Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 26:45

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According to Matthew, Jesus told his friends to get up and get ready because the person who was going to betray him was coming soon. Jesus knew someone was going to do something very wrong to him, but he stayed calm and prepared.

Matthew 26:45: Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

Contradiction with Matthew 11:28

Contradicts with Matthew 26:45 by offering rest to the weary, while Matthew 26:45 acknowledges the hour of betrayal.

Matthew 11:28: Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:6

Advises believers to stay awake and alert, contrary to Jesus finding his disciples asleep.

1 Thessalonians 5:6: Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.

Contradiction with Romans 13:11

Urges believers to wake from sleep, opposing the idea of the disciples sleeping during a crucial time.

Romans 13:11: And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Contradiction with Proverbs 6:9-11

Warns against laziness and sleeping, in contrast to the disciples' behavior in Matthew 26:45.

Proverbs 6:9-11: How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Contradiction with Ephesians 5:14

Calls for those who are asleep to rise, conflicting with the situation in Matthew 26:45 where the disciples are asleep.

Ephesians 5:14: Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. [he: or, it]
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