Acts 23:9
Then 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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Mark 2:16When the scribes and the Pharisees saw Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, “Why is he eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?”
Luke 23:4Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no fault in this man.”
Luke 23:22A third time he said to them, “Why? What evil has he done? I have found in him no grounds for death. So I will have him flogged and then release him.”
Acts 5:39but if it is of God, you cannot put a stop to it. You will only find yourselves fighting against God.”
Acts 11:17If then God gave them the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I stand in God's way?”
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 →