Contradictions
Parallel accounts (distinct sources)
Questions where the tension is one of Parallel accounts (distinct sources) — 70 in all.
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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
Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: Genesis 1:4-5 says God divided light from darkness on the first day of creation, before any celestial bodies existed.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis 1:20-21 has God commanding the waters to bring forth birds.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis 1:20 has God commanding the waters to bring forth living creatures.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis 1:25-27 has God creating the animals first and then creating humans, male and female, on the same day.
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Usually considered reconciled
Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
The tension: Genesis 1:29 has God giving the humans 'every herb bearing seed' and 'every tree' with seed-bearing fruit for food, without restriction.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis 1:25-27 places the creation of humans (male and female, simultaneously, in the image of God) after the animals as the climax of a structured six-day se…
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: Genesis 1:3-2:3 presents creation unfolding across six distinct days with a seventh day of rest.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis 1:11-13 creates vegetation on day three, before humans arrive on day six.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis 1:27 and Jesus' citation of it in Matthew 19:4 state that God made humans 'male and female' from the beginning, as a simultaneous creation.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis 1:27 has God creating male and female simultaneously on day six, in the divine image.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis 4:11-12 has Yahweh cursing Cain to be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth — no settled life, no rest.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis 37:28 says the Midianite merchants drew Joseph out of the pit, sold him to the Ishmaelites, and the Ishmaelites brought him to Egypt — a position Genes…
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis 42:27 says one brother opened his sack at the lodging place ("the inn") and found the returned money right there.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
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…
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: 1 Samuel 21:1 has Ahimelech ask David "why art thou alone, and no man with thee?" — implying David arrived solo.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
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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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: Luke 2:1-7 has Mary deliver Jesus and lay him in a manger because there was no room at the inn.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Luke 2:1-7 says Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth and traveled to Bethlehem only because of the census.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Matthew 2:14 says Joseph fled with Mary and the child to Egypt 'by night' immediately after the magi left.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
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*).
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Matthew 4:1-11 orders the temptations: (1) stones to bread, (2) pinnacle of the temple, (3) kingdoms of the world from a mountain.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Mark 1:16-17 and Matthew 4:18-19 have Jesus call Peter and Andrew while they are casting nets at the Sea of Galilee.
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: Matthew 5:1 has Jesus go up *eis to oros* (into the mountain) and deliver the Sermon on the Mount.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
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…
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