It is alleged that the Gospel writers contradict each other concerning whether Jesus allowed his disciples to take a staff on their journey or not. Let’s look at those verses. (Mark 6:8) He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts— (Matthew 10:9-10) Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts,…
Biblical Evidence for "Brothers" as Non-Siblings The New Testament, written in Greek, uses the term adelphos (brother) to refer to Jesus’ "brothers" (e.g., Mark 6:3, Matthew 13:55). However, in the cultural and linguistic context of the time, adelphos (and its Hebrew/Aramaic equivalent ʾāḥ) could denote a range of relationships beyond biological siblings, including cousins, kinsmen, or close associates. The Hebrew and Aramaic languages lacked…
When reading the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, you’ll find that Shelah’s father was Cainan, however, a genealogy in Genesis 11 states that Arphaxad was his father. Is this a contradiction? Let’s first look at the verses. (Luke 3:35-36) " the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, the…
Can I be saved without Jesus? To address this question, we first need to define the term “saved”. In Greek, the word saved is ‘sozo’, which can literally be translated into salvation and at its most basic level means, “rescuing one from great peril”. Now, in this case, we’re asking if the rescuing from the great peril (eternal death) is by Jesus. The simple…
