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

Acts 25:25

Acts 26:31

Luke 23:4

If

Let

Acts 5:39

Acts 11:17

1 Corinthians 10:22

General references

John 7:43

John 10:19

Bible References

We

But I found that he had not done anything for which he deserved to die; however, as he has himself appealed to his Majesty, I have decided to send him up.

and after leaving the room, as they continued to talk the matter over together, they said, "This man has done nothing to deserve death or imprisonment."

Then Pilate said to the high priests and crowds, "I do not find anything blameworthy in this man."

If

For the Sadducees hold that there is no resurrection, and no such thing as an angel or spirit, but the Pharisees believe in all of them.

He dropped to the ground; then he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?'

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you continue to persecute me? It is hurting you to keep on kicking against the goad.'

For just last night an angel of God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, stood by my side

The crowd of bystanders on hearing it said that it was thunder; others, however, said, "An angel has spoken to Him!"

Let

but if it has its origin in God, you can never stop it. It is to be feared that you may find yourselves fighting God."

So if God had given them the same gift that He gave us when we believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to try -- and how could I if I tried -- to thwart God?"

Or, are we trying to incite the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?

General references

So the people were divided because of Him,

These words again led to a difference of opinion among the Jews.