but Gamaliel, a Pharisee, a teacher of the law, and held in honor by all the people, rose from his seat, and ordered the apostles to be put outside for a little while.

But certain men who had belonged to the sect of the Pharisees, but were now believers, stood up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise Gentile, and to order them to keep the Law of Moses."

Then perceiving that half the Sanhedrin were Sadducees and the other half Pharisee, he cried out in the Sanhedrin. "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees! It is for the hope of the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial!"

When he said this, there arose a quarrel between the Pharisees and Sadducees; the meeting was divided.

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel nor spirit; the Pharisees affirm them all.

"They know me of old, if they are willing to testify, how that according to the strict sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.