Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 20:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 20:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 20:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, Eutychus was a young man who got sleepy while listening to Paul talk for a long time. He fell asleep, tumbled out of a high window, and everyone thought he had died.

Acts 20:9: And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

Contradiction with Genesis 2:7

Describes God giving life through breath, contradicting the notion of death from falling asleep.

Genesis 2:7: And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. [of the dust...: Heb. dust of the ground]

Contradiction with Psalm 121:3

Asserts God will not let your foot slip, contrasting the fall due to sleep in Acts 20:9.

Psalm 121:3: He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:24

Promises sweet and secure sleep, whereas Acts 20:9 depicts sleep as dangerous.

Proverbs 3:24: When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:31

States those who wait on the Lord will not faint, opposing the incident of falling in Acts 20:9.

Isaiah 40:31: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint. [renew: Heb. change]

Contradiction with John 11:11

Refers to sleep as a peaceful state from which one awakes, contrasting with the deadly result in Acts 20:9.

John 11:11: These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:7

Describes sleep as associated with night and darkness, contrasting the daytime gathering in Acts 20:9.

1 Thessalonians 5:7: For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
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