Contradictions and Paradoxes in Hebrews 10:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Hebrews 10:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Hebrews 10:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Hebrews, Jesus made a special and new path for us to be close to God by giving Himself for us. This means that because of Jesus, we can now be friends with God in a new way.

Hebrews 10:20: By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; [consecrated: or, new made]

Contradiction with John 14:6

Hebrews 10:20 speaks of a "new and living way" through Jesus' flesh, while John 14:6 presents Jesus as the way, not involving a new element or process such as His flesh.

John 14:6: Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Contradiction with Acts 4:12

This verse emphasizes that salvation is through Jesus alone, contradicting the idea of a new way being introduced in Hebrews 10:20.

Acts 4:12: Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Contradiction with Matthew 27:51

Hebrews 10:20 refers to "a new and living way," while Matthew 27:51 mentions the temple veil torn, symbolizing direct access to God but doesn't explicitly introduce Jesus' flesh as a new path.

Matthew 27:51: And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

Contradiction with Romans 3:20

While Hebrews 10:20 talks about a new way through Jesus' flesh, Romans 3:20 states that no flesh will be justified by the law, focusing on faith rather than a new path.

Romans 3:20: Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.

Contradiction with Galatians 2:16

This verse emphasizes justification by faith in Jesus Christ and not by works, presenting a contrast to an implication of a new way through Jesus' flesh as described in Hebrews 10:20.

Galatians 2:16: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
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