The tension: Matthew 5:9 blesses peacemakers; Luke 2:14 has the angels announce 'on earth peace'; John 14:27 and 16:33 have Jesus give peace to his disciples; Acts 10:36 sa…
The tension: Deuteronomy 24:1-2 permits divorce for any 'uncleanness' (Hebrew *ʿerwat dābār*) — historically read liberally by the school of Hillel as covering almost any c…
The tension: Isaiah 64:6 says all human righteousness is *kĕbeged ʿiddîm* — 'as filthy rags' — and the Pauline literature builds an entire doctrine of universal depravity o…
The tension: Mark 16:17 (the disputed Longer Ending) lists casting out demons as one of the signs *parakolouthēsei tois pisteusasin* — 'that will follow those who believe.'…
The tension: John 16:30 and 21:17 affirm that Jesus knows all things (*panta oidas*), and Colossians 2:2-3 says all treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ.
The tension: Matthew 8:20 and Luke 9:58 have Jesus say *hai alōpekes phōleous echousin kai ta peteina tou ouranou kataskēnōseis, ho de huios tou anthrōpou ouk echei pou tēn…
The tension: Mark 5:1-2 and Luke 8:26-27 both narrate the Gerasene demoniac as *anthrōpos en pneumati akathartō* — a single man with an unclean spirit.
The tension: Mark 5:22-23 and Luke 8:41-42 have the synagogue ruler (Mark and Luke name him Jairus) come to Jesus while his daughter is still alive — "at the point of death…
The tension: Mark 5:29 and Luke 8:44 say the bleeding stopped "immediately" — *euthys* in Mark, *parachrema* in Luke — at the instant she touched Jesus' garment.
The tension: The Synoptic Jesus identifies one sin that will never be forgiven "neither in this world, neither in the world to come" — blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Ma…
The tension: John 1:29-34 has John the Baptist not only recognize Jesus on sight as "the Lamb of God" but explicitly testify, "I saw, and bare record that this is the Son o…
The tension: In Matthew 11:14 Jesus says of John the Baptist: "this is Elijah, which was for to come," and Matthew 17:12-13 makes the identification explicit — the disciple…
The tension: Matthew 12:30 and Luke 11:23 record Jesus saying, "He that is not with me is against me." Mark 9:40 and Luke 9:50 record Jesus saying the opposite: "he that is…
The tension: Matthew 13:10-11, Mark 4:10-11, and Luke 8:9-10 all have Jesus tell the disciples that the parables function as a deliberate esoteric/exoteric distinction: "un…
The tension: Luke 4:13-30 places the Nazareth rejection at the very *beginning* of Jesus' Galilean ministry, immediately after the temptation, as the inaugural event settin…
The tension: Matthew 14:1-2 and Mark 6:14-16 report Herod Antipas concluding that Jesus is John the Baptist resurrected — "It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the…
