Acts 23:7

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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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
when	τοῦτο toûto	G5124	that thing
he	αὐτοῦ autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
said	λαλέω laléō	G2980	to talk
arose	ἐγένετο egeneto	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
dissension	στάσις stasis	G4714	a standing (properly · noun — nominative singular feminine
Pharisees	Φαρισαίων Pharisaiōn	G5330	a separatist · noun — genitive plural masculine, a title
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
Sadducees	Σαδδουκαίων, Saddoukaiōn	G4523	a Sadducæan (i.e. Tsadokian) · noun — genitive plural masculine, a title
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
multitude	πλῆθος. plēthos	G4128	a fulness · noun — nominative singular neuter
divided	ἐσχίσθη eschisthē	G4977	to split or sever (literally or figuratively) · verb — aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
John 7:40-43 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Acts 14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 23:6-11

Many are the troubles of the righteous, but some way or other the Lord delivereth them out of them all. Paul owned he had experienced the truth of this in the persecutions he had undergone among the Gentiles (see Ti2 3:11): Out of them all the Lord delivered me. And now he finds that he who has delivered does and will deliver. He that delivered him in the foregoing chapter from the tumult of the people here delivers him from that of the elders. I. His own prudence and ingenuity stand him in some stead, and contribute much to his escape. Paul's greatest honour, and that upon which he most valued himself, was that he was a Christian, and an apostle of Christ; and all his other honours he despi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 23:6

when Paul perceived--from the discussion which plainly had by this time arisen between the parties. that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out--raising his voice above both parties. 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. I am called in question--By this adroit stroke, Paul engages the whole Pharisaic section of the council in his favor; the doctrine of a resurrection being common to both, though…

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Adam Clarke on Acts 23:7

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.

John Gill on Acts 23:7

Dictionary and topics

Pharisees — Separatists (Heb. persahin, from parash, “to separate”). They were probably the successors of the Assideans (i.e., the “pious”), a party that originated in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes in revolt…
Sadducees — The origin of this Jewish sect cannot definitely be traced. It was probably the outcome of the influence of Grecian customs and philosophy during the period of Greek domination. The first time they…
Sadducees · Reject the doctrine of the resurrection — Reject the doctrine of the resurrection
Sadducees, The · The resurrection a cause of dispute between them and the Pharisees — The resurrection a cause of dispute between them and the Pharisees
Strife · Exemplified: Pharisees and Sadducees — Exemplified: Pharisees and Sadducees
Tact · other when he was in trouble — other when he was in trouble

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Acts 23:7

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 23:6-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 23:6

Adam Clarke on Acts 23:7

John Gill on Acts 23:7

Dictionary and topics

Acts 23:7

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 23:6-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 23:6

Adam Clarke on Acts 23:7

John Gill on Acts 23:7

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Acts 23:6-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 23:7-10