Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 5:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 5:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 5:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, the followers of Jesus were not in the prison when the guards went to look for them. This surprised the guards, and they went back to tell everyone what they found.

Acts 5:22: But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

Contradiction with Acts 5:19

The angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought the apostles out, contradicting the guards not finding them in Acts 5:22.

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

Contradiction with John 8:32

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." suggests truth sets free, whereas Acts 5:22 has confinement, not freedom.

John 8:32: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Contradiction with 2 Timothy 2:9

"Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound." contrasts the physical binding faced in Acts 5:22.

2 Timothy 2:9: Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, [even] unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

Contradiction with John 20:19

Jesus appears despite locked doors, contradicting the apostles' physical confinement implied in Acts 5:22.

John 20:19: Then the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.

Contradiction with Matthew 28:2

The angel rolled back the stone from Jesus' tomb, contrasts confinement faced by apostles in Acts 5:22.

Matthew 28:2: And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. [was: or, had been]
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