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One difficulty of Christian theology is that of explaining the role of the Jewish law under the new covenant. Among the mixed messages that we get on this topic are two apparently contradictory statements about whether Jesus abolished the law. (more…)

The synoptic gospels all have some of the women who followed Jesus visiting his tomb and finding it empty. But did these first witnesses to the resurrection take the news to the disciples or not? (more…)

After Jesus’ death, his body was laid in a tomb which was sealed with a large stone. Some of the women who had followed Jesus went to the tomb to anoint his body with spices. But was the tomb still sealed when they arrived? (more…)

When Jesus’ body had been laid in the tomb, several of the women who had followed him went to anoint his body with spices. The gospels all agree that they visited the tomb early in the morning on the first day of the week, but they disagree about whether it was light or still dark. (more…)

All of the gospels describe at least one of the women who followed Jesus going to his tomb to anoint his body with spices. However, there are discrepancies between the accounts concerning precisely which women went. (more…)

In all four gospels, the crucifixion is witnessed by women who have followed Jesus from Galilee to Jerusalem. There is some inconsistency between the accounts, however, concerning how close to the cross the women stood. (more…)

When Moses descended from the mountain having been given the ten commandments, he found that in his absence the Israelites had committed idolatry by making and worshipping a golden calf. In his anger, he broke the tablets on which the commandments were written. God provided a second set, but Exodus appears to contradict itself concerning who actually wrote the ten commandments onto the second set of tablets. (more…)

Jesus often met with his disciples in the garden of Gethsemane. Having agreed to betray him, Judas led an armed crowd there so that they could arrest him. The gospels contradict each other, however, concerning how the crowd knew who to arrest. (more…)

The triumphal entry, the ocasion on which Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a young donkey, thus fulfilling Zechariah 9:9 and claiming to be the king of the Jews, is in all four gospels. There is a discrepancy, however, concerning how Jesus acquired this donkey on which he rode. (more…)

Judas’s reward for leading the Jews to arrest Jesus was thirty pieces of silver. The gospels contradict each other, however, concerning when Judas was paid for his betrayal. (more…)