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To: ItsOurTimeNow
but to the saved Christian, who is given ‘eyes to see’, Scripture is clear.

Then explain why there are more than one version of Jesus' very last words on the cross.

Luke 23:46 says: "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost."

But John 19:30 says: "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."

How can both gospels be correct when they give different versions of the last words of Jesus?

Answering by saying something like "Those who are in the Spirit understand these things" is not a real answer. Both of these gospels cannot be right when they contradict each other.

293 posted on 07/23/2007 8:39:45 AM PDT by Tokra (I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
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To: Tokra; Ping-Pong
Then explain why there are more than one version of Jesus' very last words on the cross.How can both gospels be correct when they give different versions of the last words of Jesus?

John was a witness.....Luke was not. Luke compiled information from those who spent time with our Lord. I'm sure it will come out in the end that He said both things.....and John only recorded one of them. Luke on the other hand may not have been told everything.

295 posted on 07/23/2007 1:42:13 PM PDT by Diego1618
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To: Tokra

For the same reason that if you and 3 of your friends all watched the same movie, you’d each remember different parts in differing ways. This does not make your 4 accounts of the movie contradictory.

Likewise, the 4 gospel accounts of Christ’s life each mention different things. This does not put them in opposition with each other, it merely gives 4 different points of view. The end result? Christ still died, completing his earthly mission of atonement for sinners. Of which you and I both are.

I commend your earthly efforts, but other haters of God have tried harder than you and still failed. Regardless of how you try to come up with increasingly clever “gotcha!” moments, you are still ignoring the hard truth. You are a sinner, and if you die in your sins you will face God’s righteous judgment. If you are without Christ’s atonement, you will be guilty of violating God’s law and punished in hell for eternity. If you are in Christ, if you can stand before God in the righteousness of Christ, you will spend eternity in the presence of God, glorifying him forever.

The word of the Lord endures forever.


296 posted on 07/23/2007 2:25:15 PM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow (FR Member ItsOurTimeNow: Declared Anathema by the Council of Trent)
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