My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Massacre of the innocents
Objection that there are no records of a massacre of infants by Herod An objection to the historical accuracy of Matthew’s account of Jesus’s birth is that there are no…
Peter’s Denial, pt 1: The Rooster Crow
The account of Peter’s denial is used as an example of how the Bible contradicts itself. In all the accounts but Mark, one crow is mentioned. But in Mark,…
Was Jesus’ body thrown in a mass grave?
There is an objection that Jesus’ body was thrown into a mass grave and either became unrecognizable because of exposure or could not be found due to there being many…
The day of Jesus’ death
What day was it? The question arises, did Jesus eat the Passover meal and as a consequence what day of the Passover week did Jesus die? The Synoptic Gospels…
The guards at the tomb would not have spread a rumor, because it would incur severe punishment.
While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assembled with the…
Peter’s Denial Pt.2
In the previous article (the rooster crow) we described the rooster crow that accompanied Peter’s denial. In this article, we will discuss the differences between the different Gospel accounts of…
Historical Timeline of Jesus’ Birth in Luke and the Quirinius Dilemma
Johnathan MS Pearce an atheist in his dialogue with Dave Armstrong gives ways hew believes would reconcile Luke in his comments on the proposed discrepancy between Luke 2:1-2 and Matthew…
The Death of Judas
The passages describing Judas’s death in Matthew and Acts are cited as an example of where two accounts in the Bible are incompatible with each other. Let’s look at…
Was the stone rolled away or not?
Was the stone rolled away when the women arrived at the tomb? In the passages of Mark, Luke, and John it is clear that the stone was rolled away before…
The hour of Jesus’ death
What hour did Jesus die? Mark and John seem to give two different hours for the death of Jesus. “And it was the third hour when they crucified him.” (Mark…
