2. Contradictions in the Bible itself
have been pointed out. Gaussen, in his book, The Origin and Inspiration of
the Bible, devotes some 118 pages to answering objections based upon
seeming errors and contradictions within the Bible. He deals with such
objections as: How can we believe in verbal inspiration when New Testament
writers quoted from the uninspired Septuagint translation? What good is a
doctrine of verbal inspiration when there are so many differences in the
readings of the ancient manuscripts? Do not the following passages contradict
one another: Mark 16:5 cf. Luke 24:4 (Mark relates that the women saw a young man, whereas Luke says
that TWO men stood by them); Matthew 20:30 cf. Mark 10:46 and Luke 18:35 (Matthew relates that Jesus healed TWO blind men as He
departed from Jericho; Mark mentions only ONE man, and to compound the problem,
Luke speaks of only ONE man who was healed as Jesus drew near to Jericho); Matthew 27:5 cf. Acts 1:18 (Matthew says Judas hanged
himself, whereas Luke says that he fell headlong and burst asunder in the
midst). Are there not contradictions of numerical calculations which would rule
out verbal inspiration, as between 1 Kings 9:28 and 2 Chronicles 8:18; 2 Samuel 24:9 and 1 Chronicles 21:5; Genesis 46:27 and Deuteronomy 10:22 and Acts 7:14? Are there not different
words used by the various Gospel writers in recording the same speech of
Christ? Space does not permit the recital of further objections or of the
answers to them. The student is referred to Gaussen or other writers who have
ably dealt with these problems.
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