And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
Ver. 4. Revilest thou God's high priest?] Some think it was not the high priest himself, but his surrogate, such as Dic of Dover was to the Archbishop of Canterbury, active against the martyrs in Queen Mary's days, and known by that name.
REVILEST THOU ... - Dost thou reproach or abuse the high priest of God? is remarkable that they, who knew that he was not the high priest, should have offered this language. He was, however, in the pl...
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...
REVILEST. Greek. _loidoreo._ See note on John 9:28....
_God's high priest_ So styled because he sat on the judgment-seat as God's representative, cp. Deuteronomy 17:8-13. In the Old Test. the priestly, and even other, judges are sometimes called by God's...
ΤῸΝ�, _God’s high priest_. So styled because he sat on the judgment-seat as God’s representative, cf. Deuteronomy 17:8-13. In the Old Test, the priestly, and even other, judges are sometimes called by...
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...
ΠΑΡΕΣΤΏΤΕΣPERF. _act. part., см._ Acts 23:2. Part, в роли _subst._ ΛΟΙΔΟΡΕΊΣ _praes. ind. act. 2 pers. sing. от_ ΛΟΙΔΟΡΈΩ (G3058) злоупотреблять, упрекать, оскорблять, говорить в оскорбительной манер...
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 3...
And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest? AND THEY THAT STOOD BY SAID, REVILEST THOU GOD'S HIGH PRIEST?...
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....
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...
τὸν ἀρχ. τοῦ Θεοῦ : of God, emphatic, _i.e._, sitting on the judgment-seat as God's representative, _cf._ Deuteronomy 17:8 ff., and also the name Elohim, by which the priestly and other judges were so...
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...
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...
− 4._Those which stood by said _By this it appeareth that they were all sick of one disease. − (526) For why do they not rather blame Ananias, when they saw that he had quite forgotten all modesty, an...
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 THEY THAT STOOD BY,.... The members of the sanhedrim that were next to the apostle; or the servants of the high priest, since they are said to stand, whereas those of that court sat: said, REVILE...
_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...
AND THEY THAT STOOD BY SAID, REVELATION LEST THOU GOD'S HIGH PRIEST?...
THE HEARING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SANHEDRIN. Paul rebukes the high priest:...
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 those who stood by said, " Do you revile God ' S HIGH PRIEST? " 5 THEN PAUL SAID, " I DID NOT KNOW, BRETHREN, THAT HE WAS THE HIGH PRIEST; FOR IT IS WRITTEN, _‘YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF A RULER...
"Do you revile God's high priest?": The bystanders were shocked by Paul's outburst. The high priest while sitting in judgment was God's representative (Deuteronomy 17:8 ff)....
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...
These partial parasites take no notice of the real injury done unto Paul by the high priest, and readily catch at the seeming calumny spoke by Paul against him....
Cyprian Epistle LIV Also subsequently, in the Acts of the Apostles, the blessed Apostle Paul, when it was said to him, "Revilest thou God's priest? "[21] Cyprian Epistle LXIV Mindful of which precep...
Acts 23:4 And G1161 by G3936 (G5761) said G2036 (G5627) revile G3058 (G5719) Gods G2316 priest...
‘And those who stood by said, “Do you revile God's high priest?” ' Immediately people present were shocked and asked him if he thought it right to revile God's High Priest. They could not believe the...
Acts 23:4. AND THEY THAT STOOD BY SAID, REVILEST THOU GOD'S HIGH PRIEST? It was and St. Paul knew it well contrary to the law of Moses (see Exodus 22:28, subsequently quoted by him) to revile one plac...
OF GOD (του θεου). As God's representative in spite of his bad character (Deuteronomy 17:8). Here was a charge of irreverence, to say the least. The office called for respect....
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...
Revilest [λ ο ι δ ο ρ ε ι ς]. The word signifies vehement abuse, scolding, berating....
Observe here, That Ananias the high-priest having commanded the apostle unheard and uncondemned to be smitten, the apostle denounces the just judgments of God upon him for the same; yet not in. way of...