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Acts 23

Acts 23:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
there arose
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
a great
megas (Greek #3173)
big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
KJV usage: (+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years.
Pronounce: meg'-as
Origin: (including the prolonged forms, feminine μεγάλη, plural μεγάλοι, etc.; compare also 3176, 3187)
cry
krauge (Greek #2906)
an outcry (in notification, tumult or grief)
KJV usage: clamour, cry(-ing).
Pronounce: krow-gay'
Origin: from 2896
: and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
the scribes
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
grammateus (Greek #1122)
from 1121. a writer, i.e. (professionally) scribe or secretary
KJV usage: scribe, town-clerk.
Pronounce: gram-mat-yooce'
that were of the Pharisees’
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Pharisaios (Greek #5330)
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
KJV usage: Pharisee.
Pronounce: far-is-ah'-yos
Origin: of Hebrew origin (compare 06567)
part
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
meros (Greek #3313)
a division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application)
KJV usage: behalf, course, coast, craft, particular (+ -ly), part (+ -ly), piece, portion, respect, side, some sort(-what).
Pronounce: mer'-os
Origin: from an obsolete but more primary form of μείρομαι (to get as a section or allotment)
arose
anistemi (Greek #450)
to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
KJV usage: arise, lift up, raise up (again), rise (again), stand up(-right).
Pronounce: an-is'-tay-mee
Origin: from 303 and 2476
, and strove
diamachomai (Greek #1264)
to fight fiercely (in altercation)
KJV usage: strive.
Pronounce: dee-am-akh'-om-ahee
Origin: from 1223 and 3164
, saying
lego (Greek #3004)
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
KJV usage: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Pronounce: leg'-o
Origin: a primary verb
, We find
heurisko (Greek #2147)
εὕρω (hyoo'-ro), which (together with another cognate form) εὑρέω (hyoo-reh'-o) is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: find, get, obtain, perceive, see.
Pronounce: hyoo-ris'-ko
g no
oudeis (Greek #3762)
not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing
KJV usage: any (man), aught, man, neither any (thing), never (man), no (man), none (+ of these things), not (any, at all, -thing), nought.
Pronounce: oo-dice'
Origin: οὐδεμία (oo-dem-ee'-ah), and neuter οὐδέν (oo-den') from 3761 and 1520
evil
kakos (Greek #2556)
worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas 4190 properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious
KJV usage: bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked.
Pronounce: kak-os'
Origin: apparently a primary word
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
this
toutoi (Greek #5129)
to (in, with or by) this (person or thing)
KJV usage: here(-by, -in), him, one, the same, there(-in), this.
Pronounce: too'-to
Origin: dative case singular masculine or neuter of 3778
man
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
: but
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
if
ei (Greek #1487)
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489, 1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.
Pronounce: i
Origin: a primary particle of conditionality
a spirit
pneuma (Greek #4151)
a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit
KJV usage: ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind. Compare 5590.
Pronounce: pnyoo'-mah
Origin: from 4154
h or
e (Greek #2228)
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
KJV usage: and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially 2235, 2260, 2273.
Pronounce: ay
Origin: a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms
an angel
aggelos (Greek #32)
a messenger; especially an "angel"; by implication, a pastor
KJV usage: angel, messenger.
Pronounce: ang'-el-os
Origin: from ἀγγέλλω (probably derived from 71; compare 34) (to bring tidings)
hath spoken
laleo (Greek #2980)
to talk, i.e. utter words
KJV usage: preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: lal-eh'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb
to him
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
, let us
theomacheo (Greek #2313)
to resist deity
KJV usage: fight against God.
Pronounce: theh-o-makh-eh'-o
Origin: from 2314
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
k fight against God
theomacheo (Greek #2313)
to resist deity
KJV usage: fight against God.
Pronounce: theh-o-makh-eh'-o
Origin: from 2314
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Acts 25:25• 25But I, having found that he had done nothing worthy of death, and this man himself having appealed to Augustus, I have decided to send him; (Acts 25:25)
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Acts 26:31• 31and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds. (Acts 26:31)
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Acts 22:17‑18• 17And it came to pass when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the temple, that I became in ecstasy,
 18and saw him saying to me, Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. (Acts 22:17‑18)
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Acts 5:39• 39but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God. (Acts 5:39)

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Pharisee,
Scribes,
Spirit

Cross References

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Acts 25:25• 25But I, having found that he had done nothing worthy of death, and this man himself having appealed to Augustus, I have decided to send him; (Acts 25:25)
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Acts 26:31• 31and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds. (Acts 26:31)
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1 Sam. 24:17• 17And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. (1 Sam. 24:17)
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Prov. 16:7• 7When a man's ways please Jehovah, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. (Prov. 16:7)
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Luke 23:4,14‑15,22• 4And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find no guilt in this man.
 14said to them, Ye have brought to me this man as turning away the people to rebellion, and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found nothing criminal in this man as to the things of which ye accuse him;
 15nor Herod either, for I remitted you to him, and behold, nothing worthy of death is done by him.
 22And he said the third time to them, What evil then has this man done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will chastise him therefore and release him. (Luke 23:4,14‑15,22)
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Acts 23:8• 8For Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees confess both of them. (Acts 23:8)
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Acts 9:4• 4and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me? (Acts 9:4)
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Acts 22:7,17‑18• 7And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
 17And it came to pass when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the temple, that I became in ecstasy,
 18and saw him saying to me, Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. (Acts 22:7,17‑18)
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Acts 26:14‑19• 14And, when we were all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against goads.
 15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, *I* am Jesus whom *thou* persecutest:
 16but rise up and stand on thy feet; for, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in,
 17taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom *I* send thee,
 18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
 19Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision; (Acts 26:14‑19)
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Acts 27:23• 23For an angel of the God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me this night, (Acts 27:23)
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John 12:29• 29The crowd therefore, which stood there and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, An angel has spoken to him. (John 12:29)
let.
Acts 5:39• 39but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God. (Acts 5:39)
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Acts 11:17• 17If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was *I* to be able to forbid God? (Acts 11:17)
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1 Cor. 10:22• 22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? (1 Cor. 10:22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And there was a great clamour, and the scribes of the Pharisees’ part rising up contended, saying, We find nothing evil in this man; and if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angelc …

JND Translation Notes

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c
The rest of ver. 9 A.V. is not in the best MSS.

W. Kelly Translation

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9
And there arose a great clamour, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man; and [what] if a spirit spoke to him or an angela?

WK Translation Notes

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a
The verse ends correctly with "a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?" though the addition of the common text "let us not fight against God" is not without numerous attestations.