Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 9:32

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 9:32 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 9:32. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, the author of the book, Peter and his friends were really sleepy, but when they woke up, they saw something amazing. They saw Jesus shining brightly and two special men standing with him.

Luke 9:32: But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.

Contradiction with Proverbs 4:25

This verse advises keeping your eyes straight ahead, contrasting with the disciples' heaviness with sleep described in Luke 9:32.

Proverbs 4:25: Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Contradiction with Proverbs 6:9

This verse criticizes slothfulness, contrasting with the disciples' sleepiness in Luke 9:32.

Proverbs 6:9: How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Contradiction with Matthew 26:40

Jesus criticizes the disciples for falling asleep and not watching, in contrast to their sleepiness in Luke 9:32.

Matthew 26:40: Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:6

Advises to stay awake and sober, contrasting the disciples' heaviness with sleep in Luke 9:32.

1 Thessalonians 5:6: Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.

Contradiction with Romans 13:11

Calls for awakening from sleep because of the impending salvation, contrasting with the sleepiness of the disciples in Luke 9:32.

Romans 13:11: And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
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