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Default How many donkeys did Jesus ride on? - 01-23-2012, 11:07 PM

Brethren and Sistren

I am sure you are all aware of the alleged contradiction concerning Our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. According to St. Mark and St. Luke, Jesus told his disciples to fetch "a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat". On the other hand St. Matthew SEEMINGLY contradicts the other evangelists by having the disciples fetch two animals:
Matthew 21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
Matthew 21:3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
Matthew 21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
Matthew 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
Matthew 21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
Matthew 21:7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
I know many skeptics find this uproariously funny - picturing Jesus being mounted on two animals like some rodeo clown, so let me hasten to quote the wise words of the renowned apologist James Patrick Holding:
The question may be varied to say, was Jesus riding them in alteration, or (if the Skeptic has a sense of humor) on both at once -- maybe one on top of the other?

Not really -- this is just an amusing grammatical ambiguity; the "them" on which Jesus sat could refer back to the clothes, not the animals.
That's obviously true. Just because the disciples bring two donkeys along doesn't mean Jesus has to mount them both. But what about the alleged contradiction? Did the disciples fetch one or two animals? Again Mr. Holding has a clear answer:
Matthew's variation from the other Gospels on this point raises two questions -- was there one donkey or two, and did Jesus ride one or two?

Strictly speaking, one could point out for the first question that there is no technical, logical contradiction, since the other Gospels do not say there was only the colt there -- they merely don't bother mentioning the mother. Yet her presence is likely in this context, even if it is not mentioned. Keener [Matthew commentary, 491] notes that an unbroken colt "might require the mother's presence to keep it calm amid shouting crowds" -- we know well enough from American rodeos what chaos an unbroken animal might cause.

(Emphasized for truth)
In your heart you know, he is right. St. Mark and St. Luke don't say that there wasn't two donkeys, and why should they bother?

But I think Mr. Holding misses the full implication of what he writes: Why stop at two donkeys? If we turn our gaze onto St. John, we'll see that Jesus didn't wait for the disciples to return with the donkeys. Instead He found another one himself:

John 12:14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
John 12:15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
The answer should be obvious now: There were three donkeys. St. John didn't bother to mention the two donkeys brought by the disciples; St. Matthew didn't bother to mention the donkey that Jesus Himself had found; and St. Mark and St. Luke didn't bother to mention the donkey that Jesus found and the mother donkey.

I hope this shows beyond all reasonable doubt once again that there are no contradictions in the Bible.


Holbein

1st Corinthians 15:16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
1st Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
1st Corinthians 15:18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
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