Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 7:46

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 7:46 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 7:46. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, David was liked by God and he wanted to build a special house for God to live in.

Acts 7:46: Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 22:7-8

David was not allowed to build the temple because he was a man of war and had shed blood, contradicting the implication in Acts 7:46 that he found favor to build a house for God.

1 Chronicles 22:7-8: And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 7:12-13

It states that Solomon, not David, would build the house for God's name, which contradicts the implication in Acts 7:46 that David intended to build it.

2 Samuel 7:12-13: And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
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