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Acts 23:5-7
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Acts 23:5-7
International Standard Version
5 Paul answered, “I didn’t realize, brothers, that he is the high priest. After all, it is written, ‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”[a]
6 When Paul saw that some of them were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted in the Council,[b] “Brothers, I’m a Pharisee and a descendant[c] of Pharisees. I’m on trial concerning the hope that the dead will be resurrected.”
7 After he said that, an angry quarrel broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided,
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- Acts 23:5 Cf. Exod 22:28
- Acts 23:6 Or Sanhedrin
- Acts 23:6 Or son
Acts 23:5-7
New International Version
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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