Acts 23:8

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

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In The King James Version

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

In Context

7And when he had said this, a dissension occurred between the Pharisees and the Sadducees. And the multitude was divided.

9Then there occurred a great clamor. And some of the Pharisees, rising up, were fighting, saying: “We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel?”

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Cross References

Matthew 22:23In that day, the Sadducees, who say there is to be no resurrection, approached him. And they questioned him,

Luke 20:27Now some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, approached him. And they questioned him,

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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