150 Alleged Bible Contradictions Answered

 

Since October 2015 I have blogged responses to alleged Bible contradictions listed on the Skeptic Annotated Bible.  Apparently this week I hit a milestone: I have refuted over a hundred fifty alleged Bible Contradiction!

Below is the listing of these posts:

1. Is God the author of confusion?
2. Who was Samuel’s firstborn son?
3. How long did Jehoash reign?
4. What did the soldiers give Jesus to drink?
5. Did Jesus drink on the cross?
6. Which tribe was Hyram from?
7. How old was Benjamin when his clan migrated to Egypt?
8. How many women came to the sepulchre?
9. To whom did Jesus make his first post-resurrection appearance?
10. Who owns the earth?
11. Is it good to be happy?
12. Was Mahli the son of Levi?
13. Is it OK to marry a Moabite?
14. On what day of the month was Jehoiachin released from prison?
15.  Should we follow our own hearts?
16. Who drove the Anakim from Hebron?
17. Was Jeconiah the son or grandson of Josiah?
18. From what were the animals created?
19. From what were the fowls created?
20. Should we believe everything?
21. Did Saul inquire of the Lord?
22. Who was to blame for original sin?
23. Was Jesus homeless?
24. What was the name of the tax collector who was called by Jesus?
25. Did Jesus ask God to save him from crucifixion?
26. How did Jesus cure the blind man?
27. When (on what day) was Jesus crucified?
28. When did Jesus ascend into heaven?
29. Was the tomb opened or closed when the women arrived?
30. Were the men or angels inside or outside the tomb when the women arrived?
31. Was Mary Magdalene happy or sad when she saw the risen Jesus?
32. Who made the ark of the covenant?
33. Did Asa remove the high places?
34. Was Solomon alone when he sacrificed 1000 burnt offerings at Gibeon?
35. Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus as the Son of God?
36. Who was Salah’s father?
37. How did Peter and Andrew become Jesus’s disciples?
38. Which came first: the calling of Peter and Andrew or the imprisonment of John the Baptist?
39. When did Jesus say that he would return?
40. Are those who obey the law cursed?
41. Can God be found through reason alone?
42. When was the woman who touched Jesus’s robe cured?
43. Why did God turn the sundial back ten degrees?
44. Did Enoch die?
45. Which sons of David were born in Jerusalem?
46. Was Moses in good mental and physical health at age 120?
47. Who is the first and the last?
48. When was King Jabin killed?
49. Can only God work wonders?
50. Were the disciples frightened or glad when they saw Jesus?
51. Where did Jesus first appear to the eleven disciples after the resurrection?
52. What were the David’s last words?
53. Who created heaven and earth?
54. What tribe was Aijalon from?
55. Who was Korah’s father?
56. Where did Moses get water from a rock?
57. How did Moses get water out of the rock?
58. Where did Joseph’s brothers find the hidden money?
59.  Who were the sons of David born in Hebron?
60. Were Naaman and Ard the sons or the grandsons of Benjamin?
61. Who argued in favor of occupying Canaan during the Exodus?
62. Did or did not the Samaritans receive Jesus?
63. Burying and Saying Bye to Parents in Luke 9:59-62
64. Did Herod think Jesus was John the Baptist?
65. Who can cast out devils in the name of Jesus?
66. Who is for or against Jesus?
67. Was Jairus’ daughter alive when Jesus was approached?
68. What was Sodom’s sin?
69. Was Jesus born in a house or a manger?
70. Was Mary (the mother of Jesus) blessed?
71. How many men were possessed with demons at the country of the Gadarenes?
72. Were the Pharisees baptized by John?
73. Where did the devils ask not to go?
74. James 1:13-14 that God is not the source of temptation with Matthew 6:13, “And do not lead us into temptation”
75. Does God sleep?
76. How did David kill Goliath? And did he killed him twice?
77. Do Christians know how to pray?
78. Was Moses a good speaker?
79. Can thieves go to heaven?
80. When did Jesus receive his beating?
81. Was Lot Abraham’s brother or nephew?
82. Was Jonah swallowed by a fish or a whale?
83. Where did Joseph and Mary live before the birth of Jesus?
84. Did Jesus, Mary, and Joseph go to Egypt or Nazareth?
85. Was Jesus the son of David?
86. Who was Jesus’s paternal grandfather?
87. Is it a good thing to be childish?
88. At his baptism, did God address Jesus directly?
89. Did Jesus say he would always be with his disciples?
90. When did Satan enter Judas?
91. Who put the robe on Jesus?
92. What did the Centurion call Jesus when he died?
93. Where did the women watching the crucifixion stand?
94. What did the sign over Jesus’s head say?
95. Who buried Jesus?
96. Did both thieves revile Jesus?
97. On what did Jesus ride into Jerusalem?
98. Did Judas identify Jesus with a kiss?
99. Was Jesus taken to Caiaphas or Annas first?
100. When was heaven created?
101. Was Keturah Abraham’s wife or concubine?
102. Did Sarah have faith that she would conceive?
103. Where does God dwell?
104. How was Zedekiah related to Nebuchadnezzar?
105. Who were Saul’s sons?
106. Who carried Jesus’ cross?
107. Did Zedekiah’s eyes behold the king of Babylon?
108. Is God warlike or peaceful?
109. What is God’s name?
110. Will the Messiah be a descendant of David?
111. Did Jesus go to heaven after he died but before his ascension?
112. At his baptism, did God address Jesus directly?
113. Can the devil capture us at will?
114. How many were from the tribe of Simeon?
115. Who was Zerubbabel’s father?
116. Who cast Jonah into the sea?
117. Did Jesus forewarn the apostles of his death and resurrection?
118. What were the last words of Jesus?
119. Does God work on the Sabbath?
120. When David fled to Nob, what was the priest’s name?
121. Will there be many Jews?
122. Did Jesus ascend from Bethany or Mount Olivet?
123. When did the women (or woman) arrive at the sepulchre?
124. Who bought the potter’s field?
125. Whom did the women see at the tomb?
126. What did Judas do with the silver?
127. What is the human life span?
128. Did Jesus perform many signs and wonders?
129. Should we believe in unseen things?
130. Is money good or bad?
131. How many believers were there at the time of the ascension?
132. Who sent the Holy Ghost?
133. When (at what time of day) was Jesus crucified?
134. Does the gospel of Luke contain everything that Jesus did?
135. How did Judas die?
136. When did the transfiguration occur?
137. Did Jesus baptize anyone?
138. Who Was Achan’s father?
139. Who was Laban’s father?
140. Will Jesus’s second coming be visible to all?
141. How long did Jehoash reign?
142. How many blind men were healed near Jericho?
143. Did Sarah have faith that she would conceive?
144. Was Zechariah Iddo’s son or grandson?
145. Was Ahaz buried with his fathers?
146. Did Jehoiakim die in Babylon or near Jerusalem?
147. Where did John baptize?
148. Did Jesus tell his disciples everything?
149. How did Jesus respond when questioned by the high priest?
150. Was Jehu the son or grandson of Nimshi?

For even more articles dealing with the topic of Bible contradiction check out our “Collection of Posts Responding to Bible Contradictions.”