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Christians Must Heed
Jesus

Contradictory statements in
the Gospels about

Jesus' (pbuh)
supposed crucifixion

Who carried the cross?

There are statements in Mark 15:21, Matthew 27:32 and Luke
23:26 that the cross was carried by Simon of Cyrene:
As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and
they forced him to carry the cross. (Matthew 27:32)

The Gospel of John states that Jesus (pbuh) carried the cross him-
self:

Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in
Aramaic is called Golgotha). (John 19:17)

The crucified thieves:

Sections of Mark 15:27-28, Matthew 27:44 and Luke 23:39-42 say
that Jesus was supposedly crucified along with two thieves. The in-
consistency here is that the Romans never crucified thieves; historical-
ly, the punishment of crucifixion was reserved for those in rebellion to
the Roman Empire.

They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left.
(Mark 15:27-28)
In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped in-
sults on him. (Matthew 27:44)

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