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

I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death. He has appealed to Augustus and I have determined to send him.

As they left they talked between themselves, saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of prison.

He said: David, you are a better person than I am. You treated me with kindness when I was cruel to you.

When a man's ways please Jehovah he makes even his enemies live in peace with him.

Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds: I find no fault in this man.

If

The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit. The Pharisees believe both.

He fell to the earth and heard a voice saying: Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?

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

We all fell to the ground. I heard a voice speaking to me. It said in the Hebrew tongue: 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.' (You only hurt yourself.)

Last night an angel of the God of whom I serve stood beside me.

The crowd near him only heard thunder. Some said an angel spoke to him.

Let

But if it is from God, you cannot overthrow it; otherwise you may find yourselves fighting against God.

Since God gave them the same gift as he gave to us who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could oppose God?

Do we provoke Jehovah to rivalry (indignation) (anger)? Are we stronger than he?

General references

The judges and the other people told the priests and prophets: Since Jeremiah only told us what Jehovah our God had said, we do not think he deserves to die.

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

The Jews were again divided because of what Jesus said.