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Verse	Translation	Text
Ac 23:7	King James	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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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
A dissension - A dispute, or difference. And the multitude - The council. Compare Act 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.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

A dissension - A dispute, or difference.

And the multitude - The council. Compare Act 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.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

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.

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