Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 4:33

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 4:33 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 4:33. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, the disciples were confused and wondered if someone had brought Jesus food to eat. They didn't know that Jesus was talking about a different kind of food—doing God's work.

John 4:33: Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him [ought] to eat?

Contradiction with Matthew 16:9-10

Disciples recall Jesus' miracle of feeding the multitudes, showing understanding contrary to their confusion in John 4:33.

Matthew 16:9-10: Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Contradiction with Mark 8:18-21

Jesus questions the disciples for not understanding His teachings about bread, which contrasts their confusion in John 4:33.

Mark 8:18-21: When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

Contradiction with John 14:9

Jesus expresses surprise at Philip's lack of understanding despite being with Him, contradicting the lack of understanding in John 4:33.

John 14:9: Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the Father?
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