Acts 23:7

BIBLE IN TEN · Dec 25, 2023 · 6m

Monday, 25 December 2023 And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the assembly was divided. Acts 23:7 In the previous verse, Paul, standing before the council, had called out in the assembly that he stood before them because of “the hope and a resurrection of the dead.” With that remembered, it next says, “And when he had said this, a dissension arose.” His words had the exact effect he intended. The council had the hope that he would be quickly voted as an offender of the law and punished according to the law. Before such a decision was…