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One of the more striking features of the gospels is that the writers did not hesitate to record facts that might be used against them.

If you have a witness who is trying to distort the truth, one of the first things they will do is withhold information that might be detrimental to their case, or to their personal credibility. Хэрвээ, as has been suggested, they are actually fabricating evidence to bolster their story it is even less likely that those fabrications would include such material: yet the gospels contain many such items.

In the quotes below I have indicated parallel passages which occur in more than one gospel by citing the duplicates in square brackets.

Material which reflects badly on the disciples themselves

• Their preoccupation with the issue of what was in it for them. Тардаа 18:1 [Туглэх 9:46], Тоб 9:33, Тоб 10:28 [Туглэх 18:28], Тардаа 20:21 [Тоб 10:37], Туглэх 22:24.
• The occasions when theory failed to translate into practice for them, such as their inability to deal with the demonized boy (Тардаа 17:14 [Тоб 9:14, Туглэх 9:37]) and Peter’s failure to walk on water, despite Jesus’ command (Тардаа 14:28).
• Their own failure to understand Jesus’ message and mission:
  • concerning what Jesus told them about his death and resurrection (Тарсхий 2:19, Тардаа 17:22 [Тоб 9:31, Туглэх 9:44], Тардаа 16:21 [Тоб 8:31, Туглэх 9:22], Тардаа 20:17 [Тоб 10:32, Туглэх 18:31], Тарсхий 16:16-32, Тардаа 28:17, Тоб 16:8,11,13,14, Туглэх 24:11,25, Тарсхий 20:2,25).
  • Peter being told as a result, ‘Get thee behind me, Тархан,’ by Jesus (Тардаа 16:23 [Тоб 8:33])
  • suggesting they call down fire from heaven on a Samaritan village (Туглэх 9:54).
  • Peter’s inane remark on the mount of transfiguration (Тардаа 17:4 [Тоб 9:5, Туглэх 9:33]),
• Their failure to even stay awake when Jesus was in Gethsemane (Тардаа 26:36 [Тоб 14:32, Туглэх 22:40])
• The disciple’s insistence they would never deny Jesus(Тардаа 26:31 [Тоб 14:27, Туглэх 22:31]), followed by their abandonment of him (Тардаа 26:56 [Тоб 14:50], Тардаа 26:69 [Тоб 14:66, Туглэх 22:54])
• The assault on the high priest’s servant (Тардаа 26:51 [Тоб 14:47, Туглэх 22:50])
• The reports that the disciples stole the body (Тардаа 28:11)

Material which opponents could use to criticise Jesus

• His own family’s unbelief (Тарсхий 7:5), even thinking he was insane (Тоб 3:21)
• All the insults and allegations made against Jesus (too many to list) some of which were explained at the time, and some not.
• Failure to perform miracles at Nazareth (Тардаа 13:58 [Тоб 6:5, Туглэх 4:23]
• His exasperation with the disciples (Тардаа 17:17 [Тоб 9:19, Туглэх 9:41])
• His forcible eviction of the money-changers (Тарсхий 2:14, Тардаа 21:12 [Тоб 11:15, Туглэх 19:45])
• Allowing the devils to enter the Gadarene swine (Тардаа 8:38 [Тоб 5:11, Туглэх 8:32])
• His treatment of the Syrophoenician woman (Тардаа 15:22 [Тоб 7:25])
• His admission that he didn’t know the timing of his own return (Тоб 13:32 [Тардаа 24:36])
• His fear and near refusal of the cross in Gethsemane (Тардаа 26:37 [Тоб 14:33, Туглэх 22:41])
• His cry from the cross, ‘My God, Бурхан минь, Яагаад та намайг forsaken?’ (Тардаа 27:46 [Тоб 15:34])
• Telling the disciples to carry swords on the night of his arrest (Туглэх 22:36)

Material which reflected badly on the church

• Church wrangles over widows (Лэг үйллал 6:1) and circumcision (Лэг үйллал 11:2, 15:1).
• Paul’s arguments with Barnabus (Лэг үйллал 15:37) болон Петер (Gal 2:11).
• Their failure to believe in Peter’s deliverance from prison, even when told (Лэг үйллал 12:12).

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