When he said this, a dissension began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword.
But the residents of the city were divided: some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
When Paul noticed that some were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he called out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead.”
(The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection or angel or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge all three.)