Contradictions and Paradoxes in Haggai 2:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Haggai 2:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Haggai 2:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Haggai, if someone carries something special and holy in their clothes and it touches other things like food, those things don't become special and holy too. The priests said that just because it touches, it doesn't change the other things to be holy.

Haggai 2:12: If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 8:8

This verse suggests that food does not commend us to God, contradicting the implication in Haggai 2:12 about the impact of holy food.

1 Corinthians 8:8: But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. [are we the better: or, have we the more] [are we the worse: or, have we the less]

Contradiction with Matthew 15:11

This verse says that what goes into a man's mouth does not defile him, contradicting the implication in Haggai 2:12 that holy items can transmit cleanliness.

Matthew 15:11: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Contradiction with Romans 14:14

This verse states that nothing is unclean in itself, contrasting with Haggai 2:12's idea of transference of holiness through physical contact.

Romans 14:14: I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean. [unclean: Gr. common]

Contradiction with Mark 7:15

Here, external things that enter a person do not defile, differing from the notion in Haggai 2:12 of holiness being transferable by contact.

Mark 7:15: If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Contradiction with Acts 10:15

"What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common," contrasts with the ceremonial cleanliness process implied in Haggai 2:12.

Acts 10:15: And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
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