A Very Challenging "Contradiction" in the Gospels: The Mark Series pt 57 (14:1-12)
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- I almost gave up trying to resolve this supposed "contradiction" between Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Was Jesus anointed with oil/perfume once, twice or three times? Is there error in the Gospels about this? This is a rather complicated set of problems that will take time to unpack. In my study this week I searched and searched and could not find a satisfactory answer; and I'm not really ok with half-answers, so I was about to give up on the issue when I set aside all my resources and just worked with the texts themselves. Now I think I understand a very plausible explanation for the differences and similarities in the four Gospels on this issue.
Today is all about apologetics!
I'll be answering a lot of the following questions.
If Luke is a separate account that happened at a different time and place how do we explain the similarities between his account and those in Mt, Mk and John? Like the other Gospels, Luke records a woman anointing Jesus, using fragrance from an alabaster flask and the name of the home owner being "Simon".
Even if Luke is a separate account we have questions about how John can be harmonized with Matt and Mark. Critics claim that John has this event happening 6 days before Passover while Mark and Matt have it happening 2 days before Passover. They say that John has this happening at the home of Lazarus while Mark and Matt have it happening at the home of Simon the Leper. Yet these three accounts seem too similar to say it happened twice in such a short period of time. This puzzle had me confused for a time, and when I looked up resources from other people who tried to figure out a good solution I found myself bothered even more. The solutions often disregarded obvious challenges! In the end, I think I've figured it out and decided to do a whole video on it to make sure a good resource was out there for those looking to answer the question. I also think we should talk a bit about the anxiety Christians often feel when trying to resolve a supposed contradiction. How do we process that, especially if we simply don't know the answer yet?
This is part 57 of the Mark Series, going verse by verse through the Gospel of Mark. Today we are in chapter 13:32-37.
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I'm in such a dark place, so alone in this world just clinging to Gods word. I'm paralysed just waiting for God's movement because there is nothing else. Please pray for me.
I'm praying for you.
When King David defeated the Philistines after God said He'd deliver them to his hand, King David said, in 1 Chronicles 14:11, "God has broken through my enemies BY MY HAND, like a bursting flood."
God did it, but David had to be in on it. David couldn't have defeated them without God, and God wouldn't do it for David. Wouldn't do it without King David.
Let God help you by letting Him work THROUGH you. Let Him defeat your enemies BY YOUR HAND.
I pray God surrounds you with His peace. ❤️❤️🙏🙏❤️❤️
I’m praying for you.
I prayed for you. May the Lord of all the universe comfort you In Jesus name. He will give you strength. Lean on him and let the rest of your worries fall away. The Lord will strengthen you in this time. Praying for victory (which you already have in Christ) and comfort to know that you are in the Lord Jesus. The Good shepherd. Praise be the name of the Lord Jesus Christ! King of King and Lord of Lords. Hallelujah!
Keep going sister, you are not alone God is with you even though you can't see him physically, you will walk again at his return ♥️
Psalm 27:13-14 I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.
As a lover of knowledge, I come to a point where I'm convinced that unanswered questions are actually beneficial for us Christians in the sense that they humble us, that we don't know everything, and that's why our faith is based on our trust and confidence in Jesus Christ and the Scriptures.
Thank you Ptr. Mike for your dedication to answering these tough questions.
“For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.”
- Luke 8:17
Whether in this age or in the next, every question, every hidden thing, and all misconceptions shall be revealed. We aren’t always given every answer, so that we don’t lean on our own understanding, nor put confidence in knowledge. Knowledge is good, but not even knowledge of the truth saves, it’s Christ and His grace that saves. God please, always keep praying and don’t lose heart, ❤️
Martin Lutherr argued vs the RC Mystics, as "God reveals what He is willing to communicate, but we are not to go chasing after "the mind of God, which is the Logos,"
That's exactly my thought about the Bible, you know? There are some things that we just can't understand right now and that's it.
I love your response, I was thinking along the same lines.
We aren't going to know it all it doesn't matter how much scripture we know or the amount of time we have. There's a guy I forgot his name it might be the answer Man or the Bible answer Man I forgot but basically this guy has memorized the whole Bible. That doesn't make him all knowing, hardly. I can look at a math equation and be able to read the numbers and even memorize the numbers but not have the answer to that problem.
I heard it said a long time ago and it always stuck with me. "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care". I believe it's the living word of God we can't study it as a dead artifact.
Mon Amancio. Good point. Trusting Jesus in everything. ☝🏼❤️
I’m Assyrian from Northern Iraq. We are among the first Christians and we still speak Aramaic which is the language that Jesus spoke.
When I was a kid, I remember going to people’s houses and if an old lady lived there, she would put oil on our foreheads with the sign of a cross.
Anytime someone came to the house, they’d get oil on their head.
I can relate to the story with the alabaster flask and an anointing with oil.
Wonderful, what a meaningful testimony. An honor to know your story and so meaningful/beautiful that you all still speak Aramaic. God Bless you friend. 🙏
How cool is that! You can definitely understand the significance of this story.
Hi! Is there any historical origin of anointing people? I understand it's a religious act but to someone who's outside of the middle eastern culture, it seems obscure that rubbing oil on someone's head is an holy act.
If I don't know anything about Jesus and I saw someone does that, I would immediately assume that it's provocative.
@陳查理 it's actually a very common Christian act. Nearly every liturgical Church (Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, etc) uses oil in Confirmation. A lot of Charismatic/Pentacostal Churches use it as well, but not tied to a particular "Sarement").
FWIW, the Greek term "Christos" or Hebrew "Mesiach" (Messiah) both mean "Annointed One" in their respective languages. Kings in the Hebrew Bible were also annointed with oil.
So in a way, anointing with oil goes to the very heart of Christian history.
@user-cu1yo7ty5j We use creams and body lotions. Oils are some of the earliest forms of rubs, with various benefits and the anointing is many times simply rubbing or massaging a soothing ointment or oil. Imagine how wonderful it must have been to get that. It seems to be associated with real love and intimacy so much so that God uses it to illustrate his love and grace upon us. Someone may explain it better
I must say mike as a seeking atheist you’re one of the only people to challenge my doubts rationally
i HIGHLY recommend you listen to the audio book of the case for christ by lee strobel! it changes everything. such a logical appealing approach for an atheist.
Another good read (also a short read) is C.S. Lewis' "Mere Christianity." I highly recommend it.
A heavier read that completely dissuaded me of the possibility of atheism is Ravi Zacharias' "Can Man Live Without God?"
(When I first read Ravi's book, I was unsure whether or not atheism was a tenable position.)
I hope you don't keep seeking out any religion. If the old testament is true, then it shows Jesus isn't the messiah, and most definitely isn't God. Keep looking into it to sate your curiosity. If you are helped by nice lies, community and love, well the people are great in Christianity and Mormonism. Not the place to find truth though.
I would also like to add these videos are very well thought out. Good job
@@Terran-Lord: It is a widespread common misconception that there is a huge discrepancy between God as He is depicted in the Old Testament and Jesus as He is depicted in the New Testament. The character of the two is identical.
Personally, it was my pursuit of truth that lead me to believe the Bible's claims to be true. I have no tolerance for "nice lies." If it ain't true, I don't want to bother with it.
@@Terran-Lord I'd like to have this conversation with you about The Old Testament proving that Jesus wasn't The Messiah. I can prove to you that he is The Messiah, and God (The Son) according to the prophecies of The Old Testament, and just in general from The Old and New Testaments. It'll be long winded, but if you like I can do that for you. Let me know.
I have been a Christian long enough to have had my faith shaken many times for things I've heard that supposedly contradict the Bible and what I've been taught. Through prayer, I've learned to wait and God always eventually gives me answers to these conundrums. I saw a poster of a kitten hanging on to a rope that said, "When you come to end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on". This has gotten me through these times over and over until the Holy Spirit led me to an answer.
So True! Jesus has always fixed my questions with Truth and I trust that He always will!
And don’t forget that interpretation of Scripture is done in the context of Christian community. If you try to interpret alone, you might find yourself in heretical territory!
@@Apriluser please clarify
@@Apriluser No it’s done in the context of what God says. It is Him we should trust above man. Ask and ye shall receive, knock and the door will be opened. I don’t fellowship with barely anyone because you just can’t trust man, not even yourself. Be careful with the company you keep.
@@imani4075 this is true but, like a wolf with a lamb, if he can get the lamb alone he can more easily kill it without the protection of the sheep. Any advice we get should always be filtered through the Word. The Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth and often uses other people to do it.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” I can see now why this is one of your favourite verses. It might just be mine too. God bless you.
Can you name the verse brother?
@@folgtdemherrn5821 Proverbs 3:5
In other words - just accept it without thinking about it. Bad idea.
@@davepugh2519 Well it's not a bad idea, it's hope and faith.
God bless you and your family
@@folgtdemherrn5821 Hope and faith are not good methods of getting to the truth. Muslims have lots of hope and faith - does that mean that Islam is correct?
*Hi Mike. I actually synchronized the four gospels starting way back in 2013 and when I came to this section with the apparent contradiction, I did indeed come to exactly the same conclusion as you have in this video.*
On top of this, I was finally able (after many setbacks and hindrances) to publish the synchronization earlier this year (2022), it is called: 'GOSPEL SYNC; the greatest story ever told'. _So I guess this book is one Christian resource that agrees with your sound interpretation..._
btw, I have only just officially launched my own RUclips channel in November, and I hope to follow in your footsteps, with my own flavor of course, but yes, these are exciting times for me, and it is very encouraging to see how you have succeeded in a very similar niche to the people I am aiming to produce content for... thanks for all you do, Justin Farrugia. ✝🕊
I recommend EW Bullinger's Appendix 97 "THE UNITY OF THE FOUR GOSPELS."
It comes with a table.
Excerpt: "After what has been said in Ap. 96, and in the notes to the Structure on p. 1304, it would be out of place to attempt to present anything like a complete "Harmony"; but, in order to show how needless it is to dislocate certain passages in order to bring together similar events and discourses (supposed to be identical, as though nothing the Lord said or did was ever repeated), a condensed outline is presented. It will be noted that there are great events which were never repeated : such as the Mission of the Twelve, the Transfiguration, the Dividing of the Garments, &c. These help us in determining the order and place of other events which, though similar, are not identical.
From the outline given below it will be easy to see how the several accounts of similar events and discourses are distributed in the several Gospels, without violently altering the sequence of verses and chapters, as is done in most so-called "Harmonies".
@@phillipevans6448 excellent, that's great to know Phillip. My gospel synchronization also has multiple reference tables and charts at the back to show how I synchronized them all together in harmony. 😃👍
The only trouble is I am not sure what conclusions Mike has come to?
Three separate anointments is clear as day.
1st he was anointed years before as a guest at dinner.
2nd was Nisan 8 HE arrives in Bethlehem 6 day before the 15th &16th of Nisan tells us it was before the sabbath. The anointing at the meal was to fulfill Dan. 9:25 "Messiah Prince". Two days before the ✝️HE is anointed for HIS burial fulfilling "Messiah" cut off in Dan. 9:26.
I have also been compiling the four gospels together. I started this around 2020, took a break because of college, then picked it back up. I had no idea you had done this already and I’m really interested to see how mine and yours line up. It really is just a side project I did for me and my family.
Never give up, pastor Mike. Many people are coming to a better understanding of Christ and scripture because of your ministry. Thank you so much.
Including my self :)
1500 years and you still can't figure it out?
@@tornay131 don't know what youre talking about.
@@Cody_Buck better understanding of scripture. Why has it taken so long to understand?
@@tornay131 Oh I see. Yeah I've had that same thought and wondered the se thing. I don't know the answer.
I'm already addicted to the learning of God's word bro. I can't have enough of it. It's fascinating. Thank you.
Praise God
Isn’t that one of the best feelings in the world? That thirst for God given revelation.
Admittedly, I go through seasons of having that curiosity and drive, and some seasons when I don’t. I suspect we all do. Of those two seasons, I genuinely have the most fun and delight when I’m in that season of searching and discovering.
God bless you with a long season of desire for Truth ❤
Once in reply to my Biblical question I was given a list of verses on asking foolish questions, causing controversies and ignorant speculations etc. Followed by advice that sometimes it's better not to seek answers...
I am glad there are people like Mike who put the time and effort into tackling tricky questions, rather than brushing them off.
The Holy Spirit wrote this book through men. This is what makes it phenomenal. This is so sad to hear this. We can go to the HS and ask His help for an answer. We don't have to super scholars (in fact that may impeded us). He gives to us wisdom if we ask. Blessings to you and thank you for sharing.
That is not the way I understand Christianity at all. Definitely ask questions and don't stop until your questions get answers. Every christian in the bible asked questions and made sure they received answers. I would be suspicious, if I weren't supposed to ask.
these arent tricky questions...they are quite simple but they become tricky when you cant gice the obvious answer due to circumstance like biblical irreancy...which is a great oxymoron
@@iampostal That seems like a cop out to me. I am not saying the bible doesn't have errors in it because it might, but immediately writing it off as an error is a cop out. also demanding that people not ask questions about the obvious problem is a cop out as well. If I was told that I couldn't ask questions about the Bible and that was the general attitude.. I wouldn't be Christian. Mike is doing a good thing here, looking to solve the problem.
A lot of the time there's an underlying blessing waiting to be discovered. I find we are all given these revelations concerning Gods word at one time or another and it's why we should all be building one another up and it's why I'm a big proponent of doing gatherings like expressed by Paul in 1st corinthians chapter 14:26 where he says how is then brethren when you come together... I think this type of gathering is done more so and best served in smaller groups outside of the traditional church gathering that is useful in its own way. Smaller groups have been where the most fruitful growth has happened in my experience. God bless.
I’d like to say a testimony...
I was 5 years of chronic illness! I was Semi Housebound, lost my health, job, finances and my fiance left me. I couldn't even look at electronic screen for 5 minutes, or hold a 10-minute conversation.
But God did an amazing work.
I now have a Christian Channel where I encouroage people and show them what God did in my life and that there is hope for you also. ✝️🔥☺️
*Keep believing even when it's hard* 🙏❤️🔥👆🏼
*All things are possible with God*
I think ive seen one of your videos before
I enjoyed your testimony. How can I access your channel?
@@makeamericagodlyagain2078 it’s called Lion of Fire Ministries 🦁🔥
You can search in RUclips 👍🏼
Amen.
What illness did god give you? Just courious.
As you were marveling at the end of this video about the number of people who were watching the livestream, my thoughts went to how much I thank God for you following Him in obedience and spending the time to teach His word so carefully and thoroughly. I am a Precept Ministries Bible Study leader and your videos have helped me so much as I have prepared to lead my group's discussion while we have been studying Mark this fall. Philemon 1:4 "I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers."
RUclips suggested this video to me.
I was just finishing my "final" round of proofreading a work in which harmonizing the Gospel stories is important. I had mistakenly followed previous harmonies which included Luke because of the similarity of the stories. Due to my tent-making work, I'd been unable to quite complete it over the last few days, during which your video remained on my mind.
You convinced me, in the nick of time, that I needed to rethink this vignette, and upon a closer look, these are plainly two different events in two different places. While this means a good deal more work (and some additional costs), I'm so thankful that you worked this out. I am humbled to think of the timing of seeing your work has been such a blessing to me.
Blessings,
Robert
I’m glad you didn’t give up!
Pretty good job on the analysis. Something to consider is that the Passover generically consisted of a week long event beginning at the 10th of the month and ending on the morning of the 18th with a Passover feast on the evening of the 14th. If you consider that John is dating from the feast and Matthew and Mark are dating from the beginning of the Passover week it works out perfectly.
For more info on this perspective, study Exodus 12 and 13 and Leviticus 23
@@firstcenturychristianity6864 wow that’s really cool!!
@@firstcenturychristianity6864 That was my initial gut thought when I heard the conundrum, did some quick referencing online. Good to see someone else thought this as well.
He answered and said, "Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see."
I love it! I totally agree with you. While we should diligently seek out the answers to questions that we have, our faith does not hinge on the things we don't yet know or understand.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Your roller coaster analogy is spot on. I struggled for years with inerrancy. Finally I got to the point where I realized my knowledge and understanding will NEVER be complete, let alone perfect. And for me it was pride! I like having answers. I like being the friend that people come to for the hard questions. I like being the intellectual heavyweight. If God inspired a Bible that was so clear-cut that a grade school child could fully understand it, why would any of us study it year after year? I suspect it's complex for a reason. I learn and grow in new ways from reading the same scripture over and over again. I may still pursue perfect understanding, but God has sufficiently humbled me enough to know that I should never expect it. God bless you, Mike! I thoroughly enjoyed this one over my 530am sunrise coffee.
Lord bless you ❤️
I can totally relate. 💯
I think also I have a huge desire to help people with their struggles and doubts, and so having most of the answers to most of the questions seemed like a necessity to do this well. It's an easy mindset to slip into. 🧐
You're not alone in such a journey. 😉👍
Me right now
The flesh will never achieve perfection even in thought or understanding.
@@annieaviles4760 of course we wont, but that should never stop us from trying. Intellectual and theological laziness is a pandemic among western Christianity in particular.
I was one of those, "oh there's a logical flaw I think I see, this must all be nonsense" types. An in depth education in science forced me back into the faith. The heavens really do declare the works of his hands. Now I think that we should fear no challenge. Faith in Christ is all. He is true, so why fear tests of the truth? We might fail such tests and feel our faith tremble, but not Christ. Truth cannot be disputed with success.
Dunno, why should medieval Jews fear it, either? But oh yeah, half of Christendom back then wasn't 'true' Christianity, was it. So much for 'free will'.
Thank you for sharing this Micah
@@chrissonofpear1384 non sequitur much?
@@Pikee Maybe, but a lack of clarity wasn't going to keep people united, safe or saved. Or sway them, or assuage them.
@@chrissonofpear1384 again non sequitur
Hi Mike. My son Stephen became an atheist when he went to university and became convinced of evolution. But God told me years ago that my family would be saved and I have trusted God for this. Recently Stephen said he had heard Bart Ehrman talk and thought it only fair to hear the other side so I forwarded your talk about Mr Ehrman. He listened to it and the talk above and didn't dismiss it, his comment being it was an interesting perspective. God is sowing seeds. Thank you for your message. It has been really helpful.b
John definitely doesn't have a high opinion of Judas. Every time he mentions him he never fails to remind us that be betrayed Jesus.
he just wanted to clarify who he was describing, as there were two Judas' who were disciples of Jesus Judas son of James and Judas Iscariot just to preserve the reputation of Judas son of James.
@@janicechobaniuk4632
Judas is on Hell.
What is this new love affair with judas the devil? Strange
This video has helped me so much. I'm one of those people that always wants to know all the answers and gets filled with anxiety whenever they can't seem to find one. But now I realize that I don't need to have all the answers to believe in something, as long as I have strong reasons for it. And I absolutely do. Thank you Mike for encouraging us to dive deeper into the Word of God and always seek the truth. I have learnt so so much from your videos. May God continue to bless and use your life for His glory.
43:02 "You don't need to answer every question to believe. You just need to have reasons to believe." - Excellent advise Mike.
Ya me suscribí a tu canal, solo por el nombre de tu canal supe que me quería suscribir 😅
¡Excelente! Gracias. 😀
Wish the theists I spoke to would listen to that advice. Essentially the only question I ask is their evidence of a god existing, and the majority of them won't present a single thing that convinced them a god exists. (The others just present one of the typical arguments for god, all of which make well-known mistakes, and so none of them are actually reasonable evidence of a god.)
Pastor Mike, thank you for your word on inerrancy. That issue is one I have been struggling with over the past 3 years as I've finished seminary and with multiple different circumstances, and I needed that warning about going down the road towards flippancy. I'm grateful that you would take time to talk about this difficult passage because I have struggled with reconciling it in the past. About a month ago, I recognized that I was heading down a path of new age/heretical theology and needed to find true Biblical content online, so I'm so thankful to have discovered your channel and a couple of other Christian apologists that point to the truth of the gospel. Thank you so much for this ministry and for helping my faith.
Pastor Mike dropping knowledge...THANK YOU! Wisdom, humility, clarity, heart, and the gospel.
My prayer: May the Lord of all grace keep you and preserve you to continue with this wonderful work to the end. You may never know just how much help you have accorded many a struggling souls in this journey. Pastor Mike God bless you. Truly.
beautiful soul
Mike, as a new Christian and follower of Christ, as well as someone who is a skeptic in the true sense of the word, I thank you so much for your time, and the care with which you approach these issues. I have learned so much from your videos and I have only seen a handful of them. God bless you my friend!
If Mike puts this much time and energy into something as minor as the women with the alabaster jars. I imagine he is more than trustworthy with all the other topics of much more weight. As is evident from the 10+ hours I’ve watched of his videos. Thank you for your service to the body of Christ Pastor Winger!!
That's a trick of confidence my friend. Not saying Mike is trying to trick his viewers, what I'm saying is that this is a leap in logic that is commonly and easily exploited, intentional or not.
His job is to defend his religious beliefs. So of course he would spend time doing that for even minute things. That has no bearing on whether he is actually correct though.
@@whatwecalllife7034 Trustworthy is not to be translated "correct" in this context. Merely that he puts time and effort into finding truth and presenting his best understanding of what he's discovered. It is refreshing.. don't you think?
@@MikeonMortgages Sure, it is at face value. I appreciate that he, or anyone, spends the time to go through stuff that they find troubling.
Maybe I didn't communicate this as well as I thought, but I was not trying to say that trustworthiness = correct. I was trying to say that appearing trustworthy can be tricky because we are psychologically prone to be more willing to accept what a seemingly trustworthy person says at face value.
We can also trick ourselves in the same way, especially when we feel the need to defend our dearly held beliefs.
Thoughts?
@@whatwecalllife7034 Teachers of scripture are best when they teach us to read scripture rather than teach us what to think. I'm not one to take anything I hear and say "well .... Mike Winger said it so it must be right." And I think Mike does a good job of saying... "here's holes in what I think, I'm not saying this is what you need to believe." I'm a skeptic by nature and I'm a hole-poker just like Winger. That's another thing I appreciate about him. He's respectful of what other people think, he works hard to arrive at his own conclusions, and he doesn't make secondary issues to be primary issues. All around Winger is a great teacher... I love this guy (so far) !
Would "other topics of much more weight" perhaps include Genesis 1-11, which he mentions at the end of this very video?
I wrote a comment above about it. Hopefully Pastor Mike sees it and spends as much time and energy on it as the women with the alabaster jars.
The first 10 pages of the Bible, quoted numerous times by Jesus and the Apostles in the New Testament as the basis for the Atonement, marriage, proper eldership, blood covenants, God's righteous judgment of the whole world in the future, the historical genealogy of Jesus, etc, and the chapters of the Bible that the scoffers of our day ruthlessly attack more than any other section, I think makes them "of much more weight" than the Anointing at Bethany "contradiction".
I used to bug my dad with questions (he was a minister). Mostly he’d give me clarity, but once or twice he’d say, “You know, when I get up there, that’s going to be one of the first things I ask.”
Thanks for your video/thoughts, Mike.
"Up there" does not exist.
Ah, you do you that it's about coming back to life on earth, right? That everyone will be resurrected and live on earth in a perfect world. Not sure what's more crazy
@@Donald-loves-the-uneducated Heaven absolutely exists. The Gospels are true. I will pray for you, that you may find Christ.
@@fatstrategist did you pray yet? no christ in sight.
@@Donald-loves-the-uneducated If you do not believe it exists, then why does it bother you so much that people believe it does?
it's straight up a classic "flashback" moment that gives context to a scene in filmography. kinda awesome. this is so brilliant, not to toot your horn.
I agree. I'm a literary agent who reads thousands of manuscripts, and I understood this to be a flashback. Plus, time hopping occurs many times in the Old Testament as well. I watched the whole video, curious to see if that was Mike's conclusion as well, and I'm glad it was.
Mike will never toot his own horn so we have to do it 🤣
"If you're struggling with your love for God, it's probably because you're struggling in your appreciation of His grace in your life" -Mike Winger
Very plausible explanation! (From South Africa)
Over the years, I have come into several things that I didn't know how any
possibility could exist for. I have also witnessed a continent of issues that
people fought over. During this time, God has taught me how to resolve
these through study, through cross-referencing other passages and other
translations, through dialogue with other believers, through turning the
passage around and approaching it from many angles, etc, etc, including
hearing selfless teachings like this one. And when I still don't know the
answer yet, He has brought me to the point of making this declaration:
We are missing something.
This is so much wiser than tearing each other apart. A major life lesson
left me realizing that no matter how right I think I am about something --
I could be wrong. This is not even about which one of us can prove that
they are right, it's about discovering the truth together. Seek and find.
If we have to force understanding then we just need to pray and trust the Lord. 🙏 This is a phenomenal study Pastor Mike. Praise God!
That's some of the most stupid and unreasonable advice you can give
I just started to listen to Mike Winger and I am hearing things I didn't know, I am learning, my understand in the word of God is increasing, I am a critical thinker and I check what any one gives interpreting scriptures which I love ,I my self study one verse a day, some time it take a week ,so much reading and checking other parallels verse, so I like listening to Mike
As always, your candid non-dogmatic style along with your rational, intellectually honest approach, is refreshing. If one begins with a skeptical, unbelieving presuppositional standpoint to Scripture, the effort put into finding believable solutions to what appear (on the surface) to be serious issues, will be meager. Both believers and skeptics alike begin with a premise. That’s why I prefer presuppositional apologetics. Thanks, Mike. Well done.
When this came out I'd only been a Christian for about a year and I was definitely still in that place of feeling like I needed to have the answer to everything or my faith had no foundation. The advice at the end of this video really helped me become aware of that problem at the time. I'm happy to notice that, coming here the second time, having actually found the answers to most (but not all!) of the questions, I've indeed learned to stop caring about whether I can defend it and just accept that God's word isn't lying to me. It indeed helps a lot with having God's word in its proper place as authority.
And ironically, as a bonus, not caring about having to defend everything has actually really sped up the process of defending these things, since I can kinda cheat my way to the ending by just taking the right answer straight out of scripture. At that point all the other puzzle pieces usually (not always!) just fall into place immediately.
If I were on trial I would hope for a jury full of Mikes. But that would be incredibly incredibly highly improbable. Enjoyed this deeper dive.
Whole heartedly agree, amen
Derek chauvin is on trial though
Not as improbable as a whole functional cell rising abiotically!
Unlikely to happen. But it would be a fine jury to be judged by.
Agree, but it would take months for them to find consensus! Haha
An OUTSTANDING explanation! I already had the explanation from the first bit (though I didn’t know name stats, that was cool).
The second bit (6 days vs 2) I was truly trying to reason while you were talking and before you got to the explanation and I couldn’t get it…wish I would’ve read the text myself!
Makes perfect sense and we do this in our speech all the time!
Be joyful pastor Mike because the risen Jesus is using you. You have really helped me with this study absolutely appreciate you Mike. Thank you Lord Jesus
I find it amazing people have an issue with 2 Simons, there were 2 in the disciples alone. Maybe because I was 1 of 3 Paul's in my primary school class and 1 of two in my church, then I go paintballing and there were 2 Paul Simpson's. Loving the work you are doing
I'm so grateful that the Holy Spirit directed me to your in-depth teaching! Thank you Mike for your integrity, honesty, clarity and enthusiasm; for sharing your rock-solid tenacious faith; for putting in the effort and making the beautiful truth of God's Word so intellectually and spiritually satisfying! Just exactly what I need. "Come, let us reason together"... God bless your ministry!
I love it when supposed contradictions have extremely logical conclusions if you just spend time thinking about it! Just like the chariots and horseman contradiction - just gotta read it thoroughly.
I really appreciate you posting this one Mike. I've recently been reading through the different accounts of Jesus' anointing in the Gospels, and have been reasoning through them and trying to reconcile them myself. Thank you for this channel and what you're doing!!
Well done. I appreciate how much work you put in on this. I never saw any of this as a contradiction though. I saw the title and before even watching I read over the stories to see if I could guess what the contradiction was but I just didn't see one.
I do want to also point out that John often does time skips. The time skip he seems to do here is 6 days before passover, he begins to travel, then we skip to him being there and being fed, then we skip to Sunday.
Mike is like the Sherlock Holmes of Bible study 😂
Sherlock also said, “...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth", which is a poor use of logic and reason and completely wrong.
So yes in that regard, Mike probably is like Sherlock.
I see what you did there. If you choose it, you can be better than that.
What you really mean is that like Sherlock the Gospels are fictional.
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Why poor use of logic?
@@jehielmutia1744 Wdym? When did I use poor logic?
Well done Pastor Mike! Glory to the Lord most high that he has given you a hunger and thirst to study the scripture thoroughly.. and blessing us with your love to share it🙏 🙏 🙏
Mike, I just want to thank you for this. I am one of the people who often gets anxiety over these kinds of things. I've recently struggled my way through one of these kinds of issues where, when I read the scholars I felt like none of them made sense. When I started looking at first century texts like Philo, Josephus, and even the Talmud, I realized that the "scholars" have essentially just been lazy because they found a POSSIBLE answer and they just kept repeating it even though there was basically no evidence for it. There's a much more solid explanation that I'm blown away that no one has posited it. I actually passed it by a friend who has two doctorates I. The area and he initially hand waved me away like, "you don't have the degrees, so you really shouldn't worry about it." After a few weeks he told me, "you know, your solution kept coming back to me, so I looked into it and I'm pretty convinced. I'm going to dig a little deeper on it, but I don't see any issues with it!" Thank you for encouraging me to continue to do my own research instead of allowing "scholars" to hand wave me away.
Mike, I was about ready to write this problem off as a contradiction but I think you did a very good job of explaining a possible harmony among the gospels regarding it.
I just compared all the details and it seems to me that there are 3 different times when Jesus gets anointed with perfume from 3 different women.
Matthew and mark are telling the same story at the house of Simon the leper.
Luke says this took place at the house of a Pharisee named Simon.
And the John says that this took place at Lazarus's house.
I have a question on your conclusion with respect to John's account. What phrase exactly do you think indicates that they were at Lazarus's house? And why is the thought that Lazarus (and his sisters Mary and Martha) were definitely not being merely present during this whole ordeal at Simon's (the Pharisee) house? Follow up question, why do you think that Mike's proposal fails compared to your findings?
I think one lady heard what another lady did, and said, "Imma do that too."
Certainly not impossible. Why do people assume it’s the same event? Simon was a very common name.
Well done. I believe you did a phenomenal job reading the text plainly and finding resolution. I searched these passages out after preparing to teach John 12, and needed to resolve Mark and Matthew. Your study helped greatly.
Love it. Just so you know, I came to a similar conclusion in my series on the Gospels. Why can’t Mary and Martha have been hired servants for this dinner party? Why do they have to be guests at the party? As you discovered, the four gospels fit together like a glove. The four writers almost seem to me like they answer each other’s questions.
After Martha's earlier experience (actually in Luke 10:38-42) getting overwhelmed serving Jesus and the disciples, I'm sure she would have volunteered to help the women of the household! I love that with Mary, in the Luke story, she was learning at Jesus' feet, and now she is honouring him with anointing! It looks like they have both learned a lot!
The main reason the gospels seem to answer each other is that Luke and Matthew were written to supplement Mark, and John wrote his gospel later as a supplement to the first three. This occurred to answer questions of theology that each gospel writer focused on with John most notably focusing on the divinity of Christ. This also explains why John seems to omit much of the main story, because he need only highlight it for context, since he assumes the reader of listener is familiar with the other gospels.
@@litigioussociety4249 I know that's the scholarly answer to the question, but that's largely the result of various criticisms being applied to the Bible. For example, source criticism. Where did Matthew get his content? Simple answer. He was an apostle of Jesus who was a former Roman tax collector, and as such knew shorthand. Also, Jesus told him the Holy Spirit would bring to remembrance everything he taught them. Plus he was an inspired author of Holy Scripture. ... complicated answer from scholars. Matthew got his information from Mark who got his information from Q who got his information from oral tradition. ... Yet no proof of any of this has ever been produced. ... This stuff might be fun to discuss, but it's only necessary if you don't believe the Bible in the first place.
I loved how you walked through this, looking carefully at the details. Thanks for persevering and showing us how to do that. There is an issue you didn't address, though. In the Matthew 26 and Mark 14 accounts, the perfume is poured on the head. In John 12, Mary anoints the feet of Jesus. I assume she might have done both and the writers emphasized different things, but I wondered what you thought. Also, Robert Thomas and Stanley Gundry in A Harmony of the Gospels agree with your assessment concerning the timing issue.
I just asked this same question!
Thank you for working through that theological mind walk. What I got from this is that if you cant find resources dealing with a " contradiction" in scripture then no one has seen one to be dealt with. Like all of church history no one. We have to be careful now in this modern era and know that the deceivers have become smarter and will create confusion even by insisting meanings exist that are not and were never meant.
Sir I just don't know how to explain how I Loooooooove your videos and ministry. You are the only one that I watch every day for hours and hours. I watch each and every video. I am not worthy of this, but I just want to let you know that I am soooo blessed through you and I am so Thankful for you sir. Huge respect from India❤️ I usually never comment on videos, I just watch them. So I just want u to know about this
This is scary. I hope you adore our sweet Savior as much.
This makes perfect sense. I don’t see what all the fuss is about. My view has always been, if there appears to be a contradiction in God’s Word, then it’s my understanding of it that is off, not His Word.
You are ripe for exploitation.
I thought the same.
This was sort of one of those “well fine Mike you read me like a book” as I listened to this. I almost didn’t even realize that I had anxiety about not having the answers to “contradictions” until you really spelled it out and I was like yeah I do feel uncomfortable and like I “need” the right answer. Thanks for working hard to find intellectually satisfying answers 😊and also speaking to the heart 💜 s not just the brains 🧠
For Mary Magdelaine, the sinner woman that anointed Jesus, please note that she cried and was totally broken and was pouring out her heart to Jesus BEFORE she was forgiven. She was not the only one with Jesus that day, but she was the only one that truly met Jesus. Something wonderful, strange and powerful must have happened to her that she bow downed before Jesus, washed His feet with her tears of repentance, regret, shame and thousands of other emotions, and then pour out her precious oil and anointed Jesus's feet. Those perfume oil are very precious and can worth up to a year's wages (300 dinaris). She poured out her heart, her soul, her love to Jesus BEFORE she was forgiven. She did not do it to ASK for forgiveness, she just did it. And it was then after all that, then Jesus turned to her and told her that her sins are forgiven. Indeed, those who are forgiven more would love more, but it is also very interesting that Mary poured out everything at Jesus' feet, before she heard Jesus' word of forgiveness. And from what we read later, we know that this Mary was the only one that sought after Jesus' body and refused to leave and wept outside Jesus' tomb that Jesus was so drawn by her love, He appeared to Mary before going up heaven to see His Father! So indeed, those who were forgiven much would love much!
She represents the church, the bride.
I like to think Mary is a lot like us as an example where we sin and sometimes we think or others may think like how the Pharisees did in that we’re not redeemable or not meant to be forgiven because of our sins hold so much weight. But Jesus saves her from being stoned to death and Mary thanks her for saving him and Jesus tells her to not sin no more. So it is through Christ that no matter what sin we do we are forgiven and can come to repentance so we no longer keep committing the same sin.
Correct me if I’m wrong with this
Excellent teaching! Thank you for this teaching. I would not have been able to reconcile those passages.
What a nice surprise to know you have a Guild guitar! My husband had one made out of Rock Maple and it was the most beautiful sounding guitar! He wrote songs and played them for me on that guitar. He wrote a song about our relationship and how God brought us together and played it on his Guild when he proposed marriage . 😊 Beautiful memories.
Brother, I can’t say enough how
much I appreciate your gift of scholarship and your enthusiasm for sharing your findings! This was super helpful; I hadn’t even realized there was a contradiction here to the extent that you laid out! And your resolutions seem so obvious now that you have done the work and found what many seem to have missed. Praise the Lord, and thank you for being faithful to serve Christ with your gifts!
In 50 years I have never heard that these stories were conflicting. They are obviously two different stories. Simon was a common name and trying to claim that they were the same person is as wrong as trying to say the Simons in these scriptures were really talking about Peter claiming he had two different homes.
He could have had more than one home if his name was Bernie.
Peter was renamed from Simon. He had a wife. We don't really meet her.
Why would a fisherman in that place, with one wife have more than one house? It doesn't make much sense.
The nay sayers will go to any length to discredit the bible. Peter was not a Pharisee he was an ignorant fisherman and it blew the Jew's rulers, priest and high priest minds that they knew so much.
Acts 4
[13] Now when they ( rulers of the people, and elders of Israel), saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
@@veritasmuy2407 I don't know why you're writing this to me.
It's been some time since I did write what I did write.
I don't know why you think I mean what you wrote.
You can get someone to agree or explain at "To Every Man an Answer"
They're on CSN.
They have three show segments every weekday.
They are hosted by Mike Kessler and he has all the resources and good people to get you the best answer they can muster.
I have to review all this just to have the viewpoint I may have had to say what I did say.
Trust them to tell you you're right, or whatever.
@@veritasmuy2407 they study and know the bible and have delved into it deeply to know the meanings and theology and whether things relate.
You should ask them since they would probably help you with your dilemma.
That's all I'm saying.
If you don't listen to people who know much more than you or me, you can be right or make up anything that gets your goat.
I haven't been studying it recently, do I don't have comment other than best advice.
If you hate men or something, you can ask Shannen.
Amazing job. Guitar analogy spot on, timeline works and makes sense and John talking about Lazarus seems right bc he already had mentioned him. Happy I spent the time watching this one. I really enjoy watching your studies and I’m grateful to have found you.
I've always had a difficult time understanding the bible, but thanks to you, Mike, it makes more sense. I appreciate the way you connect the dots and explain in detail what I seem to be unable to do myself. I've been watching your videos daily for a few years now, and most of them repeatedly☺ I will definitely continue! Thank you, and may God bless you and your ministry!
When I was a missionary in Ponape, I was anointed with perfume by some ladies in a remote church. They and the men gave me great honors for bringing to them the Jesus movie and answering their numerous Biblical questions.
Really pastor Mike, i really am addicted to this study.
Man i hope my Bible study was like this, it will be very exciting and heart warming at the same time,
I really cant wait for another Mark series videos.
Wow, thank you Pastor Mike. This was an incredible explanation, I enjoyed it and thank God that he uses teachers who care about his word and try their best to teach people to think critically about the Bible. I'm right there with you, I got frustrated at not being able to have answers but I believe the Lord has taught me a valuable lesson today.
Brilliantly explained, pastor Mike! I agree with one of the other comments: so glad you did not give up and in presenting your stance, you are a vessel of God’s blessing to all of us.
I found it truly beautiful when you suggested that Mary of Bethany borrowed from the earlier instance of anointing Jesus with perfume. I appreciate (increase in value) the deeper chewing on the scripture that is provoked with this type of analysis. Many prayers pastor Mike.
Wow you really challenged me with the depth with which you study the scriptures. It is true that one minor detail will not affect my faith in god and Jesus when I have thousands of reasons to believe what I have believed. In order to fully understand the scriptures, we need to understand so many things about the cultural context, the previous history and many other things. However the bible does command us believers to be always ready to give an answer to others regarding our faith and we need to have enough knowledge of the scriptures that we can share our knowledge with others accurately. God bless you.
I love Mike and his spikey hair. His videos convince me that Christ is legit.
Has Christ Himself convinced you He is legit? Just to make sure😉.
@@the1polarbearfj336 Yes He did, by his example. But not every word and sentence of the Lord is immediately christal clear and obvious to me. I do need scholarly commentary on His word, in order to comprehend what is being meant.
@@ronnychristenjoyer6778 Good to hear!!
Good teaching is indeed important.
Yeah, the spikey hair will do that 😝
@@k9felinePeru lol
I learned so much today. Thank you Mike for not shying away from tough questions.
This explanation was very insightful and helpful. One thing I noticed as you were explaining the narrative was that there is a common theme with underlying messages which I think are very important. It is these types of passages that truly provide a depth of understanding when you break through the surface complexities. It is the hard passages that really do yield a lot of knowledge once you understand them. I had a similar time trying to understand 1 pe 4:1 "...whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin" I read lot of commentaries and none of them provided to me any real explanation. It was only after I read Heb 2:18 did I understand that the suffering spoken of in 1 Peter is the denying of our flesh for us which then makes perfect sense, if you are denying satisfying the desires of the flesh which is at war with God, you will not be sinning. Jesus not only suffered physically but also denied his flesh which is a type of suffering too. There is much to learn from this, but by me seeking God and trying to understand this did it then open a door to further understanding and research into this very important topic. Thanks again.
Thank you for your carefulness and faithfulness.
This is three separate events. In Matthew and Mark nothing is known about the woman; she pours the ointment on Jesus head to prepare his body for burial. In Luke the woman is known to be a sinner and she pours the ointment on his feet not his head and washes his feet with her tears. This took place earlier in Jesus's ministry and had nothing to do with preparing his body for burial. This was after John the Baptist sent messengers to Jesus, questioning whether he was the Messiah. In John the woman is Mary the sister of Lazarus and a follower of Jesus, not a sinner. She pours ointment on his feet not his head to prepare his body for burial. This was a different time and place from Mattthew and Mark.
Love this stuff! So glad you didn’t give up BUT...thank you for talking about it so honestly. I’d much rather see a teacher admit they couldn’t find the answer to something than to make stuff up that requires leaps in logic (have had plenty of that kind of teaching already). I think there will be a lot of “so THAT’S the answer” moments when we get to heaven and I’m okay with that.
Very careful, thoughtful analysis on this passage. Brilliant! I’ve come to expect nothing less from this channel. Thanks, Mike.
its apologetics....check out Rabbi Tovia Singer
I was confused as to why you were confused about any of this. The resolution on the timing that you came to, I saw in first cursory ready of these passages. I still appreciate your thorough teaching on an issue which undoubtedly benefits many.
Saint Augustine actually gave the same explanation as you did for the 2 vs 6 days "contradiction," namely that the versions which seem to say that it happened two days before Passover are merely recapitulating (his term) an earlier event later in the story because it fits better with the narrative there.
You seemed not to be aware of the theory before you thought of it, so I guess great minds think alike!
For those interested, it's in his Harmony of the Gospels, which is available for free online if you search for it. I would include a link, but my comment got deleted when I tried to.
“And Lazarus was there...” if it was Lazarus’ house, why would John make a point of saying he was at the table? Of course he would be at the table if it were his home, and John wouldn’t have had to point out he was there. It makes sense that it is because it wasn’t Lazarus’ home, it was Simon the Leper’s home
Mike, you truly should be a lawyer. I met Jesus before l knew a word of scripture. I am addicted to loving Jesus first because people in the scriptures were human and maybe wanted to leave one or two things out, but nothing major.
Any plausible explanation for a specific scriptural difficulty works to dispel claims of error or contradiction.
Good job, brother!!
FYI your theory completely matches up with a note in the ESV Study Bible under Mark 14 3-5.
There is also a harmony of events of holy week on page 1866 in my copy of the esv study bible (between mat 21:20 and 21:21)
It lists john as saying when Jesus entered bethany and was annointed(day before triumphal entry), and it lists the mark and mathew accounts as noting the time of the sanhedrins plot at a different time(obviously two days before the feast).
Sometimes it's just nice to know your not the only one in the world that came to a realization, God is good, thanks for sharing this mike, the anecdote about the trial and how someone else bringing in contradictory evidense doesn't change your testimony was really helpful(seen a few crime dramas where that happens) we are called to be ready .
1 peter 3:15 says we are to be ready to give the reason for the hope that we have, thats not quite the same thing as having all the answeres.
Sometimes our testimony is like that of the blind man Jhn 9:25 NIV -
25 He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!” (He came to saving faith later when he accepted christ as lord[or maybe demonstrated his faith])
Although God is able, and the word cuts deep.
2Co 10: 3-5 NIV -
3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.
4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Arguments are listed here but also pretensions, we must watch ourselves for pride, making our hearts and minds obedient to christ (earlier in the chapter paul appeals for us to remember the humility and gentleness of christ so this is not an invitation to roast people and put them down but to stand firm in the awesome effectiveness of the sword of the spirit)
@@jonathanherring2113 Roast lies, not people! 🙂 And remember that roasting is generally a long, slow process, so we definitely need to put away the flame throwers! I appreciate your comment.
Mike, thanks for every minute of your research! I looked up the name Simon when you said it was the MOST POPULAR name in Jesus' time. The meaning is 'to hear, to be heard'. That just made me smile! They legit heard Jesus' voice and got to speak directly to Him! ♡this! Need to find that list of the most common names. Will look for a link here and in the 1st Mark Series video.
I am tickled to hear your possibilities in explanation! I think you have made a terrific case and I am happy with it. I’ve yet to hear a better explanation. I am not off put by the “discrepancies” at all, because I don’t believe in such. The Holy Spirit made NO mistakes. I don’t believe we are going to know everything, but it is our obligation to study to show ourselves approved. I am quite happy with this explanation until something else can make a better case! Thank you for your study and for sharing! I love this study so much!!! Chuck Missler considered these “discrepancies” as opportunities to be thankful for more study!! Love it!!!
I've always consider the story in Luke to be a quite different event from the one in Mark, Matthew and John. Simon was a common name, Bethany was far from Galilee, alabaster flasks were often used to contain perfume, and anointing people was a normal way of showing them honour!
Yes it is a different event. There is no contradiction at all.
Nope, this just doesn’t work. Spikenard was an oil that masked the smell of a dead body during the funeral procession, hence she “anointed him FOR HIS BURIAL.” Moreoever, it was completely UNcommon to anoint a person WHILE THEY WERE ALIVE. Again, the oil was used to mask the smell of a decaying body.
As such, anointing a LIVING person with Spikenard was never a way to show honor, because it simply wasn’t done to living people, only to dead bodies.
@@mjolnir9855 that’s just a lie as we seen it done. It was expensive is why rarely used.
This was clearly an answer given by the Holy Spirit! Thank you for the work you do. Thank you for being humble. Thang God for you, Pastor Mike!!!
When I encounter things I don't understand I put them on my mental 'shelf ' of unresolved things. This shelf is temporary storage because "I know Who holds my future, and I know Who holds my hand". Today I took one more thing off of the shelf and placed it in my understanding. Thanks Mike.
Excited about these Q&As ✝️😊
So glad you addressed inspiration vs. Inerrancy. I've always really struggled with Inerrancy.
My experience of God’s faithfulness is that he rewards those who love him with all their mind and intellect with concrete and satisfying answers and understanding of his nature and purposes just as much as he rewards those who love him with their whole heart. Frequently, his answer to our diligent prayers are our brothers and sisters and His body. He truly is awesome!
Amen. Having questions shouldn’t mean that someone is forced from their faith, or they had none to begin with. The tomb is empty, the blind have received their sight. Countless lives have been changed for Christ, and countless more will be.
Whenever I come to a difficult or seemingly incongruous passage of Scripture, I immediately and always assume it is a lack of understanding on my part. I often tell God and anyone else who will listen that I believe all the Bible, even the parts I don't understand , which is a lot of it.
That sounds like the perfect way to close the mind.
@@Strutingeagle You go ahead and open your mind to the filth and lunacy of this world. I will stick with my program.
@@danstone8783 Good night.
Same here. I don't understand all of it, but I know it's right.
Now imagine a hindi or muslim person doing the same thing. Can you see the problem with this way of reasoning?
Luke’s was a different anointing all together. The others that coincide with the last supper are one account. He was anointed twice. The second was before the Passover when the whole family would have been in the same house. Each account names someone different being the house they were in because they associated them house different based on tradition and relationships. The earlier anointing possibly changed the heart of the people in the house and was a teaching moment for them. The other account was separate for a different meaning and reason. It was for his burial.
The account of the guitar giving: "and lo, Mike Winger was very poor, and in need of a guitar to lead worship. One night, he prayed to the Lord to bring him a guitar without money. Soon thereafter, a pastor friend of his gifted him a 6-string guitar for his exultation to the Lord."
Account 2
"And Mike Winger had a righteous friend who wanted to give him a blessing. One day, when he met with him, he wanted to gift him his 12-string guitar. However, Mike Winger refused, saying 'i have no need, brother.' yet he dealt cunningly with him and asked that he borrow it. Mike Winger agreed, yet when he tried to return it, his righteous friend would not take it back. Thus, he gifted him a 12-string guitar."
I remember reading another explanation for this: the Passover is sometimes referred to as a week long event. Mark and Matthew were referring to the beginning of the Passover week while John was referring to the Passover day in 6 days.
How do you prove that from the text? It’s just as likely that they were both referring to the week, or both referring to the single day. In those two cases, it would be a contradiction.
@@rysloan yes I have. What does that have to do with interpreting a text? Are you saying that the OP’s comment is wrong because he’s saying that the Passover being referred to as a week long isn’t proven by scripture and thus wrong until he can prove it?
Thank you for sharing this with us. Indeed, the Word of God is both addicting and incredibly rewarding! 🙏👍 God bless you brother.
Psalm 1 💕🙏🙏✝️🕯️🦋
Mike, I’m sure it’s not a new concept, but I learned from Michael Heiser that when studying the Bible, to have the mindset of the people/culture of that time. It was a game changer!
With that in mind, thank you for digging deep, for all the hard studying, to bring us your explanation of the two accounts. It makes absolute rational sense and honestly, it’s remarkable that “scholars” haven’t deducted that before!
My brother, that makes YOU a scholar in my book!!
Thanks again, Mike, for all you do!!
1. When mentioning that Simon was a common name I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned there were two other Simons in the room.
2. I also used to feel anxiety and a lump in my throat hearing an objection I didn't have an answer to. When I looked into them and time and time again the objections didn't hold water, my trust in God's word grew. Now it feels like I've built up a shield of faith to withstand the fiery darts. (Mostly.) I remind myself I don't have to have everything answered because it's been proven trustworthy time and time again. (And that may take different forms: apologetics for some, God working powerfully and visibly in their lives for others, what ever He determines you need.) I go back to those things that are trustworthy and true. It's not blind.
There's no way that I can thank you enough for all that you do. We appreciate you!
Loved the main point of the video! Curious what you think of the last few contradictions/supposed contradictions between the John and Matthew/Mark account, like whether Mary pours on the head or feet, plus the point at the end of Mark about “wherever the gospel is proclaimed, what she has done will be told in memory of her” with two accounts not using her name, with one using it.
What a tremendous job you did on this broadcast. I believe you nailed it!
I guess I always thought they were two separate instances. Wasn’t Simon a pretty common name? And maybe precious oils were kept in alabaster like we keep essential oils in dark glass nowadays?
I studied Mark recently and really enjoyed it. I also struggled over some 'contradictions', but in listening to the Markian Sandwich explanation, you fixed this one for me. Thank you. Can't wait to listen to other videos you made on Gospel 'contradictions'. Keep up the great work.
Both women seem prophetic. One woman anoints Jesus feet at the beginning of his ministry, and the other anoints Jesus head at the end of his ministry.
The Bible says how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel, and the woman has beginning of Jesus ministry anointed his feet. Jesus also said that he had been anointed to preach The Gospel to the poor.
Before Jesus' death, Jesus was anointed for the burial. It seems prophetic.
i sometimes wish that i didnt have ADHD so i could have the focus and determination Mike has to study scriptures so indepth like this