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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 {G1161} there arose {G1096} a great {G3173} cry {G2906}: and {G2532} the scribes {G1122} that were of the Pharisees {G5330}' part {G3313} arose {G450}, and strove {G1264}, saying {G3004}, We find {G2147} no {G3762} evil {G2556} in {G1722} this {G5129} man {G444}: but {G1161} if {G1487} a spirit {G4151} or {G2228} an angel {G32} hath spoken {G2980} to him {G846}, let us {G2313} not {G3361} fight {G2313} against God.

So there was a great uproar, with some of the Torah-teachers who were on the side of the P’rushim standing up and joining in — “We don’t find anything wrong with this man; and if a spirit or an angel spoke to him, what of it?”

A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

And there arose a great clamor: and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: and what if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?

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Cross-References

  • Acts 22:17 (5 votes)

    And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

  • Acts 22:18 (5 votes)

    And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

  • Acts 22:7 (5 votes)

    And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

  • John 12:29 (4 votes)

    The people therefore, that stood by, and heard [it], said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

  • Acts 23:29 (3 votes)

    Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

  • Acts 26:31 (3 votes)

    And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

  • Acts 25:25 (3 votes)

    But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.