Acts 23:9

New American Bible - revised edition

A great uproar occurred, and some scribes belonging to the Pharisee party stood up and sharply argued, “We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

Cross References

Acts 22:7

I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

John 12:29

The crowd there heard it and said it was thunder; but others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”

Acts 26:31

And after they had withdrawn they said to one another, “This man is doing nothing [at all] that deserves death or imprisonment.”

Acts 25:25

I found, however, that he had done nothing deserving death, and so when he appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

Acts 23:29

I discovered that he was accused in matters of controversial questions of their law and not of any charge deserving death or imprisonment.

Mark 2:16

Some scribes who were Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors and said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Proverbs 16:7

When the Lord is pleased with someone’s ways, he makes even enemies be at peace with them.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or are we provoking the Lord to jealous anger? Are we stronger than he? Seek the Good of Others.

Acts 27:23

For last night an angel of the God to whom [I] belong and whom I serve stood by me

Acts 23:8

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection or angels or spirits, while the Pharisees acknowledge all three.

Acts 11:17

If then God gave them the same gift he gave to us when we came to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to hinder God?”

Acts 9:4

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

Acts 5:39

But if it comes from God, you will not be able to destroy them; you may even find yourselves fighting against God.” They were persuaded by him.

Luke 23:22

Pilate addressed them a third time, “What evil has this man done? I found him guilty of no capital crime. Therefore I shall have him flogged and then release him.”

Luke 23:4

Pilate then addressed the chief priests and the crowds, “I find this man not guilty.”

Luke 5:30

The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

1 Samuel 24:17

When David finished saying these things to Saul, Saul answered, “Is that your voice, my son David?” And he wept freely.

1 Samuel 12:5

So he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you this day, and the Lord’s anointed is witness, that you have found nothing in my possession.” “The Lord is witness,” they said. Samuel Admonishes the People.

Jeremiah 26:16

Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve a death sentence; it is in the name of the Lord, our God, that he speaks to us.”

Acts 22:6

“On that journey as I drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from the sky suddenly shone around me.