He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
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He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
All three Synoptics tell the same Jericho healing story, but they can't agree on where Jesus was standing when he did it. Matthew and Mark put the miracle on the way OUT of Jericho "as they departed from Jericho" (Matt 20:29) and "as he went out of Jericho" (Mark 10:46).
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
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"Mark 10:50 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/mark/10/50?version=WEB (retrieved 26 August 2026).