Acts 23:7

Easy To Read Version

When Paul said this, there was a big argument between the Pharisees {\cf2\super [456]} and the Sadducees. {\cf2\super [457]} The group was divided.

Cross References

Matthew 10:34

“Don’t think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace. I came to bring a sword.

Acts 14:4

But some of the people in the city agreed with the Jews. Other people in the city believed Paul and Barnabas. So the city was divided.

Acts 23:6

Some of the men in the meeting were Sadducees {\cf2\super [454]} and some others were Pharisees. {\cf2\super [455]} So Paul had an idea: He shouted to them, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee and my father was a Pharisee! I am on trial here because I hope (believe) that people will rise from death!”

Acts 23:8

(The Sadducees believe that after people die, they will not live again as an angel or as a spirit. But the Pharisees believe in both.)