Acts 23:7

And when he had said this, a dissension occurred between the Pharisees and the Sadducees. And the multitude was divided.

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And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.

In Context

6Now Paul, knowing that one group were Sadducees and the other were Pharisees, exclaimed in the council: “Noble brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees! It is over the hope and resurrection of the dead that I am being judged.”

8For the Sadducees claim that there is no resurrection, and neither angels, nor spirits. But the Pharisees confess both of these.

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Cross References

Psalms 55:9O God, I have announced my life to you. You have placed my tears in your sight, and even in your promise.

John 7:40Therefore, some from that crowd, when they had heard these words of his, were saying, “This one truly is the Prophet.”

Matthew Henry on Acts 23:7-12

Paul's Second Defence. 6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. 7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. 9 And there arose a… Read the whole commentary →

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