WHERE DO ALLEGED BIBLE DISCREPANCIES ORIGINATE?
The answer is simple: from our own ignorance in good Bible exposition, and from our own faithlessness. When good Biblical exegesis done in good faith is practiced, the majority of these errors are shown to be in the interpretation, not in the text. Situations that lead to alleged discrepancies are: 1. Different methods of recording time. The Jews had two chronological dating systems, one sacred and one secular. Among early Latin Christians there were seven different methods of dating. The early Romans also had another method of dating, as did most early peoples. When you see two Biblical Authors use two different dates to describe the same event, then you are not witnessing a discrepancy. God always addresses the audience in a way that best gets the message across, so its not unusual that He would use a dating system peculiar to the early readers. 2. The evolution of the thought and language of man. As man ages on planet Earth, his language evolves. Terminology used yesterday is obsole
