Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 4:4

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

According to Luke, many people who listened to the message about Jesus started to believe in Him, and there were about five thousand men who became believers. This shows how powerful the message of Jesus was and how it could change people's hearts.

Acts 4:4: Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

Contradiction with Matthew 7:14

It suggests that only a few find the way to life, which contrasts with the large number believing in Acts 4:4.

Matthew 7:14: Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. [Because: or, How]

Contradiction with John 12:37

States that despite many signs, people did not believe, opposing the belief observed in Acts 4:4.

John 12:37: But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:26

Implies that not many wise, mighty, or noble were called, unlike the large number noted in Acts 4:4.

1 Corinthians 1:26: For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:

Contradiction with Romans 3:11

Asserts no one understands or seeks God on their own, contrasting the many who believed in Acts 4:4.

Romans 3:11: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

Contradiction with Matthew 13:58

Indicates that Jesus did not perform many miracles there due to unbelief, contrary to the mass belief in Acts 4:4.

Matthew 13:58: And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
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