Acts 23:7
in Acts 23As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
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ASV
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.
KJV
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
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This verse in Acts 23
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee--The true reading seems to be, "the son of Pharisees," that is, belonging to a family who from father to son had long been such. of the hope and resurrection of the dead--that is, not the vague hope of immortality, but the definite expectation of the resurrection.
This site's exposition
a dispute broke out
on Acts 23:7-9
The Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all. The scene shows a real fault line inside Second Temple Judaism over the resurrection.
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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
And the multitude was divided - St. Paul, perceiving the assembly to consist of Sadducees and Pharisees, and finding he was not to expect any justice, thought it best thus to divide the council, by introducing a question on which the Pharisees and Sadducees were at issue. He did so; and the Pharisees immediately espoused his side of the question, because in opposition to the Sadducees, whom they abhorred, as irreligious men.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
A dissension - A dispute, or difference. And the multitude - The council. Compare Act 14:4. The Pharisees embraced, as he desired and expected, his side of the question, and became his advocates, in opposition to the Sadducees, who were arrayed against him.
The words behind it
14 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Τοῦτο | touto | This | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| δὲ | de | then | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| εἰπόντος | eipontos | saying | G2036 → | 925 times |
| ἐγένετο | egeneto | arose | G1096 → | 667 times |
| στάσις | stasis | a dissension | G4714 → | 9 times |
| τῶν | ton | between the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Φαρισαίων | pharisaion | Pharisees | G5330 → | 97 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| Σαδδουκαίων, | saddoukaion | Sadducees, | G4523 → | 14 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἐσχίσθη | eschisthe | was divided | G4977 → | |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πλῆθος. | plethos | crowd. | G4128 → | 31 times |
ΤοῦτοThis
toutoG3778 →1381 times
δὲthen
deG1161 →2765 times
αὐτοῦof him
autouG846 →5565 times
εἰπόντοςsaying
eipontosG2036 →925 times
ἐγένετοarose
egenetoG1096 →667 times
στάσιςa dissension
stasisG4714 →9 times
τῶνbetween the
tonG3588 →19766 times
ΦαρισαίωνPharisees
pharisaionG5330 →97 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
Σαδδουκαίων,Sadducees,
saddoukaionG4523 →14 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἐσχίσθηwas divided
eschistheG4977 →
τὸthe
toG3588 →19766 times
πλῆθος.crowd.
plethosG4128 →31 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 10:34Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
it leads to
- Luke 12:49–53
I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
- Acts 14:4
The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.
- Acts 13:45–50
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
- Acts 14:2
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
- John 7:40–52
On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
- Luke 12:49–53
Through
Acts 14:4The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.
it leads to
- Acts 28:24
Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.
- Acts 28:24
Through
Psalms 55:9O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 6:7
As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
- 2 Samuel 15:31
Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
- Jeremiah 6:7
Where this verse is studied
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About Acts
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.