Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 8:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 8:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 8:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, the author of the book, when the helpers of Jesus came to visit these people, they asked God to give them the Holy Spirit. This means they wanted those people to feel God’s love and power in their hearts.

Acts 8:15: Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

Contradiction with Acts 10:44

Illustrates that the Holy Ghost can be received without the laying on of hands, which contrasts with the method shown in Acts 8:15.

Acts 10:44: While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

Contradiction with John 20:22

Jesus breathed the Holy Ghost onto the disciples, contrasting with the laying on of hands mentioned in Acts 8:15.

John 20:22: And when he had said this, he breathed on [them], and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 12:30

Suggests that not all have the same spiritual gifts, which may imply a contradiction with the implication of unified reception of the Holy Spirit in Acts 8:15.

1 Corinthians 12:30: Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?

Contradiction with Galatians 3:2

Emphasizes receiving the Spirit through faith rather than physical acts, challenging the process described in Acts 8:15.

Galatians 3:2: This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
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