DAY 327
CHALLENGE
“Matthew contradicts the other Gospels when he says that Jesus used two animals during his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It also, absurdly, says he rode both at once.”
DEFENSE
There is no contradiction, and he didn’t ride both at once.
When two things are involved in an encounter, the evangelists frequently simplify their recounting of the event by mentioning only one (see Day 37). This is within the level of descriptive approximation one expects (see Day 258).
Here Matthew gives the fuller account by mentioning both animals (Matt. 21:2), while the others simplify b…
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