Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 21:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 21:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 21:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, people were very happy and cheering for Jesus, calling Him a special king and blessing Him because He was coming to help them from God. They shouted “Hosanna,” which means “save us,” celebrating Jesus as a great leader.

Matthew 21:9: And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

Contradiction with Isaiah 53:3

This verse speaks of the Messiah as being despised and rejected by men, which contrasts with the multitude's adoration in Matthew 21:9.

Isaiah 53:3: He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. [we hid...: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us]

Contradiction with Luke 23:21

The people cry out for Jesus to be crucified, which contradicts the hosannas and praise he receives in Matthew 21:9.

Luke 23:21: But they cried, saying, Crucify [him], crucify him.

Contradiction with John 1:11

This verse states that Jesus came to his own, and his own did not receive him, conflicting with the reception he gets in Matthew 21:9.

John 1:11: He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

Contradiction with Mark 6:4

Jesus notes that a prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, which contradicts the honor he receives in Matthew 21:9.

Mark 6:4: But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
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