But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees— Some considerable commentators have thought this verse a circumstance which St. Paul adds to his history; though the connexion evidently shews, that they are the words of the historian; informing us that these messengers found some at Jerusalem, who had the same unhappy principles, which had so much disturbed the peace of the church at Antioch.
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Acts 15:5
5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.