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Luke -- Errors 315-321
#315
Luke 3: (KJV)
9 “And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every
tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire.”
Everyone would agree that 2,000 years after this supposed prophecy we
still have plenty of bad fruit going around so as Bill Murray said in
the classic “Stripes”, “Something is terribly wrong”
with this prophecy.
#316
Luke 3: (KJV)
10 “And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart
to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.”
Compare to Matthew 12: (KJV)
36 “For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”
The basic question the Christian Bible is trying to answer is “What
is the requirement for entering the Kingdom Of Heaven” (another related
question is “What is the Kingdom of Heaven?”). The Christian
Bible is unable to give any coherent answer either between different authors
or even within some authors. Here Luke’s John says that good deeds
are required. The quote from “Matthew” above has Jesus saying
good words are required. The initial descriptions of John the Baptist
in “Matthew” and “Luke” are so similar they appear
to have come from the same source but apparently “Matthew” deliberately
chose not to copy the equivalent of Luke 3:10-11 because he saw the contradiction
mentioned here. So instead he has John dummy up.
#317
Luke 3: (KJV)
15 “And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in
their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;”
Because “Matthew’s” surrounding story is so similar he
and Luke probably were using the same source. Matthew has no equivalent
for Luke 3:15 indicating the omission by him was deliberate. Matthew likely
saw it as an insult to Jesus that someone (let alone “all men”)
could mistake John for the Messiah and only a more Gentile author like
Luke would write that Jews could think a Levite (John) could be the Messiah.
#318
Luke 3: (KJV)
16 “but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes
I am not worthy to unloose”
Compare to Matthew 3: (KJV)
11 “…but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose
shoes I am not worthy to bear”
Compare to Mark 1: (KJV)
7 “…There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet
of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.”
Petty difference here. Luke and Mark say “unloose” while Matthew
says “bear”. What’s instructive here is to start observing
how often either Matthew or Luke agree with Mark against the other as
opposed to agreeing with each other against Mark. Very good evidence that
Matthew and Luke copied from Mark.
#319
Luke 3: (KJV)
16 “John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you
with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes
I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and
with fire:”
No “the” before “Holy Ghost” (“Ghost” is
KJV’s, most say “Spirit”) in the Greek. Having the Holy
Ghost baptize everyone everywhere turns he/she/it/them into Savoie Faire.
#320
Luke 3: (KJV)
16 “John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you
with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes
I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and
with fire:”
Compare to Mark 1: (KJV)
8 “I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize
you with the Holy Ghost.”
“Luke’s” “John’s” “Jesus” will
baptize with Holy Ghost and fire. “Mark’s” “John’s”
“Jesus” will only baptize with the Holy Ghost, all after John
baptizes with water. (Seems like it should be the other way around, fire,
then water).
#321
Luke 3: (KJV)
18 “And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto
the people.
19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother
Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
Compare to:
Matthew 14: (KJV)
3 “For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him
in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said
unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.”
Luke sez that John’s preaching was the last straw in getting him
arrested. Matthew sez John was arrested over a woman with no last straw.