Acts 23:9

World English Bible (2000)

A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and contended, saying, "We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not fight against God!"

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  • Acts 22:7 : 7 I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
  • Acts 22:17-18 : 17 "It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance, 18 and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.'
  • John 12:29 : 29 The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
  • Mark 2:16 : 16 The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?"
  • Acts 23:29 : 29 I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.
  • Acts 25:25 : 25 But when 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  • Acts 26:31 : 31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."
  • Acts 27:23 : 23 For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom 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 When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.' 15 "I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 16 But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you; 17 delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance 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 that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
  • Luke 5:30 : 30 Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"
  • Luke 23:4 : 4 Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
  • Luke 23:14-15 : 14 and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him. 15 Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.
  • Luke 23:22 : 22 He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"
  • Acts 9:4 : 4 He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
  • Acts 11:17 : 17 If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"

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  • Acts 23:6-8
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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 brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!"

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

    8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.

  • Acts 23:10-11
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    10 When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would 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 barracks.

    11 The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, "Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome."

  • Acts 24:19-21
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    19 They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.

    20 Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,

    21 unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!'"

  • Acts 6:12
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    12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

  • Acts 24:7
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  • Acts 23:4
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    4 Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"

  • Acts 18:13
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    13 saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."

  • Acts 22:22-24
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    22 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"

    23 As they cried out, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,

    24 the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.

  • Acts 19:40
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    40 For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn't be able to give an account of this commotion."

  • Acts 21:27-28
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    27 When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

    28 crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"

  • Acts 25:7-8
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    7 When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove,

    8 while he said in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all."

  • Acts 21:31
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    31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

  • Luke 23:14
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    14 and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

  • Acts 17:18
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    18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21 They said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.

    22 But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against."

  • Acts 28:17
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    17 It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

  • Acts 6:15
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    15 All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.

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

  • Acts 21:34
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    34 Some shouted one thing, and some another, among the crowd. When he couldn't find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.

  • Acts 23:15
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    15 Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near."

  • Acts 4:16
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    16 saying, "What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can't deny it.

  • Acts 24:2
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    2 When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, "Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that excellent measures are coming to this nation,

  • Acts 19:28
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    28 When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

  • Acts 5:23
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    23 "We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"

  • Acts 26:30-31
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    30 The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.

    31 When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."

  • Acts 7:57
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    57 But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.

  • Acts 5:39
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    39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"

  • Acts 23:29-30
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    29 I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.

    30 When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell."

  • Acts 25:18
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    18 Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such things as I supposed;

  • Acts 16:38
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    38 The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,

  • Acts 25:2
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    2 Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,

  • Acts 22:1
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    1 "Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you."

  • Acts 21:36
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    36 for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, "Away with him!"

  • Acts 19:32
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    32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn't know why they had come together.

  • Acts 19:23
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    23 About that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.

  • Acts 24:12
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    12 In the temple they didn't find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.

  • Luke 23:10
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    10 The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.

  • John 12:29
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    29 The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."