Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 7:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 7:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 7:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, the high priest is asking if the things people said about Stephen, one of Jesus' followers, were true. It's like a teacher asking a student if they did something another student said they did.

Acts 7:1: Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

Contradiction with Matthew 5:37

This verse emphasizes straightforwardness, whereas Acts 7:1 involves Stephen responding to the high priest, potentially setting up for a detailed defense.

Matthew 5:37: But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:19-20

Jesus assures disciples they need not worry about their defense, contrasting with Stephen's detailed defense in Acts 7.

Matthew 10:19-20: But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:15

Encourages readiness to defend faith, possibly conflicting with Jesus’s instruction in Matthew 10:19 for immediate divine inspiration, differing from the detailed preparation seen in Stephen’s speech.

1 Peter 3:15: But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: [fear: or, reverence]
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