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Acts 23:8

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For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.

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Acts 23:8 in other translations

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.

Acts 23:8 · American Standard Version

Acts 23:8 in context

  1. 6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”
  2. 7When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided.
  3. 8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.
  4. 9A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ 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!”
  5. 10When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.