ACTS 23:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
And there arose a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and argued, saying, 'We find nothing wrong with this man; perhaps a spirit or an angel has spoken to him' — the Pharisaic scribes, persuaded by Paul's resurrection language, become his advocates. They grant that Paul's experience might be divinely mediated; 'a spirit or an angel' may have commissioned him.
Church Fathers on Acts 23:9
if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel? Acts 23:9 Why did they not plead for him before this? Do you observe, how, when the passions give way, the truth is discovered? Where is the crime, say they, if an angel has spoken to him, or a spirit? Paul gives them no handle against him.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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