The book of Acts records Paul’s encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus. However, Bible critics point out that this event is described differently in a couple of accounts in the book of Acts. In Acts 22:9 when Paul was defending himself before the Jews in Jerusalem, he said “those who were with me indeed saw the light but did not hear the…
The story about David (before he was king) fleeing King Saul is found in the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament. Here the author recorded that David went to Ahimelech, the priest, asking for bread for himself and his companions. However, in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is reported saying that in the days of Abiathar, the high priest, David went asking…
So, for how long was Jesus in the tomb? Let's begin by looking at where this question originates. Jesus prophesied about His death and resurrection multiple times. In one instance, He claimed: “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” (Matthew 12:40). He…
In the account of the Book of Chronicles in the Bible, it says: “Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.” (2 Chronicles 4:2) A question has arisen: did the Bible get Pi wrong? The mathematics in this verse seems…
