The Bible Exposed

Archives: Commentary

  • Jesus: sundry points: Matthew 10:23

    A set of sayings of Jesus that the argument finds troubling. In Matthew 10:23 he tells the disciples they will not have gone through the towns of Israel…

  • Jesus: the mission to Israel: Matthew 10:5-6

    In Matthew 10:5-6 Jesus sends out the twelve and tells them not to go to the Gentiles or enter a Samaritan town, but to go to the lost…

  • Jesus: power and knowledge: John 5:30

    The points collected here concern the humanity of Jesus in the Gospels, and are offered as reasons to doubt that he is God. In John 5:30 he says…

  • Jesus: John 2:9

    A string of observations about Jesus in the Gospels, gathered as questions about how the Gospels present him. His first miracle in John 2 is turning water into…

  • Jeremiah: Jeremiah 1:5

    Jeremiah 1:5 has God say that before he formed Jeremiah in the womb he knew him, and that he appointed him a prophet to the nations. The argument…

  • Israelites: Ezekiel 16:28

    The prophets often describe Israel’s unfaithfulness to God in the language of an unfaithful wife, and this entry collects those passages. Ezekiel 16:28 says Jerusalem played the whore…

  • Incest: Genesis 19:33-35

    The argument defines incest as sexual relations between people too closely related, and says the Bible records several cases without condemning them. It begins with Genesis 19:33-35, where…

  • Holy Ghost: Luke 1:15

    Many Christian groups claim to possess the gift of the Holy Spirit as their own. This note raises a puzzle from the Gospels. Luke 1:15 says John the…

  • God: further contradictions (f): James 1:13

    James 1:13 says God tempts no one. Genesis 22:1 says God tested Abraham by commanding him to offer his son. The argument notes that the two passages use…

  • God: further contradictions (e): 1 Timothy 6:16

    1 Timothy 6:16 says God lives in unapproachable light, while Solomon says in 1 Kings 8:12 that the LORD has said he would dwell in thick darkness. The…