They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed from a distance.
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Luke 22:54
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Examined in Scripture Analysis
Contradictions (2)
Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
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Matt 26:57 — “led him away to Caiaphas the high priest” / John 18:13 — “led him to Annas first”
Was Jesus taken to Caiaphas or Annas first?Matthew 26:57 names Caiaphas explicitly as the high priest Jesus was led to. Mark 14:53 and Luke 22:54 say Jesus was led to 'the high priest,' which in context means Caiaphas, since he was the sitting high priest in 30-36 CE.
Critical scholarship: Leans toward reconciliation.
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Read as reconcilable:
Alfred Plummer (d. 1926)
Harmonization: Plummer reads John as alone recording the examination before Annas, quietly supplementing the others’ account rather than contradicting it.
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Read as a real contradiction:
D. F. Strauss (d. 1874)
The tension: Strauss reads the synoptics as taking Jesus straight to the high priest where John takes him first to Annas, only later to Caiaphas.
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Read as reconcilable:
Alfred Plummer (d. 1926)
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To whom did Peter deny knowing Jesus?
All four gospels agree Peter denied Jesus three times, but they disagree on the cast list. Matthew has a servant girl, then another girl, then a crowd.
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
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