¹⁹ Therefore ^(A)there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings.

¹⁶ Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not ^[a]keep the Sabbath.”

Others said, ^(A)“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And ^(B)there was a division among them.

³ for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and ^[a]behaving like mere men?

⁷ And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the assembly was divided. ^8 (A)For Sadducees say that there is no resurrection—and no angel or spirit; but the Pharisees confess both. ⁹ Then there arose a loud outcry. And the scribes of the Pharisees’ party arose and protested, saying, ^(B)“We find no evil in this man; ^[a]but ^(C)if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, ^(D)let us not fight against God.”

¹⁰ Now when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

⁴ But the multitude of the city was ^(A)divided: part sided with the Jews, and part with the ^(B)apostles.

Who Is He?

⁴⁰ Therefore ^[a]many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is ^(A)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others said, “This is ^(B)the Christ.”

But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? ^42 (C)Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, ^(D)where David was?” ⁴³ So ^(E)there was a division among the people because of Him.

¹⁸ For first of all, when you come together as a church, ^(A)I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

^51 (A)Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, ^(B)but rather division. ^52 (C)For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. ^53 (D)Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

Christ Brings Division^(A)

^34 (B)“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. ³⁵ For I have come to ^(C)‘set^[a] a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;