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Luke -- Errors 322-328
#322
Luke 3: (KJV)
21 “Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that
Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,”
Compare to Matthew 3: (KJV)
16 “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:”
Compare to Mark 1: (KJV)
10 “And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens
opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:”
Luke says that Jesus was praying when the heaven opened. Matthew and Mark
don’t. Note all the agreement between Matthew and Mark against Luke.
#323
Luke 3: (KJV)
21 “Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that
Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 And
the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him”
Compare to Matthew 3: (KJV)
16 “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:”
Compare to Mark 1: (KJV)
10 “And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:”
According to Matthew and Mark the heaven(s) was/were immediately opened
after baptism while according to Luke the opening was more leisurely.
#324
Luke 3: (KJV)
21 “Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that
Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 And
the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him”
Compare to Matthew 3: (KJV)
16 “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:”
Compare to Mark 1: (KJV)
10 “And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:”
There’s normally an implication that a Spirit/Spirit of God/Holy
Ghost is invisible. “Luke” explicitly states that this time
the Holy Ghost was visible. Related questions are if Jesus is God then
why does he need the Holy Ghost in the first place? Wasn’t he already
born of the Holy Ghost? Was the Holy Ghost temporarily lodging within
Jesus until Jesus sent the Holy Ghost to his followers? (Was Jesus’
charged double occupancy?).
#325
Luke 3: (KJV)
23 “And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being
(as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,”
Compare to Matthew 1: (KJV)
16 “And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born
Jesus, who is called Christ.”
The father of Joseph (not sure what the correct term is for the father
of the husband of the wife who virgin birthed you as I don’t believe
that Amy Vanderbilt ever addresses this issue) according to “Luke”
is Heli and according to “Matthew” is Jacob. Just going by names
“Matthew” seems to have picked names based on their significance
and order in the Tanakh. Jacob was the father of Joseph who had Egyptian
children and “Jesus” is remarkably similar in sound to the Egyptian
“Iusa” which means “the ever coming one”. Of course
this is just rampant speculation on my part.
#326
Luke 3: (KJV)
27 “Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which
was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel,”
Luke has 20 generations from Zerubbabel to Jesus (it goes without saying
that some of these generations are missing in some manuscripts) while
Matthew has 11. As mentioned previously, for the time period covered Luke’s
number of generations is more plausible. Most of the names Luke lists
for this period are unknown outside of Luke. Where Luke got them, God
knows.
#327
Luke 3: (KJV)
27 “Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which
was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the
son of Neri,”
Compare to Matthew 1: (KJV)
12 “And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel;
and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;”
According to Luke Neri was the father of Salathiel while according to
Matthew and the Masoretic text Jeconiah was the father of Salathiel.
#328
Luke 3: (KJV)
31 “Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which
was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son
of David,”
Compare to Matthew 1: (KJV)
6 “And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon
of her that had been the wife of Urias;”
According to Luke Jesus was descended through Nathan while according to
Matthew Jesus was descended through Solomon.