Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 5:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 5:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 5:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, lots of sick people were lying around and waiting for something special to happen in the water. They hoped this would help them feel better.

John 5:3: In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

Contradiction with John 9:1-3

Jesus explains that a man's blindness was not due to sin, contradicting the idea of suffering due to personal sin as implied in John 5:3.

John 9:1-3: And as [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man which was blind from [his] birth.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 11:30

States that illness can result from sin, aligning with the notion in John 5:3, thus contradicting verses that disconnect illness and sin.

1 Corinthians 11:30: For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

Contradiction with Exodus 4:11

God states He makes people blind, mute, or deaf, suggesting divine will rather than personal sin as the cause, which contrasts with interpretations of sin in John 5:3.

Exodus 4:11: And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
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