Oh for sure. One of my favorite examples is how across all the Synoptics Jesus goes “don’t carry a purse” (which would have made monetary collections during ministering impossible).
But then at the last supper in Luke he’s all like “remember when I said not to carry a purse? Let’s 180° that.”
But that reversal is missing in Marcion’s copy of Luke, such that it may have been a later addition (and it does seem abruptly inserted into the context).
These are exactly the kind of details that makes this a fun field to study though. There’s so much revealed in the nuances.
For example, ever notice that both times Paul (who argued for monetary collection with preexisting bias against it in 1 Cor 9) mentions a different gospel in the Epistles he within the same chapter abruptly swears he’s not lying? It’s an interesting coincidence, especially as someone that has spent years looking into the other versions of Jesus he was telling people to ignore or assuring that alternatives didn’t even exist.
Oh for sure. One of my favorite examples is how across all the Synoptics Jesus goes “don’t carry a purse” (which would have made monetary collections during ministering impossible).
But then at the last supper in Luke he’s all like “remember when I said not to carry a purse? Let’s 180° that.”
But that reversal is missing in Marcion’s copy of Luke, such that it may have been a later addition (and it does seem abruptly inserted into the context).
These are exactly the kind of details that makes this a fun field to study though. There’s so much revealed in the nuances.
For example, ever notice that both times Paul (who argued for monetary collection with preexisting bias against it in 1 Cor 9) mentions a different gospel in the Epistles he within the same chapter abruptly swears he’s not lying? It’s an interesting coincidence, especially as someone that has spent years looking into the other versions of Jesus he was telling people to ignore or assuring that alternatives didn’t even exist.