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Acts 23:7 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Acts 23:7Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 23:714 words
GreekMeaning
τοῦτοtouto
ThisdemonstrativeG3778
δὲde
thenwordG1161
αὐτοῦautou
of himpronounG846
λαλοῦντοςlalountos
preach, say, speak (after)verbG2980
ἐγένετοegeneto
aroseverbG1096
στάσιςstasis
a dissensionnounG4714
τῶνtōn
between thearticleG3588
ΦαρισαίωνPharisaiōn
PhariseesnounG5330
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ΣαδδουκαίωνSaddoukaiōn
SadduceesnounG4523
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐσχίσθηeschisthē
was dividedverbG4977
τὸto
thearticleG3588
πλῆθοςplēthos
crowdnounG4128
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 23:7

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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 49 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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