The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 035 (May 26, 2025)

Skeptics like Bart Ehrman pose a challenge: Why does the Gospel of Matthew depict Joseph as living in Bethlehem, while Luke depicts him as living in Nazareth?

Is this a contradiction? Can it be reconciled? And are all such reconciliations “forced”?

In this episode, Jimmy Akin points out an obvious solution . . . and then grounds the reasons for it in a simple reading of the Gospel of Luke . . . alone.

Timecodes
00:00 – Coming Up
00:22 – Intro
00:55 – Where Did Joseph Live?
01:41 – Independence vs Harmonization
08:00 – Enter Luke
11:06 – The First Joseph Passage in Luke
11:55 – The Second Joseph Passage
13:26 – Returning to Your Own City
14:04 – Joseph Returns to Bethlehem
16:38 – What Luke Meant
20:40 – A Third Joseph Passage
21:33 – Were They Rich?
24:00 – No Room in the Kataluma
26:39 – Closing/Outro
27:34 – End