Acts 23:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly,“We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

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  • Acts 22:7 : 7 Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
  • Acts 22:17-18 : 17 When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance 18 and saw the Lord saying to me,‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
  • John 12:29 : 29 The crowd that stood there and heard the voice said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him.
  • Mark 2:16 : 16 When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples,“Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
  • Acts 23:29 : 29 I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.
  • Acts 25:25 : 25 But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.
  • Acts 26:31 : 31 and as they were leaving they said to one another,“This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”
  • Acts 27:23 : 23 For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?
  • Acts 26:14-19 : 14 When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.’ 15 So I said,‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord replied,‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you. 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ 19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
  • Acts 23:8 : 8 (For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 He said to David,“You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When a person’s ways are pleasing to the LORD, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.
  • Luke 5:30 : 30 But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying,“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
  • Luke 23:4 : 4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds,“I find no basis for an accusation against this man.”
  • Luke 23:14-15 : 14 and said to them,“You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing. 15 Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.
  • Luke 23:22 : 22 A third time he said to them,“Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him.”
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,
  • Acts 9:4 : 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
  • Acts 11:17 : 17 Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 23:6-8
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    6Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council,“Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”

    7When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

    8(For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)

  • Acts 23:10-11
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    10When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

    11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said,“Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”

  • Acts 24:19-21
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    19But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.

    20Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

    21other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • Acts 23:4
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    4Those standing near him said,“Do you dare insult God’s high priest?”

  • Acts 18:13
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    13saying,“This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”

  • Acts 22:22-24
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    22The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”

    23While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,

    24the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

  • Acts 19:40
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    40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”

  • Acts 21:27-28
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    27When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

    28shouting,“Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”

  • Acts 25:7-8
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    7When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they were not able to prove.

    8Paul said in his defense,“I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”

  • Acts 21:31
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    31While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

  • Luke 23:14
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    14and said to them,“You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.

  • Acts 17:18
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    18Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.

    22But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”

  • Acts 28:17
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    17Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them,“Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

  • Acts 6:15
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    15All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel.

  • Acts 25:15
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    15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

  • Acts 21:34
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    34But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks.

  • Acts 23:15
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    15So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”

  • Acts 4:16
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    16saying,“What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.

  • Acts 24:2
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    2When Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying,“We have experienced a lengthy time of peace through your rule, and reforms are being made in this nation through your foresight.

  • Acts 19:28
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    28When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

  • Acts 5:23
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    23“We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

  • Acts 26:30-31
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    30So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,

    31and as they were leaving they said to one another,“This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”

  • Acts 7:57
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    57But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.

  • Acts 5:39
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    39but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,

  • Acts 23:29-30
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    29I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.

    30When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.

  • Acts 25:18
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    18When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.

  • Acts 16:38
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    38The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens

  • Acts 25:2
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    2So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.

  • Acts 22:1
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    1Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”

  • Acts 21:36
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    36for a crowd of people followed them, screaming,“Away with him!”

  • Acts 19:32
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    32So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.

  • Acts 19:23
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    23At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.

  • Acts 24:12
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    12They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,

  • Luke 23:10
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    10The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.

  • John 12:29
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    29The crowd that stood there and heard the voice said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him.