Acts 23:7

The Passion Translation

When he said this, a heated argument started among them, dividing the council between the Sadducees and the separated ones.

Cross References

Acts 14:4

The people of the city were split over the issue. Some sided with the apostles, and others with the Jews who refused to believe.

Matthew 10:34

“Perhaps you think I’ve come to spread peace and calm over the earth—but my coming will bring conflict and division, not peace.

Psalm 55:9

God, confuse them until they quarrel with themselves. Destroy them with their own violent strife and slander. They have divided the city with their discord.

Acts 23:6

Just then Paul realized that part of the council were Sadducees, who deny the resurrection of the dead, and others were of the separated ones. So he shouted, “My fellow Jews, I am a separated one, and the son of a separated one. That’s why I’m on trial here. It’s because of the hope I have that the dead will rise to live again.”

Acts 23:8

Paul knew that the Sadducees teach there is no resurrection and do not believe in angels or spirits, but the separated ones believe in them all.