Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 5:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 5:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 5:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, lots of people came from nearby towns to Jerusalem, bringing people who were sick or troubled by bad spirits, and they were all made better. Christians understand this to show God's power and love through healing everyone who needed help.

Acts 5:16: There came also a multitude [out] of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 16:12

2 Chronicles 16:12 mentions King Asa becoming diseased and not seeking the Lord, showing a lack of divine healing, which contradicts the healings described in Acts 5:16.

2 Chronicles 16:12: And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease [was] exceeding [great]: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.

Contradiction with 2 Timothy 4:20

2 Timothy 4:20 states that Trophimus was left sick, indicating not everyone was healed, which contradicts Acts 5:16, where everyone was healed.

2 Timothy 4:20: Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

Contradiction with Matthew 13:58

Matthew 13:58 notes that Jesus did not do many miracles in Nazareth due to unbelief, contrasting with Acts 5:16 where many were healed.

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