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Acts 23:8

Acts 23:8
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,.... Of the dead, being ignorant of the Scriptures, and the power of God; see Mat 22:23.

neither angel nor spirit; the Ethiopic version reads,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For the Sadducees say - They believe. No resurrection - Of the dead. By this doctrine they also understood that there was no future state, and that the soul did not exist after death. See the notes on…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection - It is strange, since these denied a future state, that they observed the ordinances of the law; for they also believed the five books of Moses to be a…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 23:6-11

Many are the troubles of the righteous, but some way or other the Lord delivereth them out of them all. Paul owned he had experienced the truth of this in the persecutions he had undergone among the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection It is said that their teaching had its rise in the thought that "God's servants should not do service with the hope of reward." As the life to come…

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