Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 1:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 1:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 1:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, he is saying that this special person will help many people from Israel come back to loving and following God.

Luke 1:16: And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

Contradiction with John 5:24

This verse emphasizes personal belief in Jesus for salvation, potentially contradicting the idea of collective turning to the Lord as suggested in Luke 1:16.

John 5:24: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:34-36

Jesus states that he did not come to bring peace but a sword, which contradicts the unifying message of turning people to God in Luke 1:16.

Matthew 10:34-36: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:5

This verse warns against trusting in man, which might contradict the idea of a prophet turning people to God.

Jeremiah 17:5: Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

Contradiction with Exodus 23:2

Advises against following a multitude to do evil, which might stand against the collective turning to God mentioned in Luke 1:16 if the multitude is implied to be inherently good or right.

Exodus 23:2: Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]: [speak: Heb. answer]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 14:14

States individual righteousness saves, which could contradict the collective conversion described in Luke 1:16.

Ezekiel 14:14: Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver [but] their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
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