Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 23

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Acts 23 . 1 , As Paul pleads his cause , Acts 23 . 2 , Ananias commands them to smite him; Acts 23 . 7 , Dissension among his accusers; Acts 23 . 11 , God encourages him; Acts 23 . 14 , The Jews’ laying wait for Paul , Acts 23 . 20. is declared unto the chief captain; Acts 23 . 27 , He sends him to Felix the governor.

Acts 23:1

Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”

Acts 23:1 · BSB

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Acts 23:2

At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

Acts 23:2 · BSB

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Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”

Acts 23:3 · BSB

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God God did smite him in a remarkable manner; for about five years after this , after his house had been reduced to ashes , in a tumult raised by his own son , he was besieged and taken in the royal palace; where having attempted in vain to hide himself , he was dragged out and slain.

Acts 23:4

But those standing nearby said, “How dare you insult the high priest of God!”

Acts 23:4 · BSB

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Acts 23:5

“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”

Acts 23:5 · BSB

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Soon after the holding of the first council at Jerusalem , Ananias , son of Nebedenus , was deprived of the high priest's office , for certain acts of violence , and sent to Rome , whence he was afterwards released , and returned to Jerusalem. Between the death of Jonathan , who succeeded him and was murdered by Felix , and the high priesthood of Ismael , who was invested with that office by Agrippa , an interval elapsed in which this dignity was vacant. This was the precise time when Paul was apprehended; and the Sanhedrin being destitute of a president , Ananias undertook to discharge the office. It is probable that Paul was ignorant of this circumstance

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Acts 23:6

Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

Acts 23:6 · BSB

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Acts 23:7

As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

Acts 23:7 · BSB

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Acts 23:8

For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

Acts 23:8 · BSB

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Acts 23:9

A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

Acts 23:9 · BSB

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Acts 23:10

The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.

Acts 23:10 · BSB

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Acts 23:11

The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”

Acts 23:11 · BSB

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Acts 23:12

When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:12 · BSB

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Such execrable vows as these were not unusual among the Jews , who , from their perverted traditions , challenged to themselves a right of punishing without any legal process , those whom they considered transgressors of the law; and in some cases , as in the case of one who had forsaken the law of Moses , they thought they were justified in killing them. They therefore made no scruple of acquainting the chief priests and elders with their conspiracy against the life of Paul , and applying for their connivance and support; who , being chiefly of the sect of the Sadducees , and the apostle's bitterest enemies , were so far from blaming them for it , that they gladly aided and abetted them in this mode of dispatching him , and on its failure they soon afterwards determined upon making a similar attempt

  • Acts 25:2 Acts 25 . 3. If these were , in their bad way , conscientious men , they were under no necessity of perishing for hunger , when the providence of God had hindered them from accomplishing their vow; for their vows of abstinence from eating and drinking were as easy to loose as to bind , any of their wise men or Rabbis having power to absolve them , as Dr. Lightfoot has shown from the Talmud
  • 1 Samuel 14:24
  • 1 Samuel 14:27
  • 1 Samuel 14:28
  • 1 Samuel 14:40-44
  • Psalm 31:13

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Acts 23:13

More than forty of them were involved in this plot.

Acts 23:13 · BSB

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Acts 23:14

They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

Acts 23:14 · BSB

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Acts 23:15

Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”

Acts 23:15 · BSB

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Acts 23:16

But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.

Acts 23:16 · BSB

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Acts 23:17

Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

Acts 23:17 · BSB

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Acts 23:18

So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”

Acts 23:18 · BSB

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Acts 23:19

The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”

Acts 23:19 · BSB

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Acts 23:20

He answered, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.

Acts 23:20 · BSB

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Acts 23:21

Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

Acts 23:21 · BSB

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Acts 23:22

So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Do not tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”

Acts 23:22 · BSB

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Acts 23:23

Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.

Acts 23:23 · BSB

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About nine o'clock in the evening , for the greater secrecy , and to elude the cunning , active malice of the Jews

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Acts 23:24

Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”

Acts 23:24 · BSB

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Acts 23:25

And he wrote the following letter:

Acts 23:25 · BSB

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Acts 23:26

Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.

Acts 23:26 · BSB

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Acts 23:27

This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,

Acts 23:27 · BSB

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Acts 23:28

and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.

Acts 23:28 · BSB

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Acts 23:29

I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.

Acts 23:29 · BSB

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Acts 23:30

When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.

Acts 23:30 · BSB

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Acts 23:31

So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.

Acts 23:31 · BSB

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Acts 23:32

The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.

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Acts 23:33

When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.

Acts 23:33 · BSB

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Acts 23:34

The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,

Acts 23:34 · BSB

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Acts 23:35

he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.

Acts 23:35 · BSB

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In the wider web5 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Acts 23:4-5 → Exodus 22:28
Allusions Acts 23:3 → Leviticus 19:15
Chiasms
Shaped Acts 23:06–07, Acts 23:07–08, Acts 23:12–21
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