Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 11:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 11:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 11:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, Martha was sad because her brother died and she thought that if Jesus had come sooner, her brother would still be alive. She believed in Jesus's special power to help sick people.

John 11:21: Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

Contradiction with John 11:4

Jesus states that Lazarus's sickness is not unto death, implying a different outcome than Martha's mourning in John 11:21.

John 11:4: When Jesus heard [that], he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

This verse says the dead know nothing, contrasting Martha's belief that Jesus could have saved Lazarus from death.

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with Psalm 115:17

The dead do not praise the Lord, which contrasts Martha's hope that Jesus could have prevented Lazarus's death in John 11:21.

Psalm 115:17: The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:27

It is appointed for men to die once, after this the judgment, which suggests a finality contrary to the possibility implied by Martha's statement in John 11:21.

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