Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 20:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 20:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 20:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, Jesus tells his friends that they are going to Jerusalem, where he will be given to important leaders who will say he should die. This shows how brave Jesus is and how much he loves people because he knows something sad will happen but still goes.

Matthew 20:18: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,

Contradiction with John 10:18

Unlike Matthew 20:18 which suggests Jesus was delivered into the hands of the chief priests and scribes, John 10:18 indicates that Jesus has the authority to lay down his life of his own accord, implying a voluntary act rather than being delivered against his will.

John 10:18: No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

Contradiction with Luke 24:19-20

While Matthew 20:18 gives a prophecy of Jesus being delivered to the chief priests, Luke 24:19-20 recounts that Jesus was handed over to the authorities by the people, not specifically by the chief priests and scribes as stated in Matthew.

Luke 24:19-20: And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

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