John

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New Testament · questions that cite John.

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These marks echo where critical scholarship tends to land on each question — not GEBible’s own ruling.

Seen as a contradiction
Genuinely disputed
Seen as reconciled

Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
When was heaven created?

The tension: Genesis 1:1 places the creation of heaven at the very beginning, before anything else, while Genesis 1:6-8 has God making a firmament on the second day and nam…

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Who created heaven and earth?

The tension: Genesis 1:1 and Isaiah 44:24 state that God the Father created everything alone, explicitly stretching out the heavens 'by myself.' John 1:3 and Colossians 1:1…

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
How many gods are there?

The tension: Deuteronomy, Isaiah, and New Testament passages repeatedly assert strict monotheism, with YHWH alone and no other gods beside him.

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Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
Does God work on the Sabbath?

The tension: Genesis 2:2-3 has God resting on the seventh day after finishing creation and sanctifying that day as a day of rest.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Does God have a body?

The tension: Genesis shows Yahweh strolling through Eden 'in the cool of the day' — audible footsteps, physical movement.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
How many sons are there?

The tension: John 3:18 and 1 John 4:9 call Jesus the 'only begotten Son of God' (monogenes).

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Is it OK to eat blood?

The tension: The Priestly and Deuteronomic Torah absolutely forbids eating blood as a perpetual statute (Gen 9:4; Lev 3:17; 7:26-27; 17:10-14; 19:26; Deut 12:16, 23), and t…

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Can God be seen?

The tension: The Hebrew Bible repeatedly narrates theophanies in which God is seen face-to-face — by Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, seventy elders, Manoah, Micaiah, Job, Isa…

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
How should parents be treated?

The tension: The Torah and the wisdom literature hand down an unambiguous rule: honor your father and mother.

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Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
Is it OK to drink alcohol?

The tension: The Bible's stance on alcohol is not a spectrum — it is a pile of mutually inconsistent positions.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Should we judge others?

The tension: Jesus in Matthew 7:1 and Luke 6:37 commands his followers not to judge, and Paul echoes that in Romans 2:1 and 14:10 along with James 4:12.

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
How should adulterers be punished?

The tension: Leviticus 20:10 commands the execution of both the adulterer and the adulteress.

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Does God love everyone?

The tension: John 3:16 says God so loved the world, and 1 John 4:8 and 4:16 declare God is love.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Are we all God's children?

The tension: Deuteronomy 14:1 calls all Israel 'the children of the LORD your God.' Psalm 82:6 declares 'all of you are children of the most High.' Hosea 1:10, Acts 17:29,…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Who is the Lord of this world?

The tension: The Hebrew Bible repeatedly affirms YHWH as sovereign over all the kingdoms and the whole earth, but several New Testament passages — most notably the Temptati…

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Is death final?

The tension: The Hebrew Bible's wisdom literature and older narrative strata treat death as terminal — the dead go to Sheol, lose consciousness, and do not return.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Has anyone ever ascended into heaven?

The tension: John 3:13 has Jesus say flatly that no human has ascended into heaven except the Son of Man.

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Does anyone ever do anything good?

The tension: Psalm 14:3, Psalm 53:3, and Paul quoting them at Romans 3:12 say absolutely no one does good — not one.

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Is Salvation by faith alone?

The tension: Paul stacks Romans 3:28, Romans 4:13, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 3:11-12, and Ephesians 2:8-9 to insist humans are justified by faith apart from works of the la…

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Does God want some to go to hell?

The tension: 1 Timothy 2:3-4 and 2 Peter 3:9 say God wants every human saved; Proverbs 16:4, John 12:40, Romans 9:18-22, and 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 portray a deity who cre…

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Does hell exist?

The tension: The Bible offers four mutually incompatible afterlife schemes.

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Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
What was Jesus H. Christ's real name?

The tension: The New Testament gives Jesus a long string of names and titles — Jesus, Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, the Word, Son of Man, Son of the Highest, Son of David, Son of…

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
On what did Jesus ride into Jerusalem?

The tension: Matthew 21:5-7 has Jesus ride into Jerusalem on two animals — a donkey and a colt — with the disciples laying garments on both and Jesus sitting on 'them.' Mar…

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Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
Where did John the Baptist baptize?

The tension: Matthew 3:6 and Mark 1:5 say John baptized people 'in the Jordan' (Greek *en tō Iordanē*); Mark 1:9 specifies that Jesus was baptized 'in the Jordan.' John 1:2…

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