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Findo
June 21st 2004, 06:50 PM
I was shown a 'fault' in the bible by someone the other day.

Matthew 27:28 shows Jesus wearing a sacrlet robe while mark 15:17 shows Him in a purple robe.

If you ask me, that's pretty close. but I thought I'd see if anyone has any light to shed on this...

Thanks.
Mujibur
June 21st 2004, 06:56 PM
Fuschia. Oh wait, you wanted serious answers.
themuzicman
June 21st 2004, 06:57 PM
They were MEN. You expect accurate and consistent color description? :doh:
Mujibur
June 21st 2004, 07:00 PM
They were MEN. You expect accurate and consistent color description? :doh:
:lol: Good call, mm.
Findo
June 21st 2004, 07:24 PM
They were MEN. You expect accurate and consistent color description? :doh:


yeah.. I guess it's a good proof text against the whole 'God is a woman' thing that was going arounf a while back...


seriouly though... is this a fault? Is there an explanation for it?
Mujibur
June 21st 2004, 07:29 PM
yeah.. I guess it's a good proof text against the whole 'God is a woman' thing that was going arounf a while back...
Maybe the translators were women, and the original greek for both gospels just says purple? :lol:
TuckEverlasting
June 21st 2004, 07:45 PM
seriouly though... is this a fault? Is there an explanation for it?

Seriously though, a plausible explanation is exactly what Muz said, bearing in mind what inerrancy actually means in context - see J.P.'s post on ma besay-il here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showpost.php?p=393977&postcount=2) (I presume we're allowed to argue by hyperlink to other TWeb posts? It gets boring making the same point over and over again, that's all...)
Findo
June 22nd 2004, 12:49 AM
Thanks truck..

so baiscally the part about them mocking him by giving him a royal robe is what is important and inerrent?
John Reece
June 22nd 2004, 08:17 AM
I was shown a 'fault' in the bible by someone the other day.

Matthew 27:28 shows Jesus wearing a sacrlet robe while mark 15:17 shows Him in a purple robe.

If you ask me, that's pretty close. but I thought I'd see if anyone has any light to shed on this...

Thanks.

A note to Matthew 27:28 ("they stripped him and put a scarlet cloak around him") in The New Jerusalem Bible:


The Roman soldier's cloak (sagum): being red it suggested the imperial purple to the mocking soldiery.