Gospel Contradictions: Blind Men and Demons

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There are four Gospels, and they are all slightly different because they were written by other people who either witnessed or spoke with witnesses of the same events. Some variation is natural, so it should be expected; however, the Bible remains spiritually inspired, and minor variations are not contradictions. Nevertheless, some Bible skeptics will make a big deal out of them. The story of Jesus exorcising the legion of demons is one of the most famous stories associated with Jesus. There are two men possessed by a legion of demons in Matthew 8:28-34, but only one demon-possessed man is mentioned in Mark 5:1-20 and Luke 8:26-39. Additionally, there are two blind men in Matthew 20:29-34, but only one blind person is mentioned in Luke 18:35-43, and he is identified as Bartimaeus in Mark 10:46-52. Is this a contradiction?

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Traditions Of Men vs God’s Word

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Jesus’s main critique of the Pharisees was that they were substituting God’s law with man-made traditions. The Pharisees were scapegoating laws in the Old Testament by reinterpreting certain verses. These reinterpretations would later end up in the Talmud. For example, they interpreted Deut 24:1 to allow for “any cause” divorce or adding “hate your enemies” to love your neighbor in Lev 19:18. Jesus, of course, corrected them in Matt chapter 5:31-32 & 5:43-48, as well as Matt 19 & Luke 10:25-37.

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