Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 13:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 13:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 13:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, Jesus was sitting on a hill, and four of his friends, Peter, James, John, and Andrew, came to him quietly. They wanted to ask him something important without anyone else listening.

Mark 13:3: And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

Contradiction with Matthew 24:36

This verse states that no one knows the day or hour of the end times, contrasting with Mark 13:3 where the disciples seek specific signs.

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

Contradiction with Acts 1:7

Here, Jesus tells the disciples it is not for them to know times or seasons, contradicting their inquiry for signs in Mark 13:3.

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 1 Thessalonians 5:2

It mentions that the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, contradicting the idea of seeking signs as in Mark 13:3.

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

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:10

Describes the day of the Lord coming unexpectedly, conflicting with the notion of asking about signs in Mark 13:3.

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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