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for the Sadducees say there is no resurrection or angels or even eternal spirit within us,[a] but the Pharisees believe in all of these.

So a great clamor arose. Some of the Jewish leaders[b] jumped up to argue that Paul was all right. “We see nothing wrong with him,” they shouted. “Perhaps a spirit or angel spoke to him there on the Damascus road.”

10 The shouting grew louder and louder, and the men were tugging at Paul from both sides, pulling him this way and that. Finally the commander, fearing they would tear him apart, ordered his soldiers to take him away from them by force and bring him back to the armory.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 23:8 or even eternal spirit within us, literally, “nor spirit.”
  2. Acts 23:9 Jewish leaders, literally, “scribes.” there on the Damascus road, implied.

(The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,(A) and that there are neither angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees believe all these things.)

There was a great uproar, and some of the teachers of the law who were Pharisees(B) stood up and argued vigorously. “We find nothing wrong with this man,”(C) they said. “What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”(D) 10 The dispute became so violent that the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them. He ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force and bring him into the barracks.(E)

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