Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 5:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 5:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 5:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, a man who was healed by Jesus explained to others that Jesus told him to pick up his bed and walk. This means Jesus made him better, and he listened to what Jesus told him to do.

John 5:11: He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

Contradiction with Genesis 2:2

This verse speaks of God resting on the seventh day, contrasting with the notion in John 5:11 that God is active and working through the healing on the Sabbath.

Genesis 2:2: And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:10

This verse commands rest on the Sabbath, while John 5:11 shows the healed man carrying his bed on the Sabbath, suggesting active work.

Exodus 20:10: But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 5:14

This verse reinforces the Sabbath as a day of rest, opposing the action taken in John 5:11 which occurs on the Sabbath.

Deuteronomy 5:14: But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

Contradiction with Exodus 31:15

This verse prescribes the death penalty for working on the Sabbath, contradicting John 5:11 where the man carries his bed on the Sabbath without apparent consequence.

Exodus 31:15: Six days may work be done; but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. [holy: Heb. holiness]
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