Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 3:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 3:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 3:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, Herod was a ruler who did bad things and was told he was wrong by John because Herod took his brother's wife and did many other wrong things. This made Herod upset because he didn't like being told he did bad stuff.

Luke 3:19: But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

Contradiction with Matthew 14:3

This verse describes the imprisonment of John the Baptist by Herod for the same reason as Luke 3:19, but does not provide additional reasoning that directly contradicts the actions described.

Matthew 14:3: For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put [him] in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

Contradiction with Mark 6:17

Similar to Matthew 14:3, this passage aligns with Luke 3:19 in recounting Herod's imprisonment of John and does not offer a contradiction.

Mark 6:17: For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
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