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The answer to the differences between the two passages is - The official was a man in authority and he sent representatives, but it is the same thing as him going as far as his faith is concerned. Why was he impeached? Because he was responsible. Are the letters from the secretary or the boss? Nixon was not at the Watergate hotel. Good secretaries can write letters for their bosses that only need to be signed. Who wrote Romans? Paul? or Tertius? Paul was the author but someone else wrote it for him. So, we need to assume that the Bible is inerrant, and just ask, “For now, until I know all the facts, what possible explanation is there for this difference?” One of my favorite examples is that for years critics denied the truth of Jonah, because Ninevah didn’t exist, but archaeologists discovered it about 100 years ago. Then, archaeologists come along and prove that the Bible is right after all. Through the years men have made many claims that the Bible is wrong. It is the epitome of arrogance for a man to come along and say that the Bible is wrong.
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Did the centurion go himself or send others? It is passages like this that the critics hold up to show that the Bible is full of mistakes. Luke says that the centurion sent subordinates. The main reason some think these are two different miracles is because Matthew says that the Centurion himself went to see Jesus. They both follow the discourse on calling Jesus Lord, Lord and not doing what He says and building one’s house on the rock/sand.They both follow the Sermon on the Mount.They are both about a Centurion and his slave.
But I think they refer to the same miracle because: Some think these are two different miracles. There are differences in the gospel accounts of this miracle. The main idea is faith, but the miracle could also be outlined around the centurion. Progression Stated: Ideological or Biographical
Read both accounts and notice differences. Passage Selected: Luke 7:1-10Īlso in Matt 8:5-13. For more about us, see our About Page.Rank has its privileges I. Herbert, Ph.D., who writes for a number of Christian venues – including our sister site: Unless otherwise stated, blog posts are written by R. įor a smart browser-bookmark showing new blog postings, click on the RSS Feed icon. * For explanation of other "Scriptures in Question" see the other posts in this series. Others completed the actions for these individuals in command, and there is no real contradiction in the parallel accounts. But as with Pilate, so with the centurion.
The same principle can be seen to be at work in the abbreviated account in Matthew 8 – the reported words are the same as those we find in Luke. This is so obviously what happened that no one claims it to be a contradiction, and the NIV simply translates John 19:1 to say “had him flogged” as that is the obvious meaning, despite the fact that the text literally says “Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.” John 19:1 is an example of this: “Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him” (ESV), though the Bible makes it clear that it was the soldiers acting under Pilate’s orders who actually performed the beating. But the Bible often speaks as though someone in a position of authority did something when, in actuality, a servant or representative was the one who acted. When we read the account in Matthew 8:5-13, it does sound as though the centurion went to Jesus personally: “A centurion came to him,” “Lord, he said,” “the centurion replied,” “then Jesus said to the centurion, ‘Go …,” etc. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.’ …Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.” I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: ‘Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him … So Jesus went with them. Luke 7:1-10 tells us that “The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. This claim is made because Matthew’s account appears to tell us that the centurion went to Christ and talked with him in person, whereas Luke appears to clearly say that the centurion sent others to Jesus who asked for help on his behalf. Scripture in Question: Matthew 8:5-13 and Luke 7:1-10Īccording to many cynics, the story of how Jesus healed a centurion’s servant in Capernaum is one of the clearest contradictions in the Bible.
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