What Mistakes?

Question

Many people say that the Bible is filled with mistakes. I would like to know what they are specifically. If you have not actually read the Bible do not participate. Please stick to the topic.

I'm a Christian, but I would like to know what people really think!

Answer 1

there are no contradiction in the bible.

The words of God in the bible cannot contradict itself. The bible is the collection of inspired books where the revelation of God, His words and His mysteries are written. and all the words of God in the bible are in harmony with each other. As in the book of proverbs said "Pro 8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
Pro 8:9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge".

There are some translation that mislead or mistranslated. But we have the original writing to consult with.

Answer 2

I am a Christian and I have of course read and do study the Bible. There are many passages that if taken only as that individual passage one might think that they are in error because of a conflict either with history or another part of the Bible. However, I have found that generally speaking, if you know Biblical as well as middle eastern history and tradition and you know the entire Bible (at least in context), that all things appear to agree. It is a possibility that some numbers used in the Bible may not be accurate per se if you look at the historical data against the Biblical statement. This however could be the result of either a misinterpretation of the calendar of that time....a lack of knowledge about the calendar of that time, or just plain an error by the person writing it. For example, if we could somehow prove how old Noah was at the time of the flood, we could give an exact date etc. rather than an assumed date.

Answer 3

The Bible has been translated into many languages from the biblical languages of Hebrew and Greek. The very first translation of the Hebrew Bible was into Greek, the Septuagint (LXX), which later became the received text of the Old Testament in the church and the basis of its canon. The Latin Vulgate by Jerome was based upon the Hebrew for those books of the Bible preserved in the Jewish canon (as reflected in the masoretic text), and on the Greek text for the rest.



Protestants, Catholics, and most Orthodox agree now 1 that the New Testament should consist at least of the 27 Books (Matthew through Revelation/Apocalypse) that the Catholic Church determined were canonical, but the Protestant Old Testament is lacking 7 entire books 2 (Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus/Sirach, Baruch, I Maccabees, and II Maccabees), 3 chapters of Daniel and 6 chapters of Esther, leaving them with 66 incomplete books while Catholic Bibles have 73 books.


Many non-Catholic Christians like to accuse Catholics of "adding" Books to the Bible at the 16th c. Council of Trent. This is absolutely, 100% false. This Council, among other things, simply affirmed the ancient accepted books in the face of Protestant tinkering. How could Luther have relegated the deuterocanonical books to an appendix if they hadn't already been accepted in the first place? The Gutenberg Bible was printed in 1454 -- and it included the deuterocanonical Books. How could the Church have "added" them at the Council of Trent that began 91 years later? I defy any Protestant to find a Bible in existence before 1525 that looked like a modern Protestant Bible! Most Protestant Bibles included the deuterocanonical Books until about 1815, when the British and Foreign Bible Society discontinued the practice! And note that Jews in other parts of the world who weren't around to hear the Council of Jamnia's decision in A.D. 100 include to this day those "extra" 7 books in their canon.

Answer 4

These mistakes for starters: Copy and paste the exact text below under ' Source(s) ' in to Google's search line and click on " I'm Feeling Lucky ". You will find a wealth of information greater than the wealth and wisdom of Solomon, which itself is even a bit questionable. There is so much to list that there is no other way to present you with all of the little ' quirks ' that you can't seem to see, so I suggest that you go Googling for yourself and take notice of all the things that just don't make good sense. If you're confident in what you say you believe, it shouldn't be any problem for you.

It does seem very picayune, even asinine, of bible critics to point out such miniscule discrepancies as a numerical estimate of the size of an army, but in answer those literalists who claim that every word is true and inerrant, exactly as it written, even these must be mentioned. Either it it is flawless or it is not flawless, and these outright contradictions make it perfectly clear that is not flawless.

Answer 5

There are many clear contradictions.

Immediately after the birth of Jesus, his family:

A) Escaped to Egypt to hide the child from Herod.

or

B) Herod is never mentioned and the family goes to Jerusalem for a cleansing ritual.

Can't be both.

Where did Jesus Ascend from? Take your pick. Two Gospels give two completely different locations.

Was there an earthquake when Jesus was on the cross? Only one Gospel mentions it, and then adds that corpses in the cemetery were reanimated and walked around Jerusalem.

There are thousands more..These are just off the top of my head. And yes I have read it, cover to cover 16 times.

Answer 6

Different people from different denominations think the bible reveals this rather than that.

But when one has the anointing the Spirit of Truth who leads into all truth (1John 2:27), one can read the bible with the Holy Spirit who is One Spirit and reveals the same truth from one person in Christ to another.

So, the mistakes are actually the persons own understanding when reading the bible. A person needs to read it in the Spirit of The Bible. This is a life saver to me when I read something in the bible that someone else has said is a mistake. I have got many answers when I just prayed to God about it & studied the bible myself. Of course I purchased a Strongs Exhaustive to help.


Robert. I have purchased a book of apocryphal books. The Holy Spirit revealed me clear errors in those books that Catholic Church likes to hang on to. I can't read them. They bother me. I had to tosss the book, that I purchased myself, in the garbage. That is what God thinks of them. Also, the Catholic leadership know that there are errors in them. They think there is historical truth in them though.
One obvious contradiction to the Holy bible is that I am born evil because I am a woman. That women need a sex change if they want to go to heaven. Give me a break. I praise God that the anointing God gave me reveals to me in my spirit that this isn't His Word.


When reading other peoples so called bible mistakes, I clearly understand that they are leaning on their own understanding. Also, there were at least two calendars at the time of Christ on the cross. Two different time zones. And the Israel calendar is lunar and the other sonar.

Answer 7

Well, to start with, a bat is NOT a bird, it is a mammal. It wouldn't bother me so much if some of the followers of that religion didn't insist it was literal.

I understand you are just curious, so here is a link to a list of biblical contradictions. http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/jim_meritt/bible-contradictions.html

I have actually read the bible. I read all kinds of religious texts. I find them fascinating. I have myself spotted many things that did not make sense to me and then found I am not the only one. Another example - if an angel appeared to Mary and told her she was carrying a divine child, how could she and Joseph be confused by Jesus' statement "I am in my Father's house" when they found him in a temple when he was little/12 y.o.? Seemed odd to me then, seems odd to me now. Won't stop me from asking about it though. I question EVERYTHING. It's in my nature.

~Morg~

Answer 8

No, I don't have specific answers but I can suggest where to find them. It would take some leg-work on your part. You see ultimately there are no mistakes. It is about interpretation. If you want to find out about them there has been many documentaries on the subject and many interviews with Theologians, Jews, Christians, scientist, philosophers, etc. I've seen many on the history channel and PBS. There are also many books out there. One is Misquoting Jesus (Amazon and Boarders carry it)

So the real question is why are you asking? Are you trying to prove a point or do you really want to know an answer. Cause there is plenty of info out there. How 'bout you find out for yourself.

Answer 9

The Bible is filled with things that we cannot understand without God's counsel. That is why people say that the Bible is full of mistakes. You must trust in the holy ghost to guide you and answer those questions that you feel might be mistakes. The Bible is the inspired word of our Lord. Remember It is a literal guide of how we should try to live withh ourselves and others.

Answer 10

Keep in mind that it is a book written years after Christ actually lived and has been translated from Greek, Hebrew and Latin into what it is currently and is from a time 2000 years in the past. No translation is perfect and I imagine there are many mistakes. I can't see how someone can justify basing their morals and life on a book that contradicts itself and has nothing to do with present-day society.

But to each his own.

Answer 11

In 1 Kings 7:24 it says pi is 3