Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 27:64

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 27:64 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 27:64. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, the leaders asked to guard Jesus' tomb so his friends couldn't say he came back to life if they took his body away. They worried that people would believe this and it would cause more trouble.

Matthew 27:64: Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

Contradiction with John 2:19

Jesus speaks of raising the temple (His body) in three days, indicating foreknowledge of the resurrection, which contrasts with the disciples potentially stealing the body.

John 2:19: Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Contradiction with Matthew 16:21

Jesus predicts His resurrection, suggesting the disciples had forewarning and wouldn't need to steal the body.

Matthew 16:21: From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

Contradiction with Mark 8:31

Jesus explicitly tells His disciples He will rise after three days, contradicting the notion of needing body theft for a claim of resurrection.

Mark 8:31: And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

Contradiction with John 11:25-26

Jesus declares Himself the resurrection and the life, undermining the claim that His disciples would have to steal the body to support the resurrection story.

John 11:25-26: Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Contradiction with Luke 18:33

Jesus predicts His death and resurrection on the third day, indicating resurrection knowledge not reliant on stealing His body.

Luke 18:33: And they shall scourge [him], and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
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