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Luke -- Errors 404-410
#404
Luke 20: (KJV)
10 “And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that
they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen
beat him, and sent him away empty.
11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated
him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him
out.”
Compare to Mark 12: (KJV)
2 “And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that
he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones,
and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating
some, and killing some.”
In “Luke” the third servant is just wounded while in “Mark”
the third servant is killed. Luke likely thought she could improve on
Mark by reserving the killing of the servant for the “son” and
why shouldn’t she feel free to change “Mark”, it’s
not like it was written by anyone who either knew Jesus or even someone
who knew someone who knew Jesus.
# 405
Luke 20: (KJV)
12 “And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and
cast him out.
13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my
beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying,
This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.”
Compare to Mark 12: (KJV)
5 “And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others;
beating some, and killing some.
6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last
unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come,
let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.'
8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.”
According to “Luke” it was three strikes and out before the
son came up to the collection plate. “Mark” records a number
of fouls in between.
# 406
Luke 20: (KJV)
15 “So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.”
Compare to Mark 12: (KJV)
8 “And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the
vineyard.”
For many Jesuses bore false witness against the tenants, but their witness
agreed not together.
# 407
Luke 20: (KJV)
15 “So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What
therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard
to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.”
Compare to Matthew 21: (KJV)
40 “When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will
he do unto those husbandmen?
41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and
will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him
the fruits in their seasons.”
According to “Luke” Jesus answered the question while according
to “Matthew” not Jesus answered the question. Excellent foreshadowing
of the Passion.
# 408
Luke 20: (KJV)
17 “And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written,
The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of
the corner?”
The meaning of the preceding story and this quote according to “Luke”
is that God will replace the Jews with the Gentiles but this quote is
from Psalm 118 which says the opposite, explicitly and implicitly, the
Jews will survive as God’s people and be protected from the Gentiles.
# 409
Luke 20: (KJV)
20 “And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign
themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they
might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.”
Compare to Matthew 22: (KJV)
15 “Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle
him in his talk.”
In Matthew’s version The Parable of the Marriage Feast had just been
given while in Luke’s version the same parable had been given way
back in 14:16.
# 410
Luke 20: (KJV)
39 “Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast
well said.
40 And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.”
Compare to Mark 12: (KJV)
34 “And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto
him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst
ask him any question.”
According to Luke the scribes durst not ask Jesus any questions after
the Resurrection story. According to Mark no one dared ask Jesus any questions
after The Greatest Commandment story. So according to Luke the scribes
should not be asking any questions after the Resurrection story which
is told at Mark 12:18-27. But Mark’s The Greatest Commandment story
starts at 12:28 with a question by a scribe and I’m pretty sure that
a scribe would qualify as a man. Mark’s The Greatest Commandment
story is one of the funnier stories in the Christian Bible as it is the
one place where Jesus gives an understandable, straightforward answer
to a sincere question. Then Mark follows it up by saying that as result
no dared ask Jesus any more questions. “Luke” realized that
the logic of “Mark” was lacking here and therefore moved the
no more questions line to a different place.