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 I, having found that he had done nothing worthy of death, and this man himself having appealed to Augustus, I have decided to send him;

and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

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

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

And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find no guilt in this man.

If

For Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees confess both of them.

and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?

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

And, when we were all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against goads.

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

The crowd therefore, which stood there and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, An angel has spoken to him.

Let

but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God.

If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was I to be able to forbid God?

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

General references

And the princes and all the people said unto the priests and to the prophets, This man is not worthy to die; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.

There was a division therefore in the crowd on account of him.

There was a division again among the Jews on account of these words;