Acts 23:8

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.

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For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

In Context

7When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided.

9A great clamour arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”

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Cross References

Matthew 22:23On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,

Luke 20:27Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.

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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