Parallel accounts (distinct sources)

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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

Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
When was the woman who touched Jesus's robe cured?

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.

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
What were the names of the apostles?

The tension: The New Testament gives four lists of the Twelve (Matt 10:2-4; Mark 3:14-19; Luke 6:13-16; Acts 1:13) and they don't match.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Did Jesus tell his apostles to go barefoot and without a staff?

The tension: Matthew 10:10 and Luke 9:3 / 10:4 record Jesus telling the disciples to take no staff and no shoes (sandals).

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
How did Peter find out that Jesus was the Messiah?

The tension: Matthew 16:16-17 has Peter confess Jesus as "the Christ, the Son of the living God" at Caesarea Philippi, and Jesus explicitly tells Peter this knowledge came…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Did the disciples understand when Jesus told them about his coming death?

The tension: Matthew 17:22-23 reports the disciples' reaction to Jesus' second passion prediction: "they were exceeding sorry" (*elypēthēsan sphodra*), indicating comprehen…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Who asked Jesus for the best seats in heaven?

The tension: In Mark 10:35-37, James and John themselves come to Jesus and ask for the seats at his right and left in his glory.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
On the day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem, did Jesus ask his disciples to get one animal or two?

The tension: Matthew 21:1-7 has Jesus dispatch two disciples to fetch *an ass and her colt*, and the disciples bring back both animals; Matthew even depicts Jesus sitting o…

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Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
Will Jesus's second coming be visible to all?

The tension: The Synoptic apocalyptic discourses and Revelation 1:7 stack up to say the return of the Son of Man will be a universally visible event: every tribe of the ear…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Did Jesus say before the cock crow or before the cock crows twice?

The tension: Matthew 26:34, Luke 22:34, and John 13:38 all have Jesus tell Peter he will deny him three times *before the cock crows*.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Did Jesus ask God to save him from crucifixion?

The tension: In the Synoptic Gethsemane scene (Matt 26:36-42, Mark 14:35-36, Luke 22:41-42) Jesus prays explicitly that the cup of suffering pass from him — 'let this cup p…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Did Judas identify Jesus with a kiss?

The tension: The three Synoptic arrest scenes (Matt 26:47-49, Mark 14:43-45, Luke 22:47-48) all have Judas identify Jesus by approaching and kissing him — the prearranged s…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Was Jesus taken to Caiaphas or Annas first?

The tension: Matthew 26:57 names Caiaphas explicitly as the high priest Jesus was led to.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
How did Jesus respond when questioned by the high priest?

The tension: Matthew 26:64 and Luke 22:70 give Jesus the famously evasive 'thou hast said' / 'ye say that I am' — an answer that can be parsed as a yes, a no, or a 'that's…

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
To whom did Peter deny knowing Jesus?

The tension: All four gospels agree Peter denied Jesus three times, but they disagree on the cast list.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Was Jesus silent during his trial before Pilate?

The tension: Matthew 27:12-14 and Mark 15:3-5 have Jesus go silent in front of Pilate — refusing to answer the chief priests, refusing to answer a word, until Pilate himsel…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Who put the robe on Jesus?

The tension: Luke 23:11 has Herod Antipas and his soldiers dress Jesus in a gorgeous robe during the side-trip to Herod's quarters that only Luke records, before sending hi…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
What color was Jesus' robe?

The tension: Matthew 27:28 says the soldiers put a *scarlet* robe (*chlamyda kokkinēn*) on Jesus.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Who carried Jesus' cross?

The tension: John 19:17 has Jesus carry his own cross to Golgotha — explicitly, *bastazōn heautō ton stauron*.

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
What did the soldiers give Jesus to drink?

The tension: Matthew 27:34 says they offered Jesus vinegar mingled with gall.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
What did the sign over Jesus' head say?

The tension: All four gospels report the *titulus* nailed to Jesus' cross — but they don't agree on the wording.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Did both thieves revile Jesus?

The tension: Mark 15:32 says both of those crucified with Jesus reviled him.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
What were the last words of Jesus?

The tension: Matthew 27:46-50 (following Mark 15:34-37) has Jesus die crying out the cry of dereliction — *Eli Eli lama sabachthani*, 'my God my God why hast thou forsaken…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
What did the Centurion call Jesus when he died?

The tension: Mark 15:39 and Matthew 27:54 both have the centurion at the cross declare 'Truly this was the Son of God.' Luke 23:47 has the centurion glorify God and say 'Ce…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Where did the women watching the crucifixion stand?

The tension: Matthew 27:55, Mark 15:40, and Luke 23:49 all describe the women watching the crucifixion *from afar* (*apo makrothen* in the Greek).

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