Acts 23:9-11

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁹ The shouting grew loud, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’^(A) party got up and argued vehemently: “We find nothing evil in this man.^(B) What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”^{[a](C) 10} When the dispute became violent, the commander feared that Paul might be torn apart by them and ordered the troops to go down, rescue him from them, and bring him into the barracks.^(D)

The Plot against Paul

¹¹ The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Have courage! For as you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”^(E)