In 1 Kings, it says Solomon had 3300 foremen supervising the construction of the temple. Later in 1 Kings, it says there were only 550 officials supervising the workers for Solomon’s projects.
Continue reading How many foremen supervised the building of the temple?Category Archives: Contradictions
Should people support their parents?
Yes.
Jesus criticized the Pharisees for encouraging people to give money to God instead of using it to help their parents. So according to Jesus, giving to your parents is more important than giving to God.
Paul agreed, at least in the case of widows: He said if you’re a Christian with a widowed mother, you should take care of her yourself, so she won’t be a needless burden on the rest of the church.
No.
Continue reading Should people support their parents?Is there anything under the earth to support it?
Job said God suspends the earth over nothing. And God confirmed that Job had spoken the truth about him. So if God is right that Job is right about this, the earth does not have anything under it supporting it. The Bible disagrees, though.
Job previously suggested that the earth is on pillars, and since he was talking about God at the time, that must have been true too. Asaph says God agrees that the earth has pillars. Samuel’s mother says God has set the earth on foundations. David and Solomon agree that the earth has foundations, and David also says the earth is floating on the sea. Other psalmists, like Asaph, agree that the earth is on foundations.
Continue reading Is there anything under the earth to support it?Who decided Titus should go to the Corinthians?
Paul told the Corinthians that Titus was coming to them on his own initiative. So it was TItus’s idea.
Continue reading Who decided Titus should go to the Corinthians?Who was Basemath’s father?
Genesis says Esau’s wife Basemath was the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Continue reading Who was Basemath’s father?Should people be childish?
Yes.
Jesus welcomes little children, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to people like them. He says you can’t get into the kingdom of heaven unless you become like little children. And he says the way to become the greatest in the kingdom of heaven is to take the lowly position of a child.
No.
When some boys acted like children (because they were) and made fun of a bald prophet, God sent bears to kill 42 of them.
Jesus said the people of his generation were like little children, and also that they were a brood of snakes who would be condemned to hell on judgment day.
Paul told his followers they needed to stop thinking like children. He said Jesus wanted them to become mature in every respect, and stop being gullible and undiscerning infants.
Continue reading Should people be childish?Should people be patient?
Yes.
The Bible says God waited patiently for Noah to get done building the ark before flooding the earth. And God didn’t mind Abraham repeatedly challenging his plan to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. He didn’t get angry when Abraham repeatedly asked what he would do if there were increasingly small numbers of good people there.
So God is patient. Otherwise, he would have destroyed everybody by now. The Bible describes God as long-suffering, forbearing, and patient. It says God is love, and love is patient. And everything God does is right, so we should follow his example and be patient.
According to the Bible, Jesus is God, and Jesus is immensely patient too, which is an example we should follow.
David says you should wait patiently for God to help you. That’s what he did, and God approved of everything David ever did.
Solomon says being patient shows that you have great understanding, and being quick-tempered shows that you’re a fool. Hot-tempered people start conflicts, and patient people resolve them. Patience is better than pride, and better than being a warrior.
Paul advised his followers to be patient. He said love is patient, and you should follow the way of love. He commended himself for remaining patient throughout all his hardships. Forbearance is one of the fruits of the Spirit. (And also there’s no law against it, which means you should definitely do it!) Paul prayed for God to give his followers great endurance and patience.
Christians should imitate people who have been patient enough to get what God promised them. James says you should patiently wait for Jesus to come back, like a farmer patiently waits for rain.
Jesus commands you to patiently endure the trials he’s going to inflict on you, and if you do, then maybe he’ll give you a break from them for an hour. Or something. You might be destined to be taken captive and killed with a sword, but just be patient. Everyone is going to be forced to worship the beast, and then everyone who worships the beast will go to hell forever. But being patient will help, apparently, somehow.
No.
Continue reading Should people be patient?Had Belshazzar consulted all the wise men?
In Daniel chapter 5, King Belshazzar summons his wise men (who are enchanters and such) to help him read the writing on the wall. It says all the king’s wise men came in, and none of them could read it.
Continue reading Had Belshazzar consulted all the wise men?How long was Jesus dead?
Three days and three nights
Before Jesus died, he told his disciples he would be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. He said he would rise again after three days. In other words, he would rise three days later, and he would raise his body again in three days.
Other times, he told his disciples he would be raised to life “on the third day“. That’s a rather ambiguous way to say it. It’s not really clear which day he’s counting from as the first day here. But let’s just assume he meant the same thing as when he said it more precisely.
The day Jesus came back to life, some disciples mentioned that it was the third day since Jesus had been crucified. And then when Jesus appeared to some other disciples, he claimed that the scriptures said the Messiah would rise from the dead on the third day. And Peter and Paul both later stated that Jesus was raised from the dead on the third day. So that’s what Jesus and his followers said, but what does the Bible say actually happened?
Two days and two nights
The gospels disagree with each other on most of the details of the resurrection story. But one thing they all agree on is that Jesus was not dead for three days and three nights. The gospels say Jesus died in the afternoon on Preparation Day, the day before the Sabbath. By the time the women went to visit his tomb around sunrise on the first day of the week, after the Sabbath, Jesus had risen.
Preparation day starting in the afternoon + night + the Sabbath day (the seventh day of the week) + one more night before Jesus rises early on the first day of the week = less than two days and two nights.
Continue reading How long was Jesus dead?When did Jesus heal Peter’s mother-in-law?
The gospel of Matthew has Jesus heal Peter’s mother-in-law after healing a leper and a centurion’s servant, which was just after the sermon on the mount.
According to Mark, Jesus healed Simon Peter’s mother-in-law and then healed the leper later.
Continue reading When did Jesus heal Peter’s mother-in-law?