Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 13:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 13:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 13:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, God picked the people of Israel to be special and helped them when they were living in Egypt by bringing them out with great power. God made them important and cared for them.

Acts 13:17: The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

Contradiction with Exodus 12:40

Acts 13:17 states that Israel sojourned in Egypt for a specific duration, whereas Exodus 12:40 provides a different length of time for their stay.

Exodus 12:40: Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, [was] four hundred and thirty years.

Contradiction with Genesis 46:3-4

Acts 13:17 speaks to God's leading of Israel out of Egypt, while Genesis 46:3-4 describes God instructing Jacob to go down to Egypt without mention of a future exodus.

Genesis 46:3-4: And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

Contradiction with Judges 2:1

Acts 13:17 implies God directly led the Israelites out of Egypt, but Judges 2:1 references an angel leading them, presenting a different agent of delivery.

Judges 2:1: And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. [angel: or, messenger]

Contradiction with Hosea 11:1

Acts 13:17 refers to God bringing Israel out of Egypt, while Hosea 11:1 speaks of Israel as God's child called out of Egypt, emphasizing a relational dynamic rather than a direct act.

Hosea 11:1: When Israel [was] a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
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