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 understood [that] he had done nothing deserving death himself, and [when] this man appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send [him].

And [as they] were going out, they were talking to one another, saying, "This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment."

Then he said to David, "You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me the good, but I have repaid you the evil.

When the ways of a man are pleasing [to] Yahweh, even his enemies he will cause to make peace with him.

So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man.

If

(For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection or angel or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge [them] all.)

And falling to the ground, 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?'

And [when] we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Aramaic language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? [It is] hard for you to kick against the goads!'

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

Now the crowd that stood [there] and heard [it] said {it had thundered}. Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to him!"

Let

But if it is from God, you will not be able to overthrow them, lest you even be found fighting against God." So they were persuaded by him.

Therefore if God gave them the same gift as also to us [when we] believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I [to be] able to hinder God?"

Or are we attempting to provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than he [is, are we]?

General references

Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, "{This man does not deserve} a sentence of death, for in the name of Yahweh our God, he has spoken to us."

So there was a division in the crowd because of him.

Again there was a division among the Jews because of these words.