Acts 23:1-10
Lived in all good conscience; done what I thought to be right. Smite him on the mouth; by this he would indicate that Paul had uttered a falsehood. Smite thee; visit in judgment.Whited wall; hypocrite. Wist not; knew not. At this time the occupancy of the high-priesthood had become very irregular. If Ananias actually was then the high-priest, it is probable that Paul either did not know the fact, or at the moment did not advert to it.It is written; Ex 22:28. I am a Pharisee; Paul agreed with the Pharisees in believing that the soul lives after the death of the body, and that there will be a resurrection--points on which they differed from the Sadducees.Resurrection of the dead; he contended that Jesus Christ had actually risen. This showed that He was the Messiah, that the doctrine of a resurrection was true, and that all men would be raised. 1Co 15:12-23. There is no bond of permanent union among persecutors of Christians. They may, for selfish purposes, unite for a time in opposing the truth; but they are easily divided; and God, through their divisions, may deliver his people from their power. Neither angel, nor spirit; no such thing as created spirits existing, separate from bodies.Confess both; receive both doctrines as true. A spirit or an angel; chap Ac 22:6-8,17-21.
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