When he had so said (τουτο αυτου λαλουντος). Genitive absolute of present participle (Westcott and Hort) rather than aorist (ειπον…

A di ension. A dispute or difference.

And the multitude. The council. . The Pharisees embraced, as he desired and expected…

There arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees.—As a strategic act St. Paul’s words had immediately the…

Paul’s declaration served to divide the council, with Sadducees on the one side (cf. comment on 4:1) and Pharisees on the other (cf. comment on 5:3…

And when he had so said
He stopped and made a pause:

and there arose a dissension between the Pha…

The Pharisees were correct in the faith of the Jewish church. The Sadducees were no friends to Scripture or divine revelation. They denied a future…