Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 16:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 16:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 16:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, Jesus asks his friends who they think he really is because he wants to know if they understand him as the special Son of God. It's like when you ask your friends if they know what makes you special to them.

Matthew 16:15: He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

Contradiction with John 3:13

States that no one has ascended to heaven except the Son of Man who came from heaven, which might contradict notions of full comprehension about Jesus Christ's identity as implied in Matthew 16:15.

John 3:13: And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.

Contradiction with Mark 8:18

Jesus questions having eyes but not seeing and ears but not hearing, potentially contradicting the disciples' understanding of His identity.

Mark 8:18: When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

Contradiction with Luke 9:45

The statement is hidden from them so they do not perceive it, which contradicts the clarity implied in finding out Jesus’ identity in Matthew 16:15.

Luke 9:45: But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Describes the heart as deceitful above all things, which can contradict Peter's revelation of Jesus' identity being understood clearly.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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