Did the Samaritans receive Jesus?
A site skeptical of the Bible says yes. That’s what John 4:39-40 teaches:
39 From that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all the things that I have done.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
At the same the same skeptic says the Bible teaches no according to Luke 9:52-53:
52 and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the Samaritans to [a]make arrangements for Him. 53 But they did not receive Him, because [b]He was traveling toward Jerusalem.
How do we respond to those who claim this is a Bible contradiction?
