Mansoor Ali,

 

No the common explanation is not that these things happened more than once - though some other passages like parables Jesus gave should be seen in this way. The problems in the above is that someone is not paying attention to how each writer does or doesn't attempt to be chronological in their account. They didn't have parentheses in ancient Greek but it is apparent that many statements should be seen as parenthetic statements. I will identify one for simplicity.

 

In Matthew we see how the writer addresses specific events in topical form not strictly chronological. First he addresses events at the temple.

 

Mat 21:10  And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

Mat 21:11  And the crowd said, This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.

Mat 21:12  And Jesus went into the temple of God

 

The below is a condensed version of the two days and times Jesus entered the Temple

 

and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves.

Mat 21:13  And He said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer"; but you have made it a den of thieves.

Mat 21:14  And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

Mat 21:15  And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things which He did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were angry.

Mat 21:16  And they said to Him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes, have you never read, "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise?"

Mat 21:17  And leaving them, He went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

Mat 21:18  And returning early to the city, He hungered.

 

The section below is a parenthetic statement that condenses Jesus’ actions with the fig tree.

 

Mat 21:19  And seeing a fig tree in the way, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He said to it, let no fruit grow on you forever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.

Mat 21:20  And when the disciples saw, they marveled, saying, How quickly the fig tree has withered away!

Mat 21:21  Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, you shall not only do this miracle of the fig tree, but also; if you shall say to this mountain, Be moved and be thrown into the sea; it shall be done.

Mat 21:22  And all things, whatever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.

 

Back to the events at the temple

Mat 21:23  And when He had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority?

Mat 21:24  And Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask you one thing; which if you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

 

 

Mark writes more chronological in his account of the parallel events Matthew addresses.

 

Mar 11:11  And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple. And when He had looked around on all things, the hour already being late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

Mar 11:12  And on the next day, they going out of Bethany, He was hungry.

Mar 11:13  And seeing a fig-tree with leaves afar off, He went to it, if perhaps He might find anything on it. And when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season of figs.

Mar 11:14  And Jesus answered and said to it, No one shall eat fruit of you forever. And His disciples heard.

Mar 11:15  And they came to Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, Jesus began to cast out those who bought and sold in the temple. And He overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

Mar 11:16  And He would not allow any to carry a vessel through the temple.

Mar 11:17  And He taught, saying to them, Is it not written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations?" But you have made it a den of thieves.

Mar 11:18  And the scribes and the chief priests heard. And they sought how they might destroy Him. For they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His doctrine.

Mar 11:19  And when evening came, He went out of the city.

Mar 11:20  And passing on early, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.

Mar 11:21  And Peter, remembering, said to Him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which You cursed has withered away.

Mar 11:22  And answering Jesus said to them, Have faith of God.

Mar 11:23  For truly I say to you that whoever shall say to this mountain, Be moved and be cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he said shall occur, he shall have whatever he said.

Mar 11:24  Therefore I say to you, All things, whatever you ask, praying, believe that you shall receive them, and it will be to you.

 

If one gives the benefit of the doubt to the writers you will see that this harmony is not only possible, it is quite likely. It avoids the unreasonable claim that “when the writers agree , it must be collusion. When the writers differ it must mean contradictions.”

 

Apollos

 

 

Because this is a false statement.  Christians are in fact the ones who have reversed the attributes of God and man, making the man Jesus into a God, and making the One and Only God into part of a triune equal with a man.