The 4 accounts of the Resurrection

[TomZzyzx]

Actually, on reviewing some different translations, I'm not convinced they are contradictory accounts. Matthew's seems to have some flair that Mark's doesn't, but that's about it.
Why are you concerned about making them line up? The bible is full of contradictions, none of which are insurmountable problems for christianity.

I'm glad to hear that you now agree with me on Matthew and Mark's accounts. My concern was with some people misrepresenting the bible. I can see how some people think the bible is full of contradictions when they are not honest and misrepresent what the bible says.

 

[The Nihilist]

I'm glad to hear that you now agree with me on Matthew and Mark's accounts. My concern was with some people misrepresenting the bible. I can see how some people think the bible is full of contradictions when they are not honest and misrepresent what the bible says.

Genesis 1 and 2 disagree on whether people were made before animals. There are two accounts of Jesus's lineage that are completely different. Pauls says faith, Matthew's last judgment says works.

Here's a list: A List Of Biblical Contradictions

In general, these contradictions are trivial. Why do you think they matter?

 

[ivebeenshown]

It's hard to attribute some of the differing Gospel accounts to personal perspective. In Mark, Luke, and John, the first appearance of the resurrected Jesus to 11 disciples together is in a room in Jerusalem. In Matthew, Jesus's first appearance to the 11 is on a mountain in Galilee. Those locations are, maybe 70 miles apart. To me, personal perspective would be one witness to a hit-and-run saying the victim was struck by a dark blue Escalade, while another witness says he was hit by a black Navigator. But those Bible accounts are like one witness saying the hit-and-run occurred in Chicago, and another saying it happened in Racine. That's a lot more than personal perspective.

I wouldn't say that personal perspective is the be all end all of discrepancies in the bible, though it is possible that personal perspective can include poor memory of events due to old age. For example, maybe Jesus did tell them to assemble at the mount, as well as appearing to them in Galilee. In any event, the Catholic faith does not hinge upon where it was that Jesus met the Apostles after the resurrection, only that he did.

I like The Nihilist's approach. Trivial discrepancies!