Were There Two Different Jesuses?

Were There Two Different Jesuses?

When Luke wrote Acts of the Apostles to Theophilus, he guaranteed him that he had dealt with ALL that Jesus did and taught until the end of his life on earth. (Acts 1:1,2) If Luke is someone worthy believing, there must be something wrong with Matthew.

1 - I am not talking about the huge difference in the genealogy of Jesus. (Mat. 1:1-17)

2 - I am not talking about the anxiety of Mary to explain her pregnancy without having yet slept with Joseph. (Mat. 1:18-25)

3 - I am not talking about the Astrologers from the East who came to worship the newborn king of the Jews. (Mat. 2:1,2)

4 - I am not talking about the star that stood still over the place where the child was. (Mat. 2:9-11)

5 - I am not talking about the flight of the child to Egypt. (Mat. 2:13-15)

6 - I am not talking about the slaughtering of the innocent under the age of two with the Herodian intent to catch Jesus. (Mat. 2:16-18)

7 - I am not talking about a lot of other things that Luke ignored in his accurate account of EVERYTHING about Jesus to Theophilus.

Here's what I am talking about: While the Jesus of Matthew was still in Egypt, waiting for Herod to die, the Jesus of Luke was born, after eight days circumcised, on the 40th day presented in the Temple, and immediately after these requirements of the Law, the family headed back to Galilee, and to their own town of Nazareth. (Luke 2:21,22,39) Now, bear in mind that Jesus was only 40 days old when they headed back home to Nazareth.

In the meantime, the Jesus of Matthew was still trapped in Egypt waiting for the word of the "angel" with the news that Herod had finally died. Perhaps in order to spare the embarrassment, the age of this Jesus was omitted.

Therefore, how many Jesuses were there? If there was but one, either gospel writer is lying or neither ever met each other. But then again, how about the spirit that inspired the revelation? I think Christianity will be better off if we don't remove that stone. The smell will be too strong

What is done, is done. The fact now is that there are many more than one Jesuses.

Ben Avraham said:

Were There Two Different Jesuses?

When Luke wrote Acts of the Apostles to Theophilus, he guaranteed him that he had dealt with ALL that Jesus did and taught until the end of his life on earth. (Acts 1:1,2) If Luke is someone worthy believing, there must be something wrong with Matthew.

1 - I am not talking about the huge difference in the genealogy of Jesus. (Mat. 1:1-17)

2 - I am not talking about the anxiety of Mary to explain her pregnancy without having yet slept with Joseph. (Mat. 1:18-25)

3 - I am not talking about the Astrologers from the East who came to worship the newborn king of the Jews. (Mat. 2:1,2)

4 - I am not talking about the star that stood still over the place where the child was. (Mat. 2:9-11)

5 - I am not talking about the flight of the child to Egypt. (Mat. 2:13-15)

6 - I am not talking about the slaughtering of the innocent under the age of two with the Herodian intent to catch Jesus. (Mat. 2:16-18)

7 - I am not talking about a lot of other things that Luke ignored in his accurate account of EVERYTHING about Jesus to Theophilus.

Here's what I am talking about: While the Jesus of Matthew was still in Egypt, waiting for Herod to die, the Jesus of Luke was born, after eight days circumcised, on the 40th day presented in the Temple, and immediately after these requirements of the Law, the family headed back to Galilee, and to their own town of Nazareth. (Luke 2:21,22,39) Now, bear in mind that Jesus was only 40 days old when they headed back home to Nazareth.

In the meantime, the Jesus of Matthew was still trapped in Egypt waiting for the word of the "angel" with the news that Herod had finally died. Perhaps in order to spare the embarrassment, the age of this Jesus was omitted.

Therefore, how many Jesuses were there? If there was but one, either gospel writer is lying or neither ever met each other. But then again, how about the spirit that inspired the revelation? I think Christianity will be better off if we don't remove that stone. The smell will be too strong

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There is only one Jesus in the Bible.

But there are a variety of Jesuses being preached.

Catholic and Protestant preached the Niceaen Jesus.
Mormons preached the American Jesus
Pentecostals preached the Oneness Jesus
Another preached the Father projected Jesus

It is getting weirder and weirder every passing year.

1 Corinthians 8:6 New International Version (NIV)

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

I believe the Lord Jesus in the Bible.

MJFlores said:

I believe the Lord Jesus in the Bible.

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But, did the Lord Jesus in the Bible actually, truly, and really say go make disciples like the Bible says he did or did he really say be disciples?

He seemed dead and gone so his last words were for believing you can still be taught by him (the meaning of disciple) and NOT that your job should be to make more people to be taught by him.

Matthew 28:19 is WRONG! How so? They (I do not know who they were) changed disciple a verb into disciple a noun.

savagewind said:

But, did the Lord Jesus in the Bible actually, truly, and really say go make disciples like the Bible says he did or did he really say be disciples?

He seemed dead and gone so his last words were for believing you can still be taught by him (the meaning of disciple) and NOT that your job should be to make more people to be taught by him.

Matthew 28:19 is WRONG! How so? They (I do not know who they were) changed disciple a verb into disciple a noun.

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Well, disciple or follower doesn't really matter if you use the term or not, a noun or verb - as long as I believe and in Christ would be enough.

The objective is to be saved in the end of all things.

There are many Jesuses preached by different churches.

2 Corinthians 11:4
For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

That is why it is important to find the right Jesus preached by the apostles, to have the right spirit and to have the right gospel that a person should accept.

I'm lost at the nitty gritty description of Ben though. What I know there are:

1. The Jesus voted as god by 380 bishops and a pagan Emperor in Niceae in 325 A.D. (now Turkey)
2. The Jesus who is allegedly the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit rolled into one person
3. The Jesus who is allegedly a god in the Godhead of 3 gods
4. The Jesus who was allegedly once an archangel Micheal
5. I have heard one who said Jesus is the projection of the Father.

But whatever Ben Avraham said, there are multiple inventions of Jesus made by mankind.



Just so many, that people are confused and made different religions and Christianity itself is divided in at least 34,000 denominations.

In the end, it is our duty to find the right way and no one is to be blamed for anything other than ourselves.

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 King James Version (KJV)

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

I don’t think it’d be as simple as there being “two Jesuses”, especially not at that early stage. I think there is a distinction between the writings about his birth and the writings of his adulthood (hence the significant gap between), with the stories of his birth written sometime after the events, tailored to try to fit earlier prophecies and more generally to support the idea of his divinity.

The writings of his adulthood may well be more grounded in truth, though with additions of myth and propaganda at various points in time. It’s also possible that some of the acts and events attributed to Jesus could actually be based on a number of different people and generic stories of great religious leaders, teachers, healers etc. building up in to a single combined story, much like King Arthur or Robin Hood. Whether there was a “core” Jesus whose story just had some additions or he was a true amalgamation character I doubt we’ll ever know.

Ben Avraham said:

Were There Two Different Jesuses?

When Luke wrote Acts of the Apostles to Theophilus, he guaranteed him that he had dealt with ALL that Jesus did and taught until the end of his life on earth. (Acts 1:1,2) If Luke is someone worthy believing, there must be something wrong with Matthew.

1 - I am not talking about the huge difference in the genealogy of Jesus. (Mat. 1:1-17)

2 - I am not talking about the anxiety of Mary to explain her pregnancy without having yet slept with Joseph. (Mat. 1:18-25)

3 - I am not talking about the Astrologers from the East who came to worship the newborn king of the Jews. (Mat. 2:1,2)

4 - I am not talking about the star that stood still over the place where the child was. (Mat. 2:9-11)

5 - I am not talking about the flight of the child to Egypt. (Mat. 2:13-15)

6 - I am not talking about the slaughtering of the innocent under the age of two with the Herodian intent to catch Jesus. (Mat. 2:16-18)

7 - I am not talking about a lot of other things that Luke ignored in his accurate account of EVERYTHING about Jesus to Theophilus.

Here's what I am talking about: While the Jesus of Matthew was still in Egypt, waiting for Herod to die, the Jesus of Luke was born, after eight days circumcised, on the 40th day presented in the Temple, and immediately after these requirements of the Law, the family headed back to Galilee, and to their own town of Nazareth. (Luke 2:21,22,39) Now, bear in mind that Jesus was only 40 days old when they headed back home to Nazareth.

In the meantime, the Jesus of Matthew was still trapped in Egypt waiting for the word of the "angel" with the news that Herod had finally died. Perhaps in order to spare the embarrassment, the age of this Jesus was omitted.

Therefore, how many Jesuses were there? If there was but one, either gospel writer is lying or neither ever met each other. But then again, how about the spirit that inspired the revelation? I think Christianity will be better off if we don't remove that stone. The smell will be too strong

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Let me explain it this way. You don't understand Biblical chronology. Many time verses are separated by many years. For example Luke 2:41 is separated from 2:40 by 12 years.

Mary didn't have to remain in Jerusalem to complete her purification. She was only limited from going into the temple and she didn't have to go into the temple to have Jesus presented. We don't know how old Jesus was when the Magi saw Jesus. From the time the start arose, until the time for them to have traveled to Jerusalem may have taken more than a year, depending from where they started. Also Jesus was not in a house not in a stable.

The probably went to Egypt right after Jesus was presented at the temple. The magi saw Jesus after He had returned from Egypt.

The stone was removed and it was empty. It is amusing you try to use the Bible to try and show a contradiction, but you refuse to use what it actually says in another place.

NO

omega2xx said:

Let me explain it this way. You don't understand Biblical chronology. Many time verses are separated by many years. For example Luke 2:41 is separated from 2:40 by 12 years. Mary didn't have to remain in Jerusalem to complete her purification. She was only limited from going into the temple and she didn't have to go into the temple to have Jesus presented. We don't know how old Jesus was when the Magi saw Jesus. From the time the start arose, until the time for them to have traveled to Jerusalem may have taken more than a year, depending from where they started. Also Jesus was not in a house not in a stable. The probably went to Egypt right after Jesus was presented at the temple. The magi saw Jesus after He had returned from Egypt. The stone was removed and it was empty. It is amusing you try to use the Bible to try and show a contradiction, but you refuse to use what it actually says in another place.

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Sorry, but your post above is a post of speculations and assumptions without any evidence from your own Bible aka the NT. In your futile struggle to refute a Jew who has read the NT and found 80% of discrepancies, you are desperately attempting to fight back with speculations that only make it worse to conciliate with itself. First, try to sell your ideas to another Christian. If you don't find any, return to me and we will proceed with experiments of logical facts.

HonestJoe said:

I don’t think it’d be as simple as there being “two Jesuses”, especially not at that early stage. I think there is a distinction between the writings about his birth and the writings of his adulthood (hence the significant gap between), with the stories of his birth written sometime after the events, tailored to try to fit earlier prophecies and more generally to support the idea of his divinity.

The writings of his adulthood may well be more grounded in truth, though with additions of myth and propaganda at various points in time. It’s also possible that some of the acts and events attributed to Jesus could actually be based on a number of different people and generic stories of great religious leaders, teachers, healers etc. building up in to a single combined story, much like King Arthur or Robin Hood. Whether there was a “core” Jesus whose story just had some additions or he was a true amalgamation character I doubt we’ll ever know.

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The point here though, is not a comparison between the writings about Jesus' birth and the writings of his adulthood. The gospel attributed to Matthew is profusely about Jesus' childhood in a comparison to the report given by Luke; and both diverge as much from each other as if there were two different Jesuses. Luke even added that he was writing to his friend Theophilus "all" that Jesus had began to do and to teach. (Acts 1:1) Whatever he meant by that, he debased the testimony of "Matthew" as a false report. If Luke wrote "all" that Jesus did and taught, how could he not find relevant to speak about the slaughtering of the children, the visit of the Magi, and the trip of the family to Egypt? Something was of the matter right there.

Ben Avraham said:

The point here though, is not a comparison between the writings about Jesus' birth and the writings of his adulthood. The gospel attributed to Matthew is profusely about Jesus' childhood in a comparison to the report given by Luke; and both diverge as much from each other as if there were two different Jesuses. Luke even added that he was writing to his friend Theophilus "all" that Jesus had began to do and to teach. (Acts 1:1) Whatever he meant by that, he debased the testimony of "Matthew" as a false report. If Luke wrote "all" that Jesus did and taught, how could he not find relevant to speak about the slaughtering of the children, the visit of the Magi, and the trip of the family to Egypt? Something was of the matter right there.

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Jesus didn't do and teach those.

MJFlores said:

Well, disciple or follower doesn't really matter if you use the term or not, a noun or verb - as long as I believe and in Christ would be enough. The objective is to be saved in the end of all things. There are many Jesuses preached by different churches.2 Corinthians 11:4 For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough. That is why it is important to find the right Jesus preached by the apostles, to have the right spirit and to have the right gospel that a person should accept.

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And Jesus himself made sure that the objective to be saved comes from listening to "Moses" aka the Law if you read Luke 16:29-31

I'm lost at the nitty gritty description of Ben though. What I know there are:

1. The Jesus voted as god by 380 bishops and a pagan Emperor in Niceae in 325 A.D. (now Turkey)
2. The Jesus who is allegedly the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit rolled into one person
3. The Jesus who is allegedly a god in the Godhead of 3 gods
4. The Jesus who was allegedly once an archangel Micheal
5. I have heard one who said Jesus is the projection of the Father.

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My "nitty gritty" description comes from an analyze of the gospels attributed to Matthew and Luke. Nothing from the top of my head.

But whatever Ben Avraham said, there are multiple inventions of Jesus made by mankind. Just so many, that people are confused and made different religions and Christianity itself is divided in at least 34,000 denominations. In the end, it is our duty to find the right way and no one is to be blamed for anything other than ourselves. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 King James Version (KJV) Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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And I agree with you about the multiple inventions of Jesus made by mankind; starting with Paul and the Apostles of Jesus in the First Century. "Even if an angel" said Paul, preached a different gospel of his about Jesus, let it be accursed. As he claimed, his gospel was revealed to him straightly from Jesus; and that he didn't even go up to Jerusalem to those who were Apostles before him. (Gal. 1:8,9;11,17) Since according to this quote, Paul debased all credibility even to the gospel of the Apostles about Jesus and even if an angel had come down from heaven, the diversion between one Jesus and the other went beyond only Matthew and Luke, as Paul himself had his particular Jesus.

savagewind said:

Jesus didn't do and teach those.

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I know. It was all taught by the Hellenists who wrote the gospels and by Paul himself.

MJFlores said:

There is only one Jesus in the Bible. But there are a variety of Jesuses being preached. Catholic and Protestant preached the Niceaen Jesus. Mormons preached the American Jesus. Pentecostals preached the Oneness Jesus. Another preached the Father projected Jesus. It is getting weirder and weirder every passing year. 1 Corinthians 8:6 New International Version (NIV) yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. I believe the Lord Jesus in the Bible.

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What did you say above! "and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ!" That's not what Jesus said! Once, when one of the Scribes asked Jesus, "Which is the first of the commandments of all?" Jesus answered and said, "The first of the commandments is: 'Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One." (Mark 12:28,29) Needless to say, there is only one Lord, the God of Israel, if Jesus had that right.

savagewind said:

What is done, is done. The fact now is that there are many more than one Jesuses.

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I wonder how common the name Jesus was in those days.

Ben Avraham said:

What did you say above! "and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ!" That's not what Jesus said! Once, when one of the Scribes asked Jesus, "Which is the first of the commandments of all?" Jesus answered and said, "The first of the commandments is: 'Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One." (Mark 12:28,29) Needless to say, there is only one Lord, the God of Israel, if Jesus had that right.

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Jesus had that right but a lot of people didn't.
There is only one God and Jesus was sent by God
John 17:1-3



Jesus according to Trinitarians

Most Christians believe that Jesus was both human and the Son of God. While there have been theological debate over the nature of Jesus, Trinitarian Christians generally believe that Jesus is God incarnate, God the Son, and "true God and true man" (or both fully divine and fully human). Jesus, having become fully human in all respects, suffered the pains and temptations of a mortal man, yet he did not sin.

Jesus according to Muslims

In Islam, Jesus (Isa) is considered to be a messenger of God (Allah) and the Messiah (al-Masih) who was sent to guide the Children of Israel (Bani Isra'il) with a new scripture, the Gospel. The Quran mentions Jesus by name 25 times—more often than Muhammad—and emphasizes that Jesus was a mortal human who, like all other prophets, had been divinely chosen to spread God's message. Unlike Christian writings, the Quran does not describe Jesus as the son of God, but as one of four major human messengers (out of many prophets) sent by God throughout history to guide mankind. Jesus is said to have lived a life of piety and generosity, and abstained from eating flesh of swine (or of any animals, according to some Muslim authors, even some who were not vegetarians themselves).

Jesus according to Jews

Judaism rejects the idea of Jesus being God, or a person of a Trinity, or a mediator to God. Judaism also holds that Jesus is not the Messiah, arguing that he had not fulfilled the Messianic prophecies in the Tanakh nor embodied the personal qualifications of the Messiah. According to Jewish tradition, there were no more prophets after Malachi, who lived centuries before Jesus and delivered his prophesies about 420 BC/BCE.

Jesus according to Bahá'í

The Bahá'í Faith consider Jesus to be a manifestation of God, who are a series of personages who reflect the attributes of the divine into the human world for the progress and advancement of human morals and civilization. In Bahá'í belief, the Manifestations have always been sent by God, and always will, as part of the single progressive religion from God bringing more teachings through time to help humanity progress

Jesus according to Scientology

In Scientology, the teachings of Jesus are included among belief systems comprising those "earlier forms". Jesus is classified as below the level of Operating Thetan, but as a "shade above" the Scientology state of "Clear"

Jesus according to Raëlism

In Raëlism, Jesus and several other religious figures are considered prophets sent by an extraterrestrial race called the Elohim

Jesus according to Mormons

The church follows what it understands to be the teachings of Jesus, both in the Bible and in other scriptures, such as the Book of Mormon. According to that book, Jesus Christ is "the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary." As the Creator, he is at times referred to as the father of heaven and earth. This is one sense in which he shares the title "Father" with God the Father. The church also teaches that Jesus is the LORD Jehovah of the Old Testament, and the Holy One of Israel.

Jesus according to Pentecostals

Oneness teachers often quote a phrase used by early pioneers of the movement – "God was manifested as the Father in creation, the Son in redemption, and the Holy Ghost in emanation.

Jesus according to Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus is God's "only-begotten Son", and that his life began in heaven. He is described as God's first creation and the "exact representation of God", but is believed to be a separate entity and not part of a Trinity. Jesus is said to have been used by God in the creation of all other things. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Archangel, Michael, "the Word" of John 1:1, and wisdom personified in Proverbs 8 refer to Jesus in his pre-human existence and that he resumed these identities after his ascension to heaven following his death and resurrection.

Told you there are different Jesuses being preached. But I rather stick to the Bible of who the Lord Jesus is:

Firstborn of all creation Colossians 1:15
Christ head of the church Colossians 1:18
Firstborn among the dead Revelation 1:5
Angels worship the firstborn Hebrews 1:6
Firstborn of Israel Hebrews 11:28
God made him Lord and Messiah Acts 2:36
Son of the living God and Messiah Matthew 16:16
Son of Man, Lord of the Sabbath Matthew 12:8
Anointed servant of God Acts 4:27
A man who came from God John 3:2
A man who told the truth he heard from God John 8:40
A man approved by God Acts 2:22
A man mediator between God and mankind 1 Timothy 2:5

Summary of who the True Jesus Christ is:

Is Jesus God? No.
Is Jesus the Son of God? Yes.
Is Jesus the Messiah? Yes
Is Jesus a manifestation [abstract idea]? No.
Is Jesus an Operating Thetan? No.
Is Jesus an extraterrestrial? No.
Is Jesus the Father? No.
Is Jesus the Father, Son and HS? No.
Was Jesus Archangel Micheal? No.

Ben Avraham said:

The point here though, is not a comparison between the writings about Jesus' birth and the writings of his adulthood. The gospel attributed to Matthew is profusely about Jesus' childhood in a comparison to the report given by Luke; and both diverge as much from each other as if there were two different Jesuses.

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My point on the distinction between two distinct elements of Jesus’ life in the bible is that if they were really written by his disciples, the stories of his birth and early life would be written when he was an adult by people who weren’t there at the time and also that they had a vested interest to spin stories of his birth and early life to fit the Jewish messiah prophecies. I suggest the inconsistencies you’ve identified are less likely to mean there were two distinct individuals but more likely that there was one individual with various exaggerations and myth built up around them and existing stories re-attributed to them.

Ben Avraham said:

Sorry, but your post above is a post of speculations and assumptions without any evidence from your own Bible aka the NT. In your futile struggle to refute a Jew who has read the NT and found 80% of discrepancies, you are desperately attempting to fight back with speculations that only make it worse to conciliate with itself. First, try to sell your ideas to another Christian. If you don't find any, return to me and we will proceed with experiments of logical facts.

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Not true. I quoted the Bible. You speculated because you don't understand either testament. You will NEVER understand the Bible by just reading it, You as you MUST be born again, you MUST study it.

The reason you think you have found discrepancies is because you lack understanding of what you read, That has been proved by what you said in this discussion.

First try to find a born again Christian who does not accept what I said.

Ben Avraham said:

Were There Two Different Jesuses?

When Luke wrote Acts of the Apostles to Theophilus, he guaranteed him that he had dealt with ALL that Jesus did and taught until the end of his life on earth. (Acts 1:1,2) If Luke is someone worthy believing, there must be something wrong with Matthew.

1 - I am not talking about the huge difference in the genealogy of Jesus. (Mat. 1:1-17)

2 - I am not talking about the anxiety of Mary to explain her pregnancy without having yet slept with Joseph. (Mat. 1:18-25)

3 - I am not talking about the Astrologers from the East who came to worship the newborn king of the Jews. (Mat. 2:1,2)

4 - I am not talking about the star that stood still over the place where the child was. (Mat. 2:9-11)

5 - I am not talking about the flight of the child to Egypt. (Mat. 2:13-15)

6 - I am not talking about the slaughtering of the innocent under the age of two with the Herodian intent to catch Jesus. (Mat. 2:16-18)

7 - I am not talking about a lot of other things that Luke ignored in his accurate account of EVERYTHING about Jesus to Theophilus.

Here's what I am talking about: While the Jesus of Matthew was still in Egypt, waiting for Herod to die, the Jesus of Luke was born, after eight days circumcised, on the 40th day presented in the Temple, and immediately after these requirements of the Law, the family headed back to Galilee, and to their own town of Nazareth. (Luke 2:21,22,39) Now, bear in mind that Jesus was only 40 days old when they headed back home to Nazareth.

In the meantime, the Jesus of Matthew was still trapped in Egypt waiting for the word of the "angel" with the news that Herod had finally died. Perhaps in order to spare the embarrassment, the age of this Jesus was omitted.

Therefore, how many Jesuses were there? If there was but one, either gospel writer is lying or neither ever met each other. But then again, how about the spirit that inspired the revelation? I think Christianity will be better off if we don't remove that stone. The smell will be too strong

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First learn the language it was written in.

Acts 1:1,2 states: "The first account, O The·ophʹi·lus, I composed about all the things Jesus started to do and to teach until the day that he was taken up, after he had given instructions through holy spirit to the apostles he had chosen."
I find the idea ludicrous that any book, however large, could contain every detail of a person's life; nor was Luke claiming this. As another gospel writer affirmed: "There are also, in fact, many other things that Jesus did, which if ever they were written in full detail, I suppose the world itself could not contain the scrolls written." (John 21:25)
Each writer about Jesus life and ministry was inspired to include details other gospel writers omitted. Together, I believe their combined testimony presents coherent and complementary testimony to the truth about Jesus Christ. We have this testimony from the gospel writer John: "To be sure, Jesus also performed many other signs before the disciples, which are not written down in this scroll. But these have been written down so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and because of believing, you may have life by means of his name." (John 20:30,31)