Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 19:38

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 19:38 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 19:38. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, people were very happy and excited because Jesus was coming as a king sent by God. They shouted to show their joy, saying that Jesus would bring peace and make heaven proud.

Luke 19:38: Saying, Blessed [be] the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

Contradiction with Matthew 27:23

Luke 19:38 describes people praising Jesus as the King, while in Matthew 27:23, the crowd demands his crucifixion.

Matthew 27:23: And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

Contradiction with John 19:15

In Luke 19:38, Jesus is celebrated as King, but in John 19:15, the crowd rejects Him as their king and chooses Caesar instead.

John 19:15: But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

Contradiction with Mark 15:13-14

Luke 19:38 portrays Jesus' triumphant entry, while Mark 15:13-14 shows people shouting for his crucifixion.

Mark 15:13-14: And they cried out again, Crucify him.

Contradiction with Isaiah 53:3

Contrasts Jesus’ acceptance and recognition in Luke 19:38 with his rejection and despised status in Isaiah 53:3.

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]

Contradiction with John 1:11

Luke 19:38 shows Jesus received as King, whereas John 1:11 highlights his rejection by His own people.

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