Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 10:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 10:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 10:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, who wrote the book of Acts, Cornelius was an important soldier in the Roman army living in a place called Caesarea. He was part of a group of soldiers known as the Italian band.

Acts 10:1: There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian [band],

Contradiction with Matthew 15:24

Jesus states he was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel, contrasting with the new inclusion of Gentiles in Acts 10:1.

Matthew 15:24: But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:2

God commands not to make covenants with certain non-Israelite peoples, while Acts 10:1 begins the story of a Gentile being accepted.

Deuteronomy 7:2: And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

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