Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 19:34

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According to Luke, the people in the city shouted for two hours about how great their goddess Diana was because they didn’t want to listen to something different from what they believed. They ignored the Jewish man because they were upset and wanted to keep praising their own goddess.

Acts 19:34: But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great [is] Diana of the Ephesians.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:44

"Love your enemies" contradicts Acts 19:34 where there is collective outcry rather than peace and love.

Matthew 5:44: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Contradiction with Exodus 20:3

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me" contrasts Acts 19:34's emphasis on Diana.

Exodus 20:3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 14:33

"God is not the author of confusion" contradicts the chaotic scene in Acts 19:34.

1 Corinthians 14:33: For God is not [the author] of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. [confusion: Gr. tumult, or, unquietness]

Contradiction with Galatians 5:14

"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" contradicts the hostile behavior in Acts 19:34.

Galatians 5:14: For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:24

"No man can serve two masters" contradicts the singular devotion to Diana in Acts 19:34.

Matthew 6:24: No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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