Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 15:38

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 15:38 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 15:38. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, when the big curtain in the temple tore from top to bottom, it showed that everyone could now be close to God, not just special people. It was like opening a door for everyone to be friends with God.

Mark 15:38: And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:20

This verse portrays the torn veil as a new and living way, not a barrier as interpreted from Mark 15:38.

Hebrews 10:20: By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; [consecrated: or, new made]

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:3-8

These verses describe the veil as a barrier that prevents entry until Christ, contradicting the tearing as immediate access in Mark 15:38.

Hebrews 9:3-8: And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

Contradiction with Exodus 26:33

This verse instructs the veil to separate the holy from the most holy, contradicting the tearing in Mark 15:38, which removed that separation instantly.

Exodus 26:33: And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy [place] and the most holy.
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