Answer: The Bible was written by more than 40 authors and that there were no errors. Are there really no errors? Let’s communicate on this issue specifically. Actually, Almighty God—Christ of the last days—has already opened up these mysteries for us. Almighty God says, “The Gospel of Matthew of the New Testament documents Jesus’ genealogy. At the start, it says that Jesus was a descendant of Abraham and of David, and the son of Joseph; next it says that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of a virgin—which would mean He was not the son of Joseph or the descendant of Abraham and of David. The genealogy, though, insists on associating Jesus with Joseph. Next, the genealogy begins to record the process by which Jesus was born. It says Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, that He was born of a virgin, and not the son of Joseph. Yet in the genealogy it is clearly written that Jesus was the son of Joseph, and because the genealogy is written for Jesus, it records forty-two generations. When it goes to the generation of Joseph, it hurriedly says that Joseph was the husband of Mary, words which are given in order to prove that Jesus was the descendant of Abraham. Is this not a contradiction? The genealogy clearly documents Joseph’s ancestry, it is obviously the genealogy of Joseph, but Matthew insists that it is the genealogy of Jesus. Does this not deny the fact of Jesus’ conception by the Holy Spirit? Thus, is the genealogy by Matthew not a human idea? It is ridiculous! This is how you can know that this book did not come entirely from the Holy Spirit” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Concerning the Bible (3)). Through God’s word we understand that the genealogy by Matthew was not God’s idea. How could God have a genealogy? Matthew knew that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and yet he gave Him a genealogy saying that Jesus was the son of David and the son of Joseph. Isn’t this denying that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit. Jesus and Joseph are not related. Matthew’s words are contradictory. Clearly, this genealogy did not come from the Holy Spirit and was man’s idea. Then how do you explain John 8:58: “Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am”? From here we can see that the genealogy of the Lord Jesus was man’s idea. It was written by Matthew around AD 50, and was not written at the direct instruction of the Holy Spirit.

There is another passage on this in God’s word. Allow me to read it to everyone! Almighty God says, “If the Four Gospels all came from the Holy Spirit, then why is it that Matthew, Mark, Luke and John each said something different about the work of Jesus? If you do not believe this, then look at the accounts in the Bible of how Peter denied the Lord three times: They are all different, and they each have their own characteristics. … Carefully read the Four Gospels; read what they recorded about the things that Jesus did, and the words He spoke. Each account is quite simply different, and each has its own perspective. If what was written by the authors of these books all came from the Holy Spirit, then it should all be the same and consistent. Why then are there discrepancies? Is man not extremely foolish, to be unable to see this? … After Luke and Matthew had heard the words of Jesus, and seen the work of Jesus, they spoke of their own knowledge, in the manner of reminiscences detailing some of the facts of the work done by Jesus. Can you say that their knowledge was completely revealed by the Holy Spirit?” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Concerning Appellations and Identity). Let’s look at the differences between the three times Peter denied the Lord in the Gospels. Matthew 26:75 states: “Before the cock crow, you shall deny me thrice.” But in Mark 14:72, it states: “Before the cock crow twice, you shall deny me thrice.” The content of what they recorded is the same, but there is a deviation in time. If it came from the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, there would be no deviation at all. The facts prove that these were human records and were not inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Through the word of Almighty God we see that the Four Gospels are human records and not inspired by the Holy Spirit. That’s why there are deviations. They should be perfectly accurate if they came from God. Just as Luke said: “For as much as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, Even as they delivered them to us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word” (Luk 1:1-2). This shows that the Four Gospels came from what the authors heard and saw. Some of it was written based on what was preached by preachers and their personal investigations. It was not given to them directly by inspiration of God. It is precisely because history books are written based on memory and the hearsay of others that there will inevitably be errors and human ideas mixed in. since the Bible is not entirely inspired by God and not all the word of God, then just who is the true author of the Bible? Let’s look at what the word of Almighty God says. “In fact, it is merely a human record. It was not personally named by Jehovah, nor did Jehovah personally guide its creation. In other words, the author of this book is not God, but men. The Holy Bible is only the respectful title given to it by man. This title was not decided by Jehovah and Jesus after They had a discussion amongst each other; it is nothing more than a human idea. For this book was not written by Jehovah, much less by Jesus. Instead, it is the accounts given by many ancient prophets, apostles, and seers, which were compiled by later generations into a book of ancient writings that, to people, seems especially holy, a book that they believe contains many unfathomable and profound mysteries that are waiting to be unlocked by future generations” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Concerning the Bible (4)). Almighty God’s word clearly tells us that the author of the Bible is men, not God. Human records will inevitably be mixed with human ideas and errors. If Almighty God had not opened up these mysteries of the Bible to us today, we would have never understood.

—the movie script of Disclose the Mystery About the Bible