contradicting stories?

Question

If you read Matthew (28:1-10), Mark (16:1-20), Luke (24:1-12), and John (20: 1-18), you will find contradicting stories. They all agreed that the tomb was guarded for three days. However, they reported the discovery of the empty tomb differently.
Matthew (28) and John (20) reported that Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were the first to discover the tomb.
Mark (16) reports that Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome were the first to discover the empty tomb.
Mark (28) reports that there was an earthquake that removed the rock from over the tomb. He says that an angel caused it. The other gospels do not mention of an earthquake.
Matthew and Mark say that only ONE man in white clothes was sitting on the tomb when the woman arrived, and that he was an angel.
Luke says that TWO men in white clothes, who were angels, were sitting. Johns says that the two women did not meet anybody the first time they came to the tomb, but when they returned, they saw TWO people, ONE was an ANGEL, and the other was JESUS.
Matthew reports that when the guards reported this to the chief priest, the chief priest paid them a large sum of money, telling them: "You have to say that his disciples came at night and stole his body." He claims that the soldiers took money and spread the story around and since then, the story had been circulating among the Jews until today (according to Matthew). The other gospels do not report of any such thing.
35. Which narration now is more authentic?
36.Why is the appearance of Jesus after the crucifixion taken as a proof of his resurrection when there is an explanation that he was not dead because someone else was crucified in his place when God saved Him?
37.How did Matthew know of the claimed agreement between the soldiers and the chief priest? Can’t someone say that someone paid the women a large sum of money and told them to spread the word around that Jesus rose from the dead, with the same authenticity as that of the story of Matthew?
38.Why did they believe that man in the white clothes? Why did they believe he was an angel? John’s narration is too strange, since he says that Mary did not recognize Jesus (one of the two) while talking to him, and she only recognized him when he called her by her name.
39.How does an empty tomb prove that Jesus was crucified ? Isn’t it that God is capable of removing another man from the tomb, and of resurrecting him too?
40.The Gospels are believed to be the verbatim words of God, they are supposed to be dictated by the Holy Spirit to the Disciples who wrote them. If the source were the same, why shouldn’t they correspond with each other in reporting such an important event?
41.How could Matthew, Mark, Luke and John be considered eyewitnesses of resurrection when the Bible implies that nobody at all saw Jesus coming out of the tomb?

Answer 1

the bible is chocked full of conflicting and contradictory stories, so either accept the bible as false, or just try to live by the spirit of the message...

Answer 2

Well the bible is certainly not the verbatim word of God. It is the gospel of mark, not of God. - and so on. Maybe if they would have had a gospel of Mary Magdaline, it would have been more accurate.

How is it possible for someone else to be crucified in jesus' place? I think someone would have noticed that.

Crucifiction was a very common death. There is nothing amazing about the way Jesus died. Now, if you read Revelations, that is the amazing part. That is what Jesus intercepted while experiencing His death. (Yes, I believe it took place on the cross)

Of course the bible is contradictory. The apostles all referred to themselves as 'His favorite'. The apostles are the ones who started churches that mixed old Jewish law and traditions with the love and sacrafice of Jesus. Big mistake. One eliminated the other. They do not mix.

Really, they didn't get it. Paul got it. And paul and the apostles did not agree on teachings. (Acts/Galations)

Whether Jesus actually died, or actually rose - the message is still the same. The result is still the same. There is no law, no sin, no hell. The world of that ended at the cross and a new one began. Of equal love, grace, peace.

Really, it sounds like the apostles were mostly unbelievers.

Answer 3

All these things just point to the great diversity that existed in the early beginnings of the Christian movement. Serious Biblical scholars recognize that the Bible is a human document, and many Christians do not believe scripture to be the verbatim words of God.
If all the accounts were the same, we could assume that there had been editing to make all the accounts match. But since there are differing accounts, it is accepted that there were several oral stories told about the resurrection, and other events of Jesus' life and teaching.
Mark is considered the earliest gospel, and John the latest. Many scholars discount a great deal of John because we know the Church by that time was fighting Gnosticism.
So, now I'm just rambling, but anyway...I read the Bible to speak to my faith, I don't read it to look for verifiable evidence of anything.

Answer 4

Contradicting stories as you say.....or just different memort recollections. You tell 3 people the same story, wait years later, ask them to repeat the story and see what answers you get. And now, who took Jesus' place on the cross.......I've never read that / heard that / or even seen that. Or are you reading the Satanic Bible.

Answer 5

Don't you think that maybe as people today we all see and understand thing differently so maybe that could be the problem.

Answer 6

the answer to that whole load of crap you just posted is translation, find a good translation of the bible and you'll have the answer

Answer 7

maybe the Bible is not "a perfect thing"

Answer 8

I agree with your point of view.

Answer 9

too much to read..will review thanks