It is clear that Jesus (Yeshua) died but when did He die? Mark ( Mark 15:25 ) says Yeshua died on the day of the Passover whereas John ( John 19:14 ) says Yeshua died on “the preparation day of the Passover.” Short and sweet, one account says it was the day of the Passover and the other says it was the day before Passover, obviously not the same day.

To me, what is funny about this topic isn’t that the bible says two different days but rather how everybody is fighting so hard to explain that, “this difference isn’t really a difference.” This is because what has been preached and taught from behind the pulpit is that the bible in complete agreement from cover to cover, scripture supports scripture and doesn’t contradict itself, and the bible is God breathed, therefore it is perfect and without error ( so you see things in FB like ). When you go to a church’s web page and click on “What We Believe” there will be a point that is something like “We believe the bible is the Word of God and is infallible…” We like to boast about the bible being writing over 1000 years by some 40 or so authors and they all said the exact same thing. It seems that every religious faith has said this for so long that they won’t say otherwise because they aren't willing to say contrary to what they have said all along; that the bible is perfect from cover to cover, never contradicting itself. To try to save face they bring in the "smoke and mirrors" tactics to prove that “this difference isn’t really a difference.”

The bible contains 66 books in English versions. Every book must be read in the context the author was writing it in. Then you can look at how they fit in the context of the bible as a whole. In the book of John, Yeshua doesn't have a Passover meal with His disciples as he does in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. John ( John 19:14 ) clearly states that "it was the day of preparation of the Passover." This is simple English and is translated correctly from the original Greek. Quit trying to make excuses to explain it away! Scriptures must be interpreted based off their words as they were written. For someone to say this means something else would be delusional at best.

There are several contradictions in the bible but none of them are show stoppers. Some are because they were written by so many different authors over 1000+ years. Some vary based off the people they were being written to (this is clearly seen in the Gospels). Other mistakes (some unintentional and others intentional) were made by the scribes copying them and these errors were copied over and over by other scribes. We know of these errors because we have thousands of manuscripts and they are all different (with the exception of small fragments). We also have translation mistakes because all translations are bias!

Where does this leave us then? When you talk to religious folks, they think the world would come to an end by admitting this but it simply isn't true. While things aren't as perfect as we were told, God has seen to it that His truths have stayed intact. Sin is still sin and it separates us from God. God prepared a way for us by sending His Son to die and raised Him from the dead on the third day. Without this Christianity would be a moot point and worthless! He sent the Holy Spirit to teach us spiritual truths we could never see otherwise. He gave us many promises for a better life while we are here, that we might have a more abundant life. Most importantly He gave us the promise of eternal life.

The reality is that there is no need to be bent out of shape because there are contradictions. If you consider what the bible has gone through to get to us thousands of years after it was written, rejoice that God has kept His truths in the bible for us to be able to believe. Amen!