Acts 23:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

We

Luke 23:4

If

Let

Acts 5:39

Acts 11:17

1 Corinthians 10:22

General references

Jeremiah 26:16

John 7:43

John 10:19

Bible References

We

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.

And when they had gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death, or of bonds.

And he said to David, thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded thee with evil.

When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Then said Pilate to the chief priests, and to the people, I find no fault in this man.

If

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.

For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

The people therefore that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered. Others said, An angel spoke to him.

Let

But if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did to us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I that I could withstand God?

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

General references

Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.

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

There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.