Wrested Scriptures

Alleged Contradictions and Inaccuracies

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Contradictions
& Inaccuracies

  Preliminary
  Exodus 6:3
  Exodus 33:11,20
  1 Samuel 15:35
  1 Kings 15:14
  2 Kings 18:5
  2 Kings 24:6
  Matthew 2:1
  Matthew 17:1
  Matthew 19:16
  Matthew 20:29
  Matthew 27:6,7
  Matthew 27:37
  Matthew 28:7
  Mark 2:26
  Mark 16:7,8
  John 2:13-16
  James 1:13

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Matthew 2:1
" . . . Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king . . . "

Luke 2:4
"And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem . . . "

Problem:
Matthew indicates that Mary and Joseph lived at Bethlehem, but Luke says that they returned to Bethlehem for the census. Therefore, it is argued, there is an apparent discrepancy.

Solution:
  1. Jesus' birth in Bethlehem is no more proof that his parents lived there, than the statement that "I was born at sea" implies that mine lived in a ship.

  2. A reading of Luke 2:1-7 shows that while at Bethlehem for the census, Jesus was born. Mary had lived at Nazareth in Galilee before the journey to Bethlehem. (Luke 1:26,27)