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Acts 23:9

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.

KJV

ἐγένετο δὲ κραυγὴ μεγάλη, καὶ ἀναστάντες τινὲς τῶν γραμματέων τοῦ μέρους τῶν Φαρισαίων διεμάχοντο λέγοντες, οὐδὲν κακὸν εὑρίσκομεν ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τούτῳ· εἰ δὲ πνεῦμα ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ ἢ ἄγγελος

Greek NT

Factus est autem clamor magnus. Et surgentes quidam pharisæorum, pugnabant, dicentes : Nihil mali invenimus in homine isto : quid si spiritus locutus est ei, aut angelus ?

Vulgate

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?

ASV

And there arose a great cry. And some of the Pharisees rising up, strove, saying: We find no evil in this man. What if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

25 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Φαρισαῖος
pharisaios
noun · 101×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
γραμματεύς
grammateus
noun · 64×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διαμάχομαι
diamachomai
verb · 1×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εὑρίσκω
eurisko
verb · 175×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κακός
kakos
adjective · 50×
κραυγή
krauge
noun · 6×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
μέρος
meros
noun · 42×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀνίστημι
anistemi
verb · 107×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
e
particle · 346×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τινὲς τῶν γραμματέων | WH/Treg/NIV: τινὲς τῶν γραμματέων | RP: οἱ γραμματεῖς
  • τινὲς τῶν γραμματέωνSBLGNT
  • τινὲς τῶν γραμματέωνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • οἱ γραμματεῖςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἄγγελος | WH/Treg/NIV: ἄγγελος | RP: + μὴ θεομαχῶμεν
  • ἄγγελοςSBLGNT
  • ἄγγελοςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + μὴ θεομαχῶμενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 12:5 — And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
  • 2Tim 2:24 — And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
  • Acts 5:39 — But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
  • Acts 22:7 — And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
  • Acts 22:17 — 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 23:29 — 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 25:25 — 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.
  • Acts 25:25 — 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.
  • Acts 26:31 — And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
  • Acts 26:31 — And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
  • Eph 3:3 — How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
  • Jer 26:16 — Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
  • John 12:29 — The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
  • Mark 2:16 — And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
  • Mark 2:16 — And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
  • Matt 2:4 — And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
  • Matt 15:1 — Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
  • Prov 16:7 — When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
  • Ps 35:1 — Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.