📖 The Book of Acts: Bible Verses and the Early Church

ACTS 23:6

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men [and] brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. ...

ACTS 23:7

And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. ...

ACTS 23:8

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. ...

ACTS 23:9

And there arose a great cry: and the scribes [that were] of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God. ...

ACTS 23:10

And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring [him] into the castle. ...

ACTS 23:11

And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. ...

ACTS 23:12

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. ...

ACTS 23:13

And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. ...

ACTS 23:14

And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. ...

ACTS 23:15

Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. ...

ACTS 23:16

And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. ...

ACTS 23:17

Then Paul called one of the centurions unto [him], and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him. ...