Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 8:28

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According to Luke, the man was riding in his carriage on his way home and was reading a book written by a wise man named Isaiah. Christians see this as a moment where someone is learning about God's messages from the Bible.

Acts 8:28: Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:34

This verse states that all will know the LORD, which could be interpreted as negating the need for reading scriptures like Esaias (Isaiah) for knowledge of God.

Jeremiah 31:34: And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Contradiction with John 5:39

Jesus mentions searching the scriptures, implying a deeper need beyond reading for understanding, in seeming contrast to the eunuch's reading without comprehension in subsequent verses.

John 5:39: Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 3:6

Suggests that the letter kills but the spirit gives life, which could contradict the act of solely reading the scriptures without spirit-led understanding.

2 Corinthians 3:6: Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. [giveth life: or, quickeneth]

Contradiction with James 1:22

Emphasizes doing the word rather than just hearing or reading, contrasting the act of merely reading as the eunuch was doing.

James 1:22: But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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