Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 4:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 4:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 4:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, this verse is about Peter and John explaining to people that a man who couldn't walk was healed. They are saying that the man is well now because of the good thing they did with God's help.

Acts 4:9: If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;

Contradiction with Mark 11:24

Acts 4:9 speaks of the healing of a man as a factual event, whereas Mark 11:24 emphasizes faith for receiving what is prayed for without referencing direct evidence or events.

Mark 11:24: Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them].

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:22

Acts 4:9 involves the demonstration of a miracle as a sign, while 1 Corinthians 1:22 suggests Jews require a sign and Greeks seek wisdom, indicating a division in belief through evidence versus faith.

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

Contradiction with John 9:2-3

Acts 4:9 attributes the cause of the man's healing to divine action through the name of Jesus, whereas John 9:2-3 disassociates personal sin or parental sin as the reason for blindness, instead showing it’s an opportunity to display God's works.

John 9:2-3: And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

Contradiction with Matthew 16:4

Acts 4:9 implies signs were given as evidence of divine authority, while Matthew 16:4 criticizes the seeking of signs as indicative of a wicked and adulterous generation.

Matthew 16:4: A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
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