Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 27:33

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 27:33 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 27:33. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, Golgotha is a special hill where Jesus was taken, and it means "place of the skull." This is where important events in Jesus' story happened.

Matthew 27:33: And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

Contradiction with Genesis 22:2

In Genesis 22:2, God instructs Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, rather than Golgotha where Jesus was crucified, suggesting a different location for significant sacrificial events.

Genesis 22:2: And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Contradiction with John 19:17

John 19:17 refers to the place as "The Place of a Skull," but does not use the specific name "Golgotha," which may imply a different tradition regarding the naming of the place.

John 19:17: And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called [the place] of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

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