Someone had cited contradictions in the Bible in this question..?

Question

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=A9FJu8uEr.1F6nsBiwXsy6IX?qid=20070302091357AAFvvzO The answer stated, Christians, explain these contradictions?.....
the answer given there were all the verses, mostly in kings and 2 Corinthians, I wanted to study the differences in the chapters but now the answer is gone. Can someone please give me the verse regarding how many men were conted in Isreal and Judah, and so on... Please I really wanted to ask my pastor and study why there may be different versions of the same story in different chapter.

Answer 1

Did you need clarification of how many fighting men were found in Judah and Israel? Some point out these two verses as proof of a Biblical contradiction:

A) Five hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9) - "And Joab gave the number of the registration of the people to the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men."

B) Four hundred and seventy thousand (1 Chronicles 21:5) - "And Joab gave the number of the census of all the people to David. And all Israel were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword; and Judah was 470,000 men who drew the sword."

Regarding Israel's number difference: The solution to the difference in counts for Israel seems to be answered in the Hebrew word for "valiant," which is "chayil" found in 2 Samuel 24:9. It means, "men of valor, army, host, etc." It seems to mean that the men numbered in 2 Samuel 24:9 were those with battle experience whereas the men of 1 Chronicles 21:5 were not. It was most probably true that there were an additional 300,000 men ready for battle who had not yet experienced it. Therefore, 2 Sam. 24:9 numbers only the experienced men, where 1 Chronicles 21:5 numbers all men of battle ready age.

Regarding Judah's number difference: The solution seems to be provided in verse six which says, "But he did not number Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab," (NASB). Verse six states that the numbering process had not yet been completed since the tribes of Levi and Benjamin had not been numbered.

Answer 2

The reason there are different versions is because they were written by different authors, looking back on an event that happened earlier. It is also looked upon as if you were to go to school, give a guestimate on how many students there were, then someone else did the same, the numbers would be off. Now multiply that by time, you see the books in the Bible were handed down by oral tradition for many years, then in the case of the Old Testament, a group of priests decided to put them together, they gathered all they could and wrote them down, the beauty of is that they left both accounts because they were copied as written, in other words they would not combine two seperate texts to make more sense.
There are several places in biblical text that this happens. But this does not take away from the salvific nature of the Bible and the greatest story that starts from Adam and Eve, and ends with the death and resurrection of our Savior.
People place importance on the minimal when the maximum should never be overlooked, God's love for us and especially for you.
God bless you always.

Answer 3

Sometimes it might seem like there are contradictions in the Bible when there really aren't. For example, in the gospels, both Mary and Joseph's lineage are shown. I think Joseph's is in Matthew and Mary's is in Luke. But when you first look at the lineage in Luke, it says it is Joseph's line. However, it basically means that Mary's father, Joseph's father-in-law claimed him as his son when the two were married. Sometimes, when you first read something in the Bible, it doesn't make since, that's why you have to find out the culture and history and research verses sometimes down to the word to figure out what they really meant in Greek and/or Hebrew. The Bible doesn't have contradictions in the end though. Misinterpretation has obviously gotten a lot of the above answerer's confused, if you study hard, you will find that the so called contradictions really fit together like a puzzle. I agree with soychuleta2000's answer below. You can pick at the Bible and try to find how it's wrong. If there were any errors, it would be because of human fault, but the Bible is inspired by God, and is the true story of God's love for us and how he sent his son to die for us. Why do people wish to tear that down. Good luck on finding the correct answer and don't let others fool you. Go with God, and God bless.

Answer 4

No contradictions but just plain un-truths in the word of God. Pls ask your Pastor as to how the story of Adam & Eve could be the word of God if when members of the same family have children, we now know (the Biblical idiots didn't) the off spring are always born with genetic abnormalities including being sterile. His immediate reaction will be to laugh and then change the subject.

Answer 5

theres differences because some idiots decided to make different versions of the bible to make it ''easier to read'' when theyre really just trying to make money by marketing so called teen bibles,womans study bibles, ect......also taking into consideration all the translations and (possible) corruption in the church. just an example of how the bible is getting messed up check out this link..........http://www.mzla.com/bible/

Answer 6

although im not familiar with the exact chapter and verse you are trying to find, there are numerous contradictions throughout the bible. it is not the inerrant word of god so many religious types have been brainwashed into thinking it is and so many priests, pastors, ministers, and reverends would have you believe. all you have to do is do some research into the origins of the bible and christianity to see this for yourself.

Answer 7

1. Who first came to the tomb on Sunday morning?
a. one woman (John 20:1)
b. two women (Matt. 28:1)
c. three women (Mark 16:1)
d. more than three women (Luke 23:55-56; 24:1,10)

2. She (they) came
a. while it was still dark (Matt. 28:1; John 20:1)
b. after the sun had risen (Mark 16:2)

3. The woman (women) came to the tomb
a. to anoint the body of Jesus with spices (Mark 16:1-2; Luke 24:1)
b. just to look at it (Matt. 28:1; John 20:1)

4. The women had obtained the spices
a. on Friday before sunset (Luke 23:54-56; 24:1)
a. after sunset on Saturday (Mark 16:1)

5. The first visitor(s) was/were greeted by
a. an angel (Matt. 28:2-5)
b. a young man (Mark 16:5)
c. two men (Luke 24:4)
d. no one (John 20:1-2)

6. The greeter(s)
a. was sitting on the stone outside the tomb (Matt 28:2)
b. was sitting inside the tomb (Mark 16:5)
c. were standing inside the tomb (Luke 24:3-4)

7. After finding the tomb empty, the woman/women
a. ran to tell the disciples (Matt. 28:7-8; Mark 16:10; Luke 24:9; John 20:2)
b. ran away and said nothing to anyone (Mark 16:8)

8. The risen Jesus first appeared to
a. Mary Magdalene alone (John 20:14; Mark 16:9)
b. Cleopas and another disciple (Luke 24:13,15,18)
c. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary (Matt. 28:1,9)
d. Cephas (Peter) alone (1 Cor. 15:4-5; Luke 24:34)

9. Jesus first appeared
a. somewhere between the tomb and Jerusalem (Matt. 28:8-9)
b. Just outside the tomb (John 20:11-14)
c. in Galilee - some 80 miles (130 Km) north of Jerusalem (Mark 16:6-7)
d. on the road to Emmaus - Miles (11 Km) west of Jerusalem (Luke 24:13-15)
e. we are not told where (Mark 16:9; 1 Cor. 15:4-5)

10. The disciples were to see Jesus first
a. in Galilee (Mark 16:7; Matt. 28:7,10,16)
b. in Jerusalem (Mark 16:14; Luke 24:33,36; John 20:19; Acts 1:4)

11. the disciples were told that they would meet the risen Jesus in Galilee
a. by the women, who had been told by an angel of the Lord, then by Jesus
himself after the resurrection (Matt. 28:7-10; Mark 16:7)
b. by Jesus himself, before the crucifiction (Mark 26:32)

12. The risen Jesus
a. wanted to be touched (John 20:27)
b. did not want to be touched (John 20:17)
c. did not mind being touched (Matt. 28:9-10)

13. Jesus ascended to Heaven
a. the same day that he was resurrected (Mark 16:9,19;
Luke 24:13,28-36,50-51)
b. forty days after the resurrection (Acts 1:3,9)
c. we are not told that he ascended to Heaven at all (Matt. 28:10, 16-20;
John 21:25; the original Gospel of Mark ends at 16:8)

14. The disciples received the Holy Spirit
a. 50 days after the resurrection (Acts 1:3,9)
b. in the evening of the same day as the resurrection (John 20:19-22)

15. The risen Jesus
a. was recognized by those who saw him (Matt. 28:9; Mark 16:9-10)
b. was not always recognizable (Mark 16:12; Luke 24:15-16,31,36-37;
John 20:14-15)

16. The risen Jesus
a. was physical (Matt. 28:9; Luke 24:41-43; John 20:27)
b. was not physical (Mark 16:9,12,14; Luke 24:15-16,31,36-37;
John 20:19,26; 1 Cor. 15:5-8)

17. The risen Jesus was seen by the disciples
a. presumably only once (Matt. 28:16-17)
b. first by two of them, later by all eleven (Mark 16:12-14;
Luke 24:13-15,33,36-51)
c. three times (John 20:19,26; 21:1,14)
d. many times (Acts 1:3)

18. When Jesus appeared to the disciples
a. there were eleven of them (Matt. 28:16-17; Luke 24:33,36)
b. twelve of them (1 Cor. 15:5)

Answer 8

Here are quite a few contradictions, perhaps the ones you are looking for are in there:

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/by_name.html

Primo nice job there, claiming there are no contradictions and immediately conceding that the ones that are there don't matter. Very Bush-like.

Answer 9

This is the same list as Ronin (don't want to spam the whole list here) but you don't have to go to each verse through a link.

Answer 10

Look it up on a free bible on line no need to even sign up,. look in your own Version even here at : WWW.biblegateway.com