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Both Matthew and Luke give Jesus geneaology, tracing back his lineage through the generations. It is not long, however, before the genealogies diverge. In fact, taking Jesus as the first generation, the genealogies disagree by the third. (continue reading…)

The Gospel of Matthew opens with a genealogy of Jesus, followed by an account of his birth. Matthew describes and quotes a prophecy that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem: (continue reading…)

The New Testament contains two accounts of Judas’s death, one in Matthew and the other in Acts. Both accounts make mention of the Field of Blood, and both describe how this field got its name. (continue reading…)

Twice in Acts, Paul (formerly called Saul) tells the story of his conversion from zealous persecutor of the church to an apostle of Jesus. The two accounts are very similar; in both Paul falls to the ground in response to a bright light, Jesus commissions Paul and sends him to Damascus for instructions, and a temporarily blind Paul is then led away by his companions. The accounts differ, however, as to what the companions saw. (continue reading…)

All three of the synoptic gospels recount an incident where Jesus met a demoniac who lived among the tombs, and cast many demons out of him and into a herd of swine which then charged into a lake and drowned. In two of the accounts we are told that the demons were named “Legion”. The accounts disagree, however, as to where the event took place. (continue reading…)

In 1 Corinthians, Paul expresses his relief that very few of the Corinthians can boast that they were baptised by him. However, His statement of precisely which Corinthians he did baptise shows evidence of confusion: (continue reading…)

The New Testament contains two accounts of Judas’s death, one in Matthew and the other in Acts. The two accounts differ, however, on the matter of how Judas died. (continue reading…)