MATTHEW 26:34 (cf. Mark 14:30)—When Peter denied Christ, did the rooster crow once or twice? PROBLEM: Matthew and John (13:38) say before the rooster crows…
MATTHEW 26:11—Was Jesus always present with His disciples? PROBLEM: According to Jesus’ statement here, He would not always be with the disciples, for He said:…
MATTHEW 24:34—Did Jesus err by affirming that the signs of the end time would be fulfilled in His era? PROBLEM: Jesus spoke of signs and…
MATTHEW 24:29—Did Christ come to earth immediately following the Tribulation or sometime later? PROBLEM: In Matthew, Jesus represents His coming as “immediately after” (24:29) the…
MATTHEW 23:34–35—Did Jesus make a mistake in referring to Zechariah the son of Jehoiada rather than to Zechariah the son of Berechiah? [button color=”red” size=”big”…
MATTHEW 23:17—Why did Jesus call people fools and yet condemn others for doing the same thing? PROBLEM: Jesus said, “whoever says [to his brother], `You…
MATTHEW 23:9–10—Is it wrong to call others our father? PROBLEM: Here Jesus commanded: “Do not call anyone on earth your father.” Yet elsewhere the Bible…
MATTHEW 22:39—Does Jesus want us to love ourself first or others? PROBLEM: Jesus says in Matthew that we are to love our neighbor as…
MATTHEW 22:30—Will we be like angels (spirits) in heaven, beings without physical bodies? PROBLEM: Jesus said that in the resurrection we will be “like the…
MATTHEW 21:12–19 (cf. Mark 11:12–14, 20–24)—When was the fig tree cursed by Jesus, before or after the temple was cleansed? PROBLEM: Matthew places the cursing…