Acts 23:7

World English Bible (2000)

When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

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  • Ps 55:9 : 9 Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
  • Matt 10:34 : 34 "Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.
  • John 7:40-43 : 40 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet." 41 Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "What, does the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 Hasn't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" 43 So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
  • Acts 14:4 : 4 But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

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    6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!"

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    43So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.

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    17But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,

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    4But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

  • Mark 12:18
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    18There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

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    26They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.

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    19Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.

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    1Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,

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    32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn't know why they had come together.

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    1The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

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