It was Jesus’ stenographers who made their notes on the spot. And that’s the reason that Christians are so well informed. They can proudly state to any contradiction seeker (as IslamicEra.com): “Do you really think you know better than those who were there?”
71. In the gospels which say that Jesus prayed to avoid the cross, how many times did he move away from his disciples to pray?
Three (Matthew 26:36-46 and Mark 14:32-42)
Right.
One. No opening is left for another two times. (Luke 22:39-46)
Wrong, Luke describes Jesus’ prayer from the perspective of his spiritual agony. He gives a summery of three moments with increasing force: your will be done; an angel to encourage; agony and sweat in drops of blood. These three moments of prayer form a striking correspondence with the three moments of prayer as described in Matthew and Mark.
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72. Matthew and Mark agree that Jesus went away and prayed three times. What were the words of the second prayer?
Mark does not give the words but he says that the words were the same as the first prayer (Mark 14:39)
Yes, we read that a few verses earlier; in Mark 14:36.
Matthew gives us the words, and we can see that they are not the same as in the first (Matthew 26:42)
No, Matthew gives different words. That is OK, as Mark 14:36 and Matthew 26:42 both use a twofold introduction ‘began to pray … saying’ (Mark), ‘prayed, saying’ (Matthew). Rule 2 of Jesus’ writers: partly representation of the spoken word. So far, so good. Jesus did say both.
See the article: The rules of Jesus' Stenographers.
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73. What did the centurion say when Jesus died?
Certainly this man was innocent (Luke 23:47)
Wrong. Luke reports ‘saw what had happened’; that doesn’t mean immediately after Jesus’ death.
Truly this man was the Son of God (Mark 15:39)
Right, as is clear how it is reported: ‘… saw the way He breathed His last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"’
See the article: What did the centurion call Jesus when he died?
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74. When Jesus said “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken Me ?” In what language did he speak?
Hebrew: the words are Eli, Eli ..(Matthew 27:46)
Aramaic: the words are Eloi, Eloi .. (Mark 15:34)
This is no contradiction, it is just a matter of scholarly debate what language was spoken.
May I help you in formulating the real problem? Matthew says: “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” And Mark says: “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” Problem: What did Jesus really say? "Eli, Eli …"; or: "Eloi, Eloi …"? Answer: both. Matthew’s word was ‘about/towards the ninth hour’; Mark’s word was ‘at the ninth hour’. Conclusion: "Eli, Eli, …" was first and it was followed immediately by "Eloi, Eloi, …".
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75. According to the gospels, what were the last words of Jesus before he died?
“Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!” (Luke 23:46)
Yes, These were the last words, as we read: “Saying this he breathed his last.”
“It is finished” (John 19:30)
Wrong, After “It is finished,” we read in John: “And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.” There can be no doubt that giving up the spirit is reported by Luke: “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!”.
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76. When Jesus entered Capernaum he healed the slave of a centurion. Did the centurion come personally to request Jesus for this?
Yes (Matthew 8:5)
Right. The conversation between Jesus and the centurion is fully documented here.
No. He sent some elders of the Jews and his friends (Luke 7:3,6)
Wrong. The centurion had sent to Jesus some people with a request for healing. Before Jesus could speak the healing command he met the centurion who had followed his messengers on some distance to see the outcome.
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77.
Adam was told that if and when he eats the forbidden fruit he would die the same day (Genesis 2:17)
Yes, by eating he received spiritual death: separation from God.
Adam ate the fruit and went on to live to a ripe old age of 930 years (Genesis 5:5)
Yes, after the spiritual death his physical death was inevitable.
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78.
God decided that the life-span of humans will be limited to 120 years (Genesis 6:3)
Many people born after that lived longer than 120. Arpachshad lived 438 years. His son Shelah lived 433 years. His son Eber lived 464 years, etc. (Genesis 11:12-16)
Wrong. reading further, we see that the decline of ages continued unto Moses who became 120 years old. This figure is to be taken as a general upper limit with possible exceptions.
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79. Apart from Jesus did anyone else ascend to heaven?
No (John 3:13)
Right, Jesus prophesies about his ascension with the meaning: to take a place at God’s side on his throne.
Yes. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2 Kings 2:11)
Wrong, Elijah was taken up into heaven, and didn't ascend by his own power.
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80. Who was high priest when David went into the house of God and ate the consecrated bread?
Abiathar (Mark 2:26)
Right, he possessed the efod, the holy clothing of the high priest and inquired God with it for David, when he was on the run for Saul. This shows that Abjathar was consecrated already as high priest.
Ahimelech, the father of Abiathar (1 Samuel 1:1, 22:20)
Right, the old high priest Ahimelech had consecrated already his son Abjathar as a high priest and he had the right to use the title as long as he lived.
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