Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 21:34

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 21:34 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 21:34. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, the author of the book, there was a big, loud crowd with people shouting different things, making it hard to understand what was happening. So, the leader told his soldiers to take Paul to a safe place called the castle.

Acts 21:34: And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

Contradiction with John 18:20

Jesus states he spoke openly to the world, in contrast to Acts 21:34 where there was confusion and lack of clear information.

John 18:20: Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 14:33

God is not the author of confusion, contradictory to the tumult and disorder in Acts 21:34.

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 Matthew 10:27

Jesus instructs what is heard in the ear to be proclaimed upon the housetops, which clashes with the mystery and silence amidst the crowd in Acts 21:34.

Matthew 10:27: What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the housetops.

Contradiction with James 1:8

A double-minded man is unstable, unlike the indecisive situation described in Acts 21:34 with no clarity amidst the uproar.

James 1:8: A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways.
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