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Contradiction No. 51
According to Matthew there are twenty-six generations from David to Jesus,
while according to Luke there are forty. As the period of time between David
and Jesus is one thousand years, the gap from one generation to another
according to Matthew is forty years and according to Luke twenty-five years.
This contradiction is so clear that it requires no comment. It has been a cause of
great embarrassment to the Christian theologians and scholars from the very
inception of these two Gospels.
A group of great scholars like Eichhorn, Kaiser, Heins, De Wett, Winner
Fritsche and others have plainly admitted that these two Gospels do really
contain contradictions of an unjustifiable nature. Just as the two Gospels contain
discrepancies in other places, so here too they are different from each other. Had
they been free from discrepancies throughout, some justification for the
difference in genealogical description might have been found.
Adam Clarke, however, making comments on chapter 3 of Luke, has
reluctantly quoted some justifications together with his remarks of astonishment
about them. He has, for instance, quoted Harmer on page 408 of vol. 5 making
this unpalatable excuse:
“The genealogical tables were well kept by the Jews. It is known to
everyone that Matthew and Luke have erred in such a way as to embarrass
all the ancient and modern scholars. But as several objections were raised in
the past against the author, for several doubtful points of the books, and,
these objections, later on, turned out to be in his favour, similarly this
objection too, will come to his aid. And time will certainly do it.”
However, this contradiction is so serious that it has caused great
embarrassment to both ancient and modern scholars. Their claim that the
genealogical tables were kept safe by the Jews is false as it has been historically
proved that they were destroyed in the course of the calamities and unfortunate
accidents that have dogged the history of the Jews. For this obvious reason
errors are found in the text of Ezra as well as these Gospels. Now if this was the
condition of the scriptures in E
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