Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Acts 23:2
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
Verse Acts 23:2. _THE HIGH PRIEST, ANANIAS_] There was a high priest of this name, who was sent a prisoner to Rome by Quadratus, governor of Syria, to give an account of the part he took in the quarr...
AND THE HIGH PRIEST ANANIAS - This Ananias was doubtless the son of Nebedinus (Josephus, _Antiq._, book 20, chapter 5, section 3), who was high priest when Quadratus, who preceded Felix, was president...
ACTS 22:30 TO ACTS 23:10. PAUL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. This is a difficult section, and does not advance the action. Unless the proceedings took place in Greek, the tribune would scarcely secure his obj...
THE STRATEGY OF PAUL (Acts 23:1-10)...
Paul fixed his gaze on the Sanhedrin and said, "Brethren, I have lived before God with a completely pure conscience up to this day." The high priest Ananias ordered those who stood by him to strike hi...
ANANIAS. Son of Nedebaeus. He was murdered by. band of the Sicarii some years after, being caught in an aqueduct where he had concealed himself (Josephus, _Antiquities_ XX. v..; vi..; ix..; Wars, II....
_And the high priest Ananias_ This was Ananias the son of Nebedæus. (Joseph. _Ant_. xx. 5, 2.) In the time of the Emperor Claudius he had been suspended from his office for some offence and sent to Ro...
Ὁ ΔῈ�, _and the high priest Ananias_. This was Ananias the son of Nebedæus (Joseph. _Ant._ xx. 5. 2). In the time of the Emperor Claudius he had been suspended from his office for some offence and sen...
Acts 23:1-10. ST PAUL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES...
_PAUL'S DEFENSE BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN ACTS 23:1-5:_ Paul appeared before the Sanhedrin to try to resolve the charge of profaning the Temple. He pictured again his religious situation before becoming a...
Ό ΆΡΧΙΕΡΕ ΆΝΑΝΊΑΣ (G749; G367) первосвященник Анания. Это был сын Неведея и, как саддукей, занимал пост в 47-58 г. н.э., затем был удален с поста. Он был известен своими жадностью, богатством и жесток...
THE HIGH PRIEST ANANIAS— He was the son of _Nebedoeus,_ and by his station head of the sanhedrim. He had before this been sent in chains to Rome, to give an account to Claudius Caesar of his behaviour...
e. Paul addresses the council. Acts 23:1-10. Acts 23:1 And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day. Acts 23:2 And the...
See notes on verse 1...
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth - a method of silencin...
21 Here we have the cause of Israel's apostasy laid bare. They were to be a channel of blessing to the other nations, but, instead, they kept all Jehovah's gifts to themselves and refused to share the...
ST. PAUL SENT TO CÆESAREA 1. St. Paul often asserts his good conscience before God and man: see Acts 22:3; Acts 24:16....
ANANIAS] is not the same as Annas (Acts 4:6). He was the son of Nebedæus, and held the high priesthood from 47-59 a.d. His rapacity and violence were notorious. To smite him] because, being a prisoner...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 23 PAUL SPEAKS TO THE *SANHEDRIN, 23:1-11 V1 Paul looked straight at the *Sanhedrin. He said, ‘My brothers, my conscience feels good about how...
THE HIGH PRIEST ANANIAS. — See Note on Acts 22:5. The son of Nebedæus was conspicuous for his cruelty and injustice, and had been sent to Rome as a prisoner to take his trial before Claudius (A.D. 52)...
Ἀναν.: not the Ananias of Acts 4:7; Luke 3:2; John 18:13, but the son of Nebedæus, appointed to his office by Herod of Chalcis, high priest from _c._ 47 59. He was sent to Rome on account of the compl...
DIVIDING HIS PERSECUTORS Acts 23:1 The behavior of the judge was quite unworthy of his office, but Paul's epithet cannot be defended. The best of men are but men at the best. Paul was thrown off his...
By action of the Roman governor, Paul was arraigned before the Jewish Sanhedrin. Hardly had he commenced before he was interrupted and insulted. It was a most trying ordeal for the apostle. It is easi...
Paul's Second Defense As he stood before the council, or Sanhedrin, Paul told them he had lived in good until that very time (Compare 1 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Timothy 1:3). At this, Ananias commanded the...
(2) And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. (2) Hypocrites are forced at length to betray themselves by their violence....
THE HIGH PRIEST 1-6. Paul hears the order to smite him on the mouth, but did not know who spake. When it turned out to be the high priest, he apologized. In the gospel dispensation (1 Peter 2), we see...
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God unto this day. (2) And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smi...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
− 2._And the chief priest. _Luke’s narration seemeth not to agree with the usual history; for Josephus writeth thus concerning the high priests of that time, that Quadratus, deputy [proconsul] of Syri...
Paul addresses the council with the gravity and dignity of an upright man accustomed to walk with God. It is not a testimony borne to them for their good; but the appeal of a good conscience to their...
AND THE HIGH PRIEST ANANIAS,.... This could not be the same with Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, but rather Ananus his son; though this is more generally thought to be Ananias the son of Nebedae...
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. Ver. 2. _To smite him on the mouth_] So when Henry Zutphen, martyr, was bound hard to a ladder and cast into th...
_And Paul, earnestly beholding the council_ At whose bar he was placed; manifesting a clear conscience by his very countenance; and likewise waiting to see whether any of them was minded to ask him an...
SMITE HIM ON THE MOUTH; by this he would indicate that Paul had uttered a falsehood....
In this hearing the chief captain did not take the place of an adjudicator, nor was there any other judicial authority present to keep order. Paul then takes advantage of the occasion to speak earnest...
AND THE HIGH PRIEST ANANIAS COMMANDED THOSE WHO STOOD BY HIM TO STRIKE HIM ON THE MOUTH. 1. Now the high priest, leader of this council, commands that Paul be struck in the mouth. 2. Not because his...
"The high priest Ananias": The reader should be aware that this is not the Ananias who was with Caiaphas in the gospels, rather this is Ananias, son of Nedebaeus, who received the office from Herod of...
1-5 See here the character of an honest man. He sets God before him, and lives as in his sight. He makes conscience of what he says and does, and, according to the best of his knowledge, he keeps fro...
THEM THAT STOOD BY HIM; the officers, probably. TO SMITE HIM ON THE MOUTH; thus Micaiah was smote by Zedekiah the false prophet, 1 KINGS 22:24, and Jeremiah by Pashur, JEREMIAH 20:2; and our blessed L...
Tertullian On Modesty Is he not withal "smiting them upon the mouth,"[147] Acts of Andrew and Matthias And as he was praying, the devil walked behind, and said to the multitudes: Strike him on the...
Acts 23:2 And G1161 priest G749 Ananias G367 commanded G2004 (G5656) by G3936 (G5761) him G846 strike...
‘And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to smite him on the mouth.' The chairman of the council, the High Priest Ananias, then commanded that he be smitten on the mouth. This was...
Acts 23:2. AND THE HIGH PRIEST ANANIAS. We can imagine the wrath of the haughty prelate at the first words of the accused. What unheard of presumption that this Paul, a renegade and outcast, the enemy...
ANANIAS (Hανανιας). Not the one in Luke 3:2; John 18:13; Acts 4:7, but the son of Nebedaeus, nominated high priest by Herod, King of Chalcis, A.D. 48 and till A.D. 59. He was called to Rome A.D. 52...
CONTENTS: Paul before the Sanhedrin. The conspiracy to kill Paul and its defeat. Paul sent to Felix. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Ananias, Pharisees, Sadduces, Paul's sister's son, centurion, chief...
Acts 23:2. _Smite him on the mouth._ Ananias the highpriest commanded this, when he heard Paul profess a good conscience, and determined to persevere in preaching Christ. So Ahab commanded Micaiah to...
TO STRIKE HIM ON THE MOUTH. This is not the Annas of Acts 4:7, but the son of Nebedaeus, whom Herod had appointed to be high priest. He served from 47 - 59 A.D. He flares up in anger when Paul claims...
_And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren._ PAUL BEFORE THE COUNCIL 1. The history of apostolic missions is finished; but before the parchment is rolled up, the line of one l...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 23:1. EARNESTLY BEHOLDING, or _looking steadfastly on,_ describes the eager, anxious gaze with which the apostle was accustomed to scan those to whom he spoke—perhaps arising f...
EXPOSITION ACTS 23:1 _Looking steadfastly on _for _earnestly beholding, _A.V.; _brethren _for _men and brethren, _A.V._; I have lived before God, _etc., for _I have lived, _etc., _before God, _A.V. L...
And so Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day (Acts 23:1). Paul was indeed a remarkable man. As Paul is writing to...
1 Kings 22:24; Acts 24:1; Jeremiah 20:2; John 18:22; Micah 5:1;...
Ananias. He is described as a revengeful and rapacious tyrant. We are told that he reduced the inferior priests almost to starvation by defrauding them of their tithes, and sent his creatures to the t...