Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 118:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 118:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 118:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, the author of this Psalm, this verse means there's a special way to come close to God, and good people can go through this way to be with Him. It's like a special door that God opens just for them.

Psalms 118:20: This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.

Contradiction with John 14:6

Jesus claims to be the only way to the Father, implying exclusivity in access, contrasting the open access suggested in Psalms 118:20.

John 14:6: Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Contradiction with Acts 4:12

States salvation is found in no one else, implying exclusivity, in contrast to the open gate in Psalms 118:20.

Acts 4:12: Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Contradiction with Matthew 7:14

Describes the gate as narrow and difficult, contradicting the righteousness and ease implied in Psalms 118:20.

Matthew 7:14: Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. [Because: or, How]
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