Acts 23:8

Σαδδουκαῖοι μὲν γὰρ λέγουσιν μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν μηδὲ ἄγγελον μήτε πνεῦμα Φαρισαῖοι δὲ ὁμολογοῦσιν τὰ ἀμφότερα
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Σαδδουκαῖοι
G4523 N-NPM-T
saddoukaios
the righteous
a Sadducaean (i.e., Tsadokian), or follower of a certain heretical Israelite
  • a religious party at the time of Christ among the Jews, who denied that the oral law was a revelation of God to the Israelites, and who deemed the written law alone to be obligatory on the nation, as the divine authority
μὲν
G3303 PRT
men
properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with G1161 (this one, the former, etc.)
  • truly, certainly, surely, indeed
γὰρ
G1063 CONJ
gar
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
  • for
λέγουσιν
G3004 V-PAI-3P
legō
properly, to ___%___lay___%___ forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
  • to say, to speak
    • affirm over, maintain
      • "to teach"to exhort, advise, to command, direct"to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say"to call by name, to call, name"to speak out, speak of, mention
μὴ
G3361 PRT-N
mē
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
  • no, not lest
εἶναι
G1511
einai
to exist
  • to be, to exist, to happen, to be present
ἀνάστασιν
G386 N-ASF
anastasis
a standing up again, i.e., (literally) a resurrection from death (individual, genitive case or by implication, (its author)), or (figuratively) a (moral) recovery (of spiritual truth)
  • a raising up, rising (e.g., from a seat)
    • "a rising from the dead
    • that of Christ
      • "that of all men at the end of this present age"the resurrection of certain ones history who were restored to life (Hebrews 11:35)
μηδὲ
G3366
mēde
but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor
  • and not, but not, nor, not
ἄγγελον
G32 N-ASM
angelos
compare G0034) (to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an ___%___angel___%___; by implication, a pastor
  • a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God
μήτε
G3383 CONJ
mēte
not too, i.e., (in continued negation) neither or nor; also, not even
  • and not, neither ... nor, not so
πνεῦμα
G4151 N-ASN
pneuma
a current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit
  • a movement of air (a gentle blast
    • of the wind, hence the wind itself
      • "breath of nostrils or mouth
    the spirit, i.e., the vital principal by which the body is animated
    • the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides
      • "the soul
    a spirit, i.e., a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting
    • a life giving spirit
      • "a human soul that has left the body"a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e., an angel
      • used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men
        • "the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ
    of God
    • God's power and agency distinguishable in thought from his essence in itself considered
      • manifest in the course of affairs
        • "by its influence upon the souls productive in the theocratic body (the church) of all the higher spiritual gifts and blessings"the third person of the trinity, the God the Holy Spirit
    the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one
    • the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.
Φαρισαῖοι
G5330 N-NPM-T
pharisaios
a separatist, i.e., exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e., Jewish sectary
  • A Jewish sect (which seems to have started after the Jewish exile) that focused on outward forms of piety, enemies of Jesus Christ
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
ὁμολογοῦσιν
G3670 V-PAI-3P
homologeō
to assent, i.e., covenant, acknowledge
  • to say the same thing as another, i.e., to agree with, assent
    • "to concede
    • not to refuse, to promise
      • "not to deny
      • to confess
        • "declare"to confess, i.e., to admit or declare one's self guilty of what one is accused of
    to profess
    • to declare openly, speak out freely
      • "to profess one's self the worshipper of one
    to praise, celebrate
τὰ
G3588 T-APN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἀμφότερα
G297 A-APN
amphoteros
(in plural) both
  • both of two, both the one and the other

Σαδδουκαῖοι μὲν γὰρ λέγουσιν μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν μηδὲ ἄγγελον μήτε πνεῦμα Φαρισαῖοι δὲ ὁμολογοῦσιν τὰ ἀμφότερα
8
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
Cross References

Luke 20:27

Προσελθόντες δέ τινες τῶν Σαδδουκαίων οἱ ἀντιλέγοντες ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν
27
Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,

Matthew 22:23

Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ Σαδδουκαῖοι οἵ λέγοντες μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν
23
The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

Mark 12:18

Καὶ ἔρχονται Σαδδουκαῖοι πρὸς αὐτόν οἵτινες λέγουσιν ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν λέγοντες
18
Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

Acts 4:1

Λαλούντων δὲ αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν λαὸν ἐπέστησαν αὐτοῖς οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ οἱ Σαδδουκαῖοι
1
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
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