Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 5:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 5:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 5:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, who wrote the book of Acts, God sent an angel to help some of his friends escape from a locked room at night. The angel opened the doors and told them to come out.

Acts 5:19: But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

Contradiction with Psalm 146:7

This verse emphasizes that the Lord releases the prisoners, which contradicts Acts 5:19, where an angel accomplishes the release.

Psalm 146:7: Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

Contradiction with Isaiah 42:7

The verse states the Lord opens the prison doors himself, conflicting with Acts 5:19, where an angel performs the act.

Isaiah 42:7: To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 32:39

It stresses that there is no god beside the Lord, who alone has power over life and death, contrasting the role of an angel in Acts 5:19.

Deuteronomy 32:39: See now that I, [even] I, [am] he, and [there is] no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither [is there any] that can deliver out of my hand.

Contradiction with John 3:13

Highlights that no one has ascended to heaven except Jesus, contradicting the implication in Acts 5:19 of an angelic intermediary operating on earth.

John 3:13: And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.
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