Can contradictions be found in the Gospel narratives?

There are too many contradictions in the Gospels to list fully in a short Answer. However, it is possible to list some classes of possible contradictions and provide some short examples Nativity Only two gospels provide accounts of Jesus' birth, while John suggests that its author may have believed Jesus to have been born in Nazareth Matthew has Jesus in a house, where magi or "wise men" visited him. Herod sought to have Jesus killed, so Joseph fled from Bethlehem with his family to the safety of Egypt, where they remained until Herod's death in 4 BCE.

They intended to return to "the land of the Israelites" (Judea), but turned aside and traveled to Galilee. John Shelby Spong ( A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus ) says that Matthew was clearly writing Christian midrash Luke has Joseph and Mary travel from Galilee to Bethlehem during the reign of Herod (died 4 BCE), but also at the time of the census of 6 CE. Jesus was born in a manger, after which he was taken to Jerusalem for circumcision, and then the family returned peacefully to Galilee.

Referring to the year of the census, Raymond E Brown ( An Introduction to the New Testament p233) says, "The best explanation is that, although Luke likes to set his Christian drama in the context of well-known events from antiquity, sometimes he does so inaccurately Matthew and Luke both provide a genealogy for Jesus, or at least for Joseph (Matt 1:16 And Jacob begat Joseph Luke 3:23 Joseph, which was the son of Heli ) They both said that he was descended from the great Zorobabel, son of Salathiel, but gave contradictory fathers for Salathiel (Matt 1:12 Jehonias begat Salathiel and Salathiel begat Zorobabel Luke 3:27 Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel which was the son of Neri ) And both contradicted the Old Testament genealogy, although in different ways. Raymond E Brown ( ibid p236) says that there is little likelihood that either account is strictly historical Crucifixion and resurrection There are many contradictions in the various accounts of the crucifixion of Jesus, most apparent in the accounts of who stood at the foot of the cross. The most important of all such contradictions are those related to the appearances of the risen Jesus.

Variously: Jesus appeared only to the disciples in Jerusalem and then ascended to heaven; or also appeared, last of all, at a mountain in Galilee; or made several appearances, last of all at the Sea of Galilee Sayings of Jesus Matthew and Luke are considered to have relied in part on a hypothetical sayings document, now known as the Q document, for many of the sayings they attributed to Jesus. Whenever the two gospels agree on a saying that was absent from Mark it seems likely that this saying was from the Q document. However, the Q document contained no information about the life of Jesus or the context in which he would have spoken these sayings.As a result, each gospel contradicts the other when explaining when Jesus spoke those words and in what context John's Gospel The.

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