Gospel contradictions: Williams argues the burden of proof is on the person claiming two accounts CAN'T fit together, not on the believer to provide the exact harmonization. The Judas death example (Matthew: hanged; Acts: fell and burst open) — multiple scenarios fit both descriptions. Ancient reporting conventions (no quotation marks, different summarization styles, legal naming conventions) explain most alleged contradictions.

Bart Ehrman raised Judas's death as his best contradiction example. Matthew: hanged himself. Acts: fell headlong, burst open. These can fit (hanging → falling → bursting). Williams's principle: four accounts of anything will have differences — the question is whether they're irreconcilable, not whether they're identical. Field purchase: legal documents would be in Judas's name regardless of who physically transacted. The contradictions are surface-level, not substantive.