Acts 23:7

And when he had said this, the Pharisees and Sadducees fell upon one another, and the people were divided

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.

In Context

6And, as Paul knew that a part of the people were of the Sadducees, and a part of the Pharisees, he cried out, in the assembly: Men, my brethren; I am a Pharisee the son of a Pharisee; and for the hope of the resurrection of the dead, I am judged.

8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angels, nor a spirit: but the Pharisees confess all these.

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Cross References

John 7:40And many of the multitude who heard his discourses, said: Certainly, he is a prophet.

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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