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Pentecost, El Greco

Acts 23:9

El Greco, Pentecost, c. 1600 · Museo del Prado · Public domainEl Greco, Pentecost, c. 1600, Museo del Prado

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Acts 23:9 (WEB)

A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”

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  • “…their degradation in the Council of Sardica, as mentioned before; and with good reason; for, as the Pharisees of old, when they undertook the defence of Paul, fully exposed the conspiracy which they and the Jews had formed against him; and as the blessed David was proved to be persecuted unjustly when the…” — editor's note: Acts xxiii. 9.

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