Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 16:3

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According to Mark, the women were worried about how they would move the big stone that covered Jesus's tomb. They wanted to see Jesus and give Him special care, but the stone was too heavy for them to move by themselves.

Mark 16:3: And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

Contradiction with Genesis 29:3

In Genesis, it is the shepherds who roll the stone away from the well's mouth, suggesting group effort rather than questioning who will do it.

Genesis 29:3: And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.

Contradiction with Matthew 28:2

Matthew describes an angel rolling back the stone, suggesting divine intervention rather than human effort.

Matthew 28:2: And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. [was: or, had been]

Contradiction with John 20:1

John mentions that the stone was already taken away, implying no pre-discussion about who would do it.

John 20:1: The first [day] of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

Contradiction with Matthew 27:60

Joseph of Arimathea rolls the stone himself while burying Jesus, indicating individual action rather than questioning capability.

Matthew 27:60: And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

Contradiction with John 2:6-7

Jesus directs servants to fill jars with water at Cana, indicating ability for challenging tasks when directed, contrasting with the women's uncertainty about the stone.

John 2:6-7: And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
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