Bible Errors

A lot of people believe that the Bible is completely perfect and error free. This idea seems reasonable, since why should God allow His word to be errored. Unfortunately this idea doesn't quite fit the facts. You will notice that the mistakes in the Bible are in unimportant details, translation and punctuation. These are not the mistakes of God but the mistakes of imperfect humans.

I love the Bible. It holds the teachings of God's spokesmen who wrote and taught what God directed them to. The teachings of the Bible are the teachings of God and therefore, free of errors. The version of the Bible I read and trust is the King James Version (KJV). It has a very good translation and has poetry and beauty that other translations lack. The Bible is one of the most fascinating books I have ever read and I would encourage you to read it as well.

Errors in the Bible

Title Above Jesus on the Cross

Matthew 27:37: And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Mark 15:26: And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Luke 23:38: And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
John 19:19: And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Time and the Crucifixion

Luke 23:44: And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
Mark 15:25: And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
John 19:14-15: And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your king!
But they cried out, Away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

Jeremiah or Zechariah?

Matthew 27:9-10: Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
Zechariah 11:12-13: And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighted for my price thirty pieces of silver
And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty of pieces silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

Errors in the KJV

Translation

Paul's conversion

Acts 9:7: And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
Acts 22:9: And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Explanation:: The men who were with Paul heard the sound of the voice in the first verse but in the second the greek words means to understand. Therefore, they heard the sound of the voice but did not understand it.

English

Genesis 43:25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. Leviticus 11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withall upon the earth; 2 Kings 19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angle of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians and hundred forscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. Matthew 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? John 4:2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples) [i.e. Jesus was not performing baptisms however his disciples were performing baptisms.] Acts 19:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.: And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
Leviticus 11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withall upon the earth; 2 Kings 19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angle of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians and hundred forscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. Matthew 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? John 4:2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples) [i.e. Jesus was not performing baptisms however his disciples were performing baptisms.] Acts 19:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.: Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withall upon the earth;
2 Kings 19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angle of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians and hundred forscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. Matthew 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? John 4:2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples) [i.e. Jesus was not performing baptisms however his disciples were performing baptisms.] Acts 19:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.: And it came to pass that night, that the angle of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians and hundred forscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Matthew 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? John 4:2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples) [i.e. Jesus was not performing baptisms however his disciples were performing baptisms.] Acts 19:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.: When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
John 4:2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples) [i.e. Jesus was not performing baptisms however his disciples were performing baptisms.] Acts 19:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.: (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples)
[i.e. Jesus was not performing baptisms however his disciples were performing baptisms.]
Acts 19:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.: So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

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