This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received words of life to give to us,

Some therefore shouted one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them did not know why they had come together.

But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.

When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom the whole assembly of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.