ContradictionsReading order 480Bible context 2 min read
How did Jesus respond when questioned by the high priest?
Mark gives an explicit 'I am,' while Matthew and Luke report replies framed around what the questioners themselves say.
- Textual conflict
- Weak contradiction
- The supplied passages do not establish incompatible claims. Different events, meanings, or conditions may account for the difference.
- Importance
- Supporting
- A supporting event, teaching, or biographical claim.
The indirect trial replies do not deny the identity affirmed by Mark's direct answer, so the variation in wording is not incompatible testimony.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Jesus refers the identification back to his questioners
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Matthew 26:63-64
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
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Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
Luke 22:70
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
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