"And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God."
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And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?
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 angel ...
And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
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!"
And there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part having arisen, were striving, saying, `No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;'