KJV: And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
YLT: And he having spoken this, there came a dissension of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, and the crowd was divided,
Darby: And when he had spoken this, there was a tumult of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided.
ASV: And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.
Τοῦτο | This |
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: οὗτος Sense: this. |
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αὐτοῦ | of him |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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λαλοῦντος | saying |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ἀπολαλέω Sense: to utter a voice or emit a sound. |
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ἐγένετο | arose |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Singular Root: γίνομαι Sense: to become, i. |
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στάσις | a dissension |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: στάσις Sense: a standing, station, state. |
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τῶν | between the |
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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Φαρισαίων | Pharisees |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: Φαρισαῖος Sense: A sect that seems to have started after the Jewish exile. |
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Σαδδουκαίων | Sadducees |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: Σαδδουκαῖος Sense: a religious party at the time of Christ among the Jews, who denied that the oral law was a revelation of God to the Israelites, and who deemed the written law alone to be obligatory on the nation, as the divine authority. They denied the following doctrines:. |
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ἐσχίσθη | was divided |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: σχίζω Sense: to cleave, cleave asunder, rend. |
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πλῆθος | crowd |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: πλῆθος Sense: a multitude. |
Greek Commentary for Acts 23:7
Genitive absolute of present participle (Westcott and Hort) rather than aorist While he was saying this. [source]
This old word for standing or station (Hebrews 9:8) from ιστημι histēmi to place, we have seen already to mean insurrection (Acts 19:40 which see). Here it is strife as in Acts 15:2. Was divided (εσχιστη eschisthē). See note on Acts 14:4. [source]
See note on Acts 14:4. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Acts 23:7
First aorist passive indicative of σχιζω schizō old verb to split, to make a schism or factions as Sadducees and Pharisees (Acts 23:7). This division was within the Gentile populace. Part held Common demonstrative of contrast The Jewish leaders made some impression on the Gentiles as at Antioch in Pisidia and later at Thessalonica (Acts 17:4.). This is the first time in the Acts that Paul and Barnabas are termed “apostles” (see also Acts 13:14). Elsewhere in the Acts the word is restricted to the twelve. Certainly Luke does not here employ it in that technical sense. To have followed Jesus in his ministry and to have seen the Risen Christ was essential to the technical use (Acts 1:22.). Whether Barnabas had seen the Risen Christ we do not know, but certainly Paul had (1 Corinthians 9:1.; 1 Corinthians 15:8). Paul claimed to be an apostle on a par with the twelve (Galatians 1:1, Galatians 1:16-18). The word originally means simply one sent (John 13:16) like messengers of the churches with the collection (2 Corinthians 8:23). The Jews used it of those sent from Jerusalem to collect the temple tribute. Paul applies the word to James the Lord‘s brother (Galatians 1:19), to Epaphroditus (Philemon 2:25) as the messenger of the church in Philippi, to Silvanus and Timothy (1 Thessalonians 2:6; Acts 18:5), apparently to Apollos (1 Corinthians 4:9), and to Andronicus and Junias (Romans 16:6.). He even calls the Judaizers “false apostles” (2 Corinthians 11:13). [source]
Genitive absolute of second aorist middle participle of γινομαι ginomai genitive singular agreeing with first substantive στασεως staseōs Literally, “No little (litotes for much) strife and questioning coming to Paul and Barnabas (dative case) with them “ Paul and Barnabas were not willing to see this Gentile church brow-beaten and treated as heretics by these self-appointed regulators of Christian orthodoxy from Jerusalem. The work had developed under the leadership of Paul and Barnabas and they accepted full responsibility for it and stoutly resisted these Judaizers to the point of sedition (riot, outbreak in Luke 23:25; Acts 19:40) as in Acts 23:7. There is no evidence that the Judaizers had any supporters in the Antioch church so that they failed utterly to make any impression. Probably these Judaizers compelled Paul to think through afresh his whole gospel of grace and so they did Paul and the world a real service. If the Jews like Paul had to believe, it was plain that there was no virtue in circumcision (Galatians 2:15-21). It is not true that the early Christians had no disagreements. They had selfish avarice with Ananias and Sapphira, murmuring over the gifts to the widows, simony in the case of Simon Magus, violent objection to work in Caesarea, and now open strife over a great doctrine (grace vs. legalism). [source]