Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 4:40

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 4:40 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 4:40. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, when the sun was going down, people brought many sick friends to Jesus, and He gently touched each person to make them better. Jesus showed His love by helping everyone who was unwell, no matter what kind of sickness they had.

Luke 4:40: Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 12:7-9

This passage explains that Paul was not healed of his "thorn in the flesh" despite praying for it, suggesting not all receive healing, unlike the mass healing in Luke 4:40.

2 Corinthians 12:7-9: And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

Contradiction with 2 Timothy 4:20

Paul mentions leaving Trophimus sick, implying he was not healed, which stands in contrast to the universal healing in Luke 4:40.

2 Timothy 4:20: Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

Contradiction with John 5:5-9

Only one man at the pool of Bethesda is healed by Jesus, indicating selective healing, unlike the many healed in Luke 4:40.

John 5:5-9: And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

Contradiction with Mark 6:5

Jesus could not perform many miracles in his hometown due to unbelief, contrasting with the numerous healings in Luke 4:40.

Mark 6:5: And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed [them].

Contradiction with 2 Kings 13:14

Elisha suffered and died from an illness, remaining unhealed, which contradicts the healing of everyone in Luke 4:40.

2 Kings 13:14: Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
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