Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 16:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 16:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 16:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, Jesus is saying that people can look at the sky and tell what the weather will be like. He uses this to show that they should be able to see and understand important things happening around them too.

Matthew 16:2: He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, [It will be] fair weather: for the sky is red.

Contradiction with Matthew 24:36

Unlike predicting the weather based on signs in the sky as in Matthew 16:2, this verse states that no one knows the day or hour of significant future events, highlighting human limitations in prediction.

Matthew 24:36: But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Contradiction with Mark 13:32

Similar to Matthew 24:36, it emphasizes the unknown nature of future events, acknowledging that even the Son does not know, which suggests a contrast with the ability to predict as implied in Matthew 16:2.

Mark 13:32: But of that day and [that] hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

Contradiction with James 4:14

This verse describes life as uncertain, like a vapor, contradicting the notion of certainty or predictability in understanding signs mentioned in Matthew 16:2.

James 4:14: Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. [It...: or, For it is]
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