When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Acts 23:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Perushim part stood up, and contended, saying, *We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not fight against God!* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then a great uproar ensued, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and thoroughly fought the case, [contending fiercely] and declaring, We find nothing evil or wrong in this man. But if a spirit or an angel [really] spoke to him–? Let us not fight against God! American Standard Version (1901) And there arose a great clamor: and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: and what if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel? Common English Bible Council members were shouting loudly. Some Pharisees who were legal experts stood up and insisted forcefully, “We find nothing wrong with this man! What if a spirit or angel has spoken to him?” Catholic Public Domain Version Then there occurred a great clamor. And some of the Pharisees, rising up, were fighting, saying: "We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there arose a great cry. And some of the Pharisees rising up, strove, saying: We find no evil in this man. What if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel? |
When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Then said the princes and all the people to the Kohanim and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
The scribes and the Perushim, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his talmidim, *Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?*
He said to them the third time, *Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.*
Pilate said to the chief Kohanim and the multitudes, *I find no basis for a charge against this man.*
Their scribes and the Perushim murmured against his talmidim, saying, *Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?*
The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, *An angel has spoken to him.*
If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who was I, that I could withstand God?*
It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.
I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Sha'ul, Sha'ul, why are you persecuting me?'
I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
For the Tzedukim say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Perushim confess all of these.
But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.
When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, *This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.*
For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!*
He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, *Sha'ul, Sha'ul, why do you persecute me?*
He said to them, the LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. They said, He is witness.
He said to David, You are more righteous than I; for you have rendered to me good, whereas I have rendered to you evil.