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

and I, having found him to have done nothing worthy of death, and he also himself having appealed to Sebastus, I decided to send him,

and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying -- 'This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;'

And he saith unto David, 'More righteous thou art than I; for thou hast done me good, and I have done thee evil;

When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.

And Pilate said unto the chief priests, and the multitude, 'I find no fault in this man;'

If

for Sadducees, indeed, say there is no rising again, nor messenger, nor spirit, but Pharisees confess both.

and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, 'Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'

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

and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!

for there stood by me this night a messenger of God -- whose I am, and whom I serve --

the multitude, therefore, having stood and heard, were saying that there hath been thunder; others said, 'A messenger hath spoken to him.'

Let

and if it be of God, ye are not able to overthrow it, lest perhaps also ye be found fighting against God.'

if then the equal gift God did give to them as also to us, having believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, I -- how was I able to withstand God?'

do we arouse the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?

General references

And the heads and all the people say unto the priests and unto the prophets, 'There is not for this man a judgment of death, for in the name of Jehovah our God he hath spoken unto us.'

A division, therefore, arose among the multitude because of him.

Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,