Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 3:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 3:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 3:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, John, this verse means that John the Baptist is telling people he is not Jesus, but he was sent to get everything ready for Jesus to come. He wants everyone to know he is just a helper, and Jesus is the important one.

John 3:28: Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

Contradiction with John 3:32

This verse states that no one receives Jesus’s testimony, which contradicts the acknowledgment in John 3:28 of John bearing witness about Jesus.

John 3:32: And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

Contradiction with John 5:31

Jesus says that if He bears witness of Himself, His witness is not true, contrasting the affirmation of John’s witness in John 3:28.

John 5:31: If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

Contradiction with John 8:14

Jesus claims His testimony is true even if He bears witness of Himself, which appears to contradict the implication in John 3:28 that John's witness is needed.

John 8:14: Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, [yet] my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

Contradiction with John 5:36

This verse mentions the greater witness of the works Jesus does, which challenges the focus on John's witness in John 3:28.

John 5:36: But I have greater witness than [that] of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

Contradiction with John 5:37

God’s own testimony of Jesus is noted, suggesting a more significant witness than John’s in John 3:28.

John 5:37: And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
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