Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 5:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 5:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 5:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, Jesus took a boat to a new place, and many people came to see him by the sea. They gathered because they wanted to be close to him and learn from him.

Mark 5:21: And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.

Contradiction with John 18:36

Jesus says His kingdom is not of this world, while Mark 5:21 presents Him interacting with this world.

John 18:36: Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:27

God chooses the foolish things to confound the wise, yet Mark 5:21 describes Jesus drawing a crowd for His wisdom and miracles.

1 Corinthians 1:27: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Contradiction with Matthew 19:30

Many that are first shall be last; last, first. In Mark 5:21, Jesus is the center of attention, seemingly contradicting this reversal principle.

Matthew 19:30: But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last [shall be] first.
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