Acts 23:8

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection—nor angel nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 spoken this, there came to be a dispute between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

9And there came to be a great outcry, and the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, saying, “We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.”

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Cross References

Matthew 22:23The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him, and they questioned Him,

Luke 20:27Then some of the Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, coming to Him and asked 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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