Acts 23:7

7 When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

Acts 23:7 in Other Translations

7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.

7 And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

7 This divided the council—the Pharisees against the Sadducees—

7 The moment he said this, the council split right down the middle, Pharisees and Sadducees going at each other in heated argument.

7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.

7 After Paul said that, the Pharisees and Sadducees began to quarrel, and the men in the meeting were divided.

7 When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

7 When he said this, the Pharisees and the Sadducees started to argue. They began to take sides.

Acts 23:7 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 23:7

And when he had so said
He stopped and made a pause:

and there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the
Sadducees;
about the things which he had spoken of, particularly the resurrection of the dead; and this was what the apostle intended, so that his end was answered by the speech he made:

and the multitude was divided;
that is, the members of the sanhedrim were divided, some being on one side of the question, and some on the other; for this multitude cannot design the multitude of the common people, who were not convened together on this occasion.

Acts 23:7 In-Context

5 Paul replied, “Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’ ”

6 Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee, descended from Pharisees. I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead.”

7 When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

8 (The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, and that there are neither angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees believe all these things.)

9 There was a great uproar, and some of the teachers of the law who were Pharisees stood up and argued vigorously. “We find nothing wrong with this man,” they said. “What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”