Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 4:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 4:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 4:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, the devil took Jesus to a special city and put him on the top of a big temple to test him. Christians believe this shows how Jesus stayed strong even when he was tempted.

Matthew 4:5: Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 6:16

It contradicts the act of testing God which is implied when Jesus is tempted to rely on God's protection by jumping off a pinnacle.

Deuteronomy 6:16: Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.
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