Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 27:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 27:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 27:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, the person who wrote this book, sailors on a ship checked how deep the water was by using a weight on a rope. At first, the water was really deep, but then it got less deep, meaning they were getting closer to land.

Acts 27:28: And sounded, and found [it] twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found [it] fifteen fathoms.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord completely contradicts relying on human measurements and judgments in Acts 27:28.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:25

Encourages not to worry about life’s needs, contrasting the concern over depths in Acts 27:28.

Matthew 6:25: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 5:7

Walk by faith, not by sight, opposes the reliance on physical measurement in Acts 27:28.

2 Corinthians 5:7: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

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