Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 14:40

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 14:40 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 14:40. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, Jesus found his friends sleeping because they were very tired, and they didn’t know what to say to him when he came back. This shows how sometimes people struggle to stay awake or pay attention, even when something important is happening.

Mark 14:40: And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:6

While Mark 14:40 discusses the disciples sleeping, this verse calls for vigilance and sobriety, encouraging spiritual wakefulness.

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

Contradiction with Proverbs 6:9-11

These verses admonish slothfulness and emphasize the consequences of sleeping, contrasting the disciples’ inability to stay awake.

Proverbs 6:9-11: How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Contradiction with Ephesians 5:14

This verse calls for awakening from sleep and being enlightened, opposing the disciples' state in Mark 14:40.

Ephesians 5:14: Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. [he: or, it]
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