Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 10:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 10:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 10:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, a follower of Jesus, the sky opened up, and Peter saw something like a big bedsheet coming down from heaven and landing on the ground. This was God trying to show Peter something very important.

Acts 10:11: And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

Contradiction with Leviticus 11:7-8

Leviticus 11:7-8 describes the pig as unclean and forbids eating its flesh, contrasting with the message in Acts 10:11, where the vision includes all kinds of animals as fit to eat.

Leviticus 11:7-8: And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he [is] unclean to you.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 14:3

Deuteronomy 14:3 instructs not to eat any abominable thing, which contrasts with Peter's vision in Acts 10:11 suggesting that nothing God has made should be considered impure.

Deuteronomy 14:3: Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

Contradiction with Matthew 15:11

Matthew 15:11 explains that it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, aligning with Acts 10:11's theme of not calling animals impure, yet contradicting traditional dietary laws as referred to in the Old Testament.

Matthew 15:11: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 22:26

Ezekiel 22:26 criticizes priests for not teaching the difference between the clean and unclean, which contrasts with Acts 10:11, where Peter learns that such distinctions are not necessary.

Ezekiel 22:26: Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed [difference] between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. [violated: Heb. offered violence to]

Contradiction with Isaiah 66:17

Isaiah 66:17 lists ritualistic practices abhorred by God, including eating unclean animals, which contrasts with Acts 10:11's implication that no animals are unclean.

Isaiah 66:17: They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one [tree] in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. [behind...: or, one after another]
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