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

I could not find that he had done anything for which he deserved death, but as he appealed to his Majesty I decided to send him to him.

and after leaving the room, in talking the matter over together, they said, "This man has not done anything to deserve death or imprisonment."

And Pilate said to the high priests and the crowd, "I cannot find anything criminal about this man."

If

For the Sadducees hold that there is no resurrection and that there are no angels or spirits, while the Pharisees believe in all three.

and he fell to the ground. Then he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?"

and I fell upon the ground and heard a voice say to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?'

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me? You cannot kick against the goad!'

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

The crowd of bystanders heard it and said it was thunder. Others said, "It was an angel speaking to him!"

Let

but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop it. You may actually find yourselves fighting God!"

So if God had given them the same gift that we received when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, to be able to interfere with God?"

Or are we trying to arouse the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he is?

General references

So the people were divided about him,

These words caused a fresh division of opinion among the Jews.