The tension:
Matthew 8:5-8 has the centurion personally approach Jesus and dialogue with him directly, while Luke 7:1-7 has the centurion send Jewish elders and then friend…
The tension: Matthew 8:5-8 has the centurion personally approach Jesus and dialogue with him directly, while Luke 7:1-7 has the centurion send Jewish elders and then friend…
The tension: Isaiah 48:12 — and 41:4, 44:6 — has YHWH declaring 'I am the first and the last.' Revelation 1:17 and 22:13 have Jesus saying the same thing.
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…
The tension: Luke 21:11 has Jesus predict that 'fearful sights and great signs from heaven' will accompany the eschaton, treating such signs as legitimate revelatory marker…
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…
The tension: Matthew 1:17 states explicitly: 14 generations from Abraham to David, 14 from David to the deportation, 14 from the deportation to Christ — 42 total.
The tension: Acts 2:30, Acts 13:23, Romans 1:3, 2 Timothy 2:8, Hebrews 2:16, and Revelation 22:16 all describe Jesus as physically descended from David 'according to the fl…
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…
The tension: John 3:22 says Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea and 'there he tarried with them, and baptized' — Jesus is the explicit subject of the baptiz…
The tension: Mark 1:11 and Luke 3:22 have the heavenly voice address Jesus directly in the second person: 'You are my beloved Son' (*sy ei ho huios mou ho agapētos*).
