Acts 23:10
And a great dissension arising, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, ordered the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.
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Psalms 7:2Lest mine enemy tear me like a lion; Lest he rend me in pieces, while there is none to help.
Micah 3:3Ye devour the flesh of my people, And strip them of their skin, And break their bones, And cut them in pieces, as for the pot, And as flesh for the caldron?
Acts 21:30And the whole city was in motion, and the people ran together; and they laid hold of Paul and dragged him out of the temple; and forthwith the doors were shut.
Acts 23:16But Paul's sister's son hearing of the plot went, and entering the castle, told Paul.
Acts 23:32But on the morrow they left the horsemen to go on with him, and returned to the castle.
James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
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 →