The moment he said this, an argument broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was split.
In context
5Paul answered, “I did not know, brothers, that he is the high priest. It is written: ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’” 6Then Paul, knowing that one part of them were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees. It is over the hope of the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.” 7The moment he said this, an argument broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was split. 8For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, and no angel or spirit; the Pharisees acknowledge them all. 9A great shouting followed, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and argued fiercely: “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel?”
