"And the chief
priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and
found none. For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not
together. And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, We heard
him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will
build another made without hands. But neither so did their witness agree together.”
Mark 14:56-59
Christian scholars have known, recognized, and
documented the many and varied contradictions to be found in the Bible for centuries now.
These contradictions are a direct result of the continuous and unrelenting attempts to
correct, fix, and amend the Bible in order to make a given doctrine “clear” to
the reader. It is the masses who have been kept in the dark in this regard. There is
extensive historical and scriptural evidence to be found in the books of the Bible which
support this conclusion. Many detailed examples have been presented (refer to the other
pages). As shown previously, some Christian scholars estimate the errors in the Bible to
be in the range of 14,800-50,000 or even much more. This is why it has become necessary
for the Church to demand “blind faith” from the masses.
Matthew is now recognized as not being the author
of Matthew (read for example Matthew 9:9). John is also recognized as not being the author
of John (read for example John 21:24).... and on and on. These Christian scholars (not
Muslims) have even gone so far as to attempt to identify the original documents from which
these books were originally derived, such as J, P, Y, Q,...etc. For centuries now, the
Qur’an has been bearing witness that the previous books of God had been modified by
the hands of the unscrupulous few. Even now when Christians and their universities
themselves recognize this to be a historical fact they still do not bother to tell the
masses. Some of these Conservative scholars, such as Mr. F.F. Bruce, appear to have
completely given up on refuting the proof of distortion and have now resorted to
“spiritualizing” the Bible and telling people in effect that the teachings of
the Bible are useful anyway even if we don't even know who the inspired authors are.
Others will adamantly refuse to believe that
anyone has changed the word of God or that the Bible contains any conflictions whatsoever
no matter how much evidence is presented. They are willing to either:
1) Explain it away using abstraction to explain
the “true” meanings of the verses presented, or
2) Explain it based upon assumptions of their own
not contained in the Bible, or
3) Claim that these matters are all insignificant
and that the words remain the inspiration of God even if we don’t know who the
“inspired” authors were and their narrations contradict one another.
Even at that, they don’t attempt to explain all
the contradictions presented. As we can see (refer
to other pages), they have developed a system
where in one paragraph they manage to reduce many thousands of discrepancies to “only
a handful which are at all important,” and even before reaching the end of the
paragraph, even this “handful” is quickly brushed away as being “only
apparent discrepancies.”
The problem in many cases is that it is human
nature when given a choice between two matters, to take the simpler of the two, sometimes
even against one’s better judgment. This is indeed how many people lose their life
savings to people who tell them that they will invest it for them in a “sure
thing,” or people who encourage others to participate in lotteries. We would not
expect that our land would grow fruit without our having to lavish upon it months of back
breaking work. We would not expect that a large company would be willing to pay us a
handsome weekly paycheck without our actually doing some useful work for them, however,
when it comes to the ultimate reward and the ultimate prize, the Paradise of the Lord of
creation, now we are told that it is no longer necessary to work for the ultimate prize.
Paul has made salvation a very easy
commodity to come by in Christianity. They only have to “believe.” No actual
work is required. No one has to work for their salvation (Romans 3:28, etc.). Paul
has brought for them the “sure thing” and the short cut to salvation. The
commandments of Jesus (pbuh) which he himself observed faithfully and fully up until the
crucifixion, are all discarded by Paul as old, decaying, and ready to vanish away (Hebrews
8:13, etc.). The fact that Jesus (pbuh) himself told his followers that observing the
commandments and selling their belongings shall make them “perfect” is forgotten
(Matthew 19:16-21). The fact that Jesus (pbuh) himself commanded his followers to keep the
commandments until the end of time is also forgotten (Matthew 5:17-19). All they need is
“faith.” They have already been saved. The Law and commandments are merely
“extra.”
In this page I have presented a table containing
only a small sampling of the many and varied contradictions between the verses of the
Bible. These are only some of the very simple and obvious examples known today. Other more
serious ones require comparisons of many passages with each other or with historical or
scientific knowledge. The reader is encouraged to investigate these examples and to try to
analyze the excuses given for them objectively. Please do not accept any and
all attempts to justify these contradictions without first analyzing them carefully. When
someone tells you that something was a scribal error then remember that the transmitters
of even the Old Testament claim that every word and every letter
was faithfully counted and recorded and thus, it would be impossible
for unintentional errors to creep in. This claim by itself should refute all
excuses.
I have seen many such claims of ‘numerical
miracles’ and ‘Code finds’ in the Bible. Once such claim which I recently
came across claimed that the Torah has recently been shown to be statistically valid to
over 99.998%. One of those men who became obsesed with this issue was Ivan Panin who spent
50 years writing over 43,000 pages investigating Bible numerics in an attempt to prove
that the Bible contains a numerical miracle regarding the numbers seven and eleven, and
the position value of letters and other devices.
Firstly, as observed by Gary Miller, the Bible
does not state that these things have any relevance. Nowhere has God said: “Behold
the miracle of seven and eleven!” Second, these “numerical miracles” are
cited in regard to the Bible in order to prove that it is “perfectly preserved.”
Yet the Bible also contains numerical inconsistencies (see examples in table below) which
are then brushed off by these same scholars as being “slips of the pen.” So
which is it? Is the Bible so perfectly and flawlessly preserved that it contains hidden
numerical miracles and messages, and every word and every letter has been counted and
recorded, or has the Bible been exposed to “slips of the pen” such that our
current Bibles are not 100% completely and fully the absolute unfailing and unerrant word
of God? Obviously we can’t have it both ways.
For example, Panin himself revised the New
Testament based on his ideas. In places where the text does not conform to his theory he
decides on the basis of that which fits his scheme. One author of “theomatics”
maintained that the anonymous book of Hebrews was written by Paul because this would mean
that the total number of books in the Bible credited to Paul would then be equal to
fourteen -a multiple of seven. Notice how the text is made to conform to the theory rather
than vice-versa?
To take one example of the methods used to attempt
to explain the contradictions which have crept into the Bible as a result of centuries of
“correction” to its text; the contradiction between Matthew 17:13 and John 1:21
(point 16 below) is explained by Mr. J as: “John is answering the question
directly and literally, he is not Elijah, he is John the son of Zechariah.... John was not
interested in promoting all kind of speculation about his identity, but to focus attention
upon the one he had been sent to prepare the way for.” So, if Joe is a vice
principal, and someone asks the principal “Is Joe the vice principal?” and the
Principal says “yes,” then it is OK for Joe to say “I am not the vice
principal” because he is “talking within the context that he is Joe”
and he wants to “focus attention” on the principal?
Does this sound logical? These apologists’
arguments are usually presented with such confidence that people don’t bother to
analyze them or look any further. The Jews acceptance of Jesus as the Messiah hinges on
John admitting he is Elias (Mark 9:12). If John does not admit to being Elias then
Jesus’ (pbuh) whole message will lose credibility. Is this how John “focuses
attention” on Jesus?
It is inconceivable to think that John, peace be
upon him, a prophet of God, would intentionally lie especially in a matter that can
totally nullify Jesus’ whole message. It is also inconceivable that a prophet of God
would remain a prophet of God for many years before the coming of Jesus (pbuh), fulfilling
many prophesies, but neither know that he was sent by God, nor be informed by God that He
sent him.
The Qur’an tells us that if the word of God
were ever to be tampered with by the hands of mankind then it will be easy to detect this
tampering by the contradictions which will inevitably result. We read:
“Do they
not consider the Qur’an (with care)? Had it been from other than Allah, they would
have surely found therein much discrepancy.”
The noble
Qur’an, Al-Nissa(4):82
Even the Bible itself gives the same
criteria for discovering such modifications,
“For many bare false witness against
him(Jesus), but their witness agreed not together.”
Mark 14:56
As we have seen (refer to other pages) and will see
the following table, the “witness” of the Gospels in our hands today do
indeed “agree not together.” This is a result of countless
modifying fingers. Thus, as claimed in the Qur’an, this has resulted in it bearing “false
witness against him(Jesus).” I hope you find these examples enlightening and
informative.
verse |
contradicting
verse |
Matthew
2:1 Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king (So
Jesus was born between the years 37 B.C. and 4 B.C..) |
Luke
2:1-7And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus,
that all the world should be taxed. ([And] this taxing was first made when Cyrenius
was governor of Syria.)... And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped
him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in
the inn. (so Jesus was born about the year 7 C.E. More than ten years later) |
Acts
9:26-29 and Acts 26:19-21(Paul is saved) |
Galatians
1:15-22(Was he really?) |
Acts
9:7(heard voice, saw no man) |
Acts
22:9(no voice, saw light) |
Matt.10:2-4,
Mark3:16-19 (Jesus apostles’ names, the twelfth is Lebbeus
who’s surname was Thaddeus) |
Luke
6:14-16 (apostles’ names now different, the twelfth in
Luke is Judas the brother of James) |
Matthew
27:5 (Judas hangs himself) |
Acts
1:18 (Judas falls headlong, his bowels gush) |
Matthew
11:13-14,17:13 (Elias is John the Baptist) |
John
1:21 (Elias is not John the Baptist) |
Luke
3:23-31 + Romans 1:3 (“according to the flesh” 41 men between
Jesus and David) |
Matthew
1:6-16 + Romans 1:3 (“according to the flesh” 26 men between Jesus
and David) |
Matthew
21:12-18 (temple before passing fig tree) |
Mark
11:12-15 (temple After passing fig tree) |
Mark
15:25 (crucified by third hour) |
John
19:14 (not crucified by sixth hour) |
Matthew
27:32, Luke 23:26, Mark 15:21 (Simon carries the cross) |
John
19:17 (Jesus carries the cross) |
Mark
15:23 (gave wine with myrrh to drink) |
Matthew27:34
(Gave vinegar with gall to drink) |
Matthew
1:16 (Jesus son of Joseph son of Jacob) |
Luke
3:23 (Jesus son of Joseph son of Heli) |
1
Corinthians 15:5 (Jesus seen by twelve) |
Matthew
28:16 (Jesus seen by eleven) |
1
Chronicles 7:6 (Three sons), 1Chronicles 8:1 (Five sons),
Genesis 46:21 (ten sons) |
(How
many sons did Benjamin have and what are their names?) |
Acts
9:6-7 Paul falls to ground, others remain standing. Paul receives very simple
command. |
Acts
26-14-18 Paul falls to ground and the others also fall to the ground. Paul
receives a long sermon and detailed instructions. |
Matthew
20:20-21 (The mother of the Zebedee’s sons makes the request) |
Mark
10:35-37 (The Zebedee’s sons make the request themselves) |
(four
different accounts of who visited the grave of Jesus) |
Matthew
28:1 In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher.
Mark 16:1 And when the Sabbath was past,
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices,
that they might come and anoint him.
John 20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary
Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and seeth the stone
taken away from the sepulcher.
Luke 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna,
and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told
these things unto the apostles. |
(four
different accounts of who saw what at Jesus’ grave) |
Matthew
28:2-5 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from
heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance
was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did
shake, and became as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not
ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
Mark 16:5 And entering into the sepulcher, they
saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were
affrighted.
Luke 24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much
perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
John 20:12 And seeth two angels in white sitting,
the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. |
Luke
24:9-10 And returned from the sepulcher, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to
all the rest. It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other
women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. (three women + speak) |
Mark
16:1-8 And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and
Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in
the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the
sun... And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulcher; for they trembled and were
amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid. (three different
women + afraid) |
John
5:31 (my witness is not true) |
John
8:14 (My record is true) |
Matthew
27:11-14 Mark 15:1-5, Luke 23:1-4 (Jesus said “Thou sayest” and NOTHING
ELSE) |
John
18:33-38 (Jesus says many things and answers many questions in
detail) |
(Three
different narrations of Jesus’ last words)
|
Luke23:46:
“And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, “Father, unto thy
hands I commend my spirit:” and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.”
John19:30: “When Jesus therefore had received
the vinegar, he said, “It is finished:” and he bowed his head, and
gave up the ghost.”
Matt.27:46,50: “And about the ninth hour
Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?”
that is to say, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” ...Jesus, when he
cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.” |
Acts
2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that
of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ
to sit on his throne; |
Matthew
1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused
to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
(Was Jesus the descendant of King David
“according to the flesh” or the son of God?) |
Matt.5:1,2:
“And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was
set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them,
saying....” |
Luke6:17,20:
“And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of
his disciples, and a great multitude of people...came to hear him.. And he lifted up his
eyes on his disciples and said...” |
Exodus
24:9 “Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of
Israel: And they saw the God of Israel:”.
Amos 9:1 “I saw the LORD
standing upon the altar”
Genesis 26:2 “And the LORD appeared
unto him, and said”
Exodus 33:23: “And I will take away my hand,
and thou shalt see my backparts.”
Exodus 33:11: “And the Lord spake to Moses face
to face, as a man speaketh to his friend.”
Genesis 32:30: “For I have seen
God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
Also see Genesis 12:7, 17:1, 18:1, Exodus 3:16,
6:2-3, Numbers 12:7-8, 14:14, Job 42:5, Amos 7:7-8
(These verses claim that God can be
seen) |
John
1:18: “No man hath seen God at any time.”
Exodus 33:20: “And he said, Thou canst not
see my face; for there shall no man see me and live.”
1 John 4:12 No man hath seen God at any
time.
1 Timothy 6:16: “Whom no man
hath seen nor can see.”
(These verses claim that God can not
be seen) |
Malachi
3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed.
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift
is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning. |
Jonah
3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented
of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Genesis 6:6 And it repented the LORD
that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
(please read section 5.1 for more on this) |
Matthew
27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy 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; |
Jeremiah
never said anything even remotely similar. Maybe Zechariah 11:11-13 is
intended? |
2
Chronicles 36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,
and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. |
Jeremiah
22:11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of
Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He
shall not return thither any more:
(Who was Josiah's successor? Jehoahaz, or
Shallum?) |
Matthew
27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. |
John
19:2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on
him a purple robe, |
2
Kings 2:11: “And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.”
Genesis 5:22-24 And Enoch walked with God after he
begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of
Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God
took him. |
John
3:13: “No man hath ascended up to heaven but he that came down from
heaven, ... the Son of Man.” |
Genesis
22:1: “And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham.” |
James
1:13: “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be
tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.” |
Isaiah
14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do
not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. |
Deuteronomy
24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children
be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. |
Matthew
8:5: The centurion came in person. |
Luke
7:3 The centurion sent elders of the Jews |
Matthew
26:6-9 “Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came
unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his
head, as he sat at meat. But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To
what purpose is this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to
the poor.” (Mark 14:3-7 is about the same)
Luke 7:36-39 “And one of the Pharisees
desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat
down to meat. And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that
Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, And stood
at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them
with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. Now
when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man,
if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth
him: for she is a sinner.”
John 12:1-6 “Then Jesus six days before the
Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the
dead There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat
at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and
anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled
with the odor of the ointment. Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's
son, which should betray him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and
given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a
thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.” |
1)
Matthew and Mark say it was the house of Simon the leper, Luke says that it
was the Pharisee's house, John on the other hand claims that it was the
house of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus.
2) Matthew and Mark claim that a random woman
brought the ointment. Luke says that it was a sinful woman. John says that
it was Mary, Lazarus’ sister.
3) Matthew and Mark say that the woman anointed
Jesus’ head. Luke and John both say that she anointed his feet.
4) Mark claims that some were
indignant. Matthew claims that the disciples were indignant. Luke claims
that the Pharisee alone was indignant. John claims that Judas Iscariot
alone was indignant. |
Romans
5:12 Adam alone was responsible for the “original sin.” |
1
Timothy 2:14 Eve alone, and not Adam, was responsible for the
“original sin” |
Matthew
28:7, 10, 16:20, Mark 16:7. Jesus (pbuh) appeared in Galilee. But Acts 1:4
commands them not to leave Jerusalem |
Luke
24:13-52, Acts 1:1-12. Jesus (pbuh) appeared in Jerusalem. |
Matthew
2 (“Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Mary (pbuh) and Joseph took him to Egypt
till Harod died. Then they went to Nazareth”). |
Luke 2
(“Jesus was born in Bethlehem. After Mary (pbuh) delivered Jesus
“And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were
accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem.” After the sacrifice
“they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.” His
parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover.
When he was twelve years old, he stayed behind for three days without the knowledge of his
mother. |
Mark
11 (Jesus, spoke with the elders of the Jews on the third day after his
arrival in Jerusalem) |
Matthew
21 (Jesus, spoke with the elders of the Jews on the second day after his
arrival) |
Matthew
8 (Jesus healed a leper, then the servant of the
centurion, then healed the mother of Simon’s wife) |
Mark
4,5,7 (healed the mother of Simon’s wife, then a the leper,
then the servant of the centurion) |
Matthew
20:30-34 (Jesus healed two blind men after leaving Jericho) |
Mark
10:46-52 (Jesus healed one blind man called Bartimaeus after leaving
Jericho) |
Matthew
9:18 (the ruler came and said “My daughter is even now dead”) |
Mark
5:22-23 (the ruler said his daughter is near death. After they came near his
house, someone came out and told him that his daughter had died while he was
away) |
Matthew
8:28 (When Jesus came into the country of the Gergesenes, he met two
men possessed with devils coming out of the tombs) |
Mark
5:2 and Luke 8:27 (When Jesus came into the country of the Gadarenes., he
met one man possessed with devils coming out of the tombs) |
Matthew
21:2 (“Jesus sent two disciples “Saying unto them, Go into the village over
against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt
with her: loose them, and bring them unto me”). |
Mark
11:2 (Jesus said: “...ye shall find a colt tied,...; loose him,
and bring him”).
Luke 19:30 (Jesus said “....ye shall find a colt
tied, ...: loose him, and bring him hither”).
John 12:14-15 (“And Jesus, when he had found
a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Sion:
behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt”)
Did Jesus send anyone? What, and how many did they
bring? Or did he find it/them alone? |
Mark
1, Matthew 4, John 1 (Two different narrations of the conversion of the disciples) |
Mark/Matthew
As he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew.
They followed him. And when he had gone a little farther, he
saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they
followed him too. All of them were mending their nets when they met Jesus.
John: On the banks of the Jordan,
John the Baptist pointed out Jesus to two of his disciples, and they followed Jesus. One
of the two which heard John speak, and followed Jesus, was Andrew, Simon
Peter's brother. Andrew found his brother Simon, and brought him to Jesus.
Jesus named him Cephas. The next day Jesus went into Galilee,
and found Philip. Philip then found Nathanael. At no time was
anyone mending nets. |
Matthew
3:13-16 (Jesus came to John the Baptist to be baptized by him. John recognized
Jesus and forbade him, saying, “I have need to be baptized of thee, and
comest thou to me?” He then baptized Jesus. Once Jesus was baptized, the heavens were
opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and
lighting upon him)........John recognized Jesus before the dove
descended. |
John
1:32-34 (“And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like
a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent
me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit
descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And
I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God”.........Only after
the dove descended did John recognize Jesus.
Also: in Matthew 11:2-3 “Now when John
had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, And said unto
him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?” The
first passage states that John knew Jesus before the dove descended. The second claims
that he didn’t until it descended. The third takes a middle ground) |
Mark
7:32-35 (After departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, Jesus came unto the sea of
Galilee. One man that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech was
brought before Jesus. Jesus healed him). |
Matthew
15:29-31 (Jesus departed and came to the sea of Galilee. “And great multitudes
came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many
others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: Insomuch that the multitude
wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and
the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel”). |
John
13:21-27 (“Verily, verily, I (Jesus) say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. Now there was leaning
on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to
him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. He then lying on Jesus' breast
saith unto him, Lord, who is it? Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall
give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave
it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop Satan entered into him.
Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly”) |
Matthew
26:21-25 (“he (Jesus) said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is
it I? And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in
the dish, the same shall betray me. The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe
unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had
not been born. Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said
unto him, Thou hast said”). |
Matthew
27:38-44, Mark 15:32 (Both thieves mocked Jesus). |
Luke
23:39-43 (One of the thieves mocked Jesus while the other rebuked
him and asked Jesus to remember him in heaven, Jesus promised him that he would be with
him in heaven) |
Acts
1:18 (Judas purchased a field with the pieces of silver). |
Matthew
27:6-7 (The chief priests purchased a field with the pieces of silver) |
Matthew
4:5-8 (The devil took Jesus to the pinnacle of the temple, then to a
high mountain.) |
Luke
4:5-7 (The devil took Jesus up into a high mountain, then to the pinnacle
of the temple) |
John
2:18-19 (“Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us,
seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto
them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”) |
Matthew
26:60-61 (“At the last came two false witnesses, and said, This
fellow (Jesus) said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three
days..” How can they be false witnesses if Jesus did actually say it?) |
Matthew
15:22 (The woman who cried for her daughter was from Canaan) |
Mark 7
(The woman who cried for her daughter was a Greek and a Syrophenician
by tribe) |
Matthew
26:48-50 (Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall
kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said,
Hail, master; and kissed him. And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art
thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him) |
John
18-3-12 (Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and
Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing
all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And
Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I
am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked he them again,
Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told
you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: That the
saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off
his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy
sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Then
the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him) |
Romans
3:28 (“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without
the deeds of the law.”) |
James
2:14,20 (“What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have
not works? can faith save him? .......But wilt thou know, O vain man, that
faith without works is dead?”) |
Romans
4:2, Romans 5:12, Romans 5:14, 1Corintians 15:20 (Paul speaks and claims
that all mankind inherited the sin of their father Adam) |
Ezekiel
18:20, Deuteronomy 24:16, Jeremiah 31:29-30, Ezekiel 18:1-9 (God
speaks and emphatically declares that no human will be held accountable for their
father’s sin. No human can inherit sin) |
Genesis
6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it
grieved him at his heart. |
Numbers
23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent:
hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
(Does God repent or not?) |
2
Samuel 8:4 (7 hundred horsemen) |
1
Chronicles 18:4 (7 thousand horsemen) |
1
Chronicles 21:12 (Three years famine) |
2
Samuel 24:13 (Seven years famine) |
Deuteronomy
2:19 & Deuteronomy 2:37 (Moses deprived land of Ammon) |
Joshua
13:24-25 (Moses gives land of Ammon as inheritance) |
2
Samuel 24:9 (800,000+500,000) |
1
Chronicles 21:5 (1,100,000+470,000) |
2
Chronicles 36:9 (Eight years, three months +10 days) |
2
Kings 24:8 (Eighteen years, three months) |
2
Samuel 10:18 (700, 40,000 horsemen) |
1
Chronicles 19:18 (7000, 40,000 footmen) |
1
Kings 7:26 (two thousand baths) |
2
Chronicles 4:5 (Three thousand baths) |
2
Samuel 6:23 (Michal had no children) |
2
Samuel 21:8 (Michal had five sons) |
Genesis6:3
(mankind shall not live past 120 years) |
Genesis
11:10-32 (500,438,433,464,...etc.) |
2
Chronicles 9:25 (4,000 stalls) |
1
Kings 4:26 (40,000 stalls) |
Isaiah
40:28 (God does not faint nor weary) |
Exodus
31:17 (God rested, and was refreshed.) |
Genesis
1: (God creates Plants, then animals, then man and woman.) |
Genesis
2: (God creates man, then plants, then animals, then
woman) |
Ezekiel
45 and 46 (Doctrines of offerings and sacrifices) |
Numbers
28 and 29 (Contradictory doctrines of offerings and
sacrifices) |
1
Chronicles 8:29-38 (One list of names) |
1
Chronicles 9:35-44 (A contradictory list of names) |
2
Samuel 5 and 2 Samuel 6 (David brought the ark after fighting the
Philistines) |
1
Samuel 13 and 1 Samuel 14 (David brought the ark Before fighting the
Philistines) |
Genesis
6:19-20 (Noah was to bring onto the ark “of every living thing of all
flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark,
to keep them alive ....male and female....of fowls....of cattle....of every creeping thing
of the earth...”). |
Genesis
7:2-3 (Noah was to bring onto the ark “Of every clean beast thou shalt
take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that
are not clean by two, the male and his female. Of fowls
also of the air by sevens, the male and the female...”). |
2
Samuel 8:1 (“David took Methegammah out of the hand of the
Philistines”). |
1
Chronicles 18:1 (“David...took Gath and her towns out of the hand of
the Philistines”). |
2
Samuel 8:8 (“And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of
Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass”). |
1
Chronicles 18:8 (“Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun,
cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass”). |
2
Samuel 8:10 (“Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David”) |
1
Chronicles 18:10 (“He sent Hadoram his son to king David”) |
2
Samuel 8:12 (“Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and
of the Philistines, and of Amalek”). |
1
Chronicles 18:11 (“from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of
Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. |
2
Samuel 8:13 (“And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians
in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men”). |
1
Chronicles 18:13 (“And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites
became David's servants”). |
2
Samuel 8:17 (“and Seraiah was the scribe”) |
1
Chronicles 18:16 (“and Shavsha was scribe”) |
1
Kings 15:33-16:6 (“In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha
the son Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty four years..... So
Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah”). 3+24=27. |
2
Chronicles 16:1 (“In the thirty sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha
king of Israel came up against Judah”). But he died in the twenty seventh
year! Was he resurrected? So how did he invade Judah 10 years after his death? |
Genesis
7:1 Noah was righteous
Job 1:1, Job 1:8, Job 2:3, Job was righteous.Luke
1:6 Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous
Genesis 17:1 Abraham was righteous
Ames 5:16 Some men are righteous,
(which makes their prayers effective). |
Romans
3:10 no one is righteous, not one
1John 1:8-10 No one was or is righteous. |
Genesis
11:12 Arpachshad (Arphaxad) was the father of Salah (Sala) |
Luke
3:35-36 Cainan was the father of Shelah. Arpachshad (Arphaxad) was the grandfather of
Salah (Sala). |
Matthew
19:26 with God all things are possible.Mark 10:27 with God all
things are possible. |
Judges
1:19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drove out [the inhabitants of] the
mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because
they had chariots of iron.
(If I sit in my “iron” train or
submarine, will God be powerless against me?) |
Exodus
20:14 God prohibits adultery. This is one of the ten commandments |
Hosea
1:2 God commands Hosea to "take a wife of harlotry." |
Numbers
33:38-42 Aaron died on Mount Hor. After Aaron's death, the Israelites journeyed from mount
Hor, to Zalmonah, to Punon, ... etc. |
Deuteronomy
10:6-7 Aaron died in Mosera. After Aaron's death, the Israelites journeyed from Mosera, to
Gudgodah to Jotbath. |
Judges
4:21 Sisera was sleeping when Jael, Heber's wife, killed him with a nail to
the forehead. |
Judges
5:24-27 Sisera was standing when Jael, Heber's wife, killed him with a nail
to the forehead. Then he fell to her feet. |
JS
10:38-40 Joshua himself captured Debir. |
JG
1:11-15 It was Othniel, who captured Debir thereby obtaining the hand of
Caleb's daughter, Achsah. |
2
Samuel 24:24 David paid 50 shekels of silver |
1
Chronicles 21:22-25 David paid 600 shekels of gold |
1
Kings 5:16 Solomon's officers 3300 in number. |
2
Chronicles 2:2 Solomon's officers 3600 in number |
1Kings
7:15: 18 cubits high. |
2
Chronicles 3:15-17: 35 cubits high. |
Numbers
25:9 (24000) |
1
Corinthians 10:8 (23000) |
Ezra
2:6 (2812) |
Nehemiah
7:11 (2818) |
Ezra
2:8 (945) |
Nehemiah
7:13 (845) |
Ezra
2:12 (1222) |
Nehemiah
7:17 (2322) |
Ezra
2:15 (454) |
Nehemiah
7:20 (655) |
Ezra
2:19 (223) |
Nehemiah
7:22 (328) |
Ezra
2:28 (223) |
Nehemiah
7:32 (123) |
The list goes on and on, however,
hopefully this sampling shall prove sufficient so that the reader might see what has
driven countless Christian scholars to recognize the evidence of tampering. God does not
inspire contradictions. Some among mankind have been tampering with the words of the Bible
and then passing them off to mankind as part of the “faultless words of God”
Centuries of “correction” to the Bible in order to promote chosen doctrines has
led to side-effects (Remember: some Christian scholars acknowledge that the
“errors” actually number from 14,800-50,000 errors).
Any reputable scholar of the Bible will never
attempt to claim to be able to convince the majority of the scholars of the Bible that all
of these 50,000 errors are all only “apparent” and that he is able to provide
logical explanations for them all, one by one, from the Biblical text itself.
Reputable Biblical scholars who have even the most rudimentary knowledge of Church history
and Biblical manuscript preservation know better than that. The most they shall try to do
is to claim that all 14,800-50,000 errors are all “insignificant” and
“undeserving of attention” or that they “do not affect basic faith”.
We are asked to understand that the Bible is an ancient book and “obviously”
errors will eventually creep in sooner or later. This however overlooks three crucial
issues:
Firstly: We are not talking about a regular book
here, rather we are searching for the authentic original word of God, and the Bible says:
“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but
the word of our God shall stand for ever.”
Isaiah 40:8
So if 14,800-50,000 errors have crept into the
Bible then where is the unerring word of God which we have been promised? The answer is
that God has sent it to us in His last Scripture, the Noble Qur’an.
Secondly: We are told in Luke 16:10 that Jesus
(pbuh) said:
“He that is faithful in that which is
least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in
much.”
So, according to Jesus (pbuh) himself, there is no
such thing as an “insignificant” error or an “insignificant”
“slip of the pen”. This is especially the case with regard to the “Word of
God,” and even more so when remembered in light of Isaiah 40:8, or
“How can you say we (the Jews) are wise
and the law of the Lord is with us, when in fact the false pen of the scribes has made it
into a lie?”
Jeremiah 8:8 (RSV)
Thirdly: If one of us were to be charged with the
task of preserving our chosen and cherished ancient scripture by transcribing a fresh copy
of it for future generations, could we imagine, even in our wildest fantasies that we
would be so lax and totally careless in our duties that we would allow ourselves to
introduce not one or two, but many thousands upon thousands of errors into the new copy?
Is it possible that no one felt the need to review these scribe’s work? Did they have
no superiors to double and triple check their work? Did the scribes not review it
themselves? To believe such claims is to assign to these scribes and their churches
accusations of ineptitude and indifference of monumental proportions. There is no two ways
about it. If we are not able to explain each and every one of the 14,800-50,000 errors, no
matter how “trivial” they may be, one at a time and within the context of the
Biblical text alone, then either the errors were introduced intentionally, or else they
were introduced through ineptitude and indifference towards their most holy scripture that
truly defies imagination.
This is only a very small sampling of the very
large cache of evidence clearly showing the Bible to have been seriously distorted and
altered (refer to other pages). To this day it is being continuously edited, corrected,
and modified. This is not to say that Christians are not good and honest people in search
of the truth. Quite the opposite. Among them are some of the most decent and moral people
on this earth. Our goal is only to show that the Christian faith as it stands today is not
the same one preached by Jesus peace be upon him to his followers nineteen hundred years
ago. This is exactly what the Qur’an has been asserting for over fourteen hundred
years now.
“O People of the
Book! Why do you reject the Signs of God, when you [yourselves] bear witness [to their
truth] ?. O People of the Book! Why do you clothe Truth with falsehood, and conceal the
Truth, while you have knowledge?”
The noble Qur’an,
A’al-Umran(3):70-71
“Say: ‘O
People of the Book! Why do you reject the Signs of God, when God is Himself witness to all
you do?’ Say: ‘O People of the Book! Why do you obstruct those who believe from
the path of God, Seeking to make it crooked, while you were yourselves witnesses? But God
is not unaware of what you do’”
The noble Qur’an,
A’al-Umran(3):98-99
For more, you may read following books:
The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, by
Bart D. Ehrman.
And The Life of Jesus Critically Examined,
by David Friedrich Strauss, edited by Peter C. Hodgston, and translated by George Eliot.
“The Skeptical Review.” A
magazine published in Canton, IL by scholars of the Bible and former Christian priests. |
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