08-20-2010, 03:27 PM
"Mark wasn't aware? Are you really willing to throw out an inspired writer who received instruction from Shimon Kefa himself just to promote your wednesday theory? Mark is the only writer who gives us a day by day chronology of that week."
I am not throwing out the Gospel of Mark. Its a Great Gospel. But I am just pointing out that sometimes minor confusions happen.
Let me explain. Its true that Mark wrote the Gospel with the help of Shimon Kefa. But not the entire Gospel. Let me take an incident from the week of Crucifixion as an example. Let me take Mark Chapter 14:47 (King James Version). Mark Chapter 14:47 says "And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear."
In the Gospel of John 18:10, we read this "Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus."
Mark's Gospel never says who cut off the ear of high priest's ear? But John's Gospel clearly explains this - It was Shimon Kefa who cut off the "right" ear of high priest's servant. John also points out that it was the right ear. And the servant's name was Malchus. And Mark's Gospel doesn't say which ear? And Mark's Gospel doesn't say the name of the servant either.
If Shimon Kefa helped Mark to write the "entire Gospel", then Shimon Kefa would have clearly explained about this incident to Mark.
Luke's Gospel points out there were 2 Sabbaths after Jesus Christ died on the cross. John's Gospel points out the importance of the First Sabbath. This minor confusion in Mark's Gospel was cleared by Luke and John. Sometimes these small confusions happen. But these small confusions are cleared by other Gospels.
Let me show another example.
Let me take NIV this time. Matthew Chapter 27:42 to 44 (NIV) says "He saved others,? they said, ?but he can?t save himself! He?s the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ?I am the Son of God.?? In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him."
In Matthew's Gospel, we see "robbers." Not one robber.
But Luke clears this confusion. Take Luke Chapter 23: 39 - 43 "One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: ?Aren?t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!? But the other criminal rebuked him. ?Don?t you fear God,? he said, ?since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.? Then he said, ?Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Jesus answered him, ?I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.?
I am not throwing out the Gospel of Mark. Its a Great Gospel. But I am just pointing out that sometimes minor confusions happen.
Let me explain. Its true that Mark wrote the Gospel with the help of Shimon Kefa. But not the entire Gospel. Let me take an incident from the week of Crucifixion as an example. Let me take Mark Chapter 14:47 (King James Version). Mark Chapter 14:47 says "And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear."
In the Gospel of John 18:10, we read this "Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus."
Mark's Gospel never says who cut off the ear of high priest's ear? But John's Gospel clearly explains this - It was Shimon Kefa who cut off the "right" ear of high priest's servant. John also points out that it was the right ear. And the servant's name was Malchus. And Mark's Gospel doesn't say which ear? And Mark's Gospel doesn't say the name of the servant either.
If Shimon Kefa helped Mark to write the "entire Gospel", then Shimon Kefa would have clearly explained about this incident to Mark.
Luke's Gospel points out there were 2 Sabbaths after Jesus Christ died on the cross. John's Gospel points out the importance of the First Sabbath. This minor confusion in Mark's Gospel was cleared by Luke and John. Sometimes these small confusions happen. But these small confusions are cleared by other Gospels.
Let me show another example.
Let me take NIV this time. Matthew Chapter 27:42 to 44 (NIV) says "He saved others,? they said, ?but he can?t save himself! He?s the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ?I am the Son of God.?? In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him."
In Matthew's Gospel, we see "robbers." Not one robber.
But Luke clears this confusion. Take Luke Chapter 23: 39 - 43 "One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: ?Aren?t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!? But the other criminal rebuked him. ?Don?t you fear God,? he said, ?since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.? Then he said, ?Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Jesus answered him, ?I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.?