Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 5:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 5:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 5:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, a woman had been to many doctors and spent all her money, but her health didn't get better and actually got worse. This shows how she was in a lot of trouble and really needed help.

Mark 5:26: And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

Contradiction with Mark 5:34

In this verse, a woman is healed by Jesus, highlighting her faith as the reason for her healing, which contrasts with Mark 5:26, where earthly doctors fail to heal.

Mark 5:34: And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

Contradiction with Matthew 19:26

This verse states that with God all things are possible, contrasting with the inability of human physicians to provide a cure in Mark 5:26.

Matthew 19:26: But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Contradiction with Luke 8:43-44

Similar to Mark 5:34, this passage mentions a woman's healing through touching Jesus' garment after suffering under physicians, contradicting the futility of medical efforts alone in Mark 5:26.

Luke 8:43-44: And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

Contradiction with 2 Kings 20:5

God's promise of healing King Hezekiah contradicts the idea of suffering despite many treatments mentioned in Mark 5:26.

2 Kings 20:5: Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 30:17

Promises of restoration and healing from God contrast with medical attempts that worsened the woman's condition in Mark 5:26.

Jeremiah 30:17: For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, [saying], This [is] Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Contradiction with Isaiah 53:5

This verse suggests that healing comes through spiritual rather than physical means, contradicting the physical treatments that were ineffective as described in Mark 5:26.

Isaiah 53:5: But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. [wounded: or, tormented] [stripes: Heb. bruise]
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