Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 27:33

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 27:33 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 27:33. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, Paul told everyone on the ship to eat because they hadn't eaten anything for fourteen days. He wanted them to get strong for the day ahead.

Acts 27:33: And while the day was coming on, Paul besought [them] all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:25

This verse teaches not to worry about food, contradicting the urgency of eating before a storm as in Acts 27:33.

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 Luke 10:41-42

Jesus emphasizes the importance of spiritual nourishment over physical, opposing the emphasis on physical food in Acts 27:33.

Luke 10:41-42: And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:

Contradiction with John 4:32

Jesus says he has food the disciples do not know about, suggesting spiritual sustenance is more vital than physical.

John 4:32: But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

Contradiction with Romans 14:17

The verse states the kingdom of God is not about eating and drinking, contrasting the focus on eating in Acts 27:33.

Romans 14:17: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 8:8

This verse indicates food does not bring us closer to God, which is at odds with the implied importance of eating in Acts 27:33.

1 Corinthians 8:8: But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. [are we the better: or, have we the more] [are we the worse: or, have we the less]
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