Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 10:37

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 10:37 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 10:37. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, this verse means that people knew about the important news that started spreading everywhere in the area after John the Baptist talked about it. This news began in Galilee and was something everyone was learning about.

Acts 10:37: That word, [I say], ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

Contradiction with Matthew 28:19

Contradicts Acts 10:37 by instructing to make disciples of all nations rather than focusing just on Judea.

Matthew 28:19: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: [teach...: or, make disciples, or, Christians of all nations]

Contradiction with Acts 1:8

Expands the mission beyond Judea to include all the earth, contrasting the idea of a localized message.

Acts 1:8: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. [power...: or, the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you]

Contradiction with Galatians 3:28

Emphasizes there is no distinction, neither Jew nor Greek, which challenges the idea of a message beginning solely in Judea.

Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Contradiction with Romans 10:12

States no difference between Jew and Greek for all have the same Lord, differing from the Judea-focused start mentioned in Acts 10:37.

Romans 10:12: For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

Contradiction with Colossians 3:11

Declares that cultural and ethnic distinctions are irrelevant in Christ, in contrast to the Judea-centric beginning.

Colossians 3:11: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.

Contradiction with Luke 24:47

Commands that repentance and remission of sins be preached in His name to all nations, starting at Jerusalem, expanding beyond Acts 10:37.

Luke 24:47: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Contradiction with John 1:11

Reflects that Jesus came to His own (Jews), but they did not receive Him, which challenges the reception implied in Acts 10:37.

John 1:11: He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
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