Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 27:36

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 27:36 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 27:36. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, everyone felt happy after they believed they would be safe, and they decided to eat some food together.

Acts 27:36: Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took [some] meat.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:31

In Acts 27:36, they eat with thankfulness, but in Matthew 6:31, believers are advised not to worry about what to eat.

Matthew 6:31: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Contradiction with Romans 14:21

Acts 27:36 involves everyone eating, but in Romans 14:21, it advises not to eat anything that causes others to stumble.

Romans 14:21: [It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 8:13

Acts 27:36 sees everyone taking food, yet 1 Corinthians 8:13 mentions abstaining from any food that might cause a brother to fall.

1 Corinthians 8:13: Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 10:27

Acts 27:36 describes eating in a group, but 1 Corinthians 10:27 provides guidance on eating when invited by non-believers.

1 Corinthians 10:27: If any of them that believe not bid you [to a feast], and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
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