Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 1:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 1:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 1:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, this verse means that he wrote a previous book that tells about all the great things Jesus did and taught when he was on Earth. He is writing to a friend named Theophilus to share these important stories.

Acts 1:1: The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Contradiction with Proverbs 25:2

Contradicts the notion of revealing works as Acts 1:1 begins with recounting deeds, while Proverbs emphasizes the glory of God in concealing matters.

Proverbs 25:2: [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

Acts 1:1 focuses on the deeds of Jesus, while these verses emphasize that God chose the lowly and despised, not the wise and powerful, to accomplish His work.

1 Corinthians 1:26-29: For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:

Contradiction with Matthew 16:20

Jesus instructs His disciples not to tell anyone He is the Messiah, which contrasts with the recording of His deeds as highlighted in Acts 1:1.

Matthew 16:20: Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
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