What is the biggest bible contradiction?

"greek was the lingua franca of the 1st century roman-occupied middle east..."I love it :-)Talking in
English about the
Roman-occupied
Middle East using
Greek as the
"French language"...meaning the common tongue.Simple really :-)Iasion

"the words 'according to' mean what they say,"The words "according to" comes from the Greek word "kata".Tricky word.
ONE English translation won't really give you the essence.It's the same tricky word in Paul's "kata sarka",
meaning "according to the flesh",
or maybe "in a worldly manner"
or maybe "in an earthly style"
or maybe "physically".Scholars still argue about this phrase.You could just about translate the Greek title
"EUAGELLION KATA MARKON" (pardon my mangled transliteration)
as
"The Gospel in the style of Mark"Iasion

"But Lingua Franca deosn't mean French Language."Well,
it's literal meaning is the language of the Franks.I called it "French Language" in quotes to make my point look better :-)Iasion