Bible Contradiction? On what did Jesus ride into Jerusalem?

This is part of a series of posts this week in which we will look at some of the attacks by critics concerning the final week of Jesus.

Today’s post will tackle another question that the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: “On what did Jesus ride into Jerusalem?”

Here are three answers which the skeptic believes shows a Bible contradiction:

On an ass and a colt.

“Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold your King is coming to you, Gentle, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’” 6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them, 7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats. (Matthew 21:5-7)

On a colt.

They *brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it; and He sat on it. (Mark 11:7)

They brought it to Jesus, and they threw their coats on the colt and put Jesus on it. (Luke 19:35)

On a young ass.

Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written. (John 12:14)

(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)

Here’s a closer look at whether or not there is a contradiction:

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Are You Aware of the 4 Gospels’ Focus on the Last Week of Jesus’ Life?

 

The Bible has four books dedicated to describing Jesus’ earthly life and ministry.  As anyone familiar with the Bible would know, these books are the Gospel according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

What’s amazing is how much the Gospels focus on the last week of Jesus’ final week.  A third of the Gospels is devoted to it.  Here’s the breakdown and statistics from chapter one of Andy Naselli’s new book How to Understand and Apply the New Testament:

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