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And do you sit judging me according to the law, and, in violation of law, command me to be smitten?" <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And those standing by said, "Do you revile God's high priest?" <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Paul said, "I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest; for it has been written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And Paul, perceiving that the one part was of the Sadducees, and the other of the Pharisees, was crying out in the Sanhedrin, "Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; concerning the hope and resurrection from <i>the</i> dead, I am being judged." <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And, when he said this, there arose a dissension of the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the multitude was divided. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge both. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And there arose a great clamor, and some of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees, rising up, were fiercely contending, saying, "We find no evil in this man; but, if a spirit spake to him, or an angel ?." <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And, when a great dissension was arising, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul might be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers, going down, to take <i>him</i> by force out of their midst, and lead him into the castle.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And, on the following night, the Lord, standing by <i>him</i>, said, <FR>"Be of good courage; for, as you fully testified as to the things concerning Me at Jerusalem, so you must testify at Rome also."<Fr><p> <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">The Plot to Kill Paul<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../john/16.htm">John 16:1–4</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And, when it was day, <i>the Jews</i>, making a conspiracy, bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink, till they had killed Paul. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And there were more than forty, who made this conspiracy; <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>who, indeed, going to the high priests and elders, said, "We bound ourselves under a curse to taste of nothing until we kill Paul. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now, therefore, do ye with the Sanhedrin signify to the chief captain that he bring him down to you, as if ye would ascertain more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the son of Paul's sister, hearing of their lying in wait, going and entering into the castle, reported <i>it</i> to Paul. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Paul, calling to <i>himself</i> one of the centurions, said, "Bring this young man to the chief captain; for he has something to tell him," <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So he, taking him with <i>him</i>, conducted him to the chief captain, and said, "Paul, the prisoner, calling me to him, asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you." <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the chief captain, taking hold of his hand, and going aside privately, was asking him, "What is it that you have to tell me?" <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And he said, "The Jews agreed to ask you, that tomorrow you would bring Paul down into the Sanhedrin, as if they would inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Be not, therefore, persuaded by them; for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him; who, indeed, bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor drink, till they should kill him; and now they are ready, expecting the promise from you." <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The chief captain, therefore, dismissed the young man, charging <i>him</i>, "Tell no one that you have shown these things to me,"<p> <A name="24"></a><p class="hdg">Paul Sent to Felix<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And, calling to him two of the centurions, he said, "Make ready two hundred soldiers, that they may go as far as Caesarea; and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night; <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>to provide beasts also, that, putting Paul thereon, they may bring him safely through to Felix the governor;" <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>writing a letter after this form:<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>"Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor, Felix, Greeting:<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>This man having been arrested by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I, going down with the army, rescued; having heard that he was a Roman. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And, wishing to know clearly the cause for which they were accusing him, I led him down into their Sanhedrin; <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>whom I found <i>to be</i> accused, concerning their law, but having no accusation worthy of death or of bonds.<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And, a plot <i>that was</i> about to be against the man having been discovered to me, I immediately sent him to you, charging the accusers to speak against him before you." <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The soldiers, therefore, according to what had been commanded them, taking up Paul, brought him by night to Antipatris; <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>but, on the morrow, they returned to the castle, leaving the horsemen to go with him; <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>who, indeed, coming to Caesarea, and delivering the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And, having read it, he asked of what province he was. And, learning that he was from Cilicia, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/23-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>"I will hear you fully," he said, "when your accusers also arrive:" giving orders, that he should be kept under guard in Herod's palace.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worrell New Testament (1904)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>