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Acts Chapter 23

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Acts 23

1And Paul behelde earnestly the Councill, and sayde, Men and brethren, I haue in all good conscience serued God vntill this day.
Acts 24:16, Acts 24:16, 2 Timothy 1:3, 2 Timothy 1:3, 2 Corinthians 1:12
2Then the hie Priest Ananias commanded them that stood by, to smite him on the mouth.
John 18:22, John 18:22, Acts 24:1, Acts 24:1, 1 Kings 22:24
3Then sayd Paul to him, God will smite thee, thou whited wall: for thou sittest to iudge me according to the Lawe, and transgressing the Lawe, commaundest thou me to be smitten?
Deuteronomy 25:1, Deuteronomy 25:2, Deuteronomy 25:1, Deuteronomy 25:2, John 7:51
4And they that stood by, sayd, Reuilest thou Gods hie Priest?
5Then sayd Paul, I knewe not, brethren, that he was the hie Priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speake euill of the ruler of thy people.
Exodus 22:28, Exodus 22:28, Ecclesiastes 10:20, Ecclesiastes 10:20, Jude 1:8
6But when Paul perceiued that the one part were of the Sadduces, and the other of the Pharises, hee cried in the Council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharise, the sonne of a Pharise: I am accused of the hope and resurrection of the dead.
Acts 24:15, Acts 24:21, Acts 24:15, Acts 24:21, Philippians 3:5
7And when hee had saide this, there was a dissension betweene the Pharises and the Sadduces, so that the multitude was deuided.
Psalms 55:9, Acts 14:4, John 7:40, John 7:43, Matthew 10:34
8For the Sadduces say that there is no resurrection, neither Angel, nor spirit: but the Pharises confesse both.
Luke 20:27, Luke 20:27, Matthew 22:23, Matthew 22:23, Mark 12:18
9Then there was a great crye: and the Scribes of the Pharises part rose vp, and stroue, saying, Wee finde none euill in this man: but if a spirit or an Angel hath spoken to him, let vs not fight against God.
Acts 22:17, Acts 22:18, Acts 22:7, Acts 22:17, Acts 22:18
10And when there was a great dissension, the chiefe captaine, fearing lest Paul should haue bene pulled in pieces of them, commanded the souldiers to go downe, and take him from among them, and to bring him into the castel.
James 1:19, Acts 22:24, James 3:14, James 4:2, James 1:19
11Nowe the night folowing, the Lord stoode by him, and saide, Be of good courage, Paul: for as thou hast testified of mee in Hierusalem, so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome.
Acts 19:21, Acts 18:9, Acts 19:21, Acts 18:9, 2 Timothy 4:17
12And when the day was come, certaine of the Iewes made an assemblie, and bounde themselues with a curse, saying, that they woulde neither eate nor drinke, till they had killed Paul.
Acts 23:30, Acts 23:30, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 8:9
13And they were more then fourtie, which had made this conspiracie.
John 16:2, John 16:2, 2 Samuel 15:31, 2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Samuel 15:31
14And they came to the chiefe Priestes and Elders, and said, We haue bound our selues with a solemne curse, that wee will eate nothing, vntill we haue slaine Paul.
Acts 23:12, Acts 23:12, Jeremiah 8:12, Jeremiah 8:12, Hosea 4:9
15Nowe therefore, ye and the Council signifie to the chiefe captaine, that hee bring him foorth vnto you to morow: as though you would know some thing more perfectly of him, and we, or euer he come neere, will be readie to kill him.
Isaiah 59:7, Psalms 37:32, Psalms 37:33, Isaiah 59:7, Psalms 37:32
16But when Pauls sisters sonne heard of their laying awaite, he went, and entred into the castel, and tolde Paul.
Acts 23:10, Acts 23:10, Acts 23:32, 1 Corinthians 3:19, Acts 23:32
17And Paul called one of the Centurions vnto him, and said, Take this yong man hence vnto the chiefe captaine: for he hath a certaine thing to shewe him.
Proverbs 22:3, Proverbs 22:3, Acts 23:23, Matthew 10:16, Acts 22:26
18So hee tooke him, and brought him to the chiefe captaine, and saide, Paul the prisoner called mee vnto him, and prayed mee to bring this yong man vnto thee, which hath some thing to say vnto thee.
Ephesians 3:1, Ephesians 3:1, Acts 28:17, Philemon 1:9, Ephesians 4:1
19Then the chiefe captaine tooke him by the hande, and went apart with him alone, and asked him, What hast thou to shewe me?
Mark 10:51, Mark 8:23, Nehemiah 2:4, Mark 9:27, Esther 9:12
20And he saide, The Iewes haue conspired to desire thee, that thou wouldest bring foorth Paul to morow into the Council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly:
Acts 23:14, Acts 23:15, Acts 23:14, Acts 23:15, Daniel 6:5
21But let them not perswade thee: for there lie in waite for him of them, more then fourtie men, which haue bound themselues with a curse, that they will neither eate nor drinke, till they haue killed him: and nowe are they readie, and waite for thy promise.
Acts 23:12, Acts 23:14, Acts 23:12, Acts 23:14, Exodus 23:2
22The chiefe captaine then let the yong man depart, after hee had charged him to vtter it to no man, that he had shewed him these things.
Mark 1:44, Joshua 2:14, Mark 1:44, Joshua 2:14
23And he called vnto him two certaine Centurions, saying, Make readie two hundred souldiers, that they may go to Cæsarea, and horsemen three score and ten, and two hundred with dartes, at the thirde houre of the night.
Matthew 14:25, Acts 23:33, Acts 8:40, Luke 12:38, Matthew 14:25
24And let them make readie an horse, that Paul being set on, may be brought safe vnto Felix the Gouernour.
Acts 23:26, Acts 24:10, Acts 25:14, Acts 23:26, Acts 24:10
25And he wrote an epistle in this maner:
26Claudius Lysias vnto the most noble Gouernour Felix sendeth greeting.
Acts 15:23, Acts 15:23, Luke 1:3, Acts 24:3, Acts 26:25
27As this man was taken of the Iewes, and shoulde haue bene killed of them, I came vpon them with the garison, and rescued him, perceiuing that he was a Romane.
Acts 22:25, Acts 22:29, Acts 22:25, Acts 22:29, Acts 21:31
28And when I would haue knowen the cause, wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their Council.
Acts 22:30, Acts 22:30
29There I perceiued that hee was accused of questions of their Lawe, but had no crime worthy of death, or of bondes.
Acts 26:31, Acts 26:31, Acts 25:25, Acts 18:15, Acts 25:25
30And when it was shewed me, how that the Iewes layd waite for the man, I sent him straightway to thee, and commanded his accusers to speake before thee the thinges that they had against him. Farewell.
Acts 23:20, Acts 25:5, Acts 25:6, Acts 24:6, Acts 24:8
31Then the souldiers as it was commanded them, tooke Paul, and 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, they left the horsemen to goe with him, and returned vnto the Castel.
Acts 23:10, Acts 23:23, Acts 23:10, Acts 23:23
33Now when they came to Cæsarea, they deliuered the epistle to the Gouernour, and presented Paul also vnto him.
Acts 23:23, Acts 23:24, Acts 8:40, Acts 23:26, Acts 28:16
34So when the Gouernour had read it, hee asked of what prouince he was: and when he vnderstoode that he was of Cilicia,
Acts 21:39, Acts 21:39, Acts 25:1, Acts 25:1, Acts 15:41
35I will heare thee, said he, when thine accusers also are come, and commanded him to bee kept in Herods iudgement hall.
Acts 23:30, Acts 23:30, Acts 25:16, Acts 25:16, Matthew 27:27

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