Originally Posted by
galveston
Seeming contradictions involving numbers are indeed there.
Hebrew, like some other languages uses letters for numbers. The differences make no difference to the history or doctrines, and are probably due to a copyists error in one letter.
I have a standing challenge for anyone to present a biblical contradiction of any substance; ie, anything that affects the meaning, teaching, or history.
We are talking about CONTRADICTIONS here, NOT whether you believe the Bible or not.
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About the geneologies given in Matt. & Luke. One is Joseph's which shows Jesus' LEGAL claim to the throne of Isael due to his being the adopted son of Joseph, the other is Mary's geneology that shows that through her, Jesus is descended from king David.