Acts 23:8

for Sadducees, indeed, say there is no rising again, nor messenger, nor spirit, but Pharisees confess both.

Young's Literal Translation

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 he having spoken this, there came a dissension of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, and the crowd was divided,

9And there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part having arisen, were striving, saying, 'No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;'

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Cross References

Matthew 22:23In that day there came near to him Sadducees, who are saying there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,

Luke 20:27And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned 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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