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ForγὰρSadduceesΣαδδουκαῖοιsayλέγουσινthatthere isεἶναιnoμὴresurrection,ἀνάστασινnorμήτεangel,ἄγγελονnorμήτεspirit,πνεῦμαbutδὲPhariseesΦαρισαῖοιacknowledgeὁμολογοῦσινboth.τὰ ἀμφότερα
Acts 23:8
Study it in the app“For Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but Pharisees acknowledge both.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 23:8, word by word
- SadduceesΣαδδουκαῖοιSaddoukaioi
Sadducee
Sadducee: a member of a Jewish party of the priestly families, who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead.
Where else “Saddoukaioi” appears- sayλέγουσινlegousin
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legousin” appears- there isεἶναιeinai
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “einai” appears- resurrectionἀνάστασινanastasin
resurrection
Coming back to life after death.
Where else “anastasin” appears- angelἄγγελονangelon
angel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angelon” appears- spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
evil spirit
An invisible being without a body, often evil: a demon.
Where else “pneuma” appears- PhariseesΦαρισαῖοιPharisaioi
Pharisee
Pharisee: a member of a Jewish group that kept the law of Moses and the traditions of its teachers strictly.
Where else “Pharisaioi” appears- acknowledgeὁμολογοῦσινhomologousin
confess
To state openly what one believes, as that Christ is Lord.
Where else “homologousin” appears- bothἀμφότεραamphotera
both
Both, the two together.
Where else “amphotera” appears
Translation note
“Both” (amphotera) can be understood as the resurrection on the one hand, and angels and spirits on the other; the word was also used for more than two things (compare 19:16).
The context
7And when he said this, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the multitude was divided.
8 · This verse (above)
9And there arose a great outcry, and some of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees stood up and argued fiercely, saying, “We find nothing wrong in this man; and what if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel?”
To study Acts 23 in a group
1. What it says
What does the Lord say to Paul the night after his appearance before the council? (v. 11)
2. What it means
Paul's nephew learns of a plot and reports it. What does the commander do with that information? (vv. 12-24)
3. How I live it
Paul was encouraged at a moment of great tension (v. 11). Who encouraged you when you needed it, and how can you do that for someone else?