Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 26:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 26:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 26:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, Jesus had to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead so He could bring hope and light to everyone, including people who were not Jews. This means Jesus came alive again to show God's love to all people.

Acts 26:23: That Christ should suffer, [and] that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

Contradiction with Isaiah 25:8

It states that death will be swallowed up in victory and does not specify any suffering or resurrection by an individual.

Isaiah 25:8: He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken [it].

Contradiction with Daniel 12:2

This verse suggests a general resurrection for many, not specifying suffering by an individual for salvation.

Daniel 12:2: And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.

Contradiction with John 11:25

Speaks of Jesus as the resurrection and life without mention of suffering for light to the people.

John 11:25: Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 15:21

Indicates that resurrection came by man without specifying suffering or being the first to rise from the dead.

1 Corinthians 15:21: For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 4:16

Describes a future resurrection event without mention of the necessity of Christ's suffering.

1 Thessalonians 4:16: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
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