Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 26:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 26:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 26:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, the leaders who made important decisions, like the chief priests and elders, met at the palace of a man named Caiaphas. They were planning something special or important together.

Matthew 26:3: Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Contradiction with Mark 14:1

This verse also names that the chief priests and scribes sought to kill Jesus but starts with "After two days was the feast of the Passover," creating a potential timeline discrepancy with Matthew 26:3.

Mark 14:1: After two days was [the feast of] the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death.

Contradiction with John 11:53

This verse states that the council sought to kill Jesus much earlier, after raising Lazarus, suggesting a prolonged plotting period.

John 11:53: Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

Contradiction with Luke 22:2

In this verse, the chief priests and scribes also seek to kill Jesus, but it omits the gathering at the palace and uses slightly different timing context.

Luke 22:2: And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
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