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 having found that he had done nothing deserving death, and he himself having appealed to Augustus, I determined to send him;

and going aside they talked with each other, saying, This man is doing nothing deserving death, or bonds.

And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, I find nothing criminal in this man.

If

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, and no angel or spirit; but the Pharisees affirm both.

and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

and I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?

And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.

For there stood by me this night an angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

The multitude therefore that stood by, hearing this, said that it thundered. Others said, An angel hath spoken to him.

Let

but if it be of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found also fighting against God.

Since then God gave the like gift to them as to us, on believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?

Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

General references

So there was a division among the multitude because of him.

Again there arose a division among the Jews on account of these words.