Was Jesus Wrong?

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JOE:

> [ Standard Rooster Crowing Contradiction Snipped For Brevity ]

> Some errantists may argue that the cock crew after only one denial, and

> therefore Jesus' was wrong, but do these verses offer strong evidence of

> that?  What is the errantists' position? 


CHRISA:
I think the standard inerrist response to that little quibble is:
"big $!^@% deal!".  Who gives a !$%? :-)

Actually, the most likely response I know of is the "if-there-was-
two-there-also-was-one" answer.  Basically put, if account A says
"Socrates and a friend went up to the temple", and account B says 
"500 men and Socrates went up to the temple", the harmonization is
to say, well, there were 500 people, Socrates, and his friend 
going up to the temple, just that account A didn't mention the 500 
men.

As it relates to these verses, it could be said that Matthew and Luke
simply didn't feel the need to talk about the first crow, since it wasn't
important (which is, incidently, very true.  When Matthew copied this
pericope from Mark he didn't see the need to put in two crows when one
would suffice).

- Chris

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