LOL Not to worry.
I'm guessing you do know ancient Greek, etc.?
I didn't start learning French till I reached high school. I studied it four years then packed it in after coming to the conclusion it would only serve to pull my marks down.
A friend of mine tried teaching himself ancient Greek but he didn't have much success. I did study Latin for one year though -- the last year it was offered in my high school. A couple of years back I picked up a book that was recommended on-line for learning ancient Greek, but so far I've only used it for reference. I'm just not cut out for learning modern foreign languages, let alone dead ones.
You are essentially taking divergent accounts from two separate books by different authors and blending them into a single story in order that you might get rid of obvious discrepancies. I am pretty sure you can appreciate how a non-believer is going to view that manoeuver. I am also guessing that you wouldn’t do that for a secular account, for example, of the death of a non-biblical historical figure. You would likely argue that only one account could be true, not both of them.
No, I would say there are contradictions. When you openly blend accounts from different authors you are pretty much acknowledging that the individual accounts do not stack up. This tactic is meant to shore up the difficulties that arise when the individual books are not in agreement with one another.