1001 Errors in the Christian Bible

Matthew -- Errors 64-70

# 64

Matthew 10: (KJV)

7 “And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

False prophecy.

#65

Matthew 10: (KJV)

15 “Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.”

In the Tanakh Sodom and Gomorrha are cities. No other Christian Bible author refers to them as anything other than cities.

#66

Matthew 10: (KJV)

23 “But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.”

False prophecy.

#67

Matthew 10: (KJV)

35 “For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.”

Contradicted by Deuteronomy 5:16 (JPS):

“Honour thy father and thy mother, as HaShem thy G-d commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which HaShem thy G-d giveth thee.”

#68

Matthew 11: (KJV)

10 “For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.”

Doesn’t agree with any known version of a passage from the Tanakh. Malachi 3:1 of the Masoretic text reads:

(JPS) “Behold, I send My messenger, and he shall clear the way before Me; and the L-rd, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to His temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in, behold, he cometh, saith HaShem of hosts.”

The closest you can come to Matthew’s “quote” from the Tanakh is to take the Christian Greek translation of Exodus 23:20:

“Behold, I send my messenger before thy face”

and then add to it this portion of the Masoretic text of Malachi 3:1:

(JPS) “and he shall clear the way before Me”.

Then change “clear” to “prepare” and “Me” to “thee” and voila! A perfect prophecy fulfillment from the Tanakh.

#69

Matthew 11: (KJV)

10 “For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist:”

The author of Matthew is quoting Malachi and saying that John the Baptist was being prophesied by Malachi. But Malachi explicitly says that the quote refers to Elijah.

Malachi 3:23 (JPS):

“Lo, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before the coming of the awesome, fearful day of the Lord.”

#70

Matthew 12: (KJV)

3 “But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?”

The author of Matthew is referring to I Samuel 21:2 (JPS):

“Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him: 'Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?' And David said unto Ahimelech the priest: 'The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me: Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee; and the young men have I appointed to such and such a place.”

But the previous chapter makes clear that David was making up his story and came alone (really) to Ahimelech. I Samuel 20:30: (JPS)

“Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him: 'Thou son of perverse rebellion, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and unto the shame of thy mother's nakedness? For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he deserveth to die.'”

Good Deeds

Everyman has three friends: Family, Property and Good Deeds. When his time comes to depart, he pleads with them to save him. Family replies, "No man can redeem his brother". Property replies, "Riches profit not in the day of wrath". But Good Deeds respond: "Go in peace. We shall not desert you. We shall accompany, yea, precede you on the way, for it is written, "Thy righteousness shall go before thee".

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