Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 6:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 6:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 6:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, the people saw Jesus do something amazing and believed he was the special person sent by God that they had been waiting for. They were very excited because they thought he was the prophet who would help them.

John 6:14: Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

Contradiction with John 1:11

This verse states that Jesus came unto his own, and his own received him not, contradicting the acceptance and recognition implied in John 6:14.

John 1:11: He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

Contradiction with Mark 6:3-4

These verses describe how Jesus was rejected in his hometown, contradicting the recognition he received in John 6:14.

Mark 6:3-4: Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. [offended: scandalized in, or, by him]

Contradiction with Luke 22:64-65

These verses show how Jesus was mocked and not believed to be a prophet, contradicting the recognition in John 6:14.

Luke 22:64-65: And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?

Contradiction with Matthew 13:57

This verse highlights that Jesus was not accepted as a prophet in his own country, contradicting the acceptance implied in John 6:14.

Matthew 13:57: And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

Contradiction with John 7:5

This verse indicates that even his own brothers did not believe in him, contradicting the recognition found in John 6:14.

John 7:5: For neither did his brethren believe in him.

Contradiction with Matthew 16:20

Jesus instructs his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ, which contradicts the public recognition in John 6:14.

Matthew 16:20: Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

Contradiction with John 12:37-38

Even after performing many signs, people did not believe in him, which contradicts the faith of those in John 6:14.

John 12:37-38: But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

Contradiction with Isaiah 53:3

Describes the Messiah as despised and rejected, contradicting the acceptance seen in John 6:14.

Isaiah 53:3: He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. [we hid...: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us]
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