Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 8:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 8:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 8:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Mark, Jesus asked his friends what people were saying about who he was. He wanted to know if they understood that he was special and sent by God.

Mark 8:26: And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?

Contradiction with Matthew 5:14-16

Jesus instructs believers to let their light shine before others, which contrasts with the instruction of secrecy in Mark 8:26.

Matthew 5:14-16: Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Contradiction with Luke 8:39

After healing the demon-possessed man, Jesus tells him to return to his house and declare what God has done for him, which is the opposite of Jesus's instruction in Mark 8:26.

Luke 8:39: Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

Contradiction with Mark 5:19

Jesus tells a man healed from demons to go home and tell his friends what the Lord has done, contradicting the command for silence in Mark 8:26.

Mark 5:19: Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
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