Acts 23:7

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When Paul said this, a big argument started between the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The group was divided.

Cross References

Acts 14:4

But some of the people in the city agreed with the Jews who did not believe Paul and Barnabas. Others followed the apostles. So the city was divided.

Matthew 10:34

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace. I came to bring trouble.

Psalm 55:9

My Lord, confuse their words and stop their plans. I see so much cruelty and fighting in this city.

Acts 23:6

Paul knew that some of the men in the council meeting were Sadducees and some were Pharisees. So he shouted, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee and my father was a Pharisee! I am on trial here because I 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.)