Acts 23:9
There 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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In Context
8(Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel or spirit, but Pharisees confess both.)
Cross References
Mark 2:16The scribes and the Pharisees, seeing Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, said to His disciples, “Why is it that He is eating and drinking with the tax collectors and sinners?”
Luke 23:4Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man.”
Luke 23:22For the third time he said to them: “But what evil has this man done? I have found no reason for death in him. I will therefore flog and release him.”
Acts 5:39but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it—lest you even be found to be fighting against God!”
Acts 11:17So if God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed upon the Lord Jesus, who was I to be able to withstand God?”
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 →