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Selected Verse: Acts 23:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 23:7 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] when he [846] had [2980] so [5124] said [2980], there arose [1096] a dissension [4714] between the Pharisees [5330] and [2532] the Sadducees [4523]: and [2532] the multitude [4128] was divided [4977]. |
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King James |
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| 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. |
4 But [1161] the multitude [4128] of the city [4172] was divided [4977]: and [2532] part [3303] held [2258] with [4862] the Jews [2453], and [1161] part with [4862] the apostles [652].