Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 13:29

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 13:29 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 13:29. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, when you see certain things happening, you should know that something important is very close, just like when someone is right at your door.

Mark 13:29: So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, [even] at the doors.

Contradiction with Matthew 24:36

While Mark 13:29 suggests awareness of when events are near, Matthew 24:36 states that no one knows the day or hour.

Matthew 24:36: But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:2

Mark 13:29 indicates signs of the end times, whereas 1 Thessalonians 5:2 describes the day of the Lord coming unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:2: For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Contradiction with Acts 1:7

Mark 13:29 hints at observable events signaling the end, but Acts 1:7 asserts that the times or seasons are not for humans to know, as they are under the Father's authority.

Acts 1:7: And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:10

Mark 13:29 suggests recognition of the approaching time, while 2 Peter 3:10 claims the day of the Lord will come like a thief, implying no forewarning signs.

2 Peter 3:10: But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
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