Verse 1

Introduction

Overview

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.

earnestly . Acts 23 . 6 , Acts 6 . 15 , Acts 22 . 5 , Proverbs 28 . 1

Men . Acts 22 . 1

I have . Acts 24 . 16 , 1 Corinthians 4 . 4 , 2 Corinthians 1 . 12 , 2 Corinthians 4 . 2 , 2 Timothy 1 . 3 , Hebrews 13 . 18 , 1 Peter 3 . 16

Reciprocal . Genesis 17 . 1 . walk Isaiah 58 . 4 . and to smite Jeremiah 37 . 18 . General Matthew 10 . 17 . for Mark 13 . 9 . take Luke 1 . 6 . walking Acts 1 . 16 . Men Acts 5 . 27 . set Acts 25 . 8 . Neither Acts 28 . 17 . though Romans 2 . 15 . their conscience Galatians 2 . 11 . because 1 Timothy 1 . 5 . a good

Verse 2

Ananias . Acts 24 . 1

to smite . 1 Kings 22 . 24 , Jeremiah 20 . 2 , Micah 5 . 1 , Matthew 26 . 67 , John 18 . 22

Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 18 . 23 . Zedekiah Job 16 . 10 . they have smitten Isaiah 58 . 4 . and to smite Jeremiah 37 . 15 . the princes Mark 13 . 9 . take Mark 14 . 65 . General Luke 6 . 29 . smiteth 1 Corinthians 4 . 11 . and are buffeted

Verse 3

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.

thou whited . Matthew 23 . 27 , Matthew 23 . 28

for . Leviticus 19 . 35 , Psalm 58 . 1 , Psalm 58 . 2 , Psalm 82 . 1 , Psalm 82 . 2 , Psalm 94 . 20 , Ecclesiastes 3 . 16 , Amos 5 . 7 , Micah 3 . 8-11

smitten . Deuteronomy 25 . 1 , Deuteronomy 25 . 2 , John 7 . 51 , John 18 . 24

Reciprocal . Exodus 22 . 28 . nor curse Numbers 20 . 10 . General Deuteronomy 16 . 19 . wrest 2 Chronicles 18 . 23 . Zedekiah Job 34 . 18 . General Jeremiah 37 . 15 . the princes Matthew 26 . 67 . and others Luke 9 . 55 . Ye know Luke 11 . 44 . for John 18 . 22 . struck

Verse 4

Reciprocal . John 18 . 22 . Answerest

Verse 5

I wist . 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. Acts 24 . 17

Thou . Exodus 22 . 28 , Ecclesiastes 10 . 20 , 2 Peter 2 . 10 , Jude 1 . 8 , Jude 1 . 9

Reciprocal . Exodus 34 . 29 . wist 2 Samuel 15 . 3 . there is 2 Samuel 16 . 9 . curse 2 Samuel 19 . 6 . thou regardest Job 34 . 18 . General Psalm 138 . 1 . before John 18 . 22 . Answerest Titus 3 . 2 . speak

Verse 6

Paul . Matthew 10 . 16

I am . Acts 26 . 5 , Philippians 3 . 5

of the hope . Acts 24 . 15 , Acts 24 . 21 , Acts 26 . 6-8 , Acts 28 . 20

Reciprocal . Psalm 55 . 9 . divide Jeremiah 38 . 27 . and he told Matthew 3 . 7 . the Pharisees Matthew 16 . 1 . Sadducees Matthew 22 . 23 . the Sadducees Mark 12 . 18 . say Luke 18 . 10 . a Pharisee Luke 20 . 27 . the Sadducees John 11 . 24 . I know Acts 1 . 16 . Men Acts 4 . 1 . the Sadducees Acts 5 . 17 . all Acts 22 . 1 . brethren Acts 22 . 3 . taught Acts 23 . 1 . earnestly Acts 23 . 29 . questions Philippians 3 . 11 . attain Colossians 1 . 5 . the hope Hebrews 6 . 2 . resurrection Hebrews 11 . 35 . that they

that . 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

Reciprocal . Genesis 28 . 20 . vowed Genesis 37 . 18 . conspired Exodus 1 . 10 . wisely Leviticus 5 . 4 . to do evil Leviticus 27 . 28 . no devoted Numbers 30 . 2 . swear Deuteronomy 23 . 23 . hast vowed Judges 21 . 1 . There 1 Kings 20 . 10 . The gods 2 Kings 6 . 13 . spy where Nehemiah 4 . 8 . all Nehemiah 4 . 11 . They shall not Esther 2 . 22 . the thing Job 5 . 12 . their hands Job 24 . 5 . rising Psalm 11 . 2 . that Psalm 26 . 10 . In Psalm 36 . 4 . deviseth Psalm 56 . 6 . gather Psalm 83 . 5 . For Psalm 102 . 8 . sworn Proverbs 12 . 6 . words Proverbs 27 . 10 . better Jeremiah 11 . 9 . General Jeremiah 20 . 10 . we shall Jeremiah 44 . 25 . We will Hosea 5 . 2 . profound Hosea 6 . 8 . polluted with blood Micah 2 . 1 . to Habakkuk 1 . 4 . for Matthew 10 . 17 . beware Matthew 27 . 23 . But Mark 6 . 24 . The head Acts 6 . 11 . they Acts 9 . 24 . their Acts 12 . 11 . all Acts 14 . 6 . were Acts 20 . 3 . the Jews Acts 23 . 20 . The Jews Acts 26 . 21 . the Jews Romans 15 . 31 . I may 2 Corinthians 11 . 26 . in perils by mine 2 Timothy 3 . 11 . but 1 John 3 . 15 . hateth

Verse 13

which . 2 Samuel 15 . 12 , 2 Samuel 15 . 31 , John 16 . 2

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 6 . 31 . if the head Nehemiah 4 . 8 . all Psalm 83 . 5 . For Mark 6 . 24 . The head Galatians 5 . 11 . why

Verse 14

Psalm 52 . 1 , Psalm 52 . 2 , Isaiah 3 . 9 , Jeremiah 6 . 15 , Jeremiah 8 . 12 , Hosea 4 . 9 , Micah 7 . 3

Reciprocal . Numbers 30 . 2 . to bind Judges 11 . 35 . I cannot Esther 5 . 14 . the thing Psalm 64 . 2 . secret Proverbs 18 . 7 . his lips Acts 23 . 21 . an oath 1 Corinthians 16 . 22 . Anathema Galatians 1 . 8 . accursed Galatians 5 . 11 . why 1 John 3 . 15 . hateth

Verse 15

that he . Acts 25 . 3 , Psalm 21 . 11 , Psalm 37 . 32 , Psalm 37 . 33 , Proverbs 1 . 11 , Proverbs 1 . 12 , Proverbs 1 . 16 , Proverbs 4 . 16 , Isaiah 59 . 7 , Romans 3 . 14-16

Reciprocal . Judges 16 . 2 . kill him 2 Samuel 13 . 5 . Lay thee Nehemiah 6 . 7 . Come now Esther 5 . 14 . the thing Psalm 35 . 20 . but Psalm 59 . 4 . run Psalm 64 . 2 . secret Proverbs 12 . 6 . words Micah 2 . 1 . when Acts 22 . 30 . commanded Acts 23 . 20 . as

Verse 16

when . Job 5 . 13 , Proverbs 21 . 30 , Lamentations 3 . 37 , 1 Corinthians 3 . 19

he went . 2 Samuel 17 . 17

Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 19 . 2 . Jonathan 1 Samuel 23 . 9 . David Proverbs 24 . 15 . Lay Jeremiah 36 . 19 . General Jeremiah 37 . 20 . lest Acts 21 . 34 . into Acts 23 . 30 . it was Acts 26 . 22 . obtained

Verse 17

one . Acts 23 . 23 , Acts 22 . 26 , Proverbs 22 . 3 , Matthew 8 . 8 , Matthew 8 . 9 , Matthew 10 . 16

Reciprocal . Matthew 8 . 5 . a centurion Matthew 27 . 54 . the centurion Luke 7 . 2 . centurion's Luke 7 . 8 . under John 18 . 12 . the captain Acts 21 . 31 . chief Acts 22 . 25 . the centurion Acts 27 . 1 . a centurion

Verse 18

Paul . Acts 16 . 25 , Acts 27 . 1 , Acts 28 . 17 , Genesis 40 . 14 , Genesis 40 . 15 , Ephesians 3 . 1 , Ephesians 4 . 1 , Philemon 1 . 9

something . Luke 7 . 40

Reciprocal . Judges 3 . 19 . a secret 2 Kings 9 . 6 . he arose

Verse 19

took . Jeremiah 31 . 32 , Mark 8 . 23 , Mark 9 . 27

What . Nehemiah 2 . 4 , Esther 5 . 3 , Esther 7 . 2 , Esther 9 . 12 , Mark 10 . 51

Reciprocal . Judges 3 . 19 . a secret 2 Kings 9 . 6 . he arose

Verse 20

The Jews . Acts 23 . 12

as . Acts 23 . 15 , Psalm 12 . 2 , Daniel 6 . 5-12

Reciprocal . Acts 5 . 9 . have

Verse 21

do not . Exodus 23 . 2

for . Acts 23 . 12-14 , Acts 9 . 23 , Acts 9 . 24 , Acts 14 . 5 , Acts 14 . 6 , Acts 20 . 19 , Acts 25 . 3 , 2 Corinthians 11 . 26 , 2 Corinthians 11 . 32 , 2 Corinthians 11 . 33

an oath . Acts 23 . 14 , Romans 9 . 3

Reciprocal . Numbers 30 . 2 . to bind Numbers 35 . 20 . by laying Deuteronomy 23 . 23 . hast vowed Joshua 8 . 4 . lie in wait Nehemiah 4 . 11 . They shall not Nehemiah 10 . 29 . entered Psalm 10 . 9 . He lieth Psalm 59 . 3 . they Psalm 119 . 95 . wicked Ephesians 4 . 14 . lie

Verse 22

Joshua 2 . 14 , Mark 1 . 44

Verse 23

two centurions . Acts 23 . 17

at . About nine o'clock in the evening , for the greater secrecy , and to elude the cunning , active malice of the Jews. Matthew 14 . 25 , Luke 12 . 38

Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 16 . 13 . cast dust Proverbs 24 . 11 . General Proverbs 27 . 10 . better Matthew 8 . 5 . a centurion Matthew 27 . 54 . the centurion Luke 7 . 8 . under Acts 8 . 40 . Caesarea Acts 10 . 1 . in Acts 17 . 10 . the brethren Acts 18 . 22 . Caesarea Acts 21 . 8 . Caesarea Acts 21 . 32 . took Acts 23 . 31 . as Acts 24 . 7 . the chief Acts 24 . 11 . but