 9:28) days; 
(p) Nebuzaradan came unto Jerusalem on the seventh (2 Kings 25:8), tenth
(Jer. 52:12) day of the fifth month. 
What was the sign on Jesus' cross? 
This is Jesus 
The King of the Jews.
(Mt 27:37)

The King
of the Jews.
(Mk 15:26)

This is the
King of the Jews.
(Lk 23:38)

Jesus the Nazarene
The King of the Jews. (Jn 19:19)

1. How many Gods are there? 
(GEN 1:26) God said "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE ACCORDING TO OUR LIKENESS",
(GEN 3:22) God said "MAN HAS BECOME LIKE ONE OF US."
(DEUT 6:4) God is one God 

2. When was God first called Jehovah? 
(Genesis 4:26) long before Moses, men began to call on the name of the Lord,
"Jehovah", 
(Genesis 22:14) Abraham named a place Jehovah-jireh. "The Lord will provide." 
(Exodus 6:2-3) God informed Moses that previously His name (Jehovah) had been
unknown even to the patriarchs such as Abraham Isaac and Jacob.

3. When did the Nephilim live?
(Genesis 6:4) The Nephilim (giants) lived on earth prior to the Flood.
(Genesis 7:23) Only Noah and his family, and the animals on the Ark, survived
the Flood. 
(Numbers 13:33) Long after the Flood, the Nephilim (Giants) still lived.

4. Does God repent?
(Genesis 6:6) God does repent.
(Numbers 23:19) God does not repent
(I Samuel 15:11,35) God does repent.

5. Who has ascended to heaven?
(Genesis 5:24) Enoch was taken bodily into Heaven.
(II Kings 2:11) Elijah ascended to heaven in a whirlwind.
(John 3:13) Jesus said that no man but himself has ever ascended to heaven.
(Hebrews 11:5) Enoch was taken bodily into Heaven.

6. Math quiz: How many animals went on the Ark? 
(GEN 6:19-20) God told Noah to take with him on the ark two of every king
of animal to include birds, animals and creeping things 
(GEN 7:2-3) God told Noah to take with him on the ark seven of every clean
animal and bird and two of every unclean animal. 

7. Math quiz: How long was the flood? 
(GEN 7:17, 8:6) The flood was on the Earth 40 days and nights 
(GEN 7:24, 8:3) The flood was on the Earth 150 days CONTRADICTS 
(GEN 7:11) the flood began during the 600th year, 2nd month, 17th day of Noah's
life and finally dried up 
(GEN 8:13) during the 601st year, 1st month, 1st day of Noah's life (1 solar
year from the date given in Gen7:11). 

8. When did the world develop many different languages?
(Genesis 11:1,6-9) In the days of Babel, generations after the Flood, the world
had one common language. God "confused the tongues" to
create many.
(Genesis 10:5) Prior to Babel, the Bible speaks of many "nations", each with
its own language 

9. Does God cause confusion?
(GEN11:9) God confused the language of all the Earth at Babel
(EX15:24) God troubled (CONFUSED BY SOME TRANSLATIONS) the army of Egypt.
(1SAM7:10) God thundered upon the philistines so as to confuse them
(1COR14:33) God is not the author of confusion.

10. Math quiz: How long did Terah live?
(Genesis 11:26,32) Terah lived 135 years after begetting Abraham (he begat
Abram at age 70 and lived 205 years total).
(Genesis 12:4) Abraham was 75 years old when he departed Haran.
(Acts 7:4) Abraham departed Haran when his father (Terah) was dead.

11. Who has seen God?
(Gen 18:1) The Lord appeared to Abraham.
(GEN 32:24-30) Jacob saw and wrestled with God
(EX 24:9-11) Moses & 73 elders gazed upon God.
(Exodus 33:11) God spoke to Moses face-to-face.
(Exodus 33:22-23) God allowed Moses to see his "back parts".
(Deut 34:10) God spoke to Moses face-to-face.
(IS 6:1-13) Isaiah stood before God and saw him
(Ezekiel 1:27-28) Ezekiel saw God in a vision and described Him in some detail.
(Amos 7:7) Amos saw God.
(John 1:18, 6:46) No one has ever seen God.
(1 TIM6:16) God is un-seeable
(I John 4:12) No one has ever seen God.

12. Is God a fair and righteous judge?
(GEN 18:25) God claims to judge right
(GEN 22:1-2) God commands Abraham to sacrifice his own son.
(EX 20:5) God admits jealousy 
(DEUT 32:4) God is perfect, just, true, righteous, upright,
(PSALM 92:15) God is not unrighteous 
(IS 45:7) God claims to do good AND evil; all things
(JER 18:11) God threatens disaster to make a people be good
(EZEK 18:25) God claims to be fair
(AMOS 3:6) God admits he makes calamity
(ROM 2:11) God is impartial 
(JAMES 1:13) God is not tempted by evil and tempts no one with evil

13. Who was Keturah?
(GEN 25:1) Keturah was Abraham's wife
(1 CHRON 1:32) Keturah was Abraham's concubine.

14. Who sold Joseph into slavery? 
(Genesis 37:36) The Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, the courtier
of Pharaoh 
(Genesis 39:1) The Ishmaelites brought Joseph to Egypt and sold him to
Potiphar, the courtier of Pharaoh.

15. Where was Jacob buried?
(Genesis 50:13) Jacob was buried in Canaan. in a cave which Abraham had
purchased from Ephron the Hittite.
(Acts 7:15-16) Jacob was buried in Sychem. in a sepulchre which Abraham had
purchased from Emmor.

16. Does God condone or condemn lying?
(EX 2:18-20) God deals well with midwives for lying to the King of Egypt.
(EX 20:16) Lying forbidden 
(JOSH 2:4-6) Rahab hides two men from the King of Jericho and lies to him and
is dealt well with by God
(PROV 12:22) Lying is an abomination to God
(JAMES 2:25) James preaches that Rahab was justified for hiding two men and
lying,
(REV 21:8) all liars will burn in the lake of fire

17. How about stealing?
(Exodus 3:21-22) plundering commanded.
(Exodus 20:15) Stealing forbidden

18. Does God afflict people with illnesses?
(Exodus 4:11) God admitted He is the cause of blindness, deafness, dumbness.
(Lamentations 3:33) God does not willingly cause grief or affliction.

19. Did God kill off the Pharoah's livestock, or didn't he?
(Exodus 9:3-6) God killed all the cattle (field animals) of the Egyptians with
a grievous murrain including the horses, asses, camels, oxen
and sheep. None survived the plague
(Exodus 9:19-21,25) Later, at least some of the Egyptian field animals were
mysteriously alive again, to suffer a plague of hail.
(EX 14:9) Pharaoh later chases Israel with all his horses and chariots.

20. Is God peaceful?
(EX 15:3) He is a God of war.
(1 COR 14:33) He is not a God of confusion but of peace.

21. How does God feel about the making of images?
(Exodus 20:4) Image-making forbidden
(Exodus 25:18) God commands the making of two cherubim.

22. Who pays for sins? 
(Exodus 20:5) God blames children for the iniquities of the father. even for
four generations. 
(Deuteronomy 5:9) His curse or punishment may extend far beyond the third or
fourth generation.
(Deuteronomy 24:16) The son should not be punished for the father's sin. Every
man bears guilt only for his own transgressions.
(II Chronicles 25:4) The son should not be punished for the father's sin. Every
man bears guilt only for his own transgressions.
(EZEK 18:19-20) Each is responsible for his own actions, a son does not bear
guilt for his father's sins 
(Romans 5:12,14.19, 6:23) All men are considered sinners because of Adam's sin.
Death, the punishment for sin, is inflicted even on those
who did not sin, because Adam sinned.

23. How does God feel about selling one's daughter.
(EX 21:7) conditions are set up for selling one's daughters.
(Lev 19:29) It is forbidden to sell a daughter.

24. Who inscribed the commandments on stone?
(Exodus 34:27-28) God dictated the second set of 10 commandments to Moses while
Moses inscribed them.
(Deuteronomy 10:1-2,4) God inscribed the second set of 10 commandments on
stones which Moses made.

25. So, did God say it, or not? 
(Leviticus chapters 1-7) After delivering the Jews from Egypt, God went into
minute detail regarding sacrifices and burnt offerings.
(Jeremiah 7:22) God denied that he ever said anything about sacrifices or burnt
offerings.

 26. Where do the rules on what types of food to eat come from?
(Leviticus 3:17, 11:1-47) God gave many rules about what may be eaten or
handled
(Colossians 2:20-23) Such rules come from man, not God.

27. Should we judge others? 
(Leviticus 19:15) You must judge your neighbor in righteousness
(Matthew 7:1) Judge not or you will be judged.

28. Can I wear long hair and still be "clean?" 
(Numbers 6:2-6) Describes the process for being clean in order to consecrate an
offering; involves not allowing a razor to come upon his
head and letting the locks of his hair grow
(I Corinthians 11:14) Paul preaches that it is a shame for any man to have long
hair.

29. Does God keep his word?
(NUM 23:19) God does not change, Makes good his promises
(I SAM 2:30-31) God admits not keeping his promise
(II KINGS 20:1-6) God says one thing, then changes his mind and says another
(JONAH 3:10) God doesn't keep his promise to destroy.

30. Has God ever lied?
(Numbers 23:19) God cannot lie.
(I Kings 22:20-30) God deliberately sent a "lying spirit" into the mouth
of.Ahab's prophets.
(II Chronicles 18:19-22) God deliberately sent a "lying spirit" into the mouth
of Ahab's prophets
(II Thessalonians 2:11-12) God sends delusions on people to make them believe
false things and be damned.
(Titus 1:2) God cannot lie.
(HEB 6:18) It is impossible for God to lie.

31. Is God loving, merciful, kind, etc.?
(NUM 25:4) God commands Moses to hang the leaders in the sun to calm God's
anger
(DEUT 4:24) God is a consuming fire, a jealous God 
(I SAM 6:19) God strikes 50,070 dead for a sin with no compassion 
(I SAM 15:2,3) God commands utter destruction of a nation of people for one
man's sin, 
(II SAM 21:1) God causes a three year famine because of the doings of one man's
house. 
(I CHRON 16:34) God is good and merciful.
(Psalm 25:8) God is good and upright 
(Psalm 145:8-9) God is gracious, compassionate, slow to anger, merciful, and
good to all. 
(JER 13:14) God will not pity, not spare, not show mercy, but destroy them.
(JER 17:4) God will be angry at Judah forever.
(EZEK 18:32) God finds no pleasure in death.
(JAMES 5:11) God is very compassionate and merciful.
(1 JOHN 4:16) God is love.

32. Did the Midianites survive or not?
(Numbers 31:7.9,15-18) The Israelites slew all the Midianites except the
female virgins 
(Judges 6:1-5) Later, the Midianites invaded the Israelites.

33. Can we love AND fear God?
(Deuteronomy 6:5) We must love God.
(Deuteronomy 6:13) We must fear God.
(Matthew 22:37) We must love God.
(I Peter 2:17) We must fear God.
(I John 4:18) Perfect love cannot be mingled with fear.

34.Did Ai burn, or not?
(Joshua 8:28) Joshua burnt the city of Ai, making it an ash heap forever.
(Nehemiah 7:32) Ai is counted among the existing cities of Jerusalem approx.
1000 years later. 
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Errors in Genesis 
35. Was Sisera standing or lying down when he was killed?
(Judges 4:21) Jael killed Sisera by driving a tent stake through his head while
he slept, fastening his head to the ground.
(Judges 5:26-27) When Jael killed Sisera with the tent peg, he sank to the
ground at her feet and died.

36. Are women allowed any role of dominance?
(JUDG 4:4,14-15) Deborah is a prophetess of God, commands men to fight for
their freedom.
(ACTS 2:18) man-servants and maid-servants alike will prophesy.
(I COR 14:34) women commanded to keep silent in church, not permitted to speak,
but to be submissive.
(1 TIM 2:11-12) Women commanded to learn in silence with submission, not
permitted to teach or have authority over a man.

37. Who killed the Amalekites, and how many died?
(I Samuel 15:7-8,20) Saul completely destroyed the Amalekites.
(I Samuel 27:8-9) David completely destroyed the Amalekites.
(I Samuel 30:1-2,17) David destroyed a raiding party of Amalekites. Only 400
men escaped.
(I Chronicles 4:42-43) the Simeonites killed all the Amalekites.

38. Math quiz: How many sons did Jesse have?
(I Samuel 16:10-11) Jesse had seven sons besides his youngest, David.
(I Chronicles 2:13-15) David was the seventh son.

39. How much did David pay for his wife?
(II SAM 18:27) David collected 200 Philistine foreskins and bought a wife
(Michal) with them.
(II SAM 3:14) David only paid 100 foreskins for his wife.

40. When did David eat the consecrated bread?
(I Samuel 21:1-6) This event actually occurred in the days of Ahimelech the
high priest. 
(Mark 2:26) David ate consecrated bread from the House of God. and gave some to
his companions, in the days of Abiathar the high
priest. 

41. Did Saul consult the Lord, or not?
(I Samuel 28:6) Saul attempted to consult the Lord.
(I Chronicles 10:13-14) Saul did not consult the Lord.

42. How did Saul die? 
(I Samuel 31:4-6) Saul committed suicide by having his armor-bearer run him
through. 
(II Samuel 1:8-10) Saul asks an Amalekite to kill him, the Amalekite does so.
(II Samuel 21:12) The Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa.
(I Chronicles 10:4-5) Saul committed suicide by falling on his sword.

43. How many kids did Michal have?
(II SAM 6:23) Michal had no children all her life.
(II SAM 21:8) Michal had five children by Adriel.

44. Math quiz: How many horsemen?
(II Samuel 8:4) David took seven hundred horsemen from Hadadezer.
(I Chronicles 18:4) David took seven thousand horsemen from Hadadezer.

(II Samuel 10:18) David slew 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 horsemen.
(I Chronicles 19:18) He slew 7000 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 footmen.

46. Math quiz: Census totals? Uhh, could you re-take that census, please?
(II Samuel 24:9) David's census adds up to 800,000 swordsmen of Israel and
500,000 men of Judah.
(I Chronicles 21:5) David's census adds up to 1,100,000 swordsmen of Israel and
470,000 swordsmen of Judah.

47. Who caused the census?
(II Samuel 24:1) God directly incited the census out of anger at Israel.
(I Chronicles 21:1) Satan "rose up" against Israel and incited King David to
take a census.

48. Yet another math quiz: How many chiefs?
(I Kings 9:23) Solomon had 550 chiefs or officers to oversee the people
(II Chronicles 8:10) Solomon had 250 chiefs or officers to oversee the people

49. Baasha did what while he was dead?
(I Kings 16:6,8) Baasha, King of Israel died in the 26th year of Asa's reign
over Judah.
(II Chronicles 16:1) In the 36th year of Asa's reign, Baasha built a city.

50. How old?
(II Kings 8:26) King Ahaziah was 22 years old when he began to reign.
(II Chronicles 22:2) King Ahaziah was 42 years old when he began to reign.

51. Did God appreciate the deed or not?
(II Kings 9:6-9, 10:11,30) The Lord commanded Jehu to destroy the house of
Ahab. Jehu obeyed, destroying everyone in the city of Jezreel who was of the
house of Ahab, including friends and priests. God commended him for these
actions saying Jehu had done God's will.
(Hosea 1:4) God promises to punish the House of Jehu for the massacre.

52. Was Jerusalem conquered or not?
(II Kings 16:5) King Ahaz of Judah (Jerusalem) was not conquered by the kings
of Israel and Syria. 
(II Chronicles 28:5-6) The kings of Israel and Syria did conquer Jerusalem.
(Isaiah 7:1-7) Israel and Syria fail to conquer Jerusalem.

53. Where did Josiah die? 
(II Kings 23:29-30) King Josiah was slain at Magiddo. Servants brought his dead
body to Jerusalem.
(II Chronicles 35:22-24) Josiah was wounded at Magiddo. Servants brought him
alive to Jerusalem, where he died.

54. Does it pay to be righteous?
(JOB 2:3-7) God tells Satan how righteous Job is, and then allows (gives
permission to) Satan to strike him with painful boils from head to
toe.. 
(PROV 12:21) No evil can happen to the righteous

55. What of the dead?
(Job 7:9) The dead will never rise again. They will have no further reward.
(Ecclesiastes 9:5) The dead will never rise again. They will have no further
reward.
(John 5:28-29) The dead will rise again to be rewarded or punished.
(I Corinthians 15:16,52) The dead will rise again to be rewarded or punished.

56. What of the Earth?
(Psalms 104:5) The Earth will last forever.
(Ecclesiastes 1:4) The Earth will last forever.
(Hebrews 1:10-11) The Earth will perish.
(II Peter 3:10) The Earth will perish.

57. Does God always answer?
(Prov 1:24-28) God ignored those who sought him out of anger at them.
(Prov 8:17) Those who seek diligently will find God.

58. What is wisdom? 
(Prov 3:13-17) Wisdom is a source of joy and peace.
(Eccl 1:18) Wisdom is a source of grief and sorrow.

59. Did Coniah have kids? 
(Jer 22:28-30) Coniah was declared to be forever childless by God.
(Matt 1:12) Coniah (also called by the Greek name Jechoniasis) is listed as a
direct ancestor of Jesus Christ.
(Malachi 4:5) Elijah must return before the final days of the world.
(Matthew 11:12-14) Jesus said that John the Baptist was Elijah.
(Matthew 17:12-13) Jesus insists that Elijah has already come, and everyone
understood him to mean John the Baptist.
(Mark 9:13) Jesus insists that Elijah has already come.
(John 1:21) John the Baptist maintained that he was not Elijah.

61. Which place first?
(Matthew 4:5-8) The Devil took Jesus first to the parapet of the temple, then
to a high place to view all the Kingdoms of the world.
(Luke 4:5-9) The Devil took Jesus first to a high place to view the kingdoms,
then to the parapet of the temple.

62. Who did Jesus tell the Lord's Prayer to?
(Matthew 5:1, 6:9-13, 7:28) Jesus delivered the Lord's Prayer during the Sermon
on the Mount before the multitudes.
(Luke 11:1-4) He delivered it before the disciples alone, and not as part of
the Sermon on the Mount.

63. How many Beatitudes?
(Matthew 5:3-11) The sermon contained nine Beatitudes.
(Luke 6:20-22) The sermon contained only four Beatitudes.

64. Can one pray in public?
(Matthew 6:5-6) Jesus condemned public prayer.
(I Timothy 2:8) Paul encouraged public prayer.

65. Does the Lord help those who help themselves? 
(Matthew 6:25-28, 30-34) We should take no thought for ourselves, or for
tomorrow: we should not toil: tomorrow will take care of itself.

(II Thessalonians 3:10) If a man does not provide for himself or his own, he is
considered disorderly.

66. Peace, or war? 
(Matthew 6:38-42) Jesus teaches non-resistance, Non-violence.
(Luke 22:36-37) Jesus commands people to take arms for coming conflict.
(John 2:15) Jesus uses a whip to physically drive people out of the temple.

67. When did the leper become.. not a leper?
(Matthew 8:1-3,14) Jesus healed the leper before visiting the house.
(Mark 1:29-30,40-42) Jesus healed the leper after visiting Simon Peter's house.

68. Who approached Jesus? 
(Matthew 8:5-7) The Centurion approached Jesus, beseeching help for a sick
servant.
(Luke 7:3.6-7) The Centurion did not approach Jesus. He sent friends and elders
of the Jews.

69. Was she dead or just dying? 
(Matthew 9:18) He asked for help, saying his daughter was already dead.
(Luke 8:41-42) Jairus approached Jesus for help, because his daughter was
dying. 70.What to take?
(Matthew 10:10) Jesus instructed them not to take a staff, not to wear sandals.
(Mark 6:8-9) Jesus instructed his disciples to wear sandals and take a staff on
their journey. 

71. When did John find out Jesus was the Messiah?
(Matthew 11:2-3) While imprisoned. John the Baptist sent followers to Jesus to
inquire if Jesus was the messiah.
(Luke 7:18-22) While imprisoned. John the Baptist sent followers to Jesus to
inquire if Jesus was the Messiah.
(John 1:29-34,36) John already knew Jesus was the Messiah.

72. How long was he in the tomb?
(Matthew 12:40) Jesus prophesied he would be in the tomb three days and three
nights.
(Matthew 28:1) Jesus was in the tomb three days and two nights.
(Mark 16:2) Jesus was in the tomb three days and two nights.
(Luke 24:1) Jesus was in the tomb three days and two nights.
(John 20:1) Jesus was in the tomb two days and two nights.

73. Did the people of Jesus' generation see any signs?
(Matthew 12:38-40) Jesus announced that no signs would be given to that
generation except the Resurrection itself.
(Mark 8:12-13) Jesus announced that no signs would be given to that generation.
(Mark 16:20) They went out preaching, and the Lord confirmed the word through
accompanying signs.
(John 20:30) Jesus provided many wonders and signs.
(Acts 2:22) Jesus provided many wonders and signs.
(Acts 5:12, 8:13) many signs and wonders were done through the apostles.

74. When did the Transfiguration occur?
(Matthew 17:1-2) Six days after Jesus made his prophecy of his second coming.
the Transfiguration occurred.
(Luke 9:28-29) the transfiguration occurred about eight days after the prophecy
of the second coming.

75. Who made the request?
(Matthew 20:20-21) Their mother requested that James and John, Zebedee's
children, should sit beside Jesus in his Kingdom.
(Mark 10:35-37) James and John, Zebedee's children, requested that they should
sit beside Jesus in his Kingdom.

76. How many blind men?
(Matthew 20:29-30) Following this last incident, on the way out of Jericho,
Jesus encountered two blind men.
(Mark 10:46-47) He encountered only one blind man.

77. What animals were brought to Jesus? 
(Matthew 21:2-7) two of the disciples brought Jesus an ass and a colt from the
village of Bethphage.
(Mark 11:2-7) They brought him only a colt.

78. When did the fig tree hear of its doom?
(Matthew 21:17-19) Jesus cursed the fig tree after purging the temple.
(Mark 11:14-15,20) He cursed it before the purging.

79. When did the fig tree keel?
(Matthew 21:9) The fig tree withered immediately. and the disciples registered
surprise then and there.
(Mark 11:12-14,20) The morning after Jesus cursed the fig tree. the disciples
noticed it had withered. and expressed astonishment.

80. What was the date of the crucifixion?
(Matthew 26:20-30) The last supper is a Passover Seder making the crucifixion
of the following day occur on the first day of Passover, the fifteenth day of
Nissan.
(Mark 14:17-25) The last supper is a Passover Seder making the crucifixion of
the following day occur on the first day of Passover, the fifteenth day of
Nissan 
(Luke 22:14-23) The last supper is a Passover Seder making the crucifixion
of the following day occur on the first day of Passover, the fifteenth day of
Nissan 
(John 13:1,29) The crucifixion occurs on the day before Passover, fourteenth
day of Nissan. 

81. How many times did the cock crow?
(Matthew 26:34) Jesus prophesied that Peter would deny Jesus three times before
the cock crowed (no number given).
(Matthew 26:69-74) The cock crowed only once.
(Mark 14:29) Jesus prophesied that Peter would deny Jesus three times before
the cock crowed twice.
(Mark 14:68-72) As Peter denied Jesus three times, the cock crowed twice.
(Luke 22:34) Jesus prophesied that Peter would deny Jesus three times before
the cock crowed (no number given).
(Luke 22:60-61) The cock crowed only once.

82. Who arrested Jesus? 
(Matthew 26:47) Jesus was arrested by "multitudes" sent by the priests.
(Mark 14:43) Jesus was arrested by "multitudes" sent by the priests.
(Luke 22:47) Jesus was arrested by "multitudes" sent by the priests.
(John 18:12) Jesus was arrested by a detachment of Roman soldiers and some
Jewish officials. 

83. Who did Jesus see first upon his arrest?
(Matthew 26:57) He was led directly to Caiaphas.
(John 18:19,24) After his arrest, Jesus's preliminary interrogation was before
Annas; after that, he was brought to Caiaphas.

84. The second denial was heard by...?
(Matthew 26:71-72) Peter made his second denial to another girl.
(Mark 14:69-70) Peter made his second denial to the same servant girl as his
first denial.
(Luke 22:58) Peter made his second denial to "another" 85.And the third?
(Matthew 26:73-74) Peter made his third denial to by-standers.
(Mark 14:70-71) Peter made his third denial to by-standers.
(Luke 22:59-60) Peter made his third denial to "another" different from the
"another" in his second denial 
(John 18: 26-27) Peter made his third denial to a servant girl (a relative of
the one whose ear he had cut off).

86. Who carried the cross?
(Matthew 27:32) Simon of Cyrene carries the cross.
(Mark 15:21) Simon of Cyrene carries the cross.
(Luke 23:26) Simon of Cyrene carries the cross.
(John 19:17) Jesus alone carries the cross.

87. Which thief believed?
(Matt 27:44) Neither thief believed in Jesus.
(Mark 15:32) Neither thief believed in Jesus.
(Luke 23:39-41) One thief believed in Jesus while the other did not.

88. Famous last words. but what were they? 
(Matt 27:46) Jesus' last words were "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN
ME?"
(Mark 15:34) Jesus' last words were "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN
ME?"
(Luke 23:46) Jesus' last words were "FATHER, INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY
SPIRIT"
(John 19:30) Jesus' last words were "IT IS FINISHED."

89. What did the sign say?
(Matthew 27:37) The inscription on his cross was, "This is Jesus the King
of the Jews."
(Mark 15:26) The inscription was simply, "The King of the Jews".
(Luke 23:38) It was. ''This is the King of the Jews,'' in three languages.
(John 19:19) It was. "Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews."

90. Where did they "spectate" from?
(Matthew 27:55-56) The women, including Mary Magdalene and Jesus's mother,
watched the crucifixion from afar.
(Mark 15:40) The women, including Mary Magdalene and Jesus's mother, watched
the crucifixion from afar.
(Luke 23:49) The women, including Mary Magdalene and Jesus's mother, watched
the crucifixion from a distance.
(John 19:25) They stood near or next to the cross.

91. What did she say?
(Matt 28:8) Mary goes to tell the disciples what happened.
(Mark 16:8) Mary says nothing to anyone because she is afraid.
(Luke 24:9) Mary goes to tell the disciples what happened.
(John 20:18) Mary goes to tell the disciples what happened 

92. What did Mary do after meeting the angel(s)?
(Matt 28:9) Right after seeing the angels, Mary meets Jesus.
(Mark 16:9) Right after seeing the angels, Mary meets Jesus.
(Luke 24:4-9) Right after seeing the angel Mary meets the disciples and reveals
everything to them. 
(John 20:14) Right after seeing the angels, Mary meets Jesus.

93. Who saw Jesus first?
(Matt 28:9)Jesus makes his first appearance to Mary, the Mother of James.
(Mark 16:9) Jesus makes his first appearance to Mary Magdalene only 
(Luke 24:15-18) Jesus makes his first appearance to Cleopas and another.
(John 20:14) Jesus makes his first appearance to Mary Magdalene only.
(1 Cor 15:5) Jesus makes his first appearance to Cephas (PETER).

94. When and where? 
(Matt 28:9) Jesus makes his first appearance after Mary leaves the tomb.
(Mark 16:8-9) Jesus makes his first appearance after Mary leaves the tomb.
(Luke 24:13) Jesus makes his first appearance on the road to Emmaus.
(John 20:11-14) Jesus makes his first appearance at the tomb

95. Does Mary touch Jesus? 
(Matt 28:9) Mary is permitted to touch Jesus after the resurrection.
(Luke 24:39) Mary is permitted to touch Jesus after the resurrection.
(John 20:17) Mary is not permitted to touch Jesus after the resurrection.

96. How many times did Jesus appear to humans after his resurrection?
(Matt 28:9-10,17-20) Jesus appears twice after the resurrection.
(Mark 16:9,12,14-18) Jesus appears three times after the resurrection.
(Luke 24:13-31,36-51) Jesus appears twice after the resurrection.
(John 20:14-17,19-23,26-29,21:1-23) Jesus appears four times after the
resurrection.
(1 Cor 15:5,6,7,8) Jesus appears six times after the resurrection.

97. In what order exactly?
(Matt 28:8-9,16) Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene and the other Mary on the way
to see the disciples; then to the disciples on a mountain in Galilee.
(Mark 16:8-9,12,14) Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene after she flees the tomb;
then to two strolling followers as they walked to the country then to the
disciples at a meal 
(Luke 24:13,33,49) Jesus appears to Cleopas and another unknown follower on the
way to Emmaus; then to the disciples and others in Jerusalem.
(John 20:14,18-29,21:1-2) Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene at the tomb; then to
ten of the disciples in Jerusalem behind closed doors;
then to eleven of the disciples in Jerusalem behind closed doors; Then to
Peter, Thomas, James and John (the sons of Zebed.
(1 Cor 15:5,6,7,8) Jesus appears to Cephas (PETER); then to the disciples; then
to 500 people; then to James; then to the disciples; then to Paul.

98.How many disciples saw Jesus?
(Matt 28:16)Jesus appears to eleven disciples, the absent one being Judas who
was already dead (Matt 27:5, Acts 1:18).
(Mark 16:14) Jesus appears to eleven disciples, the absent one being Judas who
was already dead (Matt 27:5, Acts 1:18).
(Luke 24:33) Jesus appears to eleven disciples, the absent one being Judas who
was already dead (Matt 27:5, Acts 1:18).
(John 20:24,26) Thomas is absent for Jesus's first appearance to the disciples,
but is present for the second; Judas is absent from both
visits because he is already dead.
(1 Cor 15:5) Jesus appears to all twelve disciples (even though Judas was
supposed to have been already dead).

99. When did Mary go to the tomb?
(Matt 28:1) Mary came to the tomb at dawn.
(Mark 16:2) Mary came to the tomb after the sun had risen.
(Luke 24:1) Mary came to the tomb at dawn.
(John 20:1) Mary came to the tomb while it was still dark.

100. How many went with her?
(Matt 28:1) Two people came to the tomb (Mary Magdalene and the other Mary).
(Mark 16:1) three people came to the tomb (Mary Magdalene, Mary mother of
James, and Salome).
(Luke 24:10) more than four people came to the tomb (Mary Magdalene, Mary
mother of James, Joanna, and other women).
(John 20:1) Mary Magdalene came to the tomb alone.
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101. What about the stone?
(Matt 28:1-2) An angel rolled back the stone after the women arrived at the
tomb.
(Mark 16:4) the stone was already rolled away when the women arrived at the
tomb.
(Luke 24:2) the stone was already rolled away when the women arrived at the
tomb.
(John 20:1) the stone was already rolled away when the women arrived at the
tomb.

102. Who was where?
(Matt 28:2) One angel was sitting on the stone which he rolled away.
(Mark 16:5) one young man was sitting on the right side inside the tomb.
(Luke 24:4) two men were standing by the women inside the tomb.
(John 20:1-2,12) no one was there at Mary's first visit; at Mary's second visit
an angel was sitting at the head and another angel was sitting
at the feet. 

103. What did the angels tell her?
(Matt 28:6-7) The angel instructed Mary to tell the disciples that Jesus is
going to Galilee.
(Mark 16:6-7) The angel instructed Mary to tell the disciples that Jesus is
going to Galilee.
(Luke 24:5-7,49) they were specifically NOT instructed to go to Galilee but to
stay in Jerusalem and not leave .
(John 20:2, 13-17) Jesus instructed Mary about the resurrection, the angels
told her nothing.
(Acts 1:4, 2:1) they were specifically NOT instructed to go to Galilee but to
stay in Jerusalem and not leave.

104. Where were the disciples?
(MATT 28:16) Disciples departed Jerusalem and went to Galilee.
(MARK 16:7) Disciples departed Jerusalem and went to Galilee.
(LUKE 24:5-7, 49) the disciples never departed Jerusalem.
(ACTS 1:4) the disciples never departed Jerusalem.

105. That happened after encountering Paul?
(Mark 1:7-13) Immediately after Jesus's baptism and encounter with Paul, Jesus
went into the wilderness for forty days, and dwelled
alone. 
(John 1:27-40) After the encounter, Jesus continued to live near Galilee, and
went about gathering disciples.

106. When did he get his disciples?
(Mark 1:14,16-18) Jesus gathered Simon, Andrew and other disciples after John
the Baptist was imprisoned.
(John 1:40-42, 3:22-24) Jesus already had his disciples including Simon and
Andrew before John was imprisoned.

107. Forgiveness?
(Mark 3:29) Cursing or blaspheming the Holy Spirit is unforgivable. 
(Acts 13:39) All sins can be forgiven. 

108. What hour? 
(MARK 15:25) Jesus is crucified at the third hour.
(JOHN 19:14-15) Jesus is crucified at the sixth hour.

109. Did they believe?
(MARK 16:13) when the disciples were told of the encounter with Jesus they did
not believe.
(LUKE 24:34) When the disciples were told o fifth encounter with Jesus they
declared "IT IS TRUE!"

110. Who and when?
(MARK 16:1) Mary prepared the spices after the Sabbath.
(LUKE 23:56) Mary prepared the spices before the Sabbath.
(JOHN 19:39) Nicodemus prepared the spices before the Sabbath.

111. To love or not to love. That is the question. 
(Luke 14:26) You cannot be a disciple of Jesus unless you hate your father and
mother, your siblings, your children, your wife. (John 13:34-35) Jesus
commanded us to love one another: in this way, all men will recognize his
disciples (as in believers in Jesus).

112. You be the judge.
(John 5:22) Jesus said the Father entrusted all judgment to the son.
(John 5:27,30, 8:26) Jesus claims to be the one that passes judgment.
(John 8:15, 12:47) Jesus said that he judges no one.
(John 8:50) Jesus says there is One who seeks and judges (as in God the Father)
(Acts 10:42) Jesus was ordained by god to be judge of the living and the dead.
(I Corinthians 6:2) It will be the "saints" who judge the whole world.
(II Corinthians 5:10) Jesus sits in the judgment seat 
113.When did it happen?
(John 20:22) The apostles receive the Holy Spirit on the first Easter Sunday
(Acts 1:5,8,2:1-4) the Holy Spirit was bestowed on Pentecost fifty
days later.
114.See no (fill in the blank), hear no (same fill in), speak
no. huh? 
(Acts 9:7) Men with Paul were struck speechless because they heard a voice but
saw nothing 
(Acts 22:9) men with Paul saw light and were afraid but heard nothing.
115.Is unrighteousness good or bad?
(Rom 1:17-18)"...the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness".
(Rom 3:5)"But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what
shall we say..."(Paul sees no difficulty that his
unrighteousness is a useful tool to promote his religion) 116.What's the reward
for good?
(Rom 2:6)"Who will render to every man according to his deeds:"
(Rom 5:14, 18-19)"Nevertheless death reigned...even over them that had not
sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression...".
117.Who bears the burden?
(Gal 6:2) Bear one another's burdens.
(Gal 6:5) each shall bear his own burdens.

113.Smoke it, or eat it? What's with this grass?
(Revelations 8:7) Fire will consume all the grass in the world.
(Revelations 9:4) Later, an army of locusts will be instructed not to harm any
of the grass.

Should we kill?
Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt not kill."
Leviticus 24:17 "And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death."
vs. 
Exodus 32:27 "Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by
his side, . . . and slay every man his brother, . . .
companion, . . . neighbor."
I Samuel 6:19 " . . . and the people lamented because the Lord had smitten many
of the people with a great slaughter."
I Samuel 15:2,3,7,8 "Thus saith the Lord . . . Now go and smite Amalek, and
utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but
slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. . 
 . And Saul smote the Amalekites . . . and utterly destroyed
all the people with the edge of the sword."
Numbers 15:36 "And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and
stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded
Moses." 
Hosea 13:16 "they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in
pieces, and their women with children shall be ripped up."

For a discussion of the defense that the Commandments prohibit only murder, see
"Murder, He Wrote", chapter 27 (Losing Faith In Faith: From Preacher To
Atheist).

Should we tell lies?
Exodus 20:16 "Thou shalt not bear false witness."
Proverbs 12:22 "Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord."
vs. 
I Kings 22:23 "The Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy
prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee."
II Thessalonians 2:11 "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie."

Also, compare Joshua 2:4-6 with James 2:25.

Should we steal?
Exodus 20:15 "Thou shalt not steal."
Leviticus 19:13 "Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him."
vs.
Exodus 3:22 "And ye shall spoil the Egyptians."
Exodus 12:35-36 "And they spoiled [plundered, NRSV] the Egyptians."
Luke 19:29-34 "[Jesus] sent two of his disciples, Saying, Go ye into the
village . . . ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat:
loose him, and bring him hither. And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him?
thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. . . . And as
they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the
colt? And they said, The Lord hath need of him."

I was taught as a child that when you take something without asking for it,
that is stealing. 

Shall we keep the sabbath? 
Exodus 20:8 "Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy." 
Exodus 31:15 "Whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be
put to death."
Numbers 15:32,36 "And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they
found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. . .
. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with
stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses." 
vs. 
Isaiah 1:13 "The new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot
away with; it is iniquity."
John 5:16 "And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus and sought to slay him,
because he had done these things on the sabbath day."
Colossians 2:16 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in
respect of an holy-day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days."

Shall we make graven images? 
Exodus 20:4 "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of
anything that is in heaven . . . earth . . . water."
Leviticus 26:1 "Ye shall make ye no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up
a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of
stone." 
Deuteronomy 27:15 "Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image."
vs. 
Exodus 25:18 "And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt
thou make them." 
I Kings 7:15,16,23,25 "For he [Solomon] cast two pillars of brass . . . and
two chapiters of molten brass . . . And he made a molten sea . . .
it stood upon twelve oxen . . . [and so on]" 

Are we saved through works? 
Ephesians 2:8,9 "For by grace are ye saved through faith . . . not of works." 
Romans 3:20,28 "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be
justified in his sight."
Galatians 2:16 "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law,
but by the faith of Jesus Christ."
vs. 
James 2:24 "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith
only."
Matthew 19:16-21 "And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what
good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And
he [Jesus] said unto him . . . keep the commandments. . . . The young man saith
unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up:
what lack I yet? Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that
thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven."

The common defense here is that "we are saved by faith and works." But Paul
said "not of works."

Should good works be seen?
Matthew 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good
works."
I Peter 2:12 "Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that . . 
they may by your good works, which they shall behold,
glorify God in the day of visitation."
vs.
Matthew 6:1-4 "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of
them . . . that thine alms may be in secret."
Matthew 23:3,5 "Do not ye after their [Pharisees'] works. . . . all their works
they do for to be seen of men."

Should we own slaves?
Leviticus 25:45-46 "Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn
among you, of them shall ye buy, . . . and they shall be your
possession . . . they shall be your bondmen forever."
Genesis 9:25 "And he [Noah] said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall
he be unto his brethren." 
Exodus 21:2,7 "If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in
the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. . . . And if a
man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the
manservants do."
Joel 3:8 "And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the
children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a
people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it."
Luke 12:47,48 [Jesus speaking] "And that servant, which knew his lord's will,
and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will,
shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things
worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes."
Colossians 3:22 "Servants, obey in all things your masters."
vs. 
Isaiah 58:6 "Undo the heavy burdens . . . let the oppressed go free, . . .
break every yoke." 
Matthew 23:10 "Neither be ye called Masters: for one is your Master, even
Christ." 

Pro-slavery bible verses were cited by many churches in the South during the
Civil War, and were used by some theologians in the Dutch
Reformed Church to justify apartheid in South Africa. There are more
pro-slavery verses than cited here.
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Does God change his mind?

·Malachi 3:6 "For I am the Lord; I change not."

·Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man,
that he should repent." ·Ezekiel 24:14 "I the Lord have
spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither
will I spare, neither will I repent."

·James 1:17 " . . . the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither
shadow of turning."

vs.

·Exodus 32:14 "And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto
 his people." 

·Genesis 6:6,7 "And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth 
. . And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have
created from the face of the earth . . . for it repenteth me that I have made
him." ·Jonah 3:10 ". . . and God repented of the evil, that he had
said that he would do unto them; and he did it not."

See also II Kings 20:1-7, Numbers 16:20-35, Numbers 16:44-50.

See Genesis 18:23-33, where Abraham gets God to change his mind about the
minimum number of righteous people in Sodom required to
avoid destruction, bargaining down from fifty to ten. (An omniscient God must
have known that he was playing with Abraham's hopes for
mercy--he destroyed the city anyway.)

Are we punished for our parents' sins?

·Exodus 20:5 "For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth
generation." (Repeated in Deuteronomy 5:9) ·Exodus 34:6-7 " . . . The Lord God,
merciful and gracious, . . . that will by no means clear the
guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the
children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation."

·I Corinthians 15:22 "For as in Adam all die, . . ."

vs.

·Ezekiel 18:20 "The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father."

·Deuteronomy 24:16 "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children,
neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be
put to death for his own sin." 

Is God good or evil?

·Psalm 145:9 "The Lord is good to all."

·Deuteronomy 32:4 "a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he."

vs.

·Isaiah 45:7 "I make peace and create evil. I the Lord do all these things."
See "Out of Context" for more on Isaiah 45:7.

·Lamentations 3:38 "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and
good?" 

·Jeremiah 18:11 "Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against you, and
devise a device against you." ·Ezekiel 20:25,26 "I gave them also statutes that
were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live. And I polluted them
in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that
openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might
know that I am the Lord."

Does God tempt people?

·James 1:13 "Let no man say . . . I am tempted of God: for God cannot be
tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man."
vs.
Genesis 22:1 "And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt
Abraham." 

Is God peaceable?

Romans 15:33 "The God of peace." ·Isaiah 2:4 ". . . and they shall beat their
swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:
nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any
more."
vs.
Exodus 15:3 "The Lord is a man of war."

Joel 3:9-10 "Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw
near; let them come up: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks
into spears: let the weak say, I am strong."

Was Jesus peaceable?

·John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you."

·Acts 10:36 "The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching
peace by Jesus Christ." 

Luke 2:14 " . . . on earth peace, good will toward men."
vs.
Matthew 10:34 "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to
send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at
variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the
daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be
they of his own household."

Luke 22:36 "Then said he unto them, . . . he that hath no sword, let him sell
his garment, and buy one."

Was Jesus trustworthy?

John 8:14 "Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true."
vs.
John 5:31 "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true."

"Record" and "witness" in the above verses are the same Greek word (martyria).

Shall we call people names?

Matthew 5:22 "Whosoever shall say Thou fool, shall be in danger of hellfire."
[Jesus speaking]
vs.
Matthew 23:17 "Ye fools and blind." [Jesus speaking]

Psalm 14:1 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."

Has anyone seen God?

John 1:18 "No man hath seen God at any time."

·Exodus 33:20 "Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and
live." 

·John 6:46 "Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God
[Jesus], he hath seen the Father."

I John 4:12 "No man hath seen God at any time."
vs.
Genesis 32:30 "For I have seen God face to face."

Exodus 33:11 "And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh
unto his friend."

Isaiah 6:1 "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon
a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple."
·Job 42:5 "I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye
seeth thee."

How many Gods are there?

Deuteronomy 6:4 "The Lord our God is one Lord."
vs.
Genesis 1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image."

·Genesis 3:22 "And the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become as one of us,
to know good and evil."

I John 5:7 "And there are three that bear witness in heaven, the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."

It does no good to claim that "Let us" is the magisterial "we." Such usage
implies inclusivity of all authorities under a king's leadership.
Invoking the Trinity solves nothing because such an idea is more contradictory
than the problem it attempts to solve.

Are we all sinners?

Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."

Romans 3:10 "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one."

Psalm 14:3 "There is none that doeth good, no, not one."

vs.

Job 1:1 "There was a man . . . who name was Job; and that man was perfect and
upright." 

Genesis 7:1 "And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the
ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this
generation." 

Luke 1:6 "And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the
commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless."

How old was Ahaziah?

II Kings 8:26 "Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign."

vs.

II Chronicles 22:2 "Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to
reign." 

Should we swear an oath?

Numbers 30:2 "If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath . . . he shall
do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth." 

Genesis 21:22-24,31 " . . . swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal
falsely with me . . . And Abraham said, I will swear. . . .
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba ["well of the oath"]; because there
they sware both of them." 

Hebrews 6:13-17 "For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear
by no greater, he sware by himself . . . for men verily swear by the greater:
and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God,
willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of
his counsel, confirmed it by an oath."

See also Genesis 22:15-19, Genesis 31:53, and Judges 11:30-39.
vs.
Matthew 5:34-37 "But I say unto you, swear not at all; neither by heaven . . .
nor by the earth . . . . Neither shalt thou swear by thy head. . . But let your
communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh
of evil."

James 5:12 ". . . swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither
by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall
into condemnation."

When was Jesus crucified?

Mark 15:25 "And it was the third hour, and they crucified him."
vs.
John 19:14-15 "And about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold
your King! But they cried out . . . crucify him."

It is an ad hoc defense to claim that there are two methods of reckoning time
here. It has never been shown that this is the case.

Shall we obey the law?

·I Peter 2:13 "Submit yourself to every ordinance of man . . . to the king, as
supreme; Or unto governors." ·Matthew 22:21 "Render therefore unto Caesar the
things which are Caesar's." 

See also Romans 13:1,7 and Titus 3:1.
vs.
·Acts 5:29 "We ought to obey God rather then men."

How many animals on the ark?

·Genesis 6:19 "And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt
thou bring into the ark."

·Genesis 7:8-9 "Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of
fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and
two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded
Noah." 

Genesis 7:15 "And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all
flesh, wherein is the breath of life."
vs.
Genesis 7:2 "Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male
and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his
female." 

Were women and men created equal?

Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created
he him; male and female created he them." 
vs.
Genesis 2:18,23 "And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be
alone; I will make him an help meet for him. . . . And Adam said, This is now
bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she
was taken out of Man." 

Were trees created before humans?

Genesis 1:12-31 "And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed
after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after
his kind: . . . And the evening and the morning were the third day. . . . And
God said, Let us make man in our image . . . And the evening and the morning
were the sixth day." 
vs.
Genesis 2:5-9 "And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and
every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to
rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. And the Lord
God formed man of the dust of the ground . . .And the Lord God planted a garden
eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the
ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and
good for food."

How many stalls did Solomon have?

I Kings 4:26 "And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen." 
vs.
II Chronicles 9:25 "And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and
 chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen."

Did Paul's men hear a voice?

Acts 9:7 "And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a
voice, but seeing no man."
vs.
Acts 22:9 "And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid;
 but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me."

(For more detail on this contradiction, with a linguistic analysis of the Greek
 words, see "Did Paul's Men Hear A Voice?" by Dan Barker,
published in the The Skeptical Review, 1994 #1)

Is God omnipotent?

Jeremiah 32:27 "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything
 too hard for me?

Matthew 19:26 "But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is
 impossible; but with God all things are possible."
vs.
Judges 1:19 "And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of
 the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of
the valley, because they had chariots of iron."

Does God live in light?

I Timothy 6:15-16 " . . . the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath
 immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can
approach . . ."

James 1:17 " . . . the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither
 shadow of turning."

John 12:35 "Then Jesus saith unto them, . . . he that walketh in darkness
 knoweth not wither he goeth."

Job 18:18 "He [the wicked] shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased
 out of the world."

Daniel 2:22 "He [God] knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth
 with him."

See also Psalm 143:3, II Corinthians 6:14, and Hebrews 12:18-22.

vs.

·I Kings 8:12 "Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the
thick darkness." (Repeated in II Chronicles 6:1)

·II Samuel 22:12 "And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters,
and thick clouds of the skies. 

·Psalm 18:11 "He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him
were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies."

·Psalm 97:1-2 "The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice . . . clouds and
darkness are round about him." 

Does God accept human sacrifice?

·Deuteronomy 12:31 "Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every
abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for
even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods."
vs.
Genesis 22:2 "And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt
 offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." ·Exodus 22:29
"For thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy
liquors; the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me."

·Judges 11:30-39 "And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou
shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hand, Then it shall
be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I
return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I
will offer it up for a burnt offering. So Jephthah passed over unto the
children of Ammon . . . and the Lord delivered them into his hands. . . .
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came
out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: . . . And it came to pass at the
end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her
according to his vow which he had vowed."

II Samuel 21:8-14 "But the king [David] took the two sons of Rizpah . . . and
the five sons of Michal . . . and he delivered them into the
hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and
they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the
days of harvest . . . And after that God was intreated for the land."

Hebrews 10:10-12 " . . . we are sanctified through the offering of the body of
Jesus Christ . . . But this man, after he had offered one
sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God."

I Corinthians 5:7 " . . . For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us."

Who was Joseph's father?

Matthew 1:16 "And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born
Jesus." 
vs.
Luke 3:23 "And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as
was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli."
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God good to all, or just a few?

PSA 145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his
works.

JER 13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the 
sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but
destroy them. 

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War or Peace?

EXO 15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

ROM 15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

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Who is the father of Joseph?

MAT 1:16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus,
who is called Christ.

LUK 3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was
supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli.

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Who was at the Empty Tomb? Is it :

MAT 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of
the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

MAR 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint
him.

JOH 20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet
dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

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Is Jesus equal to or lesser than?

JOH 10:30 I and my Father are one.

JOH 14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto
you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go
unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. 

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Which first--beasts or man?

GEN 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after
their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and
God saw that it was good.

GEN 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,
and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth.

GEN 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone;
I will make him an help meet for him.

GEN 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field,
and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call
them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name
thereof.

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The number of beasts in the ark

GEN 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and
his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male
and his female.

GEN 7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of
every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
GEN 7:9 There
went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had
commanded Noah.

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How many stalls and horsemen?

KI1 4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen.

CH2 9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the
king at Jerusalem. 

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Is it folly to be wise or not?

PRO 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy
getting get understanding.

ECC 1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that in- creaseth knowledge
increaseth sorrow.

1 Cor.1:19: "For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will
bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." 

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Human vs. ghostly impregnation

ACT 2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath
to him, that of the fruit of his loins, ac- cording to the flesh, he would
raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

MAT 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother
Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with
child of the Holy Ghost. 

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The sins of the father

ISA 14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers;
that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world
with cities.

DEU 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall
the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death
for his own sin.

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The bat is not a bird

LEV 11:13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the
fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the
ossifrage, and the ospray,

LEV 11:14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;

LEV 11:15 Every raven after his kind;

LEV 11:16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after
his kind,

LEV 11:17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

LEV 11:18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

LEV 11:19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapw- ing, and the
bat.

DEU 14:11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

DEU 14:12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the
ossifrage, and the ospray,

DEU 14:13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

DEU 14:14 And every raven after his kind,

DEU 14:15 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after
his kind,

DEU 14:16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

DEU 14:17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cor- morant,

DEU 14:18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the
bat. 

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Rabbits do not chew their cud

LEV 11:6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof;
he is unclean unto you.

'Gerah', the term which appears in the MT means (chewed) cud, and also perhaps
grain, or berry (also a 20th of a sheckel, but I think that we can agree that
that is irrelevant here). It does *not* mean dung, and there is a perfectly
adequate Hebrew word for that, which could have been used. Furthermore, the
phrase translated 'chew the cud' in the KJV is more exactly 'bring up the cud'.
Rabbits do not bring up anything; they let it go all the way through, then eat
it again. The description given in Leviticus is inaccurate, and that's that.
Rabbits do eat their own dung; they do not bring anything up and chew on it.

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Insects do NOT have four feet

LEV 11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon
all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;

LEV 11:22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the
bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper
after his kind.

LEV 11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be
an abomination unto you.

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Snails do not melt

PSA 58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the
untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

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Fowl from waters or ground?

GEN 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving
creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open
firmament of heaven.

GEN 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth,
which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged
fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

GEN 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field,
and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call
them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name
thereof. 

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Odd genetic engineering

GEN 30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle
ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. 

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The shape of the earth

ISA 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the
inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens
as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

MAT 4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and
sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

Astromical bodies are spherical, and you cannot see the entire exterior surface
from anyplace. The kingdoms of Egypt, China, Greece, Crete, sections of Asia
Minor, India, Maya (in Mexico), Carthage (North Africa), Rome (Italy), Korea,
and other settlements from these kingdoms of the world were widely distributed.

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Snakes, while built low, do not eat dirt

GEN 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this,
thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy
belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 

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Earth supported?

JOB 26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the
earth upon nothing.

JOB 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if
thou hast understanding.

 

Heaven supported too

JOB 26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

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The hydrological cycle

ECC 1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the
place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

JOB 38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen
the treasures of the hail,

Storehouses are not part of the cycle

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Order of creation

Here is the order in the first (Genesis 1), the Priestly tradition:

Day 1: Sky, Earth, light

Day 2: Water, both in ocean basins and above the sky(!)

Day 3: Plants

Day 4: Sun, Moon, stars (as calendrical and navigational aids)

Day 5: Sea monsters (whales), fish, birds, land animals, creepy-crawlies
(reptiles, insects, etc.)

Day 6: Humans (apparently both sexes at the same time)

Day 7: Nothing (the Gods took the first day off anyone ever did)

Note that there are "days", "evenings", and "mornings" before the Sun was
created. Here, the Deity is referred to as "Elohim", which is a plural, thus
the literal translation, "the Gods". In this tale, the Gods seem satisfied with
what they have done, saying after each step that "it was good".

The second one (Genesis 2), the Yahwist tradition, goes:

Earth and heavens (misty)

Adam, the first man (on a desolate Earth)

Plants

Animals

Eve, the first woman (from Adam's rib)

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How orderly were things created?

#1: Step-by-step. The only discrepancy is that there is no Sun or Moon or stars
on the first three "days".

#2: God fixes things up as he goes. The first man is lonely, and is not
satisfied with animals. God finally creates a woman for him. (funny
thing that an omniscient god would forget things)

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How satisfied with creation was he?

#1: God says "it was good" after each of his labors, and rests on the seventh
day, evidently very satisfied.

#2: God has to fix up his creation as he goes, and he would certainly not be
very satisfied with the disobedience of that primordial couple. (funny thing
that an omniscient god would forget things)

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Moses' personality

Num.12:3: "Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon
the fact of the earth."

Num.31:14, 17, 18: "And Moses was wroth...And Moses said unto them, "Have ye
saved all the women alive? ... Now therefore kill every male among the little
ones, and kill every woman, ... But all the women children ... keep alive for
yourselves." 

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Righteous live?

Ps.92:12: "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree."

Isa.57:1: "The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart."

Acts 1:18: "Now this man (Judas) purchased a field with the reward of iniquity;
and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed
out."

Matt. 27:5-7: "And he (Judas) cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and
departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests...bought with them
the potter's field." 

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Jesus' first sermon plain or mount?

Matt.5:1,2: "And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he
was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them,
saying...."

Luke6:17,20: "And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the
company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people...came to hear him..
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said..."

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Jesus' last words

Matt.27:46,50: "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,
"Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me?" ...Jesus, when he cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the
ghost."

Luke23:46: "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, "Father, unto
thy hands I commend my spirit:" and having said thus, he gave up the ghost."

John19:30: "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is
finished:" and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."

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Years of famine

II SAMUEL 24:13: So God came to David, and told him, and said unto him, shall
SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE come unto thee in thy land? or will thou flee three
months before thine enemies, while they pursue. thee?

I CHRONICLES 21:11: SO God came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the
LORD, Choose thee. Either THREE YEARS OF FAMINE or three months to be destryed
before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee;

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Moved David to anger?

II SAMUEL 24: And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and
he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

I CHRONICLES 21: And SATAN stood up against Isreal, and provoked David to
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The GENEALOGY OF JESUS?

In two places in the New Testament the genealogy of Jesus son of Mary is
mentioned. Matthew 1:6-16 and Luke 3:23-31. Each gives the ancestors of Joseph
the CLAIMED husband of Mary and Step father of Jesus(PBUH). The first one
starts from Abraham(verse
2) all the way down to Jesus. The second one from Jesus all the way back to
Adam. The only common name to these two lists between David and Jesus is
JOSEPH, How can this be true? and also How can Jesus have a genealogy when all
Muslims and most Christians believe that Jesus had/has no father.

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God be seen?

Exod. 24:9,10; Amos 9:1; Gen. 26:2; and John 14:9

God CAN be seen:

"And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my backparts." (Ex. 33:23)

"And the Lord spake to Moses face to face, as a man speaketh to his friend."
(Ex. 33:11)

"For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." (Gen. 32:30)

God CANNOT be seen:

"No man hath seen God at any time." (John 1:18)

"And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for there shall no man see me and
live." (Ex. 33:20)

"Whom no man hath seen nor can see." (1 Tim. 6:16)

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CRUEL, UNMERCIFUL, DESTRUCTIVE, and FEROCIOUS or KIND, MERCIFUL, and GOOD:

"I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy." (Jer. 13:14) "Now go
and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not,
but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling."

"The Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy." (James 5:11)

"For his mercy endureth forever." (1 Chron. 16:34)

"The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works."
(Ps. 145:9)

"God is love." (1 John 4:16) 

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Tempts?

"And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham."
(Gen 22:1)

"Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be
tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." (James 1:13) 

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Judas died how?

"And he cast down the pieces of silver into the temple and departed, and went
out and hanged himself." (Matt. 27:5)

"And falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all of his bowels
gushed out." (Acts 1:18) 

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Ascend to heaven

"And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." (2 Kings 2:11)

"No man hath ascended up to heaven but he that came down from heaven, ... the
Son of Man." (John 3:13) 

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What was Jesus' prediction regarding Peter's denial?

Before the cock crow - Matthew 26:34

Before the cock crow twice - Mark 14:30

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How many times did the cock crow?

MAR 14:72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word
that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me
thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

MAT 26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And
immediately the cock crew.

MAT 26:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before
the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he
went out, and wept bitterly.

LUK 22:60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately,
while he yet spake, the cock crew.

LUK 22:61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the
word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt
deny me thrice.

JOH 13:38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily,
 verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, still thou hast denied me
thrice.

JOH 18:27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.

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Who killed Saul

SA1 31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and
abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore
Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

SA1 31:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise
upon his sword, and died with him.

SA1 31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his
men, that same day together.

SA2 1:15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall
upon him. And he smote him that he died.

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How many beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount

MAT 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the king- dom of heaven.

MAT 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comfort- ed.

MAT 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

MAT 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for
they shall be filled.

MAT 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

MAT 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

MAT 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of
God.

MAT 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteous- ness' sake: for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

MAT 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and
shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

LUK 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye
poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

LUK 6:21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye
that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

LUK 6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate
you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil,
for the Son of man's sake.

LUK 6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is
great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

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Does every man sin?

KI1 8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and
thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them
away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

CH2 6:36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and
thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they
carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;

PRO 20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

ECC 7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth
 not.

JO1 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is
not in us.

JO1 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

JO1 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is
not in us.

JO1 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in
him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 

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Who bought potter's field

ACT 1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of ini- quity; and
falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his
bowels gushed out.

ACT 1:19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that
field is called in their proper tongue, Acelda-ma, that is to say, The field of
blood.

MAT 27:6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not
lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

MAT 27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to
bury strangers in.

MAT 27:8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

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Who prophesied the potter's field?

Matthew 27:9-10 (mentions Jeremy but no such verse in Jeremiah) is in
Zechariah 11:12-13 

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Who bears guilt?

GAL 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

GAL 6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden.

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Do you answer a fool?

PRO 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto
him.

PRO 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own
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How many children did Michal, the daughter of Saul, have?

SA2 6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her
death.

SA2 21:8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom
she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the
five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the
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How old was Jehoiachin when he began to reign? 

KI2 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the
daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

CH2 36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the
sight of the LORD. 

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Marriage?

Proverbs 18:22

1 Corinthians 7 (whole book. See 1,2,27,39,40)

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Did those with Saul/Paul at his conversion hear a voice?

ACT 9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice,
but seeing no man.

ACT 22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but
they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. 

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Where was Jesus three days after his baptism?

MAR 1:12 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilder- ness.

JOH 1:35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
(various trapsing) 

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How many apostles were in office between the resurection and ascention?

1 Corinthians 15:5 (12)

Matthew 27:3-5 (minus one from 12)

Acts 1:9-26 (Mathias not elected until after resurrection)

MAT 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain
where Jesus had appointed them.

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Judging

1 Cor 3:15 " The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself
is not subject to any man's judgment:" (NIV)

1 Cor 4:5 " Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the
Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose
the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from
God." 

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Good deeds

Matt 5:16 "In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see
your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." (NIV)

Matt 6:3-4 "But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what
your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your
Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." (NIV)

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For or against?

MAT 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with
me scattereth abroad. (default is against)

MAR 9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part. (default is for)

LUK 9:50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us
is for us. (default is for) 

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Whom did they see at the tomb?

MAT 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord
descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and
sat upon it.

MAT 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

MAT 28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

MAT 28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I
know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

MAR 16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the
right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were
affrighted.

LUK 24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold,
two men stood by them in shining garments:

JOH 20:12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the
other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 

God change?

Malachi 3:6

James 1:17

1 Samuel 15:29


Jonah 3:10

Genesis 6:6 

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Destruction of cities (what said was jeremiah was zechariah)

MAT 27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,
saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was
valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

Zechariah 11:11-13

(nothing in Jeremiah remotely like)

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Who's sepulchers

acts 7:16

Genesis 23:17,18 

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Strong drink?

Proverbs 31:6,7

john 2:11-11 

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When second coming?

MAT 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these
things be fulfilled.

MAR 13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all
these things be done.

LUK 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all
be fulfilled.

1 thessalonians 4:15-18 

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Solomon's overseers

550 in I Kings 9:23

250 in II Chron 8:10 

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The mother of Abijah:

Maachah the daughter of Absalom 2 Chron 9:20

Michaiah the daughter of Uriel 2 Chron 13:2 

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When did Baasha die?

26th year of the reign of Asa I Kings 16:6-8

36th year of the reign of Asa I 2 Chron 16:1 

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How old was Ahaziah when he began to reign?

22 in 2 Kings 8:26

42 in 2 Chron 22:2 

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Who was Josiah's successor?

Jehoahaz - 2 Chron 36:1

Shallum - Jeremiah 22:11 

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What was the color of the robe placed on Jesus during his trial?

scarlet - Matthew 27:28

purple John 19:2 

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What did they give him to drink?

vinegar - Matthew 27:34

wine with myrrh - Mark 15:23 

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How long was Jesus in the tomb?

Depends where you look; Matthew 12:40 gives Jesus prophesying that he will
spend "three days and three nights in the heart of the earth", and Mark 10:34
has "after three days (meta treis emeras) he will rise again". As far as I can
see from a quick look, the prophecies have "after three days", but the
post-resurrection narratives have "on the third day".

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God creates animals and then man - Gen 1:25-26

God creates man and then the animals - Gen 2:18-19

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Arpachshad's son was Shelah - Gen 11:12

Arpachshad's grandson was Shelah - Luke 3:35-36

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Noah takes 7 pairs of each type of animal onto the ark

- Gen 7:2-3

Noah takes one pair of animal onto the ark - Gen 6:19

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Terah's lifespan.

Acts 7:4 states Terah was dead when Abraham left Haran.

According to Gen 11:26, Terah was 70 when Abraham was

born and Abraham was 75 when he left Haran. Therefore

he lived 70 years (ie. his age when Abraham was born)

plus 75 years (Abraham's age when he left Haran -

Terah was dead at this time according to Acts 7:4) -

145 years in total. However, Gen 11:32 states he lived

205 years.

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God promises Abraham the land of Canaan to live in -

Gen 17:8

God did not allow Abraham to live in the promised land

- Acts 7:5, Heb 11:8,9,13

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Jacob's offspring in Egypt totalled 70 - Gen 46:26-27,

Ex 1:5

Jacob's offspring in Egypt totalled 75 - Acts 7:14

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Jacob was buried in a cave in Machpelah's field that

was bought from Ephron the Hittite - Gen 50:13

Jacob was buried in a tomb at Shechem bought from the

sons of Hamor - Acts 7:15-16

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The Hebrews dwelt in Egypt for 430 years - Ex 2:40

The Hebrews dwelt in Egypt for 400 years - Acts 7:6

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God's plague kills 23,000 - Num 25:9

God's plague kills 24,000 - 1 Cor 10:8

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The Hebrews' journeying - Mount Hor (where Aaron dies),

Zalmonah, Punon - Num 33:37,38,41,42

The Hebrews' journeying - Beeroth Benejaakan, Moserah

(where Aaron dies), Gudgodah, Jotbathah - Deut 10:6,7

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God forbids killing - Ex 20:13

God commands killing - Ex 32:27

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Solomon's reign.

Acts 13:16-22 numbers the years from when the Hebrews

left Egypt to David beginning his reign as 40

(Wilderness) + 450 (Judges) + 40 (Saul) = 530 years.

According to 1 Chron 29:27, David reigned 40 years, so

Solomon became king (when David died) 530 + 40 years

(of David's reign) = 570 years. However, 1 Kings 6:1

states Solomon's 4th year of rule (when he began the

Temple building) was 480 years after the Hebrews left

Egypt, ie. he began his rule 476 years after the

Hebrews left. In sum, there is a contradiction of 94

years.

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Saul inquired of God, but God did not answer him - 1

Sam 28:6

Saul died because he did not seek guidance from God - 1

Chron 10:13,14

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Jesse had seven children - 1 Sam 16:10-13

Jesse had eight children - 1 Chron 2:13-15

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David slays Goliath - 1 Sam 17:4,7,50

Elhanan slays Goliath - 2 Sam 21:19

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Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, Amaziah

his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son - 1 Chron

3:11,12

Joram the father of Uzziah, and Uzziah the father of

Jotham - Matt 1:8,9

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Asa removes the high places - places - 2 Chron 14:2

Asa did not remove the high places - 1 Kings 15:11-14

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Uzzah dies at the threshing-floor of Nacon - 2 Samuel

6:6

Uzzah dies at the threshing-floor of Chidon - 1 Chron

13:9

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David takes 1700 horsemen - 2 Sam 8:4

David takes 7000 horsemen - 1 Chron 18:4

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David destroys 700 chariots - 2 Sam 10:18

David destroys 7000 chariots - 1 Chron 19:18

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Satan incites David to number the people - 1 Chron 21:1

God incites David to number the people - 2 Sam 24:1

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Joab's numbering of the army. 1,100,00 soldiers in

Israel; 470,000 soldiers in Judah - 1 Chron 21:5

Joab's numbering of the army. 800,000 soldiers in

Israel; 500,000 in Judah - 2 Sam 24:9

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David buys the land for the altar from Ornan for 600

shekels of gold - 1 Chron 21:24-25

David buys the land for the altar from Araunah for 50

shekels - 2 Sam 24:24

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Solomon had 4,000 stalls and 12,000 horsemen - 2 Chron

9:25

Solomon had 40,000 stalls and 12,000 horsemen - 1 Kings

4:26

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The Temple pillars were 18 cubits - 1 Kings 7:15

The Temple pillars were 35 cubits - 2 Chron 3:15

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The molten sea held 2000 baths - 1 Kings 7:23,26

The molten sea held 3000 baths - 2 Chron 4:2,5

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The importance of wisdom - Proverbs 4:7

The unimportance of wisdom - 1 Cor 1:19

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The joy of wisdom - Proverbs 3:13-15

The misery of wisdom - Ecc 1:18

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How the righteous suffer like the wicked - Ecc 9:2,

Isaiah 57:1

How the righteous flourish - Psalm 92:12-13

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No ills befall the righteous - Proverbs 12:21

How the righteous suffer - Job 12:4,6, Hebrews 11:35-37

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The wicked will die prematurely and will suffer -

Psalm 55:23, Proverbs 10:27, Job 18:5,11,18,19

The wicked lifespan is long and they enjoy life - Psalm

73:3-5,12, Job 21:7-9

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Man is to be holy - Leviticus 11:44, 19:2, 20:7

Only God is holy - Revelation 15:4

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Drinking alcohol is acceptable - Deuteronomy 14:26,

John 2:7-11, 1 Timothy 5:23

Drinking alcohol is not acceptable - Proverbs 20:1,

23:31-34, Hosea 20:1

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Jehoiachin was 8 years old when he began his reign - 2

Chron 36:9

Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he began his reign - 2

Kings 24:8

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The captain takes 5 men of the king's council - 2 Kings

25:19

The captain takes 7 men of the king's council -

Jeremiah 52:25

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Baasha dies and his son Ela begins his reign over

Israel - this was in the 26th year of king Asa of Judah

- 1 Kings 16:6,8

In the 36th year of Asa's reign, Baasha attacks Judah 2

Chron 16:1

NB. 2 Chron has Baasha still fighting 10 years after 1

Kings says he died!

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The infancy narratives.

According to Luke 2:21-39, Jesus is taken to the

Jerusalem Temple eight days after he is born; the

family then go up to Nazareth. In Matthew 2:14-23,

after being born the family flee in Egypt and stay

there until Herod dies; even on returning, they avoid

Judea and go up to Nazareth.

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Jesus began ministry after John the Baptist is

imprisoned - Mark 1:14,15,17.

Jesus's began ministry whilst John was free and before

imprisoned - John 1:28-29, 3:25-30

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Jesus baptised - John 3:22

Jesus did not baptise - John 4:2

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The exorcism of Legion - being 2 men - Matt 8:28

The exorcism of Legion - being 1 man - Mark 5:1,2

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The healing on leaving Jericho was 1 blind man - Mark

10:46,47

The healing on leaving Jericho was 2 blind men - Matt

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No one has ascended into heaven before Jesus - John

3:13

Elijah ascended into heaven - 2 Kings 2:11

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Respect for parents taught - Exodus 20:12, Leviticus

19:3, Deuteronomy 5:16, Ephesians 6:1-2

Disrespect and rejection of parents taught - Matt 8:21-

22, 10:37, 19:29, 23:9, Luke 12:51,53, 14:26

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People choose not to come to Jesus - John 5:40

People can only come to Jesus if God wills it - John 6:44

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Jesus judges - John 5:22,27, 9:39, 2 Corinthians 5:10

Jesus does not judge - John 8:15, 12:47

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Christians to hate their brothers - - Luke 14:26

Whoever hates their brother cannot have eternal life - 1 John 3:15

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Jesus refuses to give signs - Matthew 12:38,39, Mark

8:12, Luke 11:29

Jesus did give signs - John 3:2, 20:30, Acts 2:22

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Man judged/saved by faith - John 3:15,16,36, 5:24,

20:31, Acts 2:21, 16:30,31, Rom 1:17, 5:1,9,11,18,

10:9, Gal 2:16, Phil 3:9, Eph 2:8,9

Man judged/saved by works and lifestyle - Psalm 62:12,

Proverbs 24:12, Matthew 7:21, 16:27, 19:16,17, 25:31-

46, Luke 14;13-14, John 5:29, Acts 10:35, Rom

2:6,7,9,10, 1 Cor 3:8

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One of the disciples was lost - John 17:12

None of the disciple were lost - John 18:9

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Jesus refers to David eating the consecrated bread in

the time of Abithar - Mark 2:25,26

In fact David ate the consecrated bread in the time of

Ahimelech - 1 Sam 21:1-6

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Disciples being sent out not to wear sandals - Matthew

10:9,10

Disciples being sent out to wear sandals - Mark 6:8,9

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No man can retain the spirit after death - Eccles 8:8

Peter restores spirit of Tabitha after death - Acts

9:37,40

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Believers not to worry about providing for family -

Luke 14:26,33, 18:29,30

Believers must provide for family - 1 Timothy 5:8

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Jesus did not bear witness to himself - John 5:31

Jesus did bear witness to himself - John 8:14,18

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The law/commandments to remain for ever - Matthew 5:17-

19, Luke 16:17

The law has ended - Romans 7:4, Eph 2:15, Col 2:14

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Simon and Andrew's home was in Capernaum - Mark 1:21,29

Simon and Andrew's home was in the same place as

Philip's - Bethsaida - John 1:44

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God has given all things into Jesus' hands - John 3:35

God has not given all things into Jesus' hands - Matt

20:23, John 5:19

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Everyone sins - 2 Chronicles 6:36, Ecclesiastes 7:20,

Rom 3:10,12,23

Believers do not sin - 1 John 3:6,9, 5:18

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The anointing and entry into Jerusalem.

Matthew and Mark detail how Jesus rode into Jerusalem

in Matt 20:1-13, Mark 11:1-11. It was after this that

he was anointed at Bethany - Matt 26:6-16, Mark 14:3-

11. But in John he is anointed (12:1-8) and it is

after this that he rides into Jerusalem (12:12-15).

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The Last Supper.

The Synoptics make it clear this was the Passover meal

- Matt 26:19, Mark 14:16, Luke 22:13. However in John,

the meal was held on the day before the Passover -

13:29, and after the meal the Passover had still not

begun - 18:28, and after the trial, it was the day

("Preparation") for the Passover. The Passover was on

the day after Jesus was crucified (ie. because the

Passover fell on the Saturday sabbath, it is therefore

called a 'high day') - John 19:31.

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Peter denies Jesus before the cock crows - Luke 22:34,

John 12:38

Peter denies Jesus before the cock crows twice - Mark

14:30, 14:72

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Peter is warned he will deny Jesus after the last

supper and having left the upper room - Matt 26:20-34,

Mark 14:17-30

Peter is warned he will deny Jesus during the last

supper before leaving the upper room - Luke 22:33-39,

John 13:37-38/ 18:1

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Jesus' trial before the sanhedrin was at night and in

morning he was taken to Pilate - Matthew 26:57-68,

27:1-2

Jesus' trial before the sanhedrin and being taken to

Pilate was in the morning - Luke 22:66-71, 23:1

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Simon of Cyrene carries Jesus' cross - Matthew 27:32

Jesus carries his cross - John 19:17,18

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Jesus was physically descended from David - Romans 1:1-

3.

The genealogy in Matt 1:1-16 only relates to Joseph

who had nothing to do with the conception. The

genealogy in Luke 3:23-38 again only mentions Joseph

and therefore physical Davidic descent must be shown

through Mary - Jesus' only contact with humanity if

virgin born. However, Luke 1:36 says Mary was related

to Elizabeth who was of the Aaronic line (Luke 1:5) and

therefore not the Davidic line, so with virgin birth,

Davidic descent, a strict prerequisite for messiahship

is prevented. In sum, Jesus couldn't be the Christ.

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Both robbers revile Jesus - Matt 27:44

Only one robber reviles Jesus and the other believes -

Luke 23:41-43

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Jesus tells the believing robber he will be with him in

paradise that day - Luke 23:43

Jesus was in the grave following his death and did not

ascend to heaven - Acts 2:24,31, John 20:17

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God forsakes Jesus - Mark 15:34

Jesus is inseparable from God - John 10:30, 14:10,

16:32

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The confirmation Jesus is dead.

In Mark 15:43-45, Joseph of Arimathea asks Pilate for

Jesus' body, and Pilate is unaware of whether he is

dead; only after sending a centurion and receiving this

confirmation does he allow Joseph to take the body.

However in John 19:31-33,38, Pilate actually

authorises the leg-breaking to ensure they have all

died and then authorises Joseph to remove the body.

NB. Mark 15:42 states it was evening, ie. the sabbath

had already begun (the Jewish 'day' beginning at 6pm),

when Joseph asks for the body. However, burial was not

allowed on this day, showing the fictitiousness of the

story.

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The Resurrection.

Who went to the tomb ? Matthew-2 Marys; Mark-2 Marys

and Salome; Luke-at least 5 women; John-Mary Magdalene,

What was seen ? Matthew-Earthquake with angel sitting

outside on the recently-moved stone; Mark-Stone already

moved and a young man sitting inside; Luke-Stone

already moved with two men standing inside; John-Stone

moved. No one seen on 1st visit, but two angels sitting

inside after two earlier visits.

When did the woman/women leave to go to the tomb ?

Matthew-Towards dawn; Mark-Very early; Luke-At early

dawn; John-Still dark (NB. John states it was still

dark when Mary arrived at the tomb).

What did man/men/angel/angels say ? Matthew-Jesus was

risen and disciples to go to Galilee; Mark-As Matthew;

Luke-Jesus had risen: John-Asks why Mary is crying.

What do the women/woman do next ? Matthew-they run

away but meet Jesus who repeats angel's instruction;

Mark-They flee and SAY NOTHING TO ANYONE. This

obviously contradicts the other three in which the

women do go and tell the disciples (original Mark ended

at 16:7); Luke-They go and tell disciples; John-Mary

meets Jesus and they talk.

What is 1st conversation with the risen Jesus ?

Matthew-Women on way from tomb; Luke-The two disciples

on road to Emmaus; John-Mary Magdalene.

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The time between the resurrection and ascension ?

Matthew-At least the time to reach Galilee (60-70 miles

north); Luke-clearly one day only (see 24:13,33,36,50 -

it is made very clear that Jesus rose, made all his

appearances and ascended back to heaven on the same

day); John-at least a week accepting John 20 as the

original end to the Gospel, but with the John 21

appendix this means it was even longer as this has a

Galilean appearance; Acts-40 days.

An attempt to reconcile John's visit of just Mary

Magdalene whilst still dark with the Synoptics where

there are several women and it is daytime, is by saying

John's was an earlier one, ie. the one in the Synoptics

was a second one. However this cannot be so as John

has Mary Magdalene seeing the empty tomb (20:1) and in

the Synoptics when the women go to the tomb they ask

about who would roll the stone away (Mark 16:3).

However Mary Magdalene was with them (Mark 16:1) and

she had already seen that the stone had been moved away

and therefore they would already know this from her 1st

visit.

Furthermore, Luke makes any appearance at, or journey

to Galilee absolutely impossible as it has everything

happening in the area of Jerusalem with the disciples

being told to stay there until Pentecost, and the

conclusion being Jesus' ascension from nearby Bethany.

This is made clear - in Luke the first appearance is to

the two travelling to Emmaus (10 miles West of

Jerusalem) and 24:13 states this was "that very day";

the two then go "that same hour" to the eleven in

Jerusalem (24:33); Jesus then appears whilst they are

still explaning what they had seen (24:36). Jesus then

tells them to STAY IN JERUSALEM UNTIL PENTECOST

(24:49).

As Luke 24:51 has the ascension on the same day as the

resurrection this prevents any Galilean appearances by

Jesus to the eleven as in Matt and John.

Luke's account makes nonsense of Matt having Jesus tell

the women to instruct the disciples to go up to Galilee

(Matt 28:10) if he was going to see them himself later

that day (as in Luke and John), and furthermore see

them in Jerusalem. Also, Luke makes it clear that the

eleven were told to stay in Jerusalem from the day of

the resurrection to Pentecost, but Matt has them

travelling up to Galilee (28:16) as does John (21:1ff).

Important to note is Mark 16:7, ie. that the women

'said nothing to anyone' - all three Gospels contradict

this by them telling the disciples which then leads

into their accounts. Because of Mark 16:7, this is

really made impossible.

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Luke also has Jesus appearing to "the eleven" on the

same day as the resurrection (24:33-36), but John

states Thomas was missing on this appearance and it was

a week later that Jesus actually appeared to all eleven

- with Thomas then being present (20:24,26).

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Part 8:

The chronology of Paul's life.

Acts

(1)Paul converted on the way to Damascus (9:1-8).

(2)He goes to Ananias in Damascus and stays there

'several days' (9:20).

(3)After 'some time'*, Paul goes to Jerusalem

(9:23,26) and meets the apostles there (9:27).

(4)Paul preaches in Jerusalem, but due to threats to

kill him, he is sent to Tarsus (9:30).

(5)Relief to Jerusalem and Judea taken by Paul &

Barnabas (2nd visit) (11:30)

(6)Paul goes to Jerusalem (3rd time) (12:25)**

(7)Paul goes to Jerusalem (3rd or 4th time)

(15:1ff).(vii)

Galatians.

(1)Paul is converted (1:16).

(2)He does not go to Jerusalem, but to Arabia and then

Damascus (1:17)

(3)After 3 years, Paul goes to Jerusalem, meeting only

Cephas and James there (1:18-19) staying only 15 days.

(4)He then goes to the regions of Syria and Cilicia

(1:21).

(5)14 years later, Paul goes to Jerusalem with Barnabas

and Titus (2:1).

(6)Paul confronts Cephas at Antioch (2:11).

(7)No further information.

* The 'some time' in Acts 9:19 is not clear as to how

long this was; different translations render this 'some

time passed' (Jerusalem), 'after a number of days'

(Moffatt); the literal Greek is "'many' with the view

of being sufficient"; however it is rendered, it is

difficult to reconcile this with the three years of Gal

1:18.

** It is not clear whether 12:25 is a return to

Jerusalem, or a return to Antioch from Jerusalem; if

the former, and the Acts 15 visit is the Gal 2:1-10

one, then in Acts it would be the fourth visit, whilst

Paul states it was only the second.

Paul's method of counting in Gal. is not absolutely

clear, ie. whether his 14 years in Gal 2:1 is 14 years

after his starting point in Gal (ie. his conversion) or

14 years after the first Jerusalem visit 3 years after

his conversion which he had mentioned immediately

beforehand (ie. a total of 17 years after his

conversion).

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Numerous others problems arise when trying to reconcile

the two accounts, eg. Acts has Paul in Jerusalem and

Judea in his early life (21:17 then 22:3) and as a

persecutor of the church there (7:58, 9:1-2,13,21,

26:10) which makes Paul's comment that (Gal 1:22) he

was not known by sight by the churches in Judea even

after his time in Jerusalem, Syria and Cilicia (1:17-

21) appear impossible. Furthermore when Paul has a

dispute with Peter at Antioch about Gentile fellowship

in Gal 2, why does he not remind him of what was agreed

at the Acts 15 conference on this very subject ?

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Abraham was justified by faith - Rom 4:1-5

Abraham was justified by works - James 2:22-24

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Man does not die for his ancestors' sin - Deut 24:16, 2

Kings 14:6, Ezek 18:20

Man does die for his ancestors' sin - Ex 20:5, 34:6-7,

2 Sam 12:13-18, Isa 14:21, Rom 5:12,19, 1 Cor 15:22

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Elijah and Moses appear many centuries after they died

- Mark 9:2-4

Only God is immortal - 1 Tim 6:15-16

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Jesus to be buried for three days and nights - Matt

12:40

Jesus buried for one day and two nights - Mark

15:42,43, John 20:1 (These texts show the burial did

not take place until Friday night and the tomb was

empty before Sunday morning). Jesus is NOT dead for

"three days and three nights" whether present-day or

Jewish time-reckoning is used.

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Jesus was the first person to rise from the dead -

Acts 26:23, Rev 1:5

Jesus was not the first person to rise from the dead -

2 Kings 4:32,35, Luke 7:12-15, Matt 9:18,25, 11:5,

27:52, John 11:44

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The Holy Spirit given on Easter Sunday - John 20:19,22

The Holy Spirit given at Pentecost - Acts 2:1-4

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Jesus warns disciples he is to leave them - John

16:5,7,28

Jesus assures disciples he will always be with them -

Matt 28:20

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The Holy Spirit not given until Jesus' death - John

7:39

The Holy Spirit given before Jesus' birth - Luke

1:41,67

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Judas dies by hanging himself - Matt 27:5-7

Judas dies by swelling up - Acts 1:18

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Women buy anointing spices for Jesus after the sabbath

- Mark 16:1

Women buy anointing spices for Jesus before the sabbath - Luke 23:56

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Paul's vision.

Acts 9:7 states the men with Paul STOOD speechless,

HEARING the voice but NOT SEEING anyone.

Acts 22:9 states they did NOT HEAR the voice.

Acts 26:14 states they all FELL to the ground and DID

HEAR the voice.

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God is impartial towards people - Acts 10:34, Rom 2:11,

Gal 2:8, Eph 6:9

God is partial towards people - Rom 8:29-30, 9:11-13,

Matt 10:5-6, 15:22-25, Luke 1:30

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Those without the law, will perish without it - Rom

2:12

Where there is no law, there can be no transgression -

Rom 4:15

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Salvation only available to a few who have been chosen

- Matt 7:14, 22:14, Luke 12:32, 13:24, John 6:37,65,

15:16,19, Rom 8:29, 9:11-23, Eph 1:4,

Salvation available to those who want it - Matt 7:7,8,

11:28, John 3:16, 5:40, 7:37, Acts 2:21, Rev 3:20

NB. Prov 16:4 states God actually made the unsaved for

'the day of trouble' (ie. damnation). In contrast to

texts that state Jesus died for the elect/a small

number, there are others that confirm, or at least

suggest everyone will be saved by Christ - John 1:29,

4:42, 1 Cor 15:29, Heb 2:9, 1 John 4:14.

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Satan is free to act as he pleases - Job 1:6-7, 2:1-2,

Zech 3;1, Matt 4:1, 1 Pet 5:8

The angels who rebelled against God are chained up -

Jude 6

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James and John ask Jesus for special places in the

kingdom - Mark 10:35-37

It is the mother of James and John who asks Jesus for

special places for them - Matt 20:21-22

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No one born of God sins - 1 John 3:9

Everyone sins - Rom 3:23, 1 John 1:8

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No one is righteous - Rom 3:10

There are righteous - James 5:16

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The sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is

unforgiveable - Matt 12:32, Mark 3:29

God forgives all sins - 1 John 1:7

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Love your enemies - Matt 5:44

Refuse to greet your enemies - 2 John 10, enemies are

cursed by Paul - G