Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 8:44

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 8:44 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 8:44. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, a woman who had been sick for a long time touched the edge of Jesus' clothes to get better. Right away, her sickness stopped, and she was healed.

Luke 8:44: Came behind [him], and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

Contradiction with Matthew 8:16

This verse describes many being healed without physical contact, unlike the direct touch in Luke 8:44.

Matthew 8:16: When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with [his] word, and healed all that were sick:

Contradiction with Matthew 9:29

Healing occurs through touch, but the emphasis is on faith, which isn't highlighted in Luke 8:44.

Matthew 9:29: Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

Contradiction with Mark 6:5

Suggests limited miracles due to unbelief, contradicting the immediate healing in Luke 8:44.

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 John 9:6-7

Healing involves a complex ritual, contrasting the simplicity of touch in Luke 8:44.

John 9:6-7: When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, [anointed...: or, spread the clay upon the eyes of the blind man]

Contradiction with Acts 19:12

Healing through objects such as handkerchiefs, not direct contact, unlike in Luke 8:44.

Acts 19:12: So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
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