Acts 23:7

When he had said this, an argument started between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

6Now when Paul perceived that one part were Pharisees and the other Sadducees, he called out in the council, “Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of a Pharisee; I am being judged concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead!”

8(Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel or spirit, but Pharisees confess both.)

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Cross References

John 7:40So upon hearing this word many from the crowd began to say, “This One really 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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