Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 11:57

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 11:57 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 11:57. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, John, the important leaders and teachers were looking for Jesus and told people to let them know if they saw Him because they wanted to catch Him. They didn’t like what Jesus was doing and wanted to stop Him.

John 11:57: Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew [it], that they might take him.

Contradiction with John 7:30

This verse mentions that they sought to take him, but no man laid hands on him because his hour was not yet come, which contradicts the active efforts to capture Jesus in John 11:57.

John 7:30: Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

Contradiction with John 8:20

Jesus spoke publicly in the treasury as no one arrested him, contradicting the plan to seize him as described in John 11:57.

John 8:20: These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

Contradiction with John 7:44

Some wanted to take Jesus, but no one laid hands on him, which contrasts with the explicit directive in John 11:57 to capture him.

John 7:44: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
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