Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 16:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 16:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 16:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, Lydia was a woman who sold purple cloth and loved God. God helped her understand and want to listen to what Paul was saying about Jesus.

Acts 16:14: And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us]: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:9

This verse suggests that a man's heart plans his way, indicating self-determination, whereas Acts 16:14 attributes a change in Lydia's heart to divine intervention.

Proverbs 16:9: A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

Contradiction with Romans 3:11

This verse states there is none who seeks after God, contradicting Acts 16:14 where Lydia is described as a worshiper of God.

Romans 3:11: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

This verse claims the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, while Acts 16:14 describes Lydia's heart as being open to the gospel.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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