Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 26:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 26:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 26:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, Paul is saying that he used to be a very strict follower of the Jewish religion, like a super serious student, who did everything by the book. He wants everyone to know that he was once part of a special group called the Pharisees, who followed all the rules very carefully.

Acts 26:5: Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7

This verse emphasizes that God looks at the heart, while Acts 26:5 focuses on outward adherence to religious laws.

1 Samuel 16:7: But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. [outward...: Heb. eyes]

Contradiction with Matthew 23:27

This verse criticizes the Pharisees for hypocrisy, contradicting Paul's claim of strict Pharisaical adherence.

Matthew 23:27: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness.

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

This verse states that all righteous acts are like filthy rags, contrasting with the pride in human righteousness expressed in Acts 26:5.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Contradiction with Philippians 3:7-8

Paul considers his past Pharisaical achievements as loss, contradicting the pride in his Pharisaical identity in Acts 26:5.

Philippians 3:7-8: But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

Contradiction with Romans 3:20

This verse asserts that no one will be justified by the law, conflicting with the reliance on Pharisaical law-keeping in Acts 26:5.

Romans 3:20: Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.
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