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Mixed Bible questions proposed as Bible Contradictions by IslamicEra.com. These questions are not so difficult as they seem. Let’s keep in mind the rule: ‘The son of a son is a son.’<\/p>\n
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31. Who was the father of Jechoniah?<\/span><\/strong> Jehoiakim (I Chronicles 3:16) <\/p>\n 32. How many generations were there from the Babylonian exile until Christ?<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n 33. Who was the father of Shelah?<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n 34. Was John the Baptist Elijah who was to come?<\/span><\/strong> No (John 1:19-21) <\/p>\n 35. Would Jesus inherit David’s throne?<\/span><\/strong> No, since he is a descendant of Jehoiakim (see Matthew 1:11, I Chronicles 3:16). And Jehoiakim was cursed by God so that none of his descendants can sit upon David’s throne (Jeremiah 36:30). <\/p>\n 36. Jesus rode into Jerusalem on how many animals?<\/span><\/strong> Two – a colt and an ass (Matthew 21:7). They brought the ass and the colt and put their garments on them and he sat thereon. <\/p>\n 37. How did Simon Peter find out that Jesus was the Christ?<\/span><\/strong> His brother Andrew told him (John 1:41). <\/strong><\/p>\n 38. Where did Jesus first meet Simon Peter and Andrew?<\/span><\/strong> On the banks of river Jordan (John 1:42). After that, Jesus decided to go to Galilee (John 1:43). <\/p>\n 39. When Jesus met Jairus, was Jairus daughter already dead?<\/span><\/strong> No. Mark 5:23 quotes him as saying: My little daughter is at the point of death. <\/p>\n 40. Did Jesus allow his disciples to keep a staff on their journey?<\/span><\/strong>
\n\tJosiah (Matthew 1:11)
\n\tYes<\/em><\/strong>, according to the rule: The grandfather<\/strong> is a father (of course not the biological father).<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\tYes<\/em><\/strong>, he was his biological father<\/strong>.<\/em>
\n\tNo Bible Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tMatthew says fourteen (Matthew 1:17).
\n\tBut a careful count of the generations reveals only thirteen (see Matthew 1:12-16).
\n\tNo<\/em><\/strong>, the name of Christ is to be included<\/strong>. That gives fourteen. The entire genealogy is meant to give his descent, isn’t it?<\/em>
\n\tNo Bible Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tCainan (Luke 3:35-36)
\n\tYes<\/em><\/strong>, he is also mentioned in the Septuagint as the father of Shelah.<\/em>
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\n\tArphaxad (Genesis 11:12)
\n\tYes<\/em><\/strong>, he is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the father of Shelah. That means: Arphaxad was the father of Cainan, who was the father of Shelah; according to the rule: a grandfather <\/strong>(Arphaxad) is a father<\/strong>. <\/em>
\n\tNo Bible Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tYes (Matthew 11:14, 17:10-13)
\n\tRight<\/em><\/strong>, he was “the Elijah who was to come”<\/strong>: an individual who was to work in the spirit of Elijah.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\tRight<\/em><\/strong>, John was not the prophet Elijah, who lived about 800 years earlier<\/strong>.<\/em>
\n\tThe fine nuance is clear in each passage.<\/em>
\n\tNo Bible Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tYes. So said the angel (Luke 1:32).
\n\tRight<\/em><\/strong>, this was meant figuratively.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\tWrong<\/strong>, there is nothing said by Jeremiah about all his descendants, but the prediction is that the time was near that no biological sons of Jehoiakim<\/em> would sit on David’s throne. <\/em>
\n\tNo Bible Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tOne – a colt (Mark 11:7; cf Luke 19:3 5). And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments on it; and he sat upon it.
\n\tRight<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\tWrong<\/em><\/strong>, he sat on their garments<\/strong> (on the colt as is clear from the context).<\/em>
\n\tNo Bible Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tBy a revelation from heaven (Matthew 16:17).
\n\tYes<\/em><\/strong>, that was his personal conviction<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\tNo,<\/em><\/strong> that was Andrew’s view<\/strong> and not Peter’s.<\/em>
\n\tNo Bible Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tBy the sea of Galilee (Matthew 4:18-22).
\n\tNo<\/em><\/strong>, there is<\/em> no mentioning<\/em><\/strong> of the first time.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\tYes,<\/em><\/strong> that’s right<\/strong>.<\/em>
\n\tNo Bible Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tYes. Matthew 9:18 quotes him as saying, My daughter has just died.
\n\tNo<\/em><\/strong>. The Greek has: A moment ago my daughter was dying.<\/strong> (Aorist form of the verb excludes the result of the action of the verb.) A classic mistranslation due to the Vulgate that has: ‘defuncta est’ (has died).<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\tRight<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>
\n\tNo Bible Contradiction<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\tYes (Mark 6:8).
\n\tYes<\/em><\/strong>, a staff for walking<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n