Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 11:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 11:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 11:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the Apostle John, when Jesus arrived, He found that His friend had already been in the tomb for four days. This shows that Jesus was coming to a very sad place where everyone thought it was too late for anything good to happen.

John 11:17: Then when Jesus came, he found that he had [lain] in the grave four days already.

Contradiction with John 8:51

Jesus says that whoever keeps His saying shall never see death, yet John 11:17 acknowledges Lazarus had died.

John 8:51: Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

Contradiction with Romans 6:23

States the wages of sin is death, suggesting death follows sin universally, yet John 11:17 focuses specifically on the death of Lazarus.

Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:27

It is appointed unto men once to die, but John 11:17 later shows Lazarus being restored to life, defying the finality of death.

Hebrews 9:27: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Contradiction with John 5:24

Whoever hears Jesus's word and believes has passed from death unto life, contrasting with Lazarus's physical death noted in John 11:17.

John 5:24: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
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