Acts 23:7

Acts 23:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
• New International Version (NIV)When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.

Context of Acts 23:7

5Paul answered, “Brothers, I didn’t know that he is the chief priest. After all, Scripture says, ‘Don’t speak evil about a ruler of your people.’ ” 6When Paul saw that some of them were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted in the council, “Brothers, I’m a Pharisee and a descendant of Pharisees. I’m on trial because I expect that the dead will come back to life.” After Paul said that, the Pharisees and Sadducees began to quarrel, and the men in the meeting were divided. 8(The Sadducees say that the dead won’t come back to life and that angels and spirits don’t exist. The Pharisees believe in all these things.) 9The shouting became very loud. Some of the experts in Moses’ Teachings were Pharisees who argued their position forcefully. They said, “We don’t find anything wrong with this man. Maybe a spirit or an angel actually spoke to him!”

Acts 23:7 word by word

Τοῦτο δὲ αὐτοῦ εἰπόντος ἐγένετο στάσις τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων, καὶ ἐσχίσθη τὸ πλῆθος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• whenοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• had so saidλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• there aroseγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• a dissensionστάσιςstasis · uprisingG4714
• between the Phariseesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• between the PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the SadduceesΣαδδουκαῖοςSaddoukaios · SadduceeG4523
• the multitudeπλῆθοςplēthos · multitudeG4128
• was dividedσχίζωschizō · to splitG4977

Cross-references for Acts 23:7

• Acts 14:4But the people of Iconium were divided. Some were for the Jews, while others were for the apostles.
• Psalms 55:9Completely confuse their language, O Lord, because I see violence and conflict in the city.
• Matthew 10:34“Don’t think that I came to bring peace to earth. I didn’t come to bring peace but conflict.
• John 7:40After some of the crowd heard Jesus say these words, they said, “This man is certainly the prophet.”

Commentaries on Acts 23:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7And 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7A dissension - A dispute, or difference. And the multitude - The council. Compare Acts 14:4. The Pharisees embraced, as he desired and expected, his side of the question, and became his advocates, in opposition to the Sadducees, who were arrayed against him.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 The Pharisees were correct in the faith of the Jewish church. The Sadducees were no friends to the Scripture or Divine revelation; they denied a future state; they had neither hope of eternal happiness, nor dread of eternal misery. When called in question for his being a Christian, Paul might truly say he was called in question for the hope of the resurrection of the dead. It was justifiable in him, by this profession of his opinion on that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10Paul's statement divided the Sanhedrin (23:6). The Pharisees supported Paul against the Sadducees. The disagreement was so intense that the commander rescued Paul and took him back to the fortress of Antonia.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-96-9. 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…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 23:7

• Court
• Diplomacy
• Sadducees
• Strife
• Tact

In the dictionaries

• Band
• Conspiracy
• Cry
• James
• Pharisees
• Tiller
• Acts of the Apostles
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Felix; Antonius
• Paul, the Apostle

Commentaries on Acts 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings