Contradictions Catalog of Acts 17:16
Acts 17:16 contradicts following 7 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Acts 17:16 for quick understanding.
Acts 17:16: Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. [wholly...: or, full of idols]
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Exodus 20:3 | Thou shalt have no other gods before me. |
| 2. | Deuteronomy 7:5 | But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. [their images: Heb. their statues, or, pillars] |
| 3. | Isaiah 42:8 | I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. |
| 4. | Isaiah 44:9 | They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. [delectable: Heb. desirable] |
| 5. | Jeremiah 10:5 | They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good. |
| 6. | 1 Corinthians 8:4 | As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one. |
| 7. | 1 Corinthians 10:14 | Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. |
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