“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.”
But perceiving that one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul cried out in the Council, 'Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for the hope of the resurrection of the dead' — Paul strategically divides the Council by invoking the fundamental theological dispute between Pharisees (who affirm resurrection) and Sadducees (who deny it). His claim of Pharisaic identity and resurrection hope aligns him with the majority party.
Church Fathers on Acts 23:6
Again he discourses simply as man, and he does not on all occasions alike enjoy the benefit of supernatural aid. I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: both in this, and in what comes after it, he wished to divide the multitude, which had an evil unanimity against him. And he does not speak a falsehood here either: for he was a Pharisee by descent from his ancestors. Of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. For since they would not say for what…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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