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Strove
The diversion was successful. The Pharisees' hatred of the Sadducees was greater than their hatred of Christianity.
What if a spirit, etc
Neither the A. V. nor Rev. give the precise form of this expression. The words form a broken sentence, followed by a significant silence, which leaves the hearers to supply the omission for themselves: “But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him ...” The words which the A. V. supplies to complete the sentence, let us not fight against God, are spurious, borrowed from Act 5:39.