Acts 23:1-10 — FBV | maBible

Read Acts 23:1-10 (Free Bible Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Acts 23.1-10, Acts 23v1-10, Ac. 23:1-10. Paul, looking straight at the council, said, “Brothers, right up to now I have always conducted myself before God with a clear conscience.” Ananias the high priest…

Other reference formats: Acts 23.1-10, Acts 23v1-10, Ac. 23:1-10.

1 Paul, looking straight at the council, said, “Brothers, right up to now I have always conducted myself before God with a clear conscience.”

2 Ananias the high priest ordered the officers standing beside Paul to hit him on the mouth.

3 Paul said to him, “God will hit you, you whitewashed wall! You're sitting there to judge me according to the law, and yet you order me to be hit in contravention of the law!”

4 The officers standing beside Paul said, “How dare you insult the high priest!”

5 “Brothers, I didn't know that he was the high priest,” Paul replied. “As Scriptures say, ‘You must not speak evil of any ruler of your people.’”

6 When Paul realized that some of the council were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee! I'm on trial because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead!”

7 When he said this, a tremendous argument broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees that split the council.

8 (The Sadducees say there is no resurrection from the dead, no angels, and no spirits, but Pharisees believe in all of these.)

9 A great commotion erupted and some of the Pharisee teachers of the law stood up and argued fiercely, saying, “We find this man not guilty! Maybe a spirit spoke to him, or an angel!”

10 The argument was getting out of hand, so the commander, concerned that they would tear Paul to pieces, ordered the soldiers to go and rescue him from them by force, and take him back into the fortress.

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