23:1 And
looking
intently
at
the
council,
Paul
said,
"Brothers,
I
have
lived
my
life
before
God
in
all
good
conscience
up
to
this
day."
23:2 And
the
high
priest
Ananias
commanded
those
who
stood
by
him
to
strike
him
on
the
mouth.
23:3 Then
Paul
said
to
him,
"God
is
going
to
strike
you,
you
whitewashed
wall!
Are
you
sitting
to
judge
me
according
to
the
law,
and
yet
contrary
to
the
law
you
order
me
to
be
struck"
23:4 Those
who
stood
by
said,
"Would
you
revile
God's
high
priest"
23:5 And
Paul
said,
"I
did
not
know,
brothers,
that
he
was
the
high
priest,
for
it
is
written,
'You
shall
not
speak
evil
of
a
ruler
of
your
people.'"
23:6 Now
when
Paul
perceived
that
one
part
were
Sadducees
and
the
other
Pharisees,
he
cried
out
in
the
council,
"Brothers,
I
am
a
Pharisee,
a
son
of
Pharisees.
It
is
with
respect
to
the
hope
and
the
resurrection
of
the
dead
that
I
am
on
trial."
23:7 And
when
he
had
said
this,
a
dissension
arose
between
the
Pharisees
and
the
Sadducees,
and
the
assembly
was
divided.
23:8 For
the
Sadducees
say
that
there
is
no
resurrection,
nor
angel,
nor
spirit,
but
the
Pharisees
acknowledge
them
all.
23:9 Then
a
great
clamor
arose,
and
some
of
the
scribes
of
the
Pharisees'
party
stood
up
and
contended
sharply,
"We
find
nothing
wrong
in
this
man.
What
if
a
spirit
or
an
angel
spoke
to
him"
23:10 And
when
the
dissension
became
violent,
the
tribune,
afraid
that
Paul
would
be
torn
to
pieces
by
them,
commanded
the
soldiers
to
go
down
and
take
him
away
from
among
them
by
force
and
bring
him
into
the
barracks.
23:11 The
following
night
the
Lord
stood
by
him
and
said,
"Take
courage,
for
as
you
have
testified
to
the
facts
about
me
in
Jerusalem,
so
you
must
testify
also
in
Rome."
23:12 When
it
was
day,
the
Jews
made
a
plot
and
bound
themselves
by
an
oath
neither
to
eat
nor
drink
till
they
had
killed
Paul.
23:13 There
were
more
than
forty
who
made
this
conspiracy.
23:14 They
went
to
the
chief
priests
and
elders
and
said,
"We
have
strictly
bound
ourselves
by
an
oath
to
taste
no
food
till
we
have
killed
Paul.
23:15 Now
therefore
you,
along
with
the
council,
give
notice
to
the
tribune
to
bring
him
down
to
you,
as
though
you
were
going
to
determine
his
case
more
exactly.
And
we
are
ready
to
kill
him
before
he
comes
near."
23:16 Now
the
son
of
Paul's
sister
heard
of
their
ambush,
so
he
went
and
entered
the
barracks
and
told
Paul.
23:17 Paul
called
one
of
the
centurions
and
said,
"Take
this
young
man
to
the
tribune,
for
he
has
something
to
tell
him."
23:18 So
he
took
him
and
brought
him
to
the
tribune
and
said,
"Paul
the
prisoner
called
me
and
asked
me
to
bring
this
young
man
to
you,
as
he
has
something
to
say
to
you."
23:19 The
tribune
took
him
by
the
hand,
and
going
aside
asked
him
privately,
"What
is
it
that
you
have
to
tell
me"
23:20 And
he
said,
"The
Jews
have
agreed
to
ask
you
to
bring
Paul
down
to
the
council
tomorrow,
as
though
they
were
going
to
inquire
somewhat
more
closely
about
him.
23:21 But
do
not
be
persuaded
by
them,
for
more
than
forty
of
their
men
are
lying
in
ambush
for
him,
who
have
bound
themselves
by
an
oath
neither
to
eat
nor
drink
till
they
have
killed
him.
And
now
they
are
ready,
waiting
for
your
consent."
23:22 So
the
tribune
dismissed
the
young
man,
charging
him,
"Tell
no
one
that
you
have
informed
me
of
these
things."
23:23 Then
he
called
two
of
the
centurions
and
said,
"Get
ready
two
hundred
soldiers,
with
seventy
horsemen
and
two
hundred
spearmen
to
go
as
far
as
Caesarea
at
the
third
hour
of
the
night.
23:24 Also
provide
mounts
for
Paul
to
ride
and
bring
him
safely
to
Felix
the
governor."
23:25 And
he
wrote
a
letter
to
this
effect:
23:26 "Claudius
Lysias,
to
his
Excellency
the
governor
Felix,
greetings.
23:27 This
man
was
seized
by
the
Jews
and
was
about
to
be
killed
by
them
when
I
came
upon
them
with
the
soldiers
and
rescued
him,
having
learned
that
he
was
a
Roman
citizen.
23:28 And
desiring
to
know
the
charge
for
which
they
were
accusing
him,
I
brought
him
down
to
their
council.
23:29 I
found
that
he
was
being
accused
about
questions
of
their
law,
but
charged
with
nothing
deserving
death
or
imprisonment.
23:30 And
when
it
was
disclosed
to
me
that
there
would
be
a
plot
against
the
man,
I
sent
him
to
you
at
once,
ordering
his
accusers
also
to
state
before
you
what
they
have
against
him."
23:31 So
the
soldiers,
according
to
their
instructions,
took
Paul
and
brought
him
by
night
to
Antipatris.
23:32 And
on
the
next
day
they
returned
to
the
barracks,
letting
the
horsemen
go
on
with
him.
23:33 When
they
had
come
to
Caesarea
and
delivered
the
letter
to
the
governor,
they
presented
Paul
also
before
him.
23:34 On
reading
the
letter,
he
asked
what
province
he
was
from.
And
when
he
learned
that
he
was
from
Cilicia,
23:35 he
said,
"I
will
give
you
a
hearing
when
your
accusers
arrive."
And
he
commanded
him
to
be
guarded
in
Herod's
praetorium.