Skeptic's Annotated Bible
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Introduction

A topical outline

Trivia Questions

Chapters

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Contradictions
Commandments
Absurdities
Injustice
Interpretation
Science and History
Cruelty and Violence
Intolerance
Prophecy
Good Stuff
Family Values
Language
Women
Sex
Homosexuality
Politics
Boring Stuff

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-Matthew

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Matthew: Contradictions

  1. How many generations from Jesus to Abraham? 1:2-16, 17
  2. How many generations must a bastard wait until his offspring can enter the congregation of the Lord? 1:3-5
  3. From which of David's sons was Jesus descended? 1:6-7
  4. How many generations were there from David to Jesus? 1:6-16
  5. Genealogy of Jesus (Mt.1 vs Lk.3) 1:6-16
  6. Who was Uzziah's father? 1:8
  7. Generations from David to the Babylonian Captivity 1:11
  8. Was Jeconiah the son or the grandson of Josiah? 1:11
  9. Did Jeconiah have any sons? 1:12
  10. Who was Zerubbabel's father? 1:12
  11. Who was Jesus's grandfather on his father's side? 1:16
  12. How many generations were between the Babylonian captivity and Jesus? 1:17
  13. How many generations were between Abraham and Jesus? 1:17
  14. Was Joseph the father of Jesus? 1:18
  15. Has there ever been a just person? 1:19, 5:45, 13:49
  16. What was Jesus H. Christ's real name? 1:21
  17. When was Jesus born? 2:1
  18. Was Jesus born in a house or a manger? 2:1-2, 11
  19. Where did Joseph and Mary live before the birth of Jesus? 2:1-2, 11, 22-23
  20. Did Jesus, Mary, and Joseph go to Egypt or Nazareth? 2:14
  21. Were the Pharisees baptized by John? 3:7-11
  22. Who was the greatest: Jesus, Solomon, or John the Baptist? 3:11, 11:11, 12:42, 18:1-4
  23. Did Jesus baptize anyone? 3:11
  24. How did God address Jesus at his baptism? 3:17
  25. When Jesus was tempted by the devil, what was the sequence of temptations? 4:1-9
  26. Can God be tempted? 4:1, 4:7
  27. Is Jesus God? 4:1, 12:8
  28. Is it OK to test (or tempt) God? 4:7
  29. Who is the Lord of this world? 4:8-9, 11:25
  30. Who owns the earth? 4:8-9
  31. Should we serve God alone? 4:10, 23:10
  32. How did Peter asnd Andrew become Jesus's disciples? 4:12-19
  33. Which came first: the calling of Peter and Andrew or the imprisonment of John the Baptist? 4:12, 18-19
  34. Did Jesus preach his first sermon on a mountain or a plain? 5:1-3
  35. How many sons does God have? 5:9
  36. Did Jesus come to bring peace? 5:9, 10:34, 26:52
  37. Should we let others see our good works? 5:16, 6:1, 23:3, 5
  38. Must we obey Old Testament Laws? 5:18-19, 22:37-40
  39. Is it OK to add to the law of Moses? 5:22, 27-28, 31-32, 33-36, 38-39, 43-44
  40. Is Salvation by faith alone? 5:20, 12:37, 16:27, 19:16-17, 25:41-46
  41. Has there ever been a righteous person? 5:20, 13:17, 13:43, 23:35, 25:46
  42. Is it OK to call someone a fool? 5:22, 23:17, 19
  43. Is it wrong to commit adultery? 5:27-28
  44. Is divorce ever permissible? 5:32, 19:6, 9
  45. Is it OK to take oaths? 5:34-37
  46. How should we treat our enemies? 5:44
  47. How should nonbelievers be treated? 5:44, 7:12, 22:29
  48. Is anyone good? 5:45, 13:47-48, 22:10
  49. Are we all God's children? 5:48, 6:9
  50. Should Christians pray in public? 6:5-6
  51. Do Christians know how to pray? 6:9-13
  52. Is God's will always done in heaven? 6:10
  53. Has God ever tempted anyone? 6:13
  54. Should Christians be concerned with material things? 6:31, 34
  55. To judge or not to judge 7:1
  56. Can God be found? 7:8
  57. Will those who call on the Lord be delivered? 7:21
  58. Who can cast out devils in the name of Jesus? 7:21-23
  59. Is casting out devils a sign of a true Christian? 7:22-23
  60. Did the Centurion ask Jesus directly to help his servant? 8:5-9
  61. Did Jesus know everything? 8:10
  62. What will happen to Jews when they die? 1:21, 8:12
  63. Was Jesus homeless? 8:20
  64. How many men were possessed with devils? 8:28
  65. What was the name of the tax collector who was called by Jesus? 9:9
  66. How should publicans be treated? 9:10-11, 11:19, 18:15-16
  67. Does God desire animal sacrifices? 9:13, 12:7
  68. Was Jarius's daughter alive when Jesus was approached? 9:18
  69. Was Jesus the first to rise from the dead? 9:18, 27:50-53
  70. When was the woman who touched Jesus's robe cured? 9:20-22
  71. Who were the apostles? 10:2-4
  72. Should the gospel be preached to everyone? 10:5-6, 15:24, 28:19
  73. Did Jesus tell his apostles to go barefoot and without a staff? 10:10
  74. When will the end of the world come? 10:23, 24:14
  75. When did Jesus say he would return? 10:23, 24:14
  76. Should we fear God? 10:28
  77. Is there an unforgivable sin? 10:33, 12:31
  78. Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus as the Son of God? 11:2-3
  79. Was John the Baptist Elijah? 11:13-14, 17:12-13
  80. Is it necessary to keep the Sabbath? 12:2-5, 24:20
  81. Was David alone when asking for the holy bread at Nob? 12:3-4
  82. Who is for or against Jesus? 12:30
  83. How are people judged by God? 12:37
  84. Did Jesus perform many signs and wonders? 12:39, 16:4
  85. Is anyone justified? 12:37
  86. Was Jonah swallowed by a fish or a whale? 12:40
  87. How should parents be treated? 12:47-48, 23:9
  88. Did Jesus have secret teachings? 13:10-11, 16:20
  89. Did Herod think Jesus was John the Baptist? 14:1-2
  90. Does the Bible approve of capital punishment? 15:3-4
  91. What kind of animals may we eat? 15:11
  92. How did Peter find out that Jesus was the Messiah? 16:16-17
  93. Should we do what the Pharisees say to do? 16:16-17, 23:1-3
  94. Did Jesus forewarn the apostles of his death and resurrection? 16:21, 20:18-19, 26:1-2, 26:31-32
  95. When did the transfiguration occur? 17:1
  96. Did the disciples understand when Jesus told them about his coming death? 17:22-23
  97. Is it a a good thing to be childish? 18:3, 19:14
  98. Can God be seen? 18:9
  99. Is marriage a good thing? 19:4-5, 19:10-12
  100. Did God originally create humans male and female? 19:4-5
  101. Does God prefer castrated men? 19:12
  102. May a eunuch enter the congregation of the Lord? 19:12
  103. What was Jesus' sixth commandment? 19:17-19
  104. Is it OK to steal? 19:18
  105. Is it OK to kill? 19:18
  106. Is it OK to be rich? 19:23-24
  107. Can God do anything? 19:26
  108. How much power did Jesus have? 20:23, 28:18
  109. Who asked Jesus for the best seats in heaven? 20:20-21
  110. Was Jesus a ransom for many or for all? 20:28
  111. Who (or what) is a ransom for the righteous? 20:28
  112. How many blind men were healed near Jericho? 20:30
  113. When was the blind man (or men) healed? 20:30
  114. When did Jesus' temple tantrum occur? 21:1-13
  115. On what did Jesus ride into Jerusalem? 21:2-7
  116. When did Jesus curse the fig tree? 21:12, 17-19
  117. When did the cursed fig tree die? 21:19-20
  118. Was Jesus the son of David? 22:41-45
  119. Is is OK to call your father (or anyone else) father? 23:9
  120. Who was Zechariah's father? 23:35
  121. Will the earth last forever? 24:35
  122. How long does God's anger last? 25:41, 25:46
  123. When was heaven created? 25:34
  124. How should strangers be treated? 25:35
  125. Did Jesus say before the cock crow or before the cock crow twice? 26:34
  126. Is there to be a resurrection from the dead? 25:46
  127. Did the cock crow before or after Peter's denial? 26:34
  128. Did Jesus ask God to save him from crucifixion? 26:39, 42
  129. Did Judas identify Jesus with a kiss? 26:47-49
  130. Was Jesus taken to Caiaphas or Annas first? 26:57
  131. Did Jesus say, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up"? 26:59-61
  132. How did Jesus respond when questioned by the high priest? 26:63-64
  133. To whom did Peter deny knowing Jesus? 26:69
  134. How did Judas die? 27:5
  135. What did Judas do with the silver? 27:5
  136. Who bought the Potter's field? 27:6-7
  137. Was Jesus silent during his trial before Pilate? 27:12-14
  138. Who put the robe on Jesus? 27:27-28
  139. What color was Jesus' robe? 27:28
  140. Who carried Jesus' cross? 27:32
  141. What did the soldiers give Jesus to drink? 27:34
  142. What did the sign over Jesus' head say? 27:37
  143. Did both thieves revile Jesus? 27:44
  144. When (at what hour) was Jesus crucified? 27:45
  145. What were the last words of Jesus? 27:46
  146. When did the Temple veil rip? 27:50-51
  147. Was Jesus the first to rise from the dead? 27:52-53
  148. What did the Centurion call Jesus when he died? 27:54
  149. Where did the women watching the crucifixion stand? 27:55
  150. Who buried Jesus? 27:57-60
  151. When did the women (or woman) arrive at the sepulchre? 28:1
  152. How many women went to the sepulchre? 28:1
  153. Who did the women see at the tomb? 28:2
  154. Was the tomb open or closed? 28:2
  155. Were the men or angels inside or outside the tomb when first seen? 28:2
  156. Did the women immediately tell the disciples? 28:8
  157. To whom did Jesus make his first post-resurrection appearance? 28:1, 9
  158. Was Mary Magdalene happy or sad when she saw the risen Jesus? 28:8-12
  159. Did the Mary Magdalene recognize Jesus when he first appeared to her? 28:9
  160. Was it OK to touch the risen Jesus? 28:9
  161. Where did Jesus tell his disciples to go after his resurrection? 28:10
  162. How many disciples did Jesus appear to in his first post resurrection appearance? 28:16-17
  163. In whose name is baptism to be performed? 28:19