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But when Paulperceivedthat the onepartwereSadducees,and the otherPharisees, he cried outin the council,Men and brethren,Iam a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee:of the hopeandresurrection of the deadI am called in question .
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And when hehadsosaid , there arose a dissension between the Phariseesand the Sadducees:and the multitude was divided .
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FortheSadduceessay that there isnoresurrection,neitherangel,norspirit:but the Phariseesconfessboth.
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And there arose a greatcry:and the scribes that were of the Pharisees'partarose , and strove , saying , We findnoevilinthisman:butif a spiritor an angel hath spoken to him, let usnotfight against God.
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And when there arose a greatdissension, the chief captain,fearinglestPaul should have been pulled in piecesofthem,commanded the soldiers to go down , and to takehim by forcefromamongthem,and to bring him into the castle.
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And the nightfollowing the Lord stood byhim, and said , Be of good cheer , Paul:foras thou hast testifiedofmeinJerusalem,somustthou bear witnessalsoatRome.
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And when it wasday,certain of the Jews banded together* , and boundthemselves under a curse , saying that they wouldneithereatnordrinktillthey had killedPaul.
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And they were more thanfortywhich had madethisconspiracy.
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And they came to the chief priestsandelders, and said , We have boundourselves under a great curse, that we will eatnothinguntilwe have slainPaul.
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Nowthereforeyewith the councilsignify to the chief captainthat he bringhimdownuntoyou to morrow,as though ye wouldenquire something more perfectlyconcerninghim:andwe, or everhe come near , areready to killhim.
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And when Paul'ssister'ssonheard of their lying in wait, he wentandenteredinto the castle, and toldPaul.