Acts 23:8
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
KJV
Σαδδουκαῖοι μὲν γὰρ λέγουσιν μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν μήτε ἄγγελον μήτε πνεῦμα, Φαρισαῖοι δὲ ὁμολογοῦσιν τὰ ἀμφότερα.
Greek NT
Sadducæi enim dicunt non esse resurrectionem, neque angelum, neque spiritum : pharisæi autem utraque confitentur.
Vulgate
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.
ASV
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- μὲν — SBLGNT
- μὲν — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- μήτε — SBLGNT
- μήτε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- μηδὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. He stopped not, however, at the rebuke, although it was enough merely to have convicted them of their purpose, and to have put them to shame for their wickedness; but He stops not at this, but in another way closes their mouths; for, Show me, says He, the tribute money. And when they had shown it, as He ever does, by their tongue He brings out the decision, and causes them t…
Covers the Hasmonean dynasty from Jonathan Maccabeus through Alexander Jannaeus and Salome Alexandra. Describes the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes as distinct Jewish schools. Provides essential background for understanding the religious parties encountered in the Gospels.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:12 — Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
- John 1:24 — And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
- Luke 20:27 — Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
- Mark 12:18 — Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
- Matt 16:12 — Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
- Matt 22:23 — The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
- Ps 104:4 — Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: