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Lv 4

Christians......?

ny question is in relation to what another user had asked earlier.

My question is how come the 4 main gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) have different views or stories of events. Especially Johns which most Christians seem to accept.

A good example is who was carrying the Cross when Jesus the Son of mary was "supposedly" going to get crucified.

Now the first 3 Gospels say it was Jesus the Son of Mary.

John however says its Simon of Cyrene who carried the Cross.

Why the difference.

When a person is crucified it is they that carries their cross not some other person. Thats crucifixion.

Now I have seen answers that have made laugh. I just hope I get an answer that will, lets say quench my thirst.

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  • grnlow
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Listen to Tommiecat. Never to Anonymous drivel.

    Jesus had been beaten terribly for much if the day by Roman soldiers. It should be no surprise if he could not fully tote the torture stake--nit cross--all the way. Roman soldiers then picked out someone to help him. There us no error, just greater detail work.

    Obviously, you have never been around any Police reports. They can be a nightmare for the officers. Each telling what they honestly saw.

    Here us one example of a Halloween night. Share a ride program was active to take drunks home from parties. Almost a dozen met in my convenience store parking lot when several black males stole cases of beer and ran from the store. A CRIME EYEWITNESSED for the first time! All of these people called 911. Everyone was eager to give their eyewitness report to stop crime.

    The only problem was they were scattered out over the whole lit. After a half hour, the officer came in with a huge headache. A dozen reports with nothing the same.

    I assisted him to sane territory. There were two cars with drivers. One parked on the side and another behind the building. Four men stealing the beer running to the second car on the side. Spilling most of the beer along the way. None of the crime fighters got the plate numbers.

    Each correctly told the truth that they saw. None lied. Precisely because they spoke truth, none if the stories matched.

    Next time you read the accounts, remember those dozen honest citizens.

  • 7 years ago

    The words you find fault with are caused by your own lack of wisdom. Matthew 27:32 and Luke 23:26 both contain the story of Simon, a Cyrenian, however, John choose to give details of the events surrounding the Crucifixion, such as the Day of Preparation and who actually caused Jesus to be put to death.

    When I read the gospels, I see the words, all of the words, you see only those words that you want to see.

    If you where to read John chapter 19, you still would not be able to see what has been revealed within this chapter.

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  • 7 years ago

    Why do you not understand witness. When police investigate a crime, they get as many stories from as many witnesses as they can. If the stories all match perfectly then the witnesses got together and made up the story. If the stories are all the same but with differences the each witness is telling you what he personally saw.

    It is obvious that the gospels in the Bible are each person's individual story. They are legal affidavits.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Baptism removes original sin (Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit) and other sins.

    Confession and drinking blood of Jesus remove sins.

    666 is not forgivable; it's leads to permanent hell.

    666 is given with World Passport with no name on it (grey plastic card).

    Also, Police 666 people on highways.

    Food stores 666 people who steal.

    Prisoners (released by homosexual flying gloved pale-faced red-eye antichrist)

    also 666 people. Antichrist will rule over the whole world except Orthodox Russia.

    There will be a Tsar in Russia to not allow this antichrist to rule in Russia.

    So, go hide with Orthodox in Russia or Alaska before it's too late.

    Vyatcheslav Krasheninnikov said that first dinosaur will come out of Volga River.

    To kill the dinosaurs, go for their nerves.

    So, stay away 500 km from Moscow and no further than Ural mountains

    because Chinese will take over Siberia.

    Don't go into UFO to be healed by demons.

    Demons live inside clones. Jesus died for all sins committed by all.

    Jesus said that you have to drink His blood.

    All people have soul, body, and spirit.

    In animals, blood substitutes soul.

    That's why you're forbidden to drink animal blood. Animals don't have spirit.

    You're forbidden to drink human blood (like during blood transfusion) because sins transfer.

    You're told to drink blood of Jesus (because He's sinless) so that your sins are forgiven.

    Dogs are not allowed in your home and your church because the Holy Spirit will leave. fatheralexander.org

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    They are divergent, not contradictory.

    Who carried the cross? Jesus started out carrying it, couldn't make it the whole way, so they grabbed a bystander to finish carrying it the rest of the way.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Most people do not find supposed errors on their own.

    most people who attack the Bible are not truly interested in an answer. Many “Bible attackers” are even aware of the answers, but they continue to use the same old shallow attacks again and again.

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  • 7 years ago

    Because they were written from different viewpoints, for different audiences by different people.

    It's only normal that each would include different details - none of which contradict: for example regarding who carried what, we would only have a contradition if John said Jesus AT NO TIME CARRIED the torture stake (which he did not say).

    Let me give you an example that would help you understand.

    Person #1 says "The woman was single"

    Person # 2 says"The woman was married"

    Person #3 says "The woman was divorced"

    Person #4 says "The woman was dead"

    Do we have any contradictions above?

    The correct answer is "no". Since the woman could have been single from aged 0 - 20; married from 21-50; Divorced from 51 - 70 and dead at aged 71.

    The only way you can have a contradiction is if someone says "She was never married" or that she died without being divorced. The bible rarely gives times specific details and genuine contradictions are are completely absent from scripture.

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