Acts 23:8

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

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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

7When he had said this, an argument started between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

9There was a great clamor, and the scribes of the Pharisee party stood up and started arguing vigorously, saying, “We find nothing wrong with this man; but if a spirit or 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 asked Him

Luke 20:27Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, approached and 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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