Replies to post #4739 on Bible (Bible)

[1OFHIS]

lmorovan,

I fail to see your point, I am sorry. It is not different information that Luke is providing, it is additional information.

If a reporter from ABC says reports that two cars crashed at the intersection of 5th and Main and a reporter from NBC reports that a black BMW 530 crashed going Westbound into a white Toyota Corolla at the intersection of 5th and Main, is the NBC reporter contradicting the ABC reporter?

Did you review post number 4730? If you haven't yet done so, read it and apply the same reasoning to it as you are doing to the transfiguration accounts in the gospels.

Luke states that they were asleep before they saw Jesus transfigured and he even says that they were wide awake when they saw the transfiguration of Christ. Just because the other accounts don't present the fact that they were sleeping prior to them seeing the transfiguration presents no problem at all. The most important information is that they were wide awake when they saw Jesus transfigured and speaking with Moses and Elijah.

[killianpsi]

lmorovan,

The books of Matthew and Mark do not record that they were sleeping.

According to Matthew 17:2-4, Peter was able to talk to Jesus during the Transfiguration.

According to Mark 9:2-5, again, Peter spoke to Jesus during the Transfiguration.

According to Luke 9:29-33, Luke's account is that the disciple were asleep, and then awoke. After they awoke, Peter spoke to Jesus.

There is no discrepency here. It is the same situation as Jesus' words on the cross. While different books emphasize different details, that is not to say that they contradict each other.

And who knows why God chose to have Luke add that detail? It very well could be that since Luke was a doctor, he would pay more attention to physiological details, such as the state of mind of the disciples. Because the book of Luke adds the detail that they were asleep and then awake is not evidence of contradiction.

Had the accounts in Matthew and Mark stated that they were constantly awake for the whole experience, I would understand your question. But it does not. Both of those accounts state that Peter was lucid enough to ask Jesus a question. When the disciples awoke in Luke's account, Peter was again lucid enough to ask Jesus the quesiton.

These are not contradictory, rather complimentary.

By His Grace,
killianpsi