Acts 23:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Ps 55:9 : 9 Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.
  • Matt 10:34 : 34 Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.
  • John 7:40-43 : 40 When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet. 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee? 42 Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was? 43 So there was a division among the people because of him.
  • Acts 14:4 : 4 But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.

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  • Acts 23:8-10
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    8For 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.

    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?

    10And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.

  • 6But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.

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    33And the people hearing it were surprised at his teaching.

    34But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;

  • 43So there was a division among the people because of him.

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    22And hearing it, they were full of wonder, and went away from him.

    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,

  • 17But the high priest and those who were with him (the Sadducees) were full of envy,

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    1And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them,

    2Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.

  • 4But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.

  • 18And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

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    26And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.

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

  • 19There was a division again among the Jews because of these words.

  • 1Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:

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    20Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,

    21But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.

  • 1And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.

  • 32And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.

  • 1And they all went and took him before Pilate.

  • 9But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

  • 34But one of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a man of learning in the law, of whom all the people had a high opinion, got up and made a suggestion for the men to be put outside for a little time.

  • 41Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying,

  • 23And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.

  • 15But when they had given them orders to go out of the Sanhedrin, they had a discussion among themselves,

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    32Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

    33And so Paul went away from among them.

  • 18And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

  • 2And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.

  • 15Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.

  • 30And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;

  • 12And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

  • 34And some said one thing and some another, among the people: and as he was not able to get a knowledge of the facts because of the noise, he gave orders for Paul to be taken into the army building.

  • 12And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

  • 24Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.

  • 31And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control.

  • 24And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts.

  • 1Then the high priest said, Are these things true?

  • 1And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

  • 4And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest?

  • 5And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;

  • 8And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.

  • 53And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things;

  • 40For, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together. And when he had said this, he sent the meeting away.

  • 12Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • 13And Pilate sent for the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them,