As soon as Paul said this, the Pharisees and the Sadducees got into a big argument, and the council members started taking sides.
Confuse my enemies, Lord! Upset their plans. Cruelty and violence are all I see in the city,
Don't think that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came to bring trouble, not peace.
The people of Iconium did not know what to think. Some of them believed the Jewish group, and others believed the apostles.
When Paul saw that some of the council members were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted, “My friends, I am a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee. I am on trial simply because I believe that the dead will be raised to life.”
The Sadducees do not believe in angels or spirits or that the dead will rise to life. But the Pharisees believe in all these,