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Scarlet or Purple?

Scarlet or Purple?

I was talking with a friend, and he offered this up as a contradiction between the two accounts. When Jesus is about to be crucified, during his flogging Matthew says the soldiers clothed him in scarlet while Mark says it was in purple. I …

Tithing in the churches today

Q. Why are there so many debates about tithing today?
JC Pennys’ chain of malls in America has the testimony of tithing; why is it negated today?
Looking unto Abraham, he gave a tithe, Jacob vowed and gave a tithe, even before Moses came a…

Which gold were they referring to in Matthew 23:16?

Which gold were they referring to in Matthew 23:16?

Matthew 23:16 NIV
16 “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.
Could the blind guides have been referring to the golden ves…

Thirty Pieces of Silver

Matt. 26:14-15 says,

Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief
priests, 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him
unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silve…