Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 2:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 2:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 2:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, the author of the book of Acts, the people aren't drunk because it's still early in the morning. Instead, something special from God is happening to them.

Acts 2:15: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is [but] the third hour of the day.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:7

This verse suggests those who are drunken are drunken in the night, which contrasts the idea in Acts 2:15 about not being drunk in the morning.

1 Thessalonians 5:7: For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

Contradiction with Proverbs 23:31-32

Advises against looking at wine when it is red, implying a general caution against drinking which contrasts with Acts 2:15 suggesting they are not drunk.

Proverbs 23:31-32: Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.

Contradiction with Ephesians 5:18

Advises to not be drunk with wine at all, indicating a direct caution against drunkenness, while Acts 2:15 refutes drunkenness at a particular time.

Ephesians 5:18: And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
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