Month: November 2020

15
Nov
2020

Mark 3:13-19 – Why are the lists of disciples different?

There are four lists of the disciples found in Scripture. They sometimes differ in order, but this is not a problem since listing people in a different order still demonstrates that the people were the same. Matthew, Mark, and Luke, each contain a list of 12 disciples. However, Acts contains only 11. This is because Judas Iscariot, who had betrayed Christ, had died and was not listed. Acts 1:21-26 tells how they replaced Judas with Matthias thus retaining 12 disciples.

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14
Nov
2020

Mark 2:26 – Was Abiathar or Ahimelech the high preist

1 Samuel 21:1, “Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, ‘Why are you alone and no one with you?'”
Mark 2:26, “how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”

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13
Nov
2020

Mark 2:26 – Was the high priest Abiathar or Ahimelech?

Problem: Jesus claimed that Abiathar was the high priest at the time of Christ. However, 1 Samuel 21:1-6 states that the high priest was actually Ahimelech. Critic Bart Ehrman explained that this “mistake” in the Bible led him to begin doubting the authority and inerrancy of Scripture.[1]

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11
Nov
2020

Mark 2:14 – Was the taxman named Matthew or Levi?

Matthew (Matthew 9:9) – “And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man, called Matthew, sitting in the tax office; and He *said to him, “Follow Me!” And he rose, and followed Him.”

Levi (Mark 2:14) – “And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax office, and He *said to him, “Follow Me!” And he rose and followed Him.”

Levi (Luke 5:27) – “And after that He went out, and noticed a tax-gatherer named Levi, sitting in the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me.”

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10
Nov
2020

Mark 1:40-42 – Was Jesus breaking the law in touching a leper?

Problem: Jesus healed a leper by touching him. However, the Hebrew law stated that it is wrong to touch lepers. Leviticus 5:3 states, “If he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort his uncleanness may be with which he becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty.” Did Jesus commit a sin by touching the leper?

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09
Nov
2020

Mark 1:9 – Why was Jesus baptized?

Problem: Jesus was baptized, but normally, only sinners were baptized by John. Why was Jesus baptized? Was he secretly sinful and needed to repent of this before he could start his ministry?

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08
Nov
2020

Mark 1:7-13 – What did Jesus do after encountering John the Baptist?

After His baptism, Jesus spent some time with the disciples and then went into the desert. John the Apostle’s account of the baptism of Jesus is not a focus on chronological events. Instead, it is focusing on the ministerial aspect of Christ’s mission. John focuses on the issue of baptism and the commission of Christ and the blessing of the Father. Mark simply states that Jesus went into the wilderness after His baptism. Each account is about the same thing, but each addresses the issue in a very different manner and extracts different information from the events. Mark is succinct and mentions events several more events than John. There is no contradiction because there is no conflict in what is said.

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02
Nov
2020

Matthew 28:9 – To whom did Christ appear first, the women or His disciples?

Problem: Both Matthew and Mark list women as the first ones to see the resurrected Christ. Mark says, “He appeared first to Mary Magdalene” (16:9). But Paul lists Peter (Cephas) as the first one to see Christ after His resurrection (1 Cor. 15:5).

Solution: Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene, then to the other women, and then to Peter. The order of the twelve appearances of Christ goes as follows:

THE ORDER OF THE TWELVE APPEARANCES OF CHRIST

Paul was not giving a complete list, but only the important one for his purpose. Since only men’s testimony was considered legal or official in the 1st century, it is understandable that the apostle would not list the women in his defense of the resurrection here.

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