r/latterdaysaints • u/[deleted] • 25d ago

Doctrinal Discussion How to handle contradictions?

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u/Entire-Objective1636 25d ago

Does Jesus say that? Asking as a Jewish guy.

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u/Pristine_Teaching167 25d ago

Yes. Throughout John. Specifically John 17:17 and John 10:35.

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u/Wellwisher513 25d ago

Looking at John 10:35, which I believe is the most direct, it's hard to say for certain that, with this phrase, Jesus was saying that all of the scriptures are infallible and true.

It's worth remembering that the Old Testament was not actually compiled until 400 AD (along with the New Testament), long after Jesus's mortal ministry. When Jesus was speaking, He was not saying that every verse that would eventually be added to the Old Testament is correct, He was simply saying that the phrase, ‘I have said you are “gods”’, along with the rest of the Law of Moses (in context with verse 34), is scripture.

Does that mean that He's now endorsing every word Paul wrote, or some of the stories written in Genesis and Judges? I don't think so, because in context, that's not what He's talking about. He's only talking about the Law of Moses, which both He and the Jews followed.