So there was a division among the people over him.
There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.
Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.
And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, he is leading the people astray.”
And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all. Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?” And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.
But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.
Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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