Selected Scriptures Erroneously Attributed to Jesus
The Book of Mark

    The statements in the New Testament erroneously attributed to Jesus are too numerous to list. However, following are additional statements erroneously ascribed to Jesus.
    Recall that Paul destroyed the gospel as Jesus taught it. Between Paul and revisions by succeeding generations of Christian leaders the true gospel as Jesus presented it is now unrecognizable.

Mark 10:28,29,30. Did Jesus promise riches to his followers?
    Then Peter began to say unto Jesus, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
    Jesus did not make the extravagant promise that a person who received him and his gospel would be rewarded a hundredfold while on earth. He did not promise that a person would obtain vast riches by receiving him and his gospel.
    The only reward which Jesus held out for his children was: in this world--spiritual joy and divine communion; in the next world--eternal life in the progress of the divine spirit realities of the Paradise Father. [UB 141:7:5]

Mark 14:43-52. Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus.
v. 43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
v. 44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.
v. 45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.
v. 46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him.
v. 47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
v. 48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
v. 49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.
v. 50 And they all forsook him, and fled.
v. 51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
v. 52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

    This account of the betrayal and arrest of Jesus contains several erroneous statements. For example:
V.47: "And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear."
    What actually happened: The Syrian bodyguard of the high priest stepped up to Jesus and made ready to bind his hands behind his back. When Peter and his associates saw their Master being subjected to this indignity, they were no longer able to restrain themselves.
    Peter drew his sword and with the others rushed forward to smite the bodyguard. Jesus raised a forbidding hand to Peter and, speaking sternly, said: "Peter, put up your sword. They who take the sword shall perish by the sword."
    No one cut off the ear of a servant. [UB 183:3:7]
V.49: ". . . but the scriptures must be fulfilled." Jesus actually said, talking to Peter and the others: "Do you not understand that it is the Father's will that I drink this cup? And do you not further know that I could even now command more than twelve legions of angels and their associates, who would deliver me from the hands of these few men?" [UB 183:3:7]
    The Urantia Book, Paper 183, Section 3, describes what actually happened during the arrest of Jesus.

Mark 15:33-38. Did darkness cover the whole land while Jesus hung on the cross? Was the veil of the temple rent in twain from top to bottom?
v. 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
v. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
v. 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
v. 36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
v. 37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
v. 38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

    The darkness referred to in verse 33 was caused by a hot-wind from the Arabian desert. Shortly after twelve o'clock the sky darkened by reason of the fine sand in the air. The people of Jerusalem knew that this meant the coming of one of those hot-wind sandstorms from the Arabian desert. Before one o'clock the sky was so dark the sun was hid, and the remainder of the crowd hastened back to the city. It was shortly after one o'clock, amidst the increasing darkness of the fierce sandstorm, that Jesus began to fail in human consciousness. [UB 187:5:1,2,4]
    In verse 34 Jesus is quoted as saying: "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
    Explanation: During the hour of approaching death the human mind of Jesus resorted to the repetition of many passages in the Hebrew scriptures, particularly the Psalms. A few times those standing by were able to hear the scriptures quoted. One verse they heard was a passage from the twenty-second Psalm, which begins with "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" [UB 187:5:2]
V. 38: "And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom."
    Explanation: Apparently this statement was written into the Scriptures by a Christian religious leader. The temple veil was not rent in twain from top to bottom as claimed.

Mark 16:14. Appearance of Jesus after his resurrection.
    "Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen [from the dead]."
    Jesus did not make these statements. This incident as recorded is erroneous. This was not the type of statement that Jesus made.
Mark 16:15-18: "And Jesus said unto his Apostles: Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."
    Most of these statements are erroneous. Jesus did say: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to all creatures of every race, tribe, and nation." He also made similar statements to the various groups to which he appeared after his resurrection. [UB 193:1:2]
V. 16: "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
    Jesus did not make this statement. In the beginning the twelve Apostles of Jesus did not baptize those who received the new gospel. It was only after the Apostles of Jesus and the Apostles of John the Baptist began to work together that it became the practice to baptize believers. Baptism is not necessary for salvation. [UB 144:6:7-9]

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Source: The Urantia Book; The King James Study Bible, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville.

Note: Numerous statements in this paper were quoted verbatim from the source.

November 6 2008