• Acts 23:6
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 6 Now Paul, knowing that the one part was made up of Sadducees but the other of Pharisees, cried out in the Sanʹhe·drin: “Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee,+ a son of Pharisees. Over the hope of the resurrection of the dead I am being judged.”

  • Acts 23:6
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 6 Γνοὺς Having known δὲ but ὁ the Παῦλος Paul ὅτι that τὸ the ἓν one μέρος part ἐστὶν is Σαδδουκαίων of Sadducees τὸ the δὲ but ἕτερον different Φαρισαίων of Pharisees ἔκραζεν he was crying out ἐν in τῷ the συνεδρίῳ Sanhedrin Ἄνδρες Male persons ἀδελφοί, brothers, ἐγὼ I Φαρισαῖός Pharisee εἰμι, I am, υἱὸς son Φαρισαίων· of Pharisees; περὶ about ἐλπίδος hope καὶ and ἀναστάσεως resurrection νεκρῶν of dead (ones) κρίνομαι. I am being judged.

  • Acts 23:6
    The Bible in Living English

    • 6 But, finding out that the one part was of Sadducees and the other of Pharisees, Paul cried out in the Sanhedrin “Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; it is about the hope and resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

  • Acts 23:6
    American Standard Version

    • 6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: touching the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

  • Acts 23:6
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 6 But Paul getting to know that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees began to cry aloud in the council—Brethren! I am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees:—Concerning a hope even of a rising again of the dead am I to be judged.

  • Acts 23:6
    King James Version

    • 6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 23
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 23:6

      I am a Pharisee: Some of those in the audience knew Paul. (Ac 22:5) They would have understood that by calling himself a son of Pharisees, he was acknowledging his common heritage with them. They understood that Paul was not misrepresenting himself, since the Pharisees of the Sanhedrin knew that he had become a zealous Christian. But in this context, Paul’s statement about being a Pharisee could be understood in a relative sense; Paul was identifying himself with the Pharisees rather than the Sadducees because he shared the Pharisees’ belief in the resurrection. In so doing, he established a common ground with the Pharisees who were present. He apparently hoped that raising this controversial issue would cause some members of the Sanhedrin to sympathize with his argument, and the strategy worked. (Ac 23:7-9) Paul’s statement here at Ac 23:6 also harmonizes with how he described himself when he later defended himself before King Agrippa. (Ac 26:5) And when writing from Rome to fellow Christians in Philippi, Paul again made reference to his heritage as a Pharisee. (Php 3:5) It is also worth noting how other Christians who were former Pharisees are described at Ac 15:5.​—See study note on Ac 15:5.