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One Blind Man, or Two?
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Matthew names two men leaving Jericho. Mark and Luke name only one, Bartimaeus.
How Many Angels at the Tomb?
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Matthew and Mark speak of one messenger. Luke and John speak of two.
How Many Demoniacs in the Country of the Gerasenes?
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Matthew says two. Mark and Luke follow the man who ends up clothed and in his right mind.
How Many Women Came to the Tomb?
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The names shift from to Gospel, but Mary Magdalene is always there. A shorter list of names is not a denial of the longer one.
On What Did Jesus Ride into Jerusalem?
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Matthew mentions a donkey and a colt. Mark, Luke, and John mention the colt.
Did the Centurion Come Himself, or Send Others?
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Matthew has the centurion speaking to Jesus. Luke has elders, then friends, carrying the request.
Was David Alone When Asking for the Holy Bread at Nob?
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The priest at Nob asked David, “Why are you alone?” Jesus says David and his companions ate the consecrated bread.
Who Drove the Anakim from Hebron?
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Joshua 11 says Joshua wiped out the Anakim from Hebron. Joshua 15 says Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from there.
Did Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Go to Egypt or Nazareth?
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Luke says the family returned to Nazareth after the temple visit. Matthew says they fled to Egypt and then settled in Nazareth. Luke leaves Egypt out. Both end in Nazareth.
What Did Jesus Do After His Baptism?
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Mark says the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness right away. John picks up the story weeks later, when Jesus returns to where John is baptizing. John does not tell the temptation.
How Many Apostles Were There Between the Resurrection and the Ascension?
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Paul says Jesus appeared to “the Twelve.” Judas was already dead, so there were eleven. “The Twelve” was the name of the group, used even when not all twelve were present.
What Did the Inscription Say?
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The four Gospels do not quote the same wording on . John notes it was written in more than one language.
Who Asked for the Best Seats?
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Matthew has the mother of James and John. Mark has James and John.
How Many Times Would the Rooster Crow?
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Matthew, Luke, and John: before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times. Mark: before the rooster crows twice.
What Were the Last Words from the Cross?
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Each records a different saying from as the last one it tells. Together there are seven sayings.
Who Buried Jesus?
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Joseph of Arimathea is in all four. John adds Nicodemus.
Was the Tomb Open or Closed When the Women Arrived?
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Matthew describes an angel rolling the stone back. Mark says they saw that the stone had been rolled away.
When Did Jesus Ascend? from Bethany or Olivet?
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Luke's can sound immediate. Acts waits forty days. Bethany sits on the slope of Olivet.
Was Jairus's Daughter Already Dead When He Came?
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Matthew has Jairus say she has died. Mark and Luke have him say she is dying, and then messengers arrive.
Who Carried the Cross?
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John says Jesus carried it. The Synoptics name Simon of Cyrene.
How Did Judas Die? Who Bought the Field?
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Matthew: he hanged himself, and the priests bought the potter's field with the silver. Acts: he fell headlong, and he acquired a field.
Did Both Robbers Mock Him?
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Matthew and Mark say the robbers who were crucified with Him also reviled Him. Luke has one of them rebuke the other and ask to be remembered.
Where Did Joseph and Mary Live Before the Birth?
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Luke has Nazareth, then a journey to Bethlehem. Matthew can sound as if Bethlehem was already home.
Did They Go to Egypt, or to the Temple, or Both?
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Luke has presentation at the temple and a return to Nazareth. Matthew has Egypt.
Was There a Census Under Quirinius?
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Luke names a census when Quirinius was governing Syria. puts Quirinius's famous census later, after Herod.
How Many of Each Animal on the Ark?
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Two of every kind. Seven pairs of the clean.
Does Genesis Give Two Flood End-Dates?
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Waters prevail a hundred and fifty days; the ark rests in the seventh month; the earth is dry in the next year.
Where Did Cain Get a Wife?
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Cain is sent away, and then he has a wife. Who else was alive?
Why Did the Rich Man Call Jesus Good?
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Matthew has Teacher, what good deed? Mark and Luke have Good Teacher. Jesus answers, Why do you call Me good?
How Many Sons Did Absalom Have?
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Absalom had three sons born to him. Later he said he had no son to carry on his name. The simplest reading is that the sons died young.
Was Haman an Agagite?
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Esther calls Haman “the Agagite.” Some say that is impossible, because Agag and his people were destroyed in Saul’s day. First Samuel never says Agag left no family.
What Were the Names of the Apostles?
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The lists of the twelve apostles do not use all the same names.
Did Asa Remove the High Places?
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Chronicles says Asa removed the high places from the cities of Judah. Kings and Chronicles both say the high places were not removed. Chronicles adds the detail: not from Israel.
When Did Jesus Ascend into Heaven?
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Four answers are set against each other: on the day of His resurrection, at least eight days after, many days after, and forty days after.
Did Peter Ask Jesus Where He Was Going?
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Peter asks, “Lord, where are You going?” Later that night Jesus says none of them is asking. By then they had stopped asking about Him and were grieving about themselves.
How Many Languages Were There Before the Tower of Babel Was Built?
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Genesis 10 lists the nations “according to their languages.” Genesis 11 then opens with the whole world speaking one language.
When Did Saul Become David's Enemy?
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Saul starts watching David with jealousy after the women’s song. A few verses later the text says he became David’s enemy for good. One chapter, one slide.
What Became of Cain?
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God said Cain would be a wanderer, and the ground would not yield to him. Cain settled in Nod and built a city. He refused to wander, and built walls instead of growing crops.
Was Jesus Taken to Caiaphas or Annas First?
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Matthew, Mark, and Luke take Jesus to the high priest's house. John says they brought Him first to Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas.
Did God Kill All the Egyptian Cattle in the Sixth Plague?
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The fifth plague killed the Egyptian livestock in the field. Then the hail and the last plague strike livestock again. Exodus says which animals the plague was on: those in the field.