Acts 23:5-7
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
5 And Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it has been written [in Ex 22:28] that ‘You shall not speak badly of a ruler of your people’”.
Paul Divides The Assembly Over The Question of The Resurrection
6 And Paul, having known that the one part of them was of Sadducees and the other of Pharisees, was crying-out in the Sanhedrin, “Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am being judged concerning the hope[a] and resurrection of the dead”. 7 And he having said this, a dispute between the Pharisees and Sadducees took place, and the assembly was divided.
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- Acts 23:6 That is, the hope for and resurrection of the dead. Or, our hope— even the resurrection.
Acts 23:5-7
New International Version
5 Paul replied, “Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’[a]”(A)
6 Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees(B) and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “My brothers,(C) I am a Pharisee,(D) descended from Pharisees. I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead.”(E) 7 When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
Footnotes
- Acts 23:5 Exodus 22:28
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