Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Paul looked
directly
at
the Sanhedrin
and
said, “Brothers
, I have
conducted
myself
before
God
in all good conscience to this day .”
And
Paul having
earnestly
beheld
the sanhedrim,
said, `Men
, brethren,
I in all good conscience have
lived
to God
unto
this day ;'
At
this,
the high
priest Ananias ordered
those standing near
Paul
to strike
him on the mouth .
and
the chief
priest Ananias commanded
those standing by
him
to smite
him on the mouth ,
Then Paul said to
him, “
God will
strike
you
, you
whitewashed wall !
You
sit here
to
judge
me according to the law, yet
you
yourself
violate
the
law by
commanding
that
I
be struck.”
then Paul said unto
him, `
God is
about
to
smite
thee
, thou
whitewashed wall ,
and
thou
--
thou
dost
sit judging
me according to the law, and,
violating
law ,
dost
order
me
to
be smitten!'
But
those standing
nearby
said, “How
dare
you
insult
the high
priest of God !”
And
those who
stood
by
said, `
The chief
priest of God dost
thou
revile?'
“Brothers,”
Paul replied
, “
I was
not aware
that he was
the
high
priest ,
for it is
written :
‘Do
not
speak
evil
about
the ruler of your
people .’”
and
Paul said
, `
I did
not know,
brethren,
that he is
chief
priest :
for it hath
been
written ,
Of
the ruler of thy
people thou
shalt
not
speak
evil;'
Then
Paul ,
knowing
that some
of
them
were
Sadducees and others
Pharisees, called
out in the Sanhedrin
, “Brothers
, I am a Pharisee ,
the
son of a Pharisee .
It
is
because
of
my
hope in
the
resurrection
of the
dead that
I am on
trial
. ”
and
Paul having
known
that the
one
part
are
Sadducees ,
and the
other
Pharisees, cried
out in the sanhedrim
, `Men
, brethren,
I am a Pharisee --
son of a Pharisee --
concerning
hope and
rising
again
of dead men
I am judged
. '
As
soon
as
he had
said
this, a dispute
broke
out
between
the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly
was divided .
And
he having
spoken
this, there
came
a dissension
of
the Pharisees and of
the
Sadducees, and the crowd
was divided ,
For the
Sadducees say that
there is neither
a
resurrection
, nor angels
, nor spirits
, but the
Pharisees acknowledge
them
all
.
for Sadducees ,
indeed,
say there is no
rising
again
, nor messenger
, nor spirit
, but Pharisees confess
both
.
A great clamor
arose
, and some
scribes
from
the party
of the Pharisees got
up
and
contended
sharply
, “
We find nothing
wrong
with
this man .
What
if a spirit or
an
angel
has
spoken
to him ?”
And
there
came
a great cry
, and the scribes
of the Pharisees '
part
having
arisen
, were
striving,
saying,
`No
evil
do
we find in
this man ;
and
if a spirit spake
to him ,
or
a
messenger,
we
may
not
fight
against
God;'
The
dispute
grew
so
violent
that
the commander
was
afraid they
would
tear
Paul to pieces .
He
ordered
the soldiers
to
go
down and
remove
him by force and bring him into
the barracks
.
and
a
great
dissension
having
come,
the chief
captain
having
been
afraid lest
Paul may
be
pulled
to pieces by
them,
commanded
the soldiery,
having
gone
down ,
to
take
him by force out
of
the
midst
of
them,
and to
bring `
him '
to
the castle
.
The following night the Lord stood near
Paul
and
said, “
Take courage !
As you
have
testified
about
Me in
Jerusalem, so also you
must
testify
in
Rome. ”
And
on
the following night ,
the Lord having
stood by
him,
said, `
Take courage ,
Paul,
for
as thou
didst
fully
testify
the
things
concerning
me at
Jerusalem, so it
behoveth
thee
also at
Rome to
testify
. '
When
daylight
came
, the Jews formed
a conspiracy
and
bound
themselves with
an
oath
not
to eat or
drink until
they had
killed
Paul .
And
day
having
come
, certain
of
the Jews having
made
a concourse,
did
anathematize
themselves ,
saying
neither
to eat nor
to
drink till
they may
kill
Paul ;
More than forty of
them
were
involved
in
this plot.
and
they
were
more than forty who
made
this conspiracy
by
oath,
They
went
to the chief priests and elders and
said, “
We have
bound
ourselves with
a
solemn
oath
not
to eat
anything
until
we have killed Paul .
who
having
come
near
to the chief priests and to
the
elders said, `With
an
anathema
we did
anathematize
ourselves --
to taste
nothing
till
we have killed Paul ;
Now then
, you
and
the Sanhedrin
petition
the commander
to bring him down to
you on
the
pretext
of
examining
his
case
more carefully.
We are ready to kill
him on
the
way
. ”
now, therefore,
ye,
signify
ye
to
the chief
captain,
with
the sanhedrim,
that
to -morrow
he
may
bring him down unto
you ,
as
being
about
to
know
more exactly
the
things
concerning
him;
and
we ,
before
his
coming
nigh,
are ready to put
him to
death
. '
But
when
the son of Paul’s
sister heard about
the plot
, he
went
into the barracks
and
told Paul .
And
the son of Paul's
sister having
heard of
the lying
in
wait
, having
gone
and
entered
into the castle,
told Paul ,
Then
Paul called one of the centurions and
said, “Take
this young man to
the commander;
he has
something to tell him. ”
and
Paul having
called near
one of the centurions ,
said, `
This young man lead
unto
the chief
captain,
for
he hath
something to tell him. '
So
the
centurion
took
him to
the commander
and said
, “Paul
the prisoner sent
and
asked me to
bring
this young man to you.
He
has
something to tell
you
. ”
He
indeed,
then,
having
taken
him ,
brought
him
unto
the chief
captain,
and saith
, `
The prisoner Paul,
having
called
me
near,
asked `
me '
this young man to bring
unto
thee,
having
something to say
to
thee
. '
The
commander
took
the young
man
by the hand, drew
him
aside,
and asked
, “
What do
you
need
to tell me? ”
And
the chief
captain
having
taken
him
by the hand, and having
withdrawn
by
themselves
, inquired,
`
What is
that
which
thou
hast
to tell me? '
He answered,
“
The Jews have
agreed to ask
you
to bring Paul to the
Sanhedrin
tomorrow
on
the
pretext
of
acquiring
more information
about
him .
and
he said
--
`
The Jews agreed to request
thee,
that
to -morrow
to
the
sanhedrim
thou
mayest
bring down
Paul ,
as
being
about
to enquire
something
more exactly
concerning
him ;
Do
not let
them persuade
you
, because
more than forty men are
waiting
to
ambush
him.
They
have
bound
themselves with
an
oath
not to eat or
drink until
they have
killed
him ;
they are ready now
, awaiting
your
consent
. ”
thou,
therefore,
mayest
thou
not yield
to
them, for
there
lie
in
wait
for
him
of
them
more than forty men ,
who
did
anathematize
themselves --
not to eat nor
to
drink till
they kill
him ,
and
now
they are ready, waiting
for
the
promise
from
thee
. '
So
the commander
dismissed
the young man and
instructed
him
, “Do
not
tell anyone
that you
have
reported
this
to
me .”
The chief
captain,
then,
indeed,
let
the young man go
, having
charged
`him'
to
tell no
one,
`
that these
things
thou
didst
shew
unto
me ;'
Then
he
called two of his
centurions and
said, “Prepare
two hundred soldiers
, seventy
horsemen, and two hundred spearmen
to
go
to
Caesarea
in
the third hour of the night .
and
having
called near
a
certain
two of the
centurions ,
he
said, `Make
ready
soldiers
two hundred, that
they
may
go
on
unto
Caesarea,
and
horsemen seventy
, and spearmen
two hundred ,
from
the third hour of the night ;
Provide mounts
for
Paul to
take
him safely
to
Governor
Felix .”
beasts
also
provide ,
that,
having
set
Paul on,
they
may
bring
him safe
unto
Felix the
governor;'
And
he wrote
the
following
letter:
he having
written
a
letter after
this
description
:
Claudius Lysias, To His
Excellency,
Governor Felix: Greetings.
`
Claudius Lysias, to the
most
noble
governor Felix ,
hail
:
This man was
seized
by the Jews, and they
were
about to kill
him
when
I
came
with my
troops
to
rescue
him.
For
I had
learned that he is a Roman citizen,
This man having
been
taken
by the Jews, and being
about to be
killed
by
them
--
having
come
with the
soldiery,
I rescued
him,
having
learned that he is a Roman ;
and since
I
wanted
to understand
their
charges
against
him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.
and ,
intending
to know
the
cause
for
which
they
were
accusing
him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,
I found that
the
accusation
involved
questions about
their own
law, but
there
was
no charge
worthy of death or imprisonment.
whom
I found accused
concerning
questions of
their law, and
having
no accusation
worthy of death or bonds;
When
I
was
informed
that
there
was
a plot against the
man ,
I
sent
him
to you
at once .
I also instructed
his
accusers to present
their
case
against him before you
.
and
a plot having
been
intimated
to
me
against this
man --
about
to be
of
the
Jews
--
at once I sent
unto
thee,
having
given
command
also to
the
accusers to say
the
things
against him before thee;
be
strong
. '
So
the soldiers followed
their
orders
and
brought
Paul by
night to Antipatris .
Then,
indeed,
the soldiers according
to
that
directed
them,
having
taken
up
Paul ,
brought
him
through
the
night to Antipatris ,
The
next
day
they
returned
to
the
barracks
and let
the horsemen go on with him .
and on
the morrow,
having
suffered
the
horsemen to
go on with him ,
they
returned
to
the
castle;
When
the
horsemen
arrived
in
Caesarea, they
delivered the letter to the governor and
presented
Paul to him.
those
having
entered
into
Caesarea, and
delivered the letter to the governor ,
did
present
also
Paul to him.
The governor read the
letter
and asked
what province Paul
was
from.
Learning
that he was
from Cilicia ,
And
the governor having
read `it',
and inquired
of
what province he
is,
and
understood
that `
he is'
from Cilicia ;
he
said,
“
I will hear your
case
when your
accusers arrive.”
Then
he ordered
that
Paul
be kept under
guard
in Herod’s
Praetorium.
`
I will hear thee
--
said
he
--
when thine
accusers also
may
have
come;'
he also
commanded
him
to
be kept in the
praetorium of
Herod
.
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