In the Gospel of Mark, we read, “Now it was the third hour, and they crucified him” (Mark 15:25.) This seems like a relatively simple statement—until we read the account of Jesus’ trial in the Gospel of John: “Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour” (John 19:14.) How is it possible that Jesus could be crucified before…
Jeremiah prophesied the Lord's words, no descendant of Jeconiah can sit on the throne of David, yet Matthew listed Jeconiah in the genealogy of Christ. In Matthew's genealogy, Joseph had Jeconiah’s blood in his veins. Therefore, how can Jesus be the descendant of the cursed Jeconiah? He was not qualified to sit on David's throne based on the Old Testament prophecy that: “Is this man,…
Many believe the claim made by Bart Ehrman, a New Testament scholar and critic, that the differences in the accounts of the Resurrection of Jesus within the four gospels are irreconcilable. But the truth is that each gospel records different events that complement each other and do not contradict them. The Gospel accounts Matthew 28:1-10 [1] After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first…
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is pivotal to the Christian faith. Without the Resurrection, Jesus was a phenomenal teacher who lied about being God and was sentenced to an excruciating death for this lie. New Testament textual critics tend to focus a lot of energy on refuting the claim that Jesus physically rose from the dead. One of those theories is called ‘The Substitution…
