6. Paul was aware that some were Sadducees and some Pharisees, so he called out before the Sanhedrin, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees; [I] am on trial for hope in the resurrection of the dead.”
7. When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the group became divided.
8. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection or angels or spirits, while the Pharisees acknowledge all three.
9. A great uproar occurred, and some scribes belonging to the Pharisee party stood up and sharply argued, “We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
10. The dispute was so serious that the commander, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered his troops to go down and rescue him from their midst and take him into the compound.
11. The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage. For just as you have borne witness to my cause in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness in Rome.”
12. When day came, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
13. There were more than forty who formed this conspiracy.