Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 13:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 13:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 13:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, the author of the book, this verse tells us about someone who is being very tricky and doing bad things. They are stopping others from following the good path that God wants them to take.

Acts 13:10: And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, [thou] child of the devil, [thou] enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

This verse states God does not lie or repent, highlighting truth, while Acts 13:10 calls out deceit and mischief.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with Proverbs 12:22

This verse emphasizes that lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, contrasting the sorcery and deceit in Acts 13:10.

Proverbs 12:22: Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.

Contradiction with John 8:44

This verse states that the devil is a liar and the father of lies, opposing the righteous judgment expressed in Acts 13:10.

John 8:44: Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. [of his own: or, from his own will or disposition]

Contradiction with 1 John 1:5

This verse describes God as light with no darkness, conflicting with the "enemy of all righteousness" in Acts 13:10.

1 John 1:5: This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Contradiction with Hebrews 6:18

It is impossible for God to lie, contradicting the deceitful behavior described in Acts 13:10.

Hebrews 6:18: That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Contradiction with Ephesians 4:25

Encourages speaking the truth, which contrasts with the deceit and mischief mentioned in Acts 13:10.

Ephesians 4:25: Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
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