Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 3:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 3:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 3:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, Jesus asked his friends to have a little boat ready for him so that he could move away from the big crowd of people. He wanted to make sure he wouldn't get squished by all the people wanting to see him.

Mark 3:9: And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

Contradiction with Mark 3:10

Mark 3:10 elaborates that the crowd was pressing on Jesus to touch Him because of the healing, complementing rather than contradicting Mark 3:9.

Mark 3:10: For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. [pressed: or, rushed]

Contradiction with Matthew 14:23

While Mark 3:9 shows Jesus organizing a getaway by boat, Matthew 14:23 describes Him sending everyone away to pray alone, emphasizing solitude over preparation for crowds.

Matthew 14:23: And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

Contradiction with John 6:15

Mark 3:9 suggests precognitive planning for crowd control, whereas John 6:15 presents a spontaneous departure alone into a mountain environment to evade crowds.

John 6:15: When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
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