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Luke -- Errors 451-457
#451
Luke 23: (KJV)
26 “And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a
Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that
he might bear it after Jesus.”
The underlying Greek word for “cross” above is “stake”.
The Greek Christian Bible never uses the Greek word for “cross”,
only the Greek word for “stake”, “stauros”. Virtually
every Christian English translation uses “cross” which is an
anachronistic mistranslation.
# 452
Luke 23: (KJV)
32 “And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to
be put to death”
The underlying Greek of the earliest extant manuscripts has “two
other criminals”. Later manuscripts have many variations which is
normally a good sign that the original was changed. I’m not aware
of any English translation with the proper translation. I guess the Christian
translators didn’t like anyone other than a Jew describing Jesus
as a criminal.
# 453
Luke 23: (KJV)
33 “And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary,
there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand,
and the other on the left.”
Compare to Matthew 27: (KJV)
33 “And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that
is to say, a place of a skull,
34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted
thereof, he would not drink.
35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my
garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
36 And sitting down they watched him there;
37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE
KING OF THE JEWS.
38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand,
and another on the left.”
Luke’s implication is that the other criminals were crucified at
the same time Jesus was while Matthew explicitly states that the other
criminals were crucified after Jesus was.
# 454
Luke 23: (KJV)
38 “And a superscription also was written over him in letters
of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
Compare to Mark 15: (KJV)
26 “And the superscription of his accusation was written over,
THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
Maybe the Inscription originally said “THE KING OF THE JEWS”
and Luke added “THIS IS” to it.
# 455
Luke 23: (KJV)
39 “And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him,
saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.”
Compare to Mark 15: (KJV)
32 “Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross,
that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled
him.”
One of Luke’s co-condemned reviles Jesus while both of Mark’s
co-condemned reviles Jesus.
# 456
Luke 23: (KJV)
43 “And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt
thou be with me in paradise.”
False prophecy.
# 457
Luke 23: (KJV)
44 “And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness
over all the earth until the ninth hour.”
We have records from astronomers of the first century and none of them
report any three hour period of darkness in Israel or the entire world.
The boy prophet Bruce Springsteen did report a darkness on the edge of
town but that was two thousand years later. It was a common literary technique
of the time for biographers to report such a supernatural darkness at
the demise of people they considered great.