Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 13:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 13:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 13:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, this verse means that there will be fighting between countries and big natural disasters like earthquakes and times when people don't have enough food. These things are signs that more difficult times are coming, kind of like when a mom is about to have a baby and feels pain.

Mark 13:8: For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these [are] the beginnings of sorrows. [sorrows: the word in the original importeth "the pains of a woman in travail"]

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:3

This verse suggests that destruction comes suddenly when people claim peace and safety, whereas Mark 13:8 describes ongoing wars and turmoil.

1 Thessalonians 5:3: For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Contradiction with Matthew 24:8

This verse parallels Mark 13:8 by describing the same events as the "beginning of sorrows," lacking a clear contradiction.

Matthew 24:8: All these [are] the beginning of sorrows.

Contradiction with Isaiah 2:4

This verse describes a future time of peace where nations will not go to war, contrasting ongoing conflicts in Mark 13:8.

Isaiah 2:4: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [pruninghooks: or, scythes]

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