Acts 23:8

For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.

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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

7And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting.

9And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?

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Cross References

Matthew 22:23On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,

Luke 20:27And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to 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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