⁴³ So there was a division among the people because of him.

¹⁶ Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

¹⁹ There was a division again among the Jews because of these words.

¹² And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

³⁵ For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:

⁵¹ Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on earth? I say to you, No, but division:

⁴ But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.

⁷ And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting.

⁸ For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.

⁹ 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?

¹⁰ And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.