Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 5:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 5:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 5:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, the writer of Acts, many people were too scared to join the apostles, but everyone still thought they were amazing and special. People respected and looked up to them because of the wonderful things they were doing.

Acts 5:13: And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

Contradiction with Luke 5:27-32

Jesus associated with tax collectors and sinners, whereas Acts 5:13 suggests separation from the apostles.

Luke 5:27-32: And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.

Contradiction with Matthew 11:19

Jesus is called a friend of tax collectors and sinners, in contrast to the fear of joining apostles in Acts 5:13.

Matthew 11:19: The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Contradiction with John 4:7-9

Jesus speaks with a Samaritan woman, crossing boundaries that Acts 5:13 implies.

John 4:7-9: There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

Contradiction with Mark 1:40-42

Jesus touches a leper to heal him, showing an approach contrary to the distancing in Acts 5:13.

Mark 1:40-42: And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Contradiction with Galatians 2:11-14

Paul opposes Peter for hypocrisy, highlighting a situation where leaders are held accountable, unlike the awe and fear described in Acts 5:13.

Galatians 2:11-14: But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
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