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Bible Difficulties Archives - St Paul Coptic Apologetics https://copticapologetics.com/category/bible-difficulties/ The Truth will set you Free Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:02:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://copticapologetics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-cropped-9D88CE1F-8434-4AE7-AE31-23791BCA131B-32x32.jpeg Bible Difficulties Archives - St Paul Coptic Apologetics https://copticapologetics.com/category/bible-difficulties/ 32 32 Did David buy the the threshing floor for 50 shekels of silver or 600 shekels of ‎gold?‎ https://copticapologetics.com/2025/12/12/how-much-did-david-pay-for-the-threshing-floor/ https://copticapologetics.com/2025/12/12/how-much-did-david-pay-for-the-threshing-floor/#respond Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:02:33 +0000 https://copticapologetics.com/?p=2617 There seems to be a clear contradiction between two chapters of the Old Testament. In 2 Samuel chapter 24, it says that King David paid Araunah 50 shekels of silver for his land, while in 1 Chronicles chapter 24, King David gave Araunah 600 shekels of gold. These are two very different amounts of money! […]

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]]> https://copticapologetics.com/2025/12/12/how-much-did-david-pay-for-the-threshing-floor/feed/ 0 How many years of ‎famine did God threaten ‎David with as punishment – 7 or 3?‎ https://copticapologetics.com/2025/11/11/how-many-years-of-famine/ https://copticapologetics.com/2025/11/11/how-many-years-of-famine/#respond Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:30:47 +0000 https://copticapologetics.com/?p=2599 King David ordered a census to be done of the people in Israel and Judah. God’s anger burned against him and decided to punish him for it. Surprisingly, God gave David three scenarios to choose from to be carried out as his punishment. Here comes the issue—it seems as though the two verses that record […]

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]]> https://copticapologetics.com/2025/11/11/how-many-years-of-famine/feed/ 0 Did Luke claim that Jesus rose from death ‎and ascended to heaven on the same day?‎ https://copticapologetics.com/2025/11/10/luke-24/ https://copticapologetics.com/2025/11/10/luke-24/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:32:45 +0000 https://copticapologetics.com/?p=2592 In Acts 1, the author tells how Jesus appeared to His disciples and others over a period of 40 days after His resurrection (Acts 1:3). At the end of this period, He ascended into heaven (Acts 1:9). However, some sceptics ask us to turn back to Luke 24, where there seems to be a contradiction. […]

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]]> https://copticapologetics.com/2025/11/10/luke-24/feed/ 0 Why didn’t Adam die after eating from the ‎forbidden fruit?‎ https://copticapologetics.com/2025/10/31/why-didnt-adam-die-after-eating-from-the-forbidden-fruit/ https://copticapologetics.com/2025/10/31/why-didnt-adam-die-after-eating-from-the-forbidden-fruit/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:22:01 +0000 https://copticapologetics.com/?p=2577 Adam was told that if he eats the forbidden fruit, he was to die the same ‎day ‎‎in Genesis 2:17. And yet, Adam ate the fruit and lived to a ripe old age of 930 years (Genesis 5:5).‎ So, why didn’t Adam die like God said he would? Before we answer this question, you need […]

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