Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 8:8

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

According to John, Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground to show that he was wise and calm, even when people were trying to test him. This moment helps us understand that sometimes it's important to think before we act or speak.

John 8:8: And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

Contradiction with Exodus 31:18

This verse indicates that God wrote the commandments on stone tablets with His finger, emphasizing divine writing for law, conflicting with Jesus' non-judgmental writing in John 8:8.

Exodus 31:18: And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 10:2

The verse recounts God providing written commandments, contrasting with Jesus writing unrecorded words in John 8:8.

Deuteronomy 10:2: And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 3:3

This suggests that the Law should be written on hearts rather than tablets, contradicting the physical act of writing on the ground in John 8:8.

2 Corinthians 3:3: [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
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