Contradiction with John 1:10
While John 1:36 acknowledges Jesus explicitly, John 1:10 states that the world did not recognize Him, suggesting a lack of awareness or acknowledgement by others of Jesus's true nature.
John 1:10: He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Contradiction with Matthew 16:20
This verse has Jesus charging his disciples to tell no one that he is the Messiah, which contrasts with the open declaration of Jesus's divine role in John 1:36.
Matthew 16:20: Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
Contradiction with Mark 8:30
Similar to Matthew 16:20, this verse shows Jesus instructing his disciples to keep His identity a secret, contrasting with the public proclamation in John 1:36.
Mark 8:30: And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and [of] the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Contradiction with John 7:5
This verse mentions that even Jesus’s own brothers did not believe in Him, providing a contrasting response to the recognition seen in John 1:36.
John 7:5: For neither did his brethren believe in him.
Contradiction with John 6:66
Here, many of Jesus's disciples turn away from Him, seemingly contradicting the recognition and acceptance denoted by the declaration in John 1:36.
John 6:66: From that [time] many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.