A sceptic believed he had found a contradiction in the Bible concerning where Jesus first met the brothers Simon Peter and Andrew. He cited Matthew 4:18-20 where the brothers were fishing in the Sea of Galilee, and John 1:41-42 where Andrew took his brother to the banks of the river Jordon to show him Jesus. These two incidents are back-to-front however. Let us begin…

This is a question asked by a sceptic looking for contradictions in the Bible. He said that according to 2 Samuel 5 and 6, the Ark of the Covenant was moved to Jerusalem after David defeated the Philistines, while 1 Chronicles chapters 13 and 14 seem to say it was moved before. The critic proudly added this to his collection of Bible “contradictions”, but…

There seems to be a contradiction concerning the chief of David’s mighty men and how many enemies he slew at one time. A verse in Samuel says 800, while a verse in Chronicles says 300. Could this be a contradiction within the Bible? Below are the verses in question: (2 Samuel 23:8) These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The…