Bible Contradictions

 



GE 1:3-5 On the first day, God created light, then separated light and darkness.

GE 1:14-19 The sun (which separates night and day) wasn't created until the fourth day.

GE 1:11-12, 26-27 Trees were created before man was created.

GE 2:4-9 Man was created before trees were created.

GE 1:20-21, 26-27 Birds were created before man was created.

GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before birds were created.

GE 1:24-27 Animals were created before man was created.

GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before animals were created.

GE 1:26-27 Man and woman were created at the same time.

GE 2:7, 21-22 Man was created first, woman sometime later.

GE 4:9 God asks Cain where his brother Able is.

PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view.

EX 3:1 Jethro was the father-in-law of Moses.

NU 10:29, JG 4:11 (KJV) Hobab was the father-in-law of Moses.

EX 20:5, 34:7, NU 14:18, DT 5:9, IS 14:21-22 Children are to suffer for their parent's sins.

DT 24:16, EZ 18:19-20 Children are not to suffer for their parent's sins.

NU 33:38 Aaron died on Mt. Hor.

DT 10:6 Aaron died in Mosera.

1KI 4:26 Solomon had 40,000 horses (or stalls for horses).

2CH 9:25 He had 4,000 horses (or stalls for horses).

1KI 16:6-8 Baasha died in the 26th year of King Asa's reign.

2CH 16:1 Baasha built a city in the 36th year of King Asa's reign.

2KI 8:25-26 Ahaziah was 22 years old when he began his reign.

2CH 22:1 He was 42 when he began his reign.

2KI 24:8 Jehoiachin (Jehoiakim) reigned three months.

2CH 36:9 He reigned three months and ten days.

2KI 24:8 Jehoiachin (Jehoiakim) was eighteen years old when he began to reign.

2CH 36:9 He was eight. (Note: This discrepancy has been "corrected" in some versions.)

MT 1:16 Jacob was Joseph's father.

LK 3:23 Heli was Joseph's father.

MT 1:17 There were twenty-eight generations from David to Jesus.

LK 3:23-38 There were forty-three.

MT 26:74 The cock crowed once.

MK 14:72 The cock crowed twice.

MT 27:46-50, MK 15:34-37 Jesus' last recorded words are: "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

LK 23:46 "Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit."

JN 19:30 "It is finished." (Note: Even though both MT and MK represent direct quotes and are translated similarly, the actual Greek words used for God are different. MT uses "Eli" and MK uses "Eloi.")

MK 6:53 After the feeding of the 5000, Jesus and the disciples went to Gennesaret.

JN 6:17-25 They went to Capernaum.

JN 1:1 Jesus was God incarnate.

AC 2:22 Jesus was a man approved by God.

JN 3:17, 8:15, 12:47 Jesus does not judge.

JN 5:22, 5:27-30, 9:39, AC 10:42, 2CO 5:10 Jesus does judge.

JA 4:5 (Quotes an alleged scripture (OT) verse; not found in the OT.)

INCONSISTENCIES & IMPROBABILITIES

LE 11:20-21 There are winged creatures (birds or insects) that go around on all fours.

(Note: There are no birds that go around on four legs, and all insects have six legs.)

1KI 6:2, 2CH 3:3 Solomon's temple was only about ninety feet long by thirty feet wide, and yet -- 1KI 5:15-16 153,300 persons were employed to build it. 1KI 6:38 It took seven years to build. 1CH

22:14 13,100,000 lbs. of gold and 116,400,000 lbs. of silver were consumed in its construction. 1CH 23:4 24,000 supervisors and 6,000 officials and judges were employed to manage it.

2KI 16:2, 20, 18:1-2 Ahaz was thirty-six years old when he died. His twenty-five year old son Hezekiah succeeded him. Thus Ahaz was a ten or eleven year old father.

2CH 21:20, 22:1-2 Ahaziah was forty-two when he became king; he succeeded his father, who died at the age of forty. Thus, Ahaziah was two years older than his father.

PS 58:8 Slugs and/or snails melt as they move.

RE 21:16 Heaven is only about 1500 miles square.

 



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