Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Samuel 9:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Samuel 9:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Samuel 9:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Samuel, this verse tells a story about people going to find someone important called a seer, which is like a wise guide, in a city. They asked some young girls they met along the way for help to find him.

1 Samuel 9:11: [And] as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? [the hill...: Heb. in the ascent of the city]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 13:9

It contradicts by describing a man of God who refuses to eat bread, unlike in 1 Samuel 9:11, where people are going up to offer sacrifices, which usually includes eating.

1 Kings 13:9: For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

Contradiction with John 6:35

It contrasts Jesus stating that He is the bread of life, whereas 1 Samuel 9:11 involves physical bread in a sacrificial context.

John 6:35: And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Contradiction with Acts 10:14

Peter refuses to eat certain foods, contradicting the act of communal eating in sacrificial ceremonies indicated in 1 Samuel 9:11.

Acts 10:14: But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 8:4

This verse emphasizes that idols are nothing, opposing the practice of sacrificing, which involves food offered to entities, as implied in 1 Samuel 9:11.

1 Corinthians 8:4: As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.
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