Acts 23:8

(For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, and that there are neither angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)

Text-Critical English 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

7When he said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

9Then there arose a great clamor, and the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and argued vehemently, “We find no evil in this man. If a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel, let us not fight against God.”

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Cross References

Matthew 22:23On that day some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and asked him,

Luke 20:27Now some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came up and asked Jesus,

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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