Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 8:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 8:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 8:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, Jesus is saying that He has many important things to tell us about right and wrong, but everything He says comes from God, who is always true and trustworthy. Jesus shares with the world what He has learned from God.

John 8:26: I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

This verse suggests that the heart is deceitful, indicating human understanding is flawed, whereas John 8:26 implies reliability in conveying truth received from God.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with Romans 3:4

This verse asserts that God is true, but every man a liar, which suggests human testimony cannot fully transmit divine truth as indicated in John 8:26.

Romans 3:4: God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

Advises trusting in the Lord over one's own understanding, contrasting with John 8:26 where the speaker trusts their understanding of what God has told them to speak.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

Highlights God's ways and thoughts as higher than human comprehension, suggesting potential discrepancies in understanding and conveying divine truth.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
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