It is true that some passages do take effort to reconcile. For example the differences in the Gospels, however this "problem" is truely overstated.

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The Gospels differ from one another in emphases and detail, so this must prove that the authors made up a lot of what they wrote. But when we look at the world and the manner in which things are reported this knid of interpretation is not required!

Reporters to any event, edit their stories differently with their eyes on what is relevant to their readers. For example at the Olympic Games reporters from each nation tend to concentrate there reports upon those sports that are popular within their home land. And more so if the particular event has a participant from their country.

So, this demand that all of the Gospels should be exactly alike are arbitrary and artificial. In fact in light of this truth that we see around us in the way that we report things, the very fact that the Gospels do differ in many ways, yet tell the same story is proof of their validity and the integrity of the authors.

And it is really surprising to find out that many of the apparent contradictions in the accounts of the resurrection are nothing more than supplementary comments or things that one writer recounts for the reader that another does not. And the fact remains that what is said to be contradictory is in reallity nothing more than the recorded recollections of a group of startled and concerned people who were running about or hiding behind locked doors from dawn to dusk on the day. And we should not expect to find the exact same word for word, event for event writting in each narrative.

Some Writers Were Not Witnesses.

Lukes Gospel most certainly was not written by one of the Apostles. And it may be that parts of the other Gospels were written by men who "may" not have been the original apostles. But in the case of Luke we have to admit that he was a man of honour, truth and integrity. For even the quickest glance at the gospels shows us that he most certainly did enquire of those closest to the events and happenings. Otherwise the book he wrote would not include within it so much that the other gospels contain. So we may conclude on that evidence alone that it is an accurate record of all that the writer was able to discern and gather.

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