Acts 23:8

23:8 (For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)

Hebrews 1:7

1:7 And he says of the angels, “He makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,”

Hebrews 1:14

1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?


tn BDAG 55 s.v. ἀμφότεροι 2 has “all, even when more than two are involved…Φαρισαῖοι ὁμολογοῦσιν τὰ ἀ. believe in them all 23:8.” On this belief see Josephus, J. W. 2.8.14 (2.163); Ant. 18.1.3 (18.14).

sn The Greek correlative conjunctions μέν and δέ (men and de) emphasize the contrastive parallelism of vs. 7 (what God says about the angels) over against vv. 8-9 and vv. 10-12 (what God says about the son).

tn Grk “He who makes.”

sn A quotation from Ps 104:4.

tn Grk “sent for service for the sake of those.”