Acts 23:9

American Standard Version (1901)

And there arose a great clamor: and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: and what if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?

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  • Acts 22:7 : 7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
  • Acts 22:17-18 : 17 And it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance, 18 and saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not receive of thee testimony concerning me.
  • John 12:29 : 29 The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him.
  • Mark 2:16 : 16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, [How is it] that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
  • Acts 23:29 : 29 whom I found to be accused about questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
  • Acts 25:25 : 25 But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death: and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.
  • Acts 26:31 : 31 and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
  • Acts 27:23 : 23 For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
  • Acts 26:14-19 : 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16 But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee; 17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee, 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. 19 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
  • Acts 23:8 : 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil.
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
  • Luke 5:30 : 30 And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?
  • Luke 23:4 : 4 And Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitudes, I find no fault in this man.
  • Luke 23:14-15 : 14 and said unto them, Ye brought unto me this man, as one that perverteth the people: and behold, I having examined him before you, found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: 15 no, nor yet Herod: for he sent him back unto us; and behold, nothing worthy of death hath been done by him.
  • Luke 23:22 : 22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath this man done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him and release him.
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 but if it is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God.
  • Acts 9:4 : 4 and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
  • Acts 11:17 : 17 If then God gave unto them the like gift as [he did] also unto us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?

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    6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: touching the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

    7And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.

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    10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.

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