But Paul, perceiving that one group were (A)Sadducees and the other Pharisees, began crying out in (B)the [a]Council, “[b](C)Brothers, (D)I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for (E)the hope and resurrection of the dead!” When he said this, a dissension occurred between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. For (F)the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all. And a great uproar occurred; and some of (G)the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and started arguing heatedly, saying, “(H)We find nothing wrong with this man; (I)suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 23:6 Or Sanhedrin
  2. Acts 23:6 Lit Men, brothers

Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees(A) and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “My brothers,(B) I am a Pharisee,(C) descended from Pharisees. I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead.”(D) When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. (The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,(E) and that there are neither angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees believe all these things.)

There was a great uproar, and some of the teachers of the law who were Pharisees(F) stood up and argued vigorously. “We find nothing wrong with this man,”(G) they said. “What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”(H)

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