Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 5:35

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 5:35 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 5:35. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, people from the synagogue leader's house told him not to bother Jesus anymore because his daughter had died. They thought there was no hope, but Jesus showed them that He could help even in the hardest situations.

Mark 5:35: While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's [house certain] which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?

Contradiction with John 11:4

While Mark 5:35 relays the notion of death as final, John 11:4 emphasizes that sickness (and by extension, death) is ultimately for the glory of God, not to end in finality.

John 11:4: When Jesus heard [that], he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

Contradiction with Luke 8:50

Where Mark 5:35 indicates a sense of hopelessness with the girl's death, Luke 8:50 contradicts it by encouraging faith and asserting that she will be made whole.

Luke 8:50: But when Jesus heard [it], he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

Contradiction with Mark 5:39

In Mark 5:35, the child's death seems conclusive, but just a few verses later in Mark 5:39, Jesus contradicts this finality by stating the child is not dead, but sleeping.

Mark 5:39: And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
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