King James Version
Acts 23:7 in the King James Version says “And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.”
Acts 23:7 · KJV
Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
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.
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
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.
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the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“there arose”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“a dissension”
G4714a standing (properly, the act), i.e., (by analogy) position (existence); by implication, a popular uprising; figuratively, controversy
“between the Pharisees”
G5330a separatist, i.e., exclusively religious; a pharisean, i.e., jewish sectary
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the Sadducees”
G4523a sadducaean (i.e., tsadokian), or follower of a certain heretical israelite
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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