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Bible Contradictions

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Introduction:
"The Bible has a way of presenting contradictions for discussion. After this quiz, you may want to examine these points and discuss them further. The version I used is the "New Jerusalem Bible", but you may check these questions in other versions as well"


1. According to the Bible, was Eve created from Adam's rib or were Adam and Eve created at the same time?
    Both versions are in the Bible
    Adam and Eve were created at the same time.
    Eve was created from Adam's rib.
    Neither version is in the Bible.


2. According to the Book of Proverbs, should you answer a fool?
    Yes
    Maybe
    No
    Yes and No


3. In the Old Testament, Numbers, Chapter 20, verse 12, Moses is punished by God: "...you shall not lead this assembly into the land I am giving them." Later in the story, Moses dies, after viewing the Promised Land from a distant mountain. According to the New Testament, does Moses enter the Promised Land?
    Yes
    No


4. According to Matthew's Gospel, Chapter 10, Jesus sends his twelve apostles out on a "training" mission, to cure the sick, raise the dead and cast out devils. Amongst other things, Jesus tells them not to bring a walking stick. When recounting the same story, does Mark's Gospel agree with Matthew?
    Yes
    No


5. Jesus casts out devils into the bodies of pigs. Then the pigs run down a cliff and drown themselves in a lake. This story is told by three Gospel writers, Matthew, Mark and Luke. Why is Matthew's version different?
    Matthew refers to Jesus' special powers and the others do not.
    Matthew speaks of pigs while the others speak of sheep.
    Matthew refers to two posessed persons while the others speak of only one.
    Matthew describes the herd in detail and the others do not.


6. In Luke, Chapter 23, verses 44-49, there is a description of Jesus' death on the cross. The sequence goes: 1) At three, it was dark and eclipsed, 2) The Temple drapes are torn right down the middle, 3) He cries out (father, into your hands I commend my spirit) and 4) He dies. What do Matthew's and Mark's versions have in common about this event?
    The Temple drapes tear after the death of Jesus on the cross.
    The Temple drapes do not tear at the death of Jesus on the cross.
    Jesus does not cry out and is silent on the cross.
    Jesus does not die at three o'clock on the cross.


7. Three of the Gospels place Mary of Magdala at the foot of the cross when Jesus dies. Those three enumerations also contain names of women who were there. Which Gospel writer includes a man?
    John
    Mark
    Matthew
    Luke


8. Which Gospel does not say that Mary of Magdala was the first to see the resurrected Jesus?
    John
    Matthew
    Luke
    Mark


9. Who in the Bible disagrees with all the Gospel accounts of the resurrected Jesus' first apparitions?
    Paul
    James
    Peter
    Jude


10. According to the Gospel of John, Thomas was absent when Jesus appeared for the first time to the apostles on the evening of the resurrection. This is when Jesus breathed the Spirit upon the apostles. Therefore, Thomas was an apostle without the Spirit.
    True
    False


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