Acts 23:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And there arose a great cry: and the scribes [that were] of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

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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 was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; 18 And saw him saying unto me, ‹Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.›
  • John 12:29 : 29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard [it], said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
  • Mark 2:16 : 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
  • Acts 23:29 : 29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
  • Acts 25:25 : 25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
  • Acts 26:31 : 31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
  • Acts 27:23 : 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 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 speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, ‹Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?› [it is] ‹hard for thee to kick against the pricks.› 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, ‹I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.› 16 ‹But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;› 17 ‹Delivering thee from the people, and› [from] ‹the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,› 18 ‹To open their eyes,› [and] ‹to turn› [them] ‹from darkness to light, and› [from] ‹the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.› 19 Whereupon, 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 rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 ¶ When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
  • Luke 5:30 : 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
  • Luke 23:4 : 4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and [to] the people, I find no fault in this man.
  • Luke 23:14-15 : 14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined [him] before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: 15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
  • Luke 23:22 : 22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let [him] go.
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
  • Acts 9:4 : 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, ‹Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?›
  • Acts 11:17 : 17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as [he did] unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

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    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.

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

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