Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 5:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 5:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 5:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, the woman believed that if she could just touch Jesus' clothes, she would be healed. She had great faith that touching him would make her well again.

Mark 5:28: For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

This verse advises to trust in the Lord with all your heart and not to rely on your own understanding, contradicting the woman's belief in her own plan of touching Jesus' garment.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

It states that all our righteous acts are like filthy rags, which can contradict the idea that her own action (touching Jesus' garment) could lead to healing.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Contradiction with John 14:6

Jesus says that he is the way, the truth, and the life, implying that belief in Him alone, not just actions like touching his clothes, is what saves and heals.

John 14:6: Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:31-32

Advises against worrying about physical needs, suggesting a reliance on God's provision rather than one's own actions for physical healing.

Matthew 6:31-32: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Contradiction with Romans 3:28

Asserts that a person is justified by faith apart from deeds, which contrasts the woman's apparent belief in her action (touching) for healing.

Romans 3:28: Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Contradiction with James 2:26

This verse underscores that faith without works is dead, contrasting the notion of Mark 5:28 where the action appears to be independent of expressed faith.

James 2:26: For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. [spirit: or, breath]
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