Acts : Prophecy and Misquotes (9)
- Peter says that their strange behavior (speaking in tongues, etc.) was to be expected since they were living in
"the last days."
2:17
- In the last days (which Peter believes have already come) God will show great signs
and wonders -- things like "blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke."
2:19
- Peter claims that
refers to Jesus, saying that those who refuse to follow him (all non-Christians) must be killed.
3:23
- Ezekiel (,
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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.
12:20
-
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.
13:21
- Paul quotes God as saying, "I have found David the
son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my
will." But no such quote can be found in the Old Testament. (Although
does refer to
David as "a man after his [God's] own heart." And it makes some sense, too, since David was
nearly as cruel as the biblical God.)
13:22
- In one of the few times that Paul quotes Jesus, he attributes to him words that are not found in the gospels.
(It is better to give than to receive.")
20:35
- Ezekiel (, ;
) 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.
21:3
- 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?
26:22
