Footnote
a Some allege that these writings are self-contradictory or that they contradict the Hebrew Scriptures. However, examination of these supposed contradictions proves that this is not the case. In fact, the same principle applies here that applied to supposed contradictions within the Hebrew Scriptures themselves. (See the section “The Bible—Inspired by God?,” paragraphs 9-12.) Since all the first Christians, including those who wrote the books making up the Christian Greek Scriptures, were Jews, they did not foment anti-Semitism any more than did the Jewish prophets before them who denounced the religious leaders of their own day.