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 he had done anything that deserved death, so I decided to send him, on his own appeal, to the emperor.

They retired to discuss the affair, and agreed that "this man has done nothing to deserve death or imprisonment."

And Pilate said to the high priests and the crowds, "I cannot find anything criminal about him."

If

For while the Sadducees declare there is no such thing as resurrection, angels, or spirits, the Pharisees affirm them all.

he dropped to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

I dropped to the earth and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? You hurt yourself by kicking at the goad.'

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

When they heard the sound, the people standing by said it had thundered; others said, "An angel spoke to him."

Let

whereas, if it really springs from God, you will be unable to put them down. You may even find yourselves fighting God!"

Well then, if God has given them exactly the same gift as he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I ??how could I try to thwart God?"

What! do we intend to rouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he is?

General references

So the people were divided over him;

The Jews were again divided over these words.