The author of the subject article, listed as reason number 3 as shown here, which actually lists several points. We will examine them all.
The story of Jesus' death and resurrection. Were Jesus' last words “Father, unto thy hands I commend my spirit,” “"It is finished,” or “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” followed by a loud cry? Did the rooster crow once or twice? How did Judas die—by suicide or fall? (10 errors in the Bible)
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. (Luke 23:46 KJV)
Luke explains Jesus’ dying this way. He neither says that those were his last words or they were not. It is easy to assume that he intended to be so but it proves nothing. We have three spots which quote the phrase, “My God, my God why hast thou forsaken me? But neither says ‘followed by a loud cry’. Below is what they actually say:
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46 KJV)
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Mark 15:34 KJV)
The third location is written by the Psalmist as a prophetic message:
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? (Psalm 22:1 KJV)
Then we have one example which says this:
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. (John 19:30 KJV)
Neither of those remarks by the inspired writers say that was the last thing Jesus said, yet the one by John appears to have meant that. It appears that the doubters are trying to say that at least three of these remarks are errors, but they are not. Jesus said a number of things other than these while he hung on the cross. These four writers give their views of the death scene. The fact that one says one thing, does not negate something said by another. A very feeble attempt to show an error. All of these quotes would be considered his dieing remarks.
Next the doubter asks: Did the rooster crow once or twice? Twice of course. Here is what occurred including the “error“.
And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. (Mark 14:30 KJV)
Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly. (Matthew 26:74-75 KJV)
But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. (Mark 14:71-72 KJV)
Read those three scriptures. Do you see what is so confusing about it? It is easy to see the “error”! Matthew failed to mention the first crow! And look at this last one. Mark forgot to mention that Peter’s weeping was ‘bitterly’. He also left out the fact that the cock crowed immediately. How about that for proof?
And the final question asked about this “third error”:
How did Judas die—by suicide or fall? Well the Bible doesn’t say which of those caused his death. But we do know that he went out and hanged himself (Matthew 27:5)
We also know that Peter had this to say about him in Acts 1:18 “Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.”
I doubt that they did an autopsy on this fellow, but either of those actions no doubt would have killed him. We realize that the skeptics are once again attempting to show us an error. But it won’t work. You see, historians tell us that the area where he would likely have gone to hang himself was a rocky area with ledges and rough surroundings. Anyone can see that he may have botched the job of hanging himself and fell onto the rocks. Whether or not he was dead before he fell is not revealed.
If more people would put forth the effort to live according to God’s oracles rather than try and find a tiny error, the world would be much better off. Besides, skeptics of low and high estate have tried now for 2 millennia to find that error of proving the Bible is not inerrant and yet they have failed.
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