2006-09-03 19:50:03 · 10 answers · asked by nixson 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Cause Luke was sitting towards the back and couldn't hear what was being said well so his version is different
2006-09-03 19:51:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are two possible answers. There were two different sermons or one sermon.
The two sermons will easily explain the differences. Each accounts has a unique sermon.
One sermon is harder but can be explained. The accounts record what was important. Matthew directly heard the sermon, and Luke (a Greek) heard it from earlier sources. Both documented what they thought were important and remembered.
Yes there are differences but there is great overlap. The sermon is in Matthew and in Luke clearly give a message. Maybe you should look for the message and see if there is really a difference.
2006-09-04 03:13:07 · answer #2 · answered by J. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The accounts in the four Gospels are written by four different men, long after the actual (or alleged) events took place. Therefore, it is only normal that they would each have a different take on the storyline, based on the things that were passed down to them. This is further proof that the Bible was written by men, and men can be fallible. Who's to say whose account is most accurate, or if any of them are truly accurate? To me, it is the meaning of the story, not the story itself, that is important.
2006-09-04 02:53:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several of these. Did James and Jonathan ask to sit at Jesus right and left hand in heaven (Mark) or did their mother ask for them (Matt). When Judas sold out Jesus, did he give the silver back and hang himself, or did he buy a field and burst open. There are "faithful" (read dishonest) people out there who still insist that book has no contradictions!
2006-09-04 02:56:31 · answer #4 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different audiences. You don't sell cars in NC as you would in CA.
Luke was writing to a Gentile/Greek world. You'll find him popping up in Acts when Paul's I suddenly becomes WE - on a missionary journey.
Matthew was a home grown boy. His task was to prove to the Jews that Jesus was as well. It would make their 'conversion' easier.
Different agendas - different versions.
2006-09-04 02:54:57 · answer #5 · answered by Joe Cool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two different men, different ages, looking at the events of their lives with jesus from different perspectives, and written MANY years after the events.
2006-09-04 02:53:02 · answer #6 · answered by Ironhand 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's like having two different people doing a report on the same subject, it's their own memory of what was spoken by Jesus Christ.
2006-09-04 02:55:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the reports are written by different people.
2006-09-04 02:52:23 · answer #8 · answered by BRD 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is being told by two diferent accounts matthew tells it his way and luke tells it his own way.
2006-09-04 02:53:34 · answer #9 · answered by jesuschild379 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may be different in words, but certainly not in spirit where it matters.
2006-09-04 03:08:28 · answer #10 · answered by peace m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋