{"id":3041,"date":"2016-03-07T20:06:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T20:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3041"},"modified":"2024-03-28T17:08:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T17:08:23","slug":"blunts-undesigned-coincidences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/","title":{"rendered":"Blunt&#8217;s Undesigned Coincidences on-line"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/blunt_coincidences_lge.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/blunt_coincidences_lge.jpg\" alt=\"J.J. Blunt: Undesigned Coincidences\" class=\"wp-image-3042\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">J.J. Blunt: Undesigned Coincidences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J.J. Blunt&#8217;s classic work&nbsp;<em>Undesigned Coincidences in the Writings of the Old and New Testament, an Argument of Their Veracity<\/em> is now available on-line in PDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/pdf\/e-books\/blunt\/scriptural-coincidences_blunt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to download.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8221; When I first read through the Gospels forensically, comparing those places where two or more gospels writers were describing the same event, I was immediately struck by the inadvertent support that each writer provided for the other&#8230;. When one gospel eyewitness described an event and left out a detail that raised a question, this question was unintentionally answered by another gospel writer (who, by the way, often left out a detail that was provided by the first gospel writer)&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As someone new to the Bible, I began to investigate whether or not anyone else had observed this phenomenon and found that a professor of divinity name J.J.Blunt wrote a book in 1847 entitled Undesigned Coincidences&#8230; This was one of the &nbsp;first books about the Bible I ever purchased. In his section related to the Gospels and the Boo of Acts, Blunt identified the very same inadvertent parallel passages I discovered when examining the Gospels forensically. Blunt described the phenomenon as a series of &#8220;undesigned coincidences&#8221; and identified over forty locations in the New Testament where this feature of unintentional eyewitness support could be seen on the pages of Scripture. &#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">J. Warner Wallace, <em>Cold Case Christianity. A homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels.<\/em> Colorado Springs, CO: &nbsp;David C. Cook, 2013. pp.184-185.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With such a recommendation I am very pleased to be able to make this book available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.J. Blunt&#8217;s classic work&nbsp;Undesigned Coincidences in the Writings of the Old and New Testament, an Argument of Their Veracity is now available on-line in PDF. Click here to download. &#8221; When I first read through the Gospels forensically, comparing those places where two or more gospels writers were describing the same event, I was immediately&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[116,123,37,452,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acts-of-the-apostles","category-authenticity","category-bible","category-biblical-studies","category-gospels"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blunt&#039;s Undesigned Coincidences on-line - Biblical Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blunt&#039;s Undesigned Coincidences on-line - Biblical Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"J.J. Blunt&#8217;s classic work&nbsp;Undesigned Coincidences in the Writings of the Old and New Testament, an Argument of Their Veracity is now available on-line in PDF. Click here to download. &#8221; When I first read through the Gospels forensically, comparing those places where two or more gospels writers were describing the same event, I was immediately...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Biblical Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rob.bradshaw\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rob.bradshaw\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-07T20:06:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-28T17:08:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/blunt_coincidences_lge.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rob\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@RobBradshaw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@RobBradshaw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rob\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blunt's Undesigned Coincidences on-line - Biblical Studies","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blunt's Undesigned Coincidences on-line - Biblical Studies","og_description":"J.J. Blunt&#8217;s classic work&nbsp;Undesigned Coincidences in the Writings of the Old and New Testament, an Argument of Their Veracity is now available on-line in PDF. Click here to download. &#8221; When I first read through the Gospels forensically, comparing those places where two or more gospels writers were describing the same event, I was immediately...","og_url":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/","og_site_name":"Biblical Studies","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rob.bradshaw","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rob.bradshaw","article_published_time":"2016-03-07T20:06:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-28T17:08:23+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/blunt_coincidences_lge.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Rob","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@RobBradshaw","twitter_site":"@RobBradshaw","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rob","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/"},"author":{"name":"Rob","@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/462e07682a1650c5e46f7eeeed9d3c1c"},"headline":"Blunt&#8217;s Undesigned Coincidences on-line","datePublished":"2016-03-07T20:06:07+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-28T17:08:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/"},"wordCount":274,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/blunt_coincidences_lge.jpg","articleSection":["Acts of the Apostles","Authenticity","Bible","Biblical Studies","Gospels"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/","url":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/","name":"Blunt's Undesigned Coincidences on-line - Biblical Studies","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/blunt_coincidences_lge.jpg","datePublished":"2016-03-07T20:06:07+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-28T17:08:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/blunt_coincidences_lge.jpg?wsr","contentUrl":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/blunt_coincidences_lge.jpg?wsr","width":300,"height":628,"caption":"J.J. Blunt: Undesigned Coincidences"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blunts-undesigned-coincidences\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blunt&#8217;s Undesigned Coincidences on-line"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/","name":"Biblical Studies","description":"Making Biblical Scholarship Accessible","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/#organization","name":"Theology on the Web","url":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/biblicalstudies-logo-web.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/biblicalstudies-logo-web.jpg","width":160,"height":135,"caption":"Theology on the Web"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rob.bradshaw","https:\/\/x.com\/RobBradshaw","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/robibradshaw\/","http:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/robbradshaw","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/robibradshaw\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCN0z_fSGrskHrn7L458ON8A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/462e07682a1650c5e46f7eeeed9d3c1c","name":"Rob","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0bca484a0159a2e81fbaaea0a5aee7a815b5de8a7cb8899baf3bcc25b4bdd6da?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0bca484a0159a2e81fbaaea0a5aee7a815b5de8a7cb8899baf3bcc25b4bdd6da?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0bca484a0159a2e81fbaaea0a5aee7a815b5de8a7cb8899baf3bcc25b4bdd6da?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Rob"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/theologyontheweb.org.uk","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rob.bradshaw","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/robibradshaw\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/robbradshaw\/","https:\/\/x.com\/RobBradshaw","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCN0z_fSGrskHrn7L458ON8A"]}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Rob","author_link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/author\/rob\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"J.J. Blunt&#8217;s classic work&nbsp;Undesigned Coincidences in the Writings of the Old and New Testament, an Argument of Their Veracity is now available on-line in PDF. Click here to download. &#8221; When I first read through the Gospels forensically, comparing those places where two or more gospels writers were describing the same event, I was immediately...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}