Acts - General
Acts 1:4 - Where were the disciples supposed to wait for Jesus' return? Acts and Luke 24:49 say Jerusalem, but Matthew 28:10 and Mark 16:7 says Galilee.
Acts 1:8 - Jesus tells his disciples to be witnesses in Samaria, contrary to his command in Mt.10:5.
Acts 1:9, 12 - According to these verses Jesus ascended from mount Olivet, but Luke 24:50-51 says that the ascended from Bethany.
Acts 1:13 - Here we are told that Judas the brother of James is an apostle and that Thaddeus is not, but in both Matthew 10:3 and Mark 3:18 Judas is not included as one of the apostles and Thaddeus is.
Acts 1:15 - After the ascension of Jesus, there were about a "hundred and twenty" believers. But 1 Cor.15:6 says that Jesus appeared to more than 500 believers before his ascension.
Acts 1:18 - This verse says that Judas bought the Potter's filed, but Mt.27:6-7 says that the chief priests bought it.
Acts 1:18 - Acts says that Judas died by falling down and "all his bowels gushed out." But Matthew 27:5 says that he committed suicide by hanging himself.
Acts 1:24 - According to this verse, God knows the minds and hearts of everyone. But several other verses (Dt.8:2, 13:3; 2 Chr.32:31) say that he doesn't know and so must test people to find out what is in their hearts and minds.
Acts 2:4 - This verse says that the Holy Ghost was bestowed on Pentecost. But Jn.20:22 says that Jesus gave it to the apostles before his ascension.
Acts 2:21 - Peter says that whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. But Jesus disagreed in Mt.7:21 saying, "Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven."
Acts 2:22 - Peter claims that Jesus performed many signs and wonders. But Jesus said that he would not perform any (Mt.12:39, 16:4; Mk.8:12; Lk.11:29).
Acts 2:30 - Peter claims that Jesus is the "fruit of his [David's] loins, according to the flesh." But this is denied in Matthew 1:18, 22:41-45 and Luke 1:34 where it is said that Joseph was not the father of Jesus.
Acts 2:31 - Jesus did a little time in hell. But as a God who is Omnipresent he must be percent in Hell the whole time. So what is new?
Acts 2:38 - In whose name are we supposed to be baptized? "In the name of Jesus Christ," or "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." (Mt.28:19)?
Acts 3:23 - Peter wrongly claims that Dt.18:18-19 refers to Jesus, saying that those who refuse to follow him (all non-Christians) must be killed.
Acts 4:12 - This verse implies that God will torture forever those who don't know the password to heaven. If the name Jehovah [or YHWH] is so important, why isn't it found in the NT? And why does it say in Acts 4:12 that there is only one name (Jesus Christ, v. 10) "whereby we must be saved"?
Acts 5:29 - Peter says "we ought to obey God rather than men." But 1 Pet.2:13 contradicts this by saying that we should obey "every ordinance of man."
Acts 7:4 - How old was Abraham when he left Haran? Abraham's father, Terah, was 70 when Abraham was born, and Terah died at 205 years of age, and according to this verse (Acts 7:4) Abraham didn't leave home until after Terah died. If all this is true, then Abraham must have been at least 135 years old when he left Haran. Yet according to Gen.12:4, Abraham was 75 years old when he left home.
Acts 7:5 - This verse admits that God's promise to Abraham was not fulfilled. (See Gen.12:7, 13:15, 15:18, and 17:8)
Acts 7:48 - This verse claims that God doesn't dwell in temples. But according to 1 Kg.8:13 Solomon built God a temple for him to live in forever.
Acts 7:60 - Although in verse 59, Stephen was clearly praying to Jesus, the NWT tries to give the (false) impression that he was really praying to Jehovah by translating "Lord" (kyrios) as "Jehovah". [Then, bending his knees, he cried out with a strong voice: "Jehovah, do not charge this sin against them." NWT]
Acts 8:16 - Is baptism to be performed "in the name of Jesus" or "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost"? (Mt.28:19)
Acts 8:25 - Peter disobeys Jesus by preaching the gospel in Samaria (Mt.10:5).
Acts 9:7 - This verse claims that the men who accompanied Paul didn't hear the voice. But later in Acts 22:9 Paul says that the men with him did hear the voice.
Acts 10:36 - This verse indicates that Jesus came to bring peace, but he denied this in Mt.10:34 and Lk.12:51.
Acts 10:38 - Peter says that Jesus healed "all that were oppressed of the devil." (Including Judas?)
Acts 12:20 - Ezekiel 26:14, 21; 27:36 prophesied that Tyre would be completely destroyed by Nebuchadrezzar, never to be built again. Yet it wasn't destroyed, as is evident from this verse.
Acts 13:2 – Jehovah Witnesses and other Christian sects deny that the Holy Spirit is a person. Why then does he talk and refer to himself in the first person in this verse?
Acts 13:8-11 - Paul and the Holy Ghost conspire together to make Elymas (the sorcerer) blind.
Acts 13:19 - The author of Acts brags about God destroying "seven nations of the land of Canaan."
Acts 13:21 - Gen.49:10 says that all of Israel's kings will be from the tribe of Judah, yet we see in this verse that Israel's first king was from the tribe of Benjamin.
Acts 13:22 - Paul, with his usual humility, speaks for God saying that David was "a man after mine own heart." Which makes some sense, anyway, since David was nearly as cruel as the biblical god.
Acts 13:23 - This verse says that Jesus is a descendent of David. But other verses (Mt.1:18, 22:41-45; Lk.1:34) deny this by insisting that Joseph was not the father of Jesus.
Acts 13:34 - The author of Acts talks about the "sure mercies of David." But David was anything but merciful. For an example of his behaviour see 2 Sam.12:31 and 1 Chr.20:3, where he saws, hacks, and burns to death the inhabitants of several cities.
Acts 13:39 - "All that believe [the right things] are justified from all things", contrary to what Jesus said in Matthew 12:31-32 and Luke 12:10.
Acts 13:48 - God chooses those who will believe [the right things], and only they will go to heaven.
Acts 15:3, 7 - Peter and Paul disobey Jesus by preaching the gospel to gentiles and Samaritans. (Mt.10:5)
Acts 15:10 - James 1:13 says it is impossible to tempt God. but this verse says you can by "putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples."
Acts 15:20, 29 - Many Jehovah Witnesses and people from other Christian sects have needlessly died because their society teaches that abstaining from blood, as required by this verse, prohibits blood transfusions.
Acts 16:6 - This verse says that the gospel was forbidden by the Holy Ghost to be preached in Asia. But in Mt.28:19, Jesus says that the gospel is to be preached everywhere.
Acts 16:30-31 - If you "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ," then you and your whole family will be saved; Otherwise, God will send you to hell. But in Matthew 19:17, when Jesus was asked the same question, he have an entirely different answer. (See also Rom.2:6 and Jas.2:24)
Acts 17:22 - Now this is funny. Paul, a guy who converted to Christianity because he heard voices, calls the Greeks too darned superstitious. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
Acts 17:31 - This verse refers to Jesus simply as "a man," but Jn.1:1, 14, Col.2:8-9, and 1 Tim.2:5 all imply that Jesus is God.
Acts 19:5 - Jesus (Mt.28:19) told his disciples to baptize "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." But Paul baptized only "in the name of Jesus."
Acts 19:19 - The first Christian book burning occurs when Paul's converts at Ephesus burn 50,000 silver pieces worth of books. What a waste of historical culture!
Acts 20:9 - Eutychus was the first casualty of many long boring sermons.
Acts 20:35 - In one of the few times that Paul quotes Jesus, he attributes to him words that are not found in the gospels.
Acts 21:3-4 - Ezekiel 26:14, 21, 27:36 prophesied that Tyre would be completely destroyed by Nebuchadrezzar, never to be built again. Yet it wasn't destroyed, as is evident from these verses.
Acts 22:21 - In Matthew 10:5, Jesus commands his disciples to stay away from the Gentiles, yet in this verse he sends Paul "unto the Gentiles."
Acts 23:3 - Paul has kind words for everyone. Here he says, "God will smite thee, thou whited wall."
Acts 26:22-23 - These verses claim that Moses and the prophets prophesied that Jesus would suffer and rise from the dead. But in what scripture is such a prophecy made?
Acts 26:23 - Paul claims that Jesus was the first to rise from the dead. Yet according to the Bible, many others had done it before him. But elsewhere, the bible says that no one will ever rise from the dead.
Acts 28:28 - In Matthew 10:5, Jesus orders his disciples to stay away from the Gentiles. Yet here we are told that "the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles."
