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OET (OET-LV) And a_ great _clamour became, and some of_the scribes of_the side of_the Farisaios_party having_stood_up, they_were_contending saying:
We_are_finding nothing evil in the this man, and what if a_spirit spoke to_him, or an_messenger?
OET (OET-RV) So then there was a big kerfuffle because some of the teachers of the law spoke up for the Pharisees saying, “We don’t see anything wrong with this man. Maybe it was a spirit or one of God’s messengers that spoke to him.”
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
ἀναστάντες
/having/_stood_up
By arising (that is, standing up), these Pharisees were indicating that they had something important to say. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: “standing up to show that they had something important to say”
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact
εἰ δὲ πνεῦμα ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ, ἢ ἄγγελος
if and_‹what› /a/_spirit spoke ˱to˲_him or /an/_angel
These Pharisees are speaking as if what they are saying is a hypothetical possibility, but they believe that it is actually true. If your language does not state something as a condition if the speaker believes that it is true, then you can translate these words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: “And since a spirit must have spoken to him, or an angel”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
εἰ δὲ πνεῦμα ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ, ἢ ἄγγελος
if and_‹what› /a/_spirit spoke ˱to˲_him or /an/_angel
These Pharisees assume that the Sadducees will understand that they mean this spirit or angel spoke to Paul when he had the vision in the Jerusalem temple that he described in 22:17–21. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “And since a spirit must have spoken to him, or an angel, when he had his vision in Jerusalem”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
εἰ δὲ πνεῦμα ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ, ἢ ἄγγελος?
if and_‹what› /a/_spirit spoke ˱to˲_him or /an/_angel
These Pharisees are making the first part of a conditional statement and leaving the second part for the Sadduccees to realize on their own. If this would be unclear to your readers, you could supply the second part of this conditional statement in your translation. Alternate translation: “And if a spirit spoke to him, or an angel, then you should find no evil in this man either.”
23:7-10 Paul’s statement (23:6) divided the council, with the Pharisees taking Paul’s side against the Sadducees. The resulting uproar was so great that the commander rescued Paul and took him back into the fortress of Antonia.
OET (OET-LV) And a_ great _clamour became, and some of_the scribes of_the side of_the Farisaios_party having_stood_up, they_were_contending saying:
We_are_finding nothing evil in the this man, and what if a_spirit spoke to_him, or an_messenger?
OET (OET-RV) So then there was a big kerfuffle because some of the teachers of the law spoke up for the Pharisees saying, “We don’t see anything wrong with this man. Maybe it was a spirit or one of God’s messengers that spoke to him.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.