Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 19:35

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According to Luke, this verse means that the town leader in the city of Ephesus calmed everyone down by reminding them how everyone knows their city is famous for honoring the goddess Diana and her special statue. He wanted to reassure the people that their city's important place wasn't going to change.

Acts 19:35: And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, [Ye] men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter? [a worshipper: Gr. the temple keeper]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:3

Contradicts the acknowledgment of a goddess, as it emphasizes worship only one God.

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

Contradiction with Isaiah 45:5

States there is no other god besides the LORD, contradicting belief in other deities.

Isaiah 45:5: I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:5

Describes idols as powerless, contradicting the perceived power of an idol made with hands.

Jeremiah 10:5: They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 4:35

Affirms the LORD is the only God, opposing recognition of other deities.

Deuteronomy 4:35: Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he [is] God; [there is] none else beside him.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 8:4

Declares other gods are non-existent, conflicting with the claim of Diana as a deity.

1 Corinthians 8:4: As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.
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