“And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.”
As he said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided — Paul's statement fractures the judicial body; the Sanhedrin becomes a forum for sectarian debate rather than a tribunal. The irony is that Paul, on trial, becomes the occasion for others' theological conflict.
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