Acts 23:8
“For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.”
But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,”
“Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?”
“And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.”
“The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.”
“Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,”