Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 10:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 10:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 10:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Acts, God told a man to send people to a city called Joppa to find a special helper named Simon Peter. Simon Peter was someone who could share important messages about God.

Acts 10:5: And now send men to Joppa, and call for [one] Simon, whose surname is Peter:

Contradiction with Matthew 10:5

This verse instructs the disciples not to go to the Gentiles, which contradicts the instruction given to Peter regarding Cornelius, a Gentile, in Acts 10:5.

Matthew 10:5: These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into [any] city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

Contradiction with Galatians 2:12

This suggests an earlier tension between Jewish and Gentile believers, in contrast to the outreach to Gentiles prompted by the vision in Acts 10.

Galatians 2:12: For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
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