Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 4:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 4:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 4:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, Jesus' friends asked God to help people get better and to show amazing things through Jesus' name to help everyone believe in Him. They believed this would show God's love and power.

Acts 4:30: By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:22-23

This verse implies that signs are not the focus for believers, while Acts 4:30 emphasizes miracles and signs.

1 Corinthians 1:22-23: For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

Contradiction with Matthew 12:39

Jesus says an evil generation seeks a sign, contrasting with praying for signs and wonders in Acts 4:30.

Matthew 12:39: But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

Contradiction with John 20:29

Jesus commends those who believe without seeing, as opposed to seeking signs as in Acts 4:30.

John 20:29: Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed.

Contradiction with Romans 8:24

Highlights hope that is not seen, suggesting a contradiction with the visible signs in Acts 4:30.

Romans 8:24: For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 5:7

Calls for walking by faith and not by sight, while Acts 4:30 focuses on visible wonders and signs.

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