“Don’t think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace. I came to bring a sword.
Acts 23:7 - Easy To Read Version When Paul said this, there was a big argument between the Pharisees {\cf2\super [456]} and the Sadducees. {\cf2\super [457]} The group was divided. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So when he had said this, an angry dispute arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the whole [crowded] assemblage was divided [into two factions]. American Standard Version (1901) And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly was divided. Common English Bible These words aroused a dispute between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had said this, a dissension occurred between the Pharisees and the Sadducees. And the multitude was divided. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the multitude was divided. |
“Don’t think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace. I came to bring a sword.
But some of the people in the city agreed with the Jews. Other people in the city believed Paul and Barnabas. So the city was divided.
Some of the men in the meeting were Sadducees {\cf2\super [454]} and some others were Pharisees. {\cf2\super [455]} So Paul had an idea: He shouted to them, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee and my father was a Pharisee! I am on trial here because I hope (believe) that people will rise from death!”
(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.)