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 committed nothing which deserved the death [penalty]. And since he himself appealed [his case] to the Emperor, I decided to send him [to Rome].

and when they left [the room] they conferred with one another, saying, "This man is not doing anything deserving of the death penalty or [even] imprisonment."

Then Pilate said to the leading priests and to the crowds [that had gathered], "I do not find anything wrong with this man."

If

For the Sadducees believe there is no resurrection, angels or spirits, but the Pharisees accept all of them [to be true].

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

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

When we all fell to the ground I heard a voice speaking in the Hebrew [i.e., Aramaic] language. [It said], 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are only hurting yourself by kicking against the spurs [i.e., opposing the work of God].'

For an angel from God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, appeared to me last night,

The crowd that was standing around heard this [i.e., the sound of the Father's voice], but said it was thunder. Others said, "An angel spoke to Him [i.e., Jesus]."

Let

but if [it happens to be] of God, you will not be able to defeat them. And [if you try to], you may [actually] be fighting against [the work of] God."

[Therefore], if God gave to them [i.e., the Gentiles] the same gift as He gave to us [Jews] when we [apostles, See chapter 1-2] believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I stand against [the will of] God [by refusing to immerse them]?'"

Or, are we [trying to] make the Lord jealous [by doing this]? [Do we think] we are stronger that He is?

General references

So, a division arose among people in the crowd over Jesus.

The Jews who heard these words became divided again [i.e., over their meaning].