1001 Errors in the Christian Bible

John -- Errors 498-503

#498

John 1: (KJV)

41 “He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.”

The Greek word for “Messias” above is transliterated Greek for the Hebrew “Moshiach” which means “anointed”. “Christ” in Greek can either be the Greek word for “anointed” or it can used as a title or name for the Jesus of Christian Bible fame. The author above is just giving the translation of a Hebrew word and therefore the context indicates that the normal meaning of the Greek word should be translated which is “anointed”. Of the majors only Young’s Literal gets it right.

# 499

John 1: (KJV)

42 “And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.”

Compare to Matthew 16: (KJV)

17 “And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.”

The manuscript evidence for John 1:42 indicates that “son of John” was likely original (which a majority of translations have) and was gradually changed to “son of Jona (Barjona) to agree with “Matthew”.

# 500

John 1: (KJV)

42 “And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.”

Compare to Mark 3: (KJV)

16 “And Simon he surnamed Peter;”

Mark’s Jesus named Simon “Peter” which is strange (anachronistic) since “Peter” is a Greek name and has no Semitic equivalent. The author of John likely recognized this and his Jesus named Simon “Cephas” which is the Greek transliteration of the Aramaic word for “rock”. Comically, according to Christian tradition “Mark’s” primary source was Peter who by extension, according to “John”, didn’t know his own name.

# 501

John 1: (KJV)

42 “And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.”

Compare to Matthew 4: (KJV)

18 “And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.”

“John’s” Simon has no Peter when he meets Jesus. “Matthew’s” Simon already has a Peter when he meets Jesus.

# 502

John 1: (KJV)

43 “The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.”

Compare to Matthew 4: (KJV)

18 “And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.”

After “John’s” Jesus calls Simon Cephas he calls Philip while after “Matthew’s” Jesus miscalls Simon Peter he calls James and John. The original story (Mark) had Simon and Andrew called first. “John” added the literary touch of having a brother called by Jesus then call his brother. “John” didn’t believe that “Mark” was actually history, why should you? (It’s a story dummy, literature, not history). Traditionally Christianity has taught that “Matthew” was written by the disciple Matthew but “John” disses this tradition by not even mentioning “Matthew” as a disciple.

# 503

John 1: (KJV)

44 “Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.”

Compare to Matthew 8: (KJV)

5 “And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.”

John’s Peter was from Bethsaida while Matthew’s Peter was from Capernaum. Maybe Matthew’s Peter Carperooled with John’s Peter to Bethsaida.

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