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 that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.

and as they were leaving they said to one another, "This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment."

He said to David, "You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!

When a person's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.

Then 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.)

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

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

When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.'

For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me

The crowd that stood there and heard the voice said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him.

Let

but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God." He convinced them,

Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?"

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

General references

Then the officials and all the people rendered their verdict to the priests and the prophets. They said, "This man should not be condemned to die. For he has spoken to us under the authority of the Lord our God."

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

Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.