Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 14:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 14:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 14:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, Jesus showed his friends that the bread was like his body. He wanted them to remember that he would always take care of them.

Mark 14:22: And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake [it], and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4-5

This verse warns against making and worshiping idols, contradicting the concept of transubstantiation associated with Mark 14:22 by suggesting that veneration of physical objects can lead to idolatry.

Exodus 20:4-5: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 10:19-20

Paul argues that food offered to idols is nothing but emphasizes avoiding idolatry, which can contradict the symbolic interpretation of the bread as representing Christ's body in a physical sense.

1 Corinthians 10:19-20: What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

Contradiction with Acts 17:24-25

God does not dwell in temples made with hands or require physical offerings, challenging the idea that a physical element like bread could embody the divine presence fully.

Acts 17:24-25: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

Contradiction with John 6:35

Jesus refers to himself as the bread of life, metaphorically indicating spiritual sustenance rather than the literal transformation of bread into his body, offering a different perspective from Mark 14:22.

John 6:35: And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:1-4

These verses highlight the insufficiency of repeated physical sacrifices in achieving true spiritual cleansing, potentially contradicting the idea that physical bread can become Christ's body repeatedly in the sacrament.

Hebrews 10:1-4: For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
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