contradiction in the bible ..?

Question

Mat 27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

The prophecie is in Ezekiel!! How can one believe this is the word of God???!!

Answer 1

Jeremiah was quoting Ezekiel... duh.

Answer 2

This is not a contradiction - there were many prophets in the Bible - 4 are considered "major" and they all prophisied and foretold of the coming of Christ and what His life on earth would entail in order to establish Christianity and salvation for all who choose to accept it - the very repetition is evidence for belief - As you continue to study perhaps a book entitled "How we Got the Bible" would be helpful to you - Good Luck and God Bless!

Answer 3

This book was translated into SEVERAL languages and was translated added to and taken from FOR CENTURIES by different monks, popes and much of what is there has been doctored to the Catholics likes since they had the Bible as long as they did.. Contradictions are GOING TO HAPPEN when the book is in man's hands...had it been preserved properly...then we might have a clearer idea of God's original words. That said, it is still accepted by most Christians as the word of God since it is all they have...(to some extent)...

Answer 4

Jer. 19:1-13

"1 This is what the LORD says: "Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests 2 and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell you, 3 and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle. 4 For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods; they have burned sacrifices in it to gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. 5 They have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind. 6 So beware, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

7 " 'In this place I will ruin [a] the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. 8 I will devastate this city and make it an object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds. 9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh during the stress of the siege imposed on them by the enemies who seek their lives.'

10 "Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching, 11 and say to them, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: I will smash this nation and this city just as this potter's jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. 12 This is what I will do to this place and to those who live here, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth. 13 The houses in Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be defiled like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on the roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.' "

It's in both. You are refering to Zech. 11:12,13.

Answer 5

try Jeremiah 32:6-9



ezE and Jeremiah were contemporary prophets like isaiah and micah .. they reapeat the same prophecies. usually one for the northern kingdom and one for the south.

good try tho!

Answer 6

well looks like you got shafted hahaha...... sorry that was wrong of me.
just needed the points