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 found that he had done nothing worthy of death; however, since he appealed to the Emperor [Nero], I decided to send him [to Rome].

and after they had gone out, they began saying to one another, “This man is not doing anything worthy of death or [even] of imprisonment.”

He said to David, “You are more righteous and upright [in God’s eyes] than I; for you have done good to me, but I have done evil to you.

When a man’s ways please the Lord,
He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this Man.”

If

For the Sadducees say that there is no [such thing as a] resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees [speak out freely and] acknowledge [their belief in] them all.

and he fell to the ground and heard a voice [from heaven] saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting and oppressing Me?”

And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’

And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice in the Hebrew dialect (Jewish Aramaic) saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick [repeatedly] against the goads [offering pointless resistance].’

For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,

The crowd of people who stood nearby and heard the voice said that it had thundered; others said, “An angel has spoken to Him!”

Let

but if it is of God [and it appears that it is], you will not be able to stop them; or else you may even be found fighting against God!”

So, if God gave Gentiles the same gift [equally] as He gave us after we accepted and believed and trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ [as Savior], who was I to interfere or stand in God’s way?”

Do we [really] provoke the Lord to jealousy [when we eat food sacrificed to handmade “gods” at pagan feasts]? Are we [spiritually] stronger than He? [Certainly not! He knows that the idols are nothing. But we deeply offend Him.]

General references

Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the [false] prophets, “This man is not deserving of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”

So the crowd was divided because of Him.

A division [of opinion] occurred again among the Jews because of these words [of His].