Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 5:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 5:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 5:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Mark, the bad spirits asked Jesus if they could go into the pigs nearby. They didn't want to be sent away with nowhere to go.

Mark 5:12: And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Contradiction with Proverbs 12:10

This verse emphasizes the righteous showing regard for the life of their animal, which contradicts the act of allowing swine to receive unclean spirits and perish.

Proverbs 12:10: A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel. [tender...: or, bowels]

Contradiction with Genesis 1:26-28

These verses describe man's dominion over animals, suggesting a responsibility of care, which contradicts granting the request harming the swine.

Genesis 1:26-28: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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