seeming contradictions between passages of the Bible
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What did Paul mean by “women must be silent in church”?
In the Bible Paul says that women must be silent in churches and ask questions to their husband when they get home.
This is completely ignored in the modern day churches, with many women being ...
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How did Judas die?
Judas Iscariot committed suicide when he realized the evil that he had done.
Matthew 27:3-5 (KJV)
3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, ...
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Who bought the Field of Blood, Judas or the Priests?
This is similar to another question "How did Judas Die", but is specifically addressing another aspect of the story.
In Matthew we have the priests purchasing the field:
Matthew 27:5-7 (NASB)
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1 John Chapter 1 & 3 - Is there an apparent contradiction?
I have often wondered why the author of 1 John, in the beginning of his letter, seems to claim that even though people have accepted Christ they will continue to sin, but two chapters later he seems ...
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Where did the idea of the Trinity come from?
As noted here about 1 John:
The passage is called the Johannine Comma and is not found in the
majority of Greek manuscripts.
Which implies that this has been recently added to scripture. It ...
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What does it mean that Jesus fulfilled the law but did not abolish it?
We hear that we are no longer under the law. It even says so in Galations:
Galations 3:23-25
Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith ...
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Did Jonah fail the test of a prophet?
I came across an article on the FAIR Mormon wiki that discusses the prophetic test (Deut. 18). It applies the test on some Biblical prophets, and shows how someone could claim these prophets fail the ...
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Are there two different creation accounts in the bible?
There are two seemingly contradictory accounts of creation in the Bible.
The first is in Genesis 1:1-2:3.
The second is in Genesis 2:4-25.
Why the differences in the accounts?
