Acts 23 (NET)

Acts 23:1¹Paul looked directly at the council and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:162 Cor 1:122 Tim 1:3Heb 13:181 Cor 4:4Acts 22:52 Cor 4:2Acts 23:6Prov 28:11 Pet 3:16

Acts 23:2²At that the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 18:22Acts 24:11 Kgs 22:24Mic 5:1Jer 20:2Matt 26:67

Acts 23:3³Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit there judging me according to the law, and in violation of the law you order me to be struck?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 25:1-2John 7:51Matt 23:27-28Amos 5:7Eccl 3:16Lev 19:15Lev 19:35Mic 3:8-11Ps 58:1-2Ps 82:1-2

Acts 23:4⁴Those standing near him said, “Do you dare insult God’s high priest?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Acts 23:5⁵Paul replied, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 22:28Eccl 10:20Jude 1:8-92 Pet 2:10

Acts 23:6⁶Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:15Acts 24:21Acts 26:5-8Acts 28:20Phil 3:5Matt 22:23Acts 22:5Matt 10:16

Acts 23:7⁷When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 14:4John 7:40-43Matt 10:34Ps 55:9

Acts 23:8⁸(For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 20:27Matt 22:23Mark 12:18Acts 4:1

Acts 23:9⁹There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:17-18Acts 22:7John 12:29Acts 23:29Acts 25:25Acts 26:31Mark 2:16Prov 16:71 Cor 10:221 Sam 24:17

Acts 23:10¹⁰When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:24Jas 1:19Jas 3:14-4:2Acts 19:28-31Acts 21:30-36Acts 23:16Acts 23:27Acts 23:32Mic 3:3Ps 50:22

Acts 23:11¹¹The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 18:92 Tim 4:17Matt 14:27Acts 19:21Jer 15:19-21Matt 9:2Rom 1:15-16Isa 41:102 Cor 1:8-10John 16:33

Acts 23:12¹²When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:30Isa 8:9-10Acts 23:21Acts 23:14Ps 2:1-3Ps 31:13Jer 11:192 Kgs 6:31Acts 25:3Matt 26:4

Acts 23:13¹³There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 16:22 Sam 15:122 Sam 15:31

Acts 23:14¹⁴They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:12Jer 8:12Hos 4:9Isa 3:9Mic 7:3Ps 52:1-2Jer 6:15

Acts 23:15¹⁵So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 59:7Ps 37:32-33Prov 1:11-12Prov 1:16Acts 22:30-23:1Prov 4:16Ps 21:11Rom 3:14-16Acts 25:3

Acts 23:16¹⁶But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 3:19Acts 23:10Acts 23:32Job 5:13Lam 3:37Prov 21:302 Sam 17:17Acts 21:34

Acts 23:17¹⁷Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to report to him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 22:3Acts 22:26Acts 23:23Matt 10:16Matt 8:8-9

Acts 23:18¹⁸So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 3:1Acts 28:17Eph 4:1Phlm 1:9Acts 16:25Acts 27:1Gen 40:14-15Luke 7:40

Acts 23:19¹⁹The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked, “What is it that you want to report to me?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 5:3Esth 7:2Esth 9:12Jer 31:32Mark 10:51Mark 8:23Mark 9:27Neh 2:4

Acts 23:20²⁰He replied, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:14-15Acts 23:1Dan 6:5-12Ps 12:2

Acts 23:21²¹So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:12-142 Cor 11:26Acts 14:5-6Acts 20:19Acts 25:3Acts 9:23-24Exod 23:2Rom 9:32 Cor 11:32-33

Acts 23:22²²Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him, “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 2:14Mark 1:44

Acts 23:23²³Then he summoned two of the centurions and said, “Make ready 200 soldiers to go to Caesarea along with 70 horsemen and 200 spearmen by nine o’clock tonight,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:33Acts 8:40Luke 12:38Matt 14:25

Acts 23:24²⁴and provide mounts for Paul to ride so that he may be brought safely to Felix the governor.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:26Acts 24:10Acts 25:14Acts 23:33-24:3Acts 24:22-27Esth 8:12Luke 10:34Luke 3:1Matt 27:2Neh 2:12

Acts 23:25²⁵He wrote a letter that went like this:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Acts 23:26²⁶Claudius Lysias to His Excellency Governor Felix, greetings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 15:23Acts 24:3Acts 26:25Luke 1:33 John 1:14Jas 1:1

Acts 23:27²⁷This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:25-29Acts 21:31-33Acts 23:10Acts 24:6

Acts 23:28²⁸Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:30

Acts 23:29²⁹I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 26:31Acts 18:15Acts 25:25Acts 25:11Acts 25:19-20Acts 25:7-8Acts 28:18Acts 23:6-9Acts 24:10-21Acts 24:5-6

Acts 23:30³⁰When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:20Acts 23:35Acts 24:19Acts 24:6-8Acts 25:16Acts 25:5-62 Cor 13:11Acts 15:29Acts 23:12Acts 9:24

Acts 23:31³¹So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:3-4Acts 23:23-24Luke 7:8

Acts 23:32³²The next day they let the horsemen go on with him, and they returned to the barracks.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:10Acts 23:23

Acts 23:33³³When the horsemen came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:23-24Acts 23:26Acts 28:16Acts 8:40

Acts 23:34³⁴When the governor had read the letter, he asked what province he was from. When he learned that he was from Cilicia,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 21:39Acts 25:1Acts 15:41Acts 6:9Dan 2:49Dan 6:1Esth 1:1Esth 8:9Luke 23:6

Acts 23:35³⁵he said, “I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive too.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:30Acts 25:16Matt 27:27Acts 24:1Acts 24:10Acts 24:19Acts 24:22Acts 24:24-27John 18:28Matt 2:1