Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 9:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 9:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 9:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, Jesus asked his helpers to organize a big group of people, about five thousand men, into smaller groups to make it easier to share food with them. This way, everyone could be calm and ready to eat together.

Luke 9:14: For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 4:43

This verse portrays Elisha’s servant questioning if a little food could feed a hundred men, contradicting the idea of feeding a multitude with limited resources as seen in Luke 9:14.

2 Kings 4:43: And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave [thereof].

Contradiction with John 6:9

Unlike Luke 9:14, this verse questions the adequacy of five loaves and two fish for feeding many people, showing doubt that contrasts with the organization and resource management in Luke 9:14.

John 6:9: There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

Contradiction with Mark 6:36

This verse suggests sending the people away to find food, contrasting with the directive in Luke 9:14 to have them sit down in groups for a meal provided by Jesus.

Mark 6:36: Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

Contradiction with Matthew 14:15

Similar to Mark 6:36, this verse recommends that the multitude be sent away to buy food, contradicting the approach taken in Luke 9:14 to manage feeding the large crowd.

Matthew 14:15: And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
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