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Acts Chapter 23

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Acts 23

1And Paul, looking upon the council, said: Men, brethren, I have conversed with all good conscience before God until this present day.
Acts 24:16, Acts 24:16, 2 Timothy 1:3, 2 Timothy 1:3, 2 Corinthians 1:12
2And the high priest, Ananias, commanded them that stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
John 18:22, John 18:22, Acts 24:1, Acts 24:1, 1 Kings 22:24
3Then Paul said to him: God shall strike thee, thou whited wall. For, sittest thou to judge me according to the law and, contrary to the law, commandest me to be struck?
Deuteronomy 25:1, Deuteronomy 25:2, Deuteronomy 25:1, Deuteronomy 25:2, John 7:51
4And they that stood by said: Dost thou revile the high priest of God?
5And Paul said: I knew not, brethren, that he is the high priest. For it is written: Thou shalt not speak evil of the prince of thy people.
Exodus 22:28, Exodus 22:28, Ecclesiastes 10:20, Ecclesiastes 10:20, Jude 1:8
6And Paul, knowing that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council: Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Acts 24:15, Acts 24:21, Acts 24:15, Acts 24:21, Philippians 3:5
7And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees. And the multitude was divided.
Psalms 55:9, Acts 14:4, John 7:40, John 7:43, Matthew 10:34
8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
Luke 20:27, Luke 20:27, Matthew 22:23, Matthew 22:23, Mark 12:18
9And there arose a great cry. And some of the Pharisees rising up, strove, saying: We find no evil in this man. What if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?
Acts 22:17, Acts 22:18, Acts 22:7, Acts 22:17, Acts 22:18
10And when there arose a great dissension, the tribune, fearing lest Paul should be pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and to take him by force from among them and to bring him into the castle.
James 1:19, Acts 22:24, James 3:14, James 4:2, James 1:19
11And the night following, the Lord standing by him, said: Be constant: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
Acts 19:21, Acts 18:9, Acts 19:21, Acts 18:9, 2 Timothy 4:17
12And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul.
Acts 23:30, Acts 23:30, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 8:9
13And they were more than forty men that had made this conspiracy.
John 16:2, John 16:2, 2 Samuel 15:31, 2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Samuel 15:31
14Who came to the chief priests and the ancients and said: We have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing till we have slain Paul.
Acts 23:12, Acts 23:12, Jeremiah 8:12, Jeremiah 8:12, Hosea 4:9
15Now therefore do you with the council signify to the tribune, that he bring him forth to you, as if you meant to know something more certain touching him. And we, before he come near, are ready to kill him.
Isaiah 59:7, Psalms 37:32, Psalms 37:33, Isaiah 59:7, Psalms 37:32
16Which when Paul's sister's son had heard, of their lying in wait, he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.
Acts 23:10, Acts 23:10, Acts 23:32, 1 Corinthians 3:19, Acts 23:32
17And Paul, calling to him one of the centurions, said: Bring this young man to the tribune: for he hath some thing to tell him.
Proverbs 22:3, Proverbs 22:3, Acts 23:23, Matthew 10:16, Acts 22:26
18And he, taking him, brought him to the tribune and said: Paul, the prisoner, desired me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath some thing to say to thee.
Ephesians 3:1, Ephesians 3:1, Acts 28:17, Philemon 1:9, Ephesians 4:1
19And the tribune, taking him by the hand, went aside with him privately and asked him: What is it that thou hast to tell me?
Mark 10:51, Mark 8:23, Nehemiah 2:4, Mark 9:27, Esther 9:12
20And he said: The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldst bring forth Paul to-morrow into the council, as if they meant to inquire some thing more certain touching him.
Acts 23:14, Acts 23:15, Acts 23:14, Acts 23:15, Daniel 6:5
21But do not thou give credit to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat nor to drink, till they have killed him. And they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee.
Acts 23:12, Acts 23:14, Acts 23:12, Acts 23:14, Exodus 23:2
22The tribune therefore dismissed the young man, charging him that he should tell no man that he had made known these things unto him.
Mark 1:44, Joshua 2:14, Mark 1:44, Joshua 2:14
23Then having called two centurions, he said to them: Make ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea: and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, for the third hour of the night.
Matthew 14:25, Acts 23:33, Acts 8:40, Luke 12:38, Matthew 14:25
24And provide beasts, that they may set Paul on and bring him safe to Felix the governor.
Acts 23:26, Acts 24:10, Acts 25:14, Acts 23:26, Acts 24:10
25(For he feared lest perhaps the Jews might take him away by force and kill him: and he should afterwards be slandered, as if he was to take money.) And he wrote a letter after this manner:
26Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor, Felix, greeting:
Acts 15:23, Acts 15:23, Luke 1:3, Acts 24:3, Acts 26:25
27This man, being taken by the Jews and ready to be killed by them, I rescued, coming in with an army, understanding that he is a Roman.
Acts 22:25, Acts 22:29, Acts 22:25, Acts 22:29, Acts 21:31
28And meaning to know the cause which they objected unto him, I brought him forth into their council.
Acts 22:30, Acts 22:30
29Whom I found to be accused concerning questions of their law; but having nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bands.
Acts 26:31, Acts 26:31, Acts 25:25, Acts 18:15, Acts 25:25
30And when I was told of ambushes that they had prepared for him, I sent him to thee, signifying also to his accusers to plead before thee. Farewell.
Acts 23:20, Acts 25:5, Acts 25:6, Acts 24:6, Acts 24:8
31Then the soldiers, according as it was commanded them, taking Paul, brought him by night to Antipatris.
Acts 23:23, Acts 23:24, Luke 7:8, 2 Timothy 2:3, 2 Timothy 2:4
32And the next day, leaving the horsemen to go with him, they returned to the castle.
Acts 23:10, Acts 23:23, Acts 23:10, Acts 23:23
33Who, when they were come to Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor, did also present Paul before him.
Acts 23:23, Acts 23:24, Acts 8:40, Acts 23:26, Acts 28:16
34And when he had read it and had asked of what province he was and understood that he was of Cilicia:
Acts 21:39, Acts 21:39, Acts 25:1, Acts 25:1, Acts 15:41
35I will hear thee, said he, when thy accusers come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.
Acts 23:30, Acts 23:30, Acts 25:16, Acts 25:16, Matthew 27:27

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