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This verse from the book of Acts captures the explosive outcome of a single statement. The grammar combines a genitive absolute, a narrative aorist, and passive voice to describe how one utterance caused theological chaos: τοῦτο δὲ αὐτοῦ λαλήσαντος ἐγένετο στάσις τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ τῶν Σαδδουκαίων, καὶ ἐσχίσθη τὸ πλῆθος from Acts 23:7. The syntax powerfully conveys how speech can fracture a crowd and incite ideological conflict.

τοῦτο δὲ αὐτοῦ λαλήσαντος ἐγένετο στάσις τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ τῶν Σαδδουκαίων, καὶ ἐσχίσθη τὸ πλῆθος (Acts 23:7)

“And when he had said this, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the crowd was divided.”… Learn Koine Greek