SecretMethod70

There is a more clear, more significant discrepancy in the bible concerning the crucifixion and that is that John places Jesus as having died on the day BEFORE the Passover feast and the others place him dying the day of. In Mark, Matthew, and Luke, Jesus eats a Passover meal before he dies. However, he does not do so in John - the last supper is eaten before Passover begins. In John, the process of Jesus crucifixion begins at noon on the day of preparation for Passover - the time when the Jewish priests begin slaughtering the lambs for passover, creating an effective metaphor in the story. This discrepancy is only really a problem if one insist that the bible is literally true though. Looking at it from a more literary standpiont, the choice of John to have Jesus crucified while the passover lambs where also being slaughtered fits quite well with the overall portrayal he makes of Jesus and his meaning.

Anyway, that's basically just the reader's digest version, but I think it's an even greater discrepancy in terms of importance. To me, it is one of the clearest examples that the bible was not written with literal interpretation in mind. This says nothing about the bible's signifigance in terms of finding Truth. I think it simply points one toward the proper way in which to consider it.

EDIT: Regarding the link Shani posted, the major flaw with it is that it does not take into account this discrepancy. It states, "preparation day and the day of the Crucifixion" which shows it is going by John's description, but it is impossible for the crucifixion to have been on preparation day according to Mark, Matthew, or Luke, because it is very clearly shown that the meal eaten in those accounts is a Passover meal.

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