Regarding the biased deniers oft repeated claim of “contradictions” in the Gospels:
After the Titanic sank there were several different headlines from newspapers regarding how many people died. They all had different numbers and there were “contradictions.” And even eyewitnesses disagreed about the Titanic sank. Some eyewitnesses said it went down whole and other eyewitnesses said it broke in two and went down, and there were “contradictions.”
Does that mean the Titanic didn’t sink…? Nope. What they all do agree on is this ~ they all agree on the ‘major event’ that the Titanic sank. Maybe some eyewitnesses had a different view than other eyewitnesses. This is exactly what you get with eyewitness testimony. You get people agreeing on the ‘major event.’
There ‘was’ a Resurrection. You get em’ disagreeing, or at least giving different accounts, about maybe who got to the tomb first or who was there, but none of that stuff changes the central and major event that they’re writing about. And that is the Resurrection.
When people point out what ‘they’ consider to be “contradictions” in the Bible, so what…? What does that prove…? It certainly doesn’t prove that Jesus didn’t rise from the dead…! And it certainly doesn’t mean the New Testament documents aren’t reliable either.
The writers may have different nuances or different ways or reporting, but if you find what you consider to be a “contradiction” in the story, it certainly and clearly doesn’t mean that the central or main event didn’t happen. The Bible doesn’t need to be without “contradictions” for Christianity to be true.
“Contradictions” do not negate the bigger point that Jesus rose from the dead for our sins and by trusting in Him you can have forgiveness.
