Did Jesus in the Bible contradict himself?

To interject a point that hasn't come up yet. In Jewish tradition and law slander of a person was a very serious crime- on par with an actual physical assault. If you wonder why just look at what happened to the Duke Lacrosse players. Jewish courts took the crime of slander very seriously, so Christ was correct when he said, "If you call someone a fool, you will be taken to court." In that time you would be.

Remember, before banks and advertising on television, the most important asset a man had was his reputation. When you slandered a man you ruined his ability to find a bride, earn a living, etc.

Also, remember that then (as it is now) truth is a defense to slander.

The Bible is translated. Unless you read Arameic, or you were there and happen to know exactly what Jesus said, you can't know for certain that the persons who wrote those gospels weren't mis-translated. You can't know for certain, much like we have more than one word for "fool" in the English language or words that resemble the meaning of that one, if another word was or was not used.

Continuing on, the translation of the meaning behind the passage is in the lesson that Jesus wished us to learn. This lesson is not to let one's anger turn to sin.

Whether or not Jesus contradicted himself is not the question here, because most honestly he probably has in the eyes of a literal translator, and on numerous occasion. You could argue the same thing about the words of God in Old and New Testaments. But the true question is why you are searching for contradictions? Search instead to be like Christ.

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In the earlier portion of Matt 5:22 Jesus made the point that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of judgment. Within this context Jesus mentioned about calling someone a fool (in the context of being angry without a cause) in the same verse. So the principle is we should not in anger and without a cause called somebody a fool.

Jesus in the verses you have highlighted called those people fools not in anger but with a good cause, in right judgment of them. So Jesus did not contradict Himself.

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It's all in the way you say it.

If I tell my friend jokingly, "**** you," I have done nothing wrong. But if I say "**** you" in extreme rage and hate, I've committed a sin.

It's the negative emotions related with insults that are frowned upon, not the insults themselves.

When Jesus called people fools, he had good reason and did not do so with hate, but with "tough love.". He uses powerful, bold, and even sarcastic diction to try to get his points across. He had good public speaking skills.

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Abusive speech is what Christ addressed in 5:22. What is abusive speech?

It is calling someone an idiot or a fool while they are not.

If however someone showed themselves to be a fool, it would not be abusive speech to call them that.

Your scripture quotes are out of context and slightly misquoted.We shouldn't say fool to another because no

man has the right to judge another . That's putting ourselves in the place of God. We should consider our brother above ourselves. No he didn't contradict himself.

Jesus is the judge, jury and executioner of this court I'm sure.

I thought it said " you hypocrites" not fools