Acts 23:9

Plain English Version

The council split up into 2 mobs and started shouting at each other. Some of the teachers of the Jewish law were from the Pharisee mob. They stood up and said, “We reckon this man hasn’t done anything wrong. Maybe an angel or some other spirit talked to him. That’s all right.”

Cross References

Mark 2:16

Some of the Jewish law teachers saw Jesus eating with all those people. Those law teachers also belonged to the Pharisee mob. They were really strong for the law, so they asked Jesus’s followers, “Why does Jesus eat with those people that don’t live God’s way?”

John 12:29

Some of the people standing there thought they heard thunder, but other people there said, “No. An angel messenger talked to him.”

Acts 11:17

You know, we believed in our leader Jesus Christ, and God gave us the Holy Spirit. And now those people that are not Jews, they believe in Jesus too, and God gave them the Holy Spirit too, just like he gave him to us. So, you see, I couldn’t try to stop God. No way.”

Acts 22:6

In the middle of the day, we were getting close to Damascus, and suddenly a bright light from the sky shined all around me.

Acts 22:7

The light was so bright that I fell down to the ground. Then I heard the voice of somebody talking to me from the sky. He said, ‘Saul. Saul. Why are you making trouble for me and hurting me?’

Acts 23:29

I found out that they only blamed him for things in their Jewish law. He has not broken any of our Roman laws, so it is not right for us to kill him or put him in jail.

Acts 25:25

So I asked them, ‘What did he do?’ And I found out that he didn’t do anything bad, so we can’t kill him. But then he asked me to send him to Rome, for our biggest boss to judge him, so I will send him to Rome.

Acts 26:31

and they all went out of that big room. While they were going out, they said to each other, “This man didn’t do anything bad. We don’t have to kill him, or even keep him in jail.”

Acts 27:23

You see, I work for God, and last night he sent one of his angel messengers to me. He came and stood beside me,

Acts 5:39

But if God told them to do these things, you can’t stop them. If you try to stop them, you might find yourselves fighting against God.” The Jewish council men listened to Gamaliyel, and they agreed with him.

Acts 9:4

He fell down on to the ground, and he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul. Saul. Why are you making trouble for me and hurting me?”

1 Corinthians 10:22

If you do, you will make God jealous, and he will get angry with you. And he is a lot stronger than you.

1 Samuel 24:17

He said to David, “You are a good man, I am not. You are good to me, but I am giving you a hard time.