Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 19:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 19:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 19:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, Paul felt in his heart that after he visited some places called Macedonia and Achaia, he wanted to go to Jerusalem and then to the big city of Rome. Paul believed it was important for him to share God's message in these places.

Acts 19:21: After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:9

This verse suggests that man's plans are directed by the Lord, while Acts 19:21 indicates Paul's decision to go to Jerusalem was set in his spirit.

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

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:23

It claims that man does not have the ability to direct his own steps, in contrast to Paul's deliberate planning in Acts 19:21.

Jeremiah 10:23: O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Contradiction with James 4:13-15

Advises against presuming to know what one will do in the future, contradicting Paul's expressed intention in Acts 19:21.

James 4:13-15: Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

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