Acts 23:4

Acts 23:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?
• New International Version (NIV)Those who were standing near Paul said, “How dare you insult God’s high priest!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Those who stood by said, "Would you revile God's high priest?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And those who stood by said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?”

Context of Acts 23:4

2The most important priest, who was called Ananias, heard Paul's words. He said to the men who were near Paul, ‘Hit that man on his mouth!’ 3Paul said to him, ‘God will certainly hit you! You are a hypocrite! You are sitting there and you are judging me. You are asking if I obey the Law of God. But you yourself do not obey the Law! You should not have said, “Hit that man!” ’ The men who were standing near Paul said to him, ‘You must not say bad things against our most important priest!’ 5Paul replied, ‘My brothers, I did not know that this man is the most important priest. Our Jewish law says, “Do not say bad things against the man who rules your people.” So I should not have said anything bad against him.’ 6Then Paul saw that there were some Sadducees and also some Pharisees in the meeting. So he shouted out to the whole group of Jewish leaders, ‘My brothers, I am a Pharisee! My father was also a Pharisee. I believe that dead people will certainly rise and they will live again. That is the reason why you are judging me today.’

Acts 23:4 word by word

οἱ δὲ παρεστῶτες εἶπαν· τὸν ἀρχιερέα τοῦ θεοῦ λοιδορεῖς;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• they thatὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• stood byπαρίστημιparistēmi paristanō · to stand byG3936
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Revilest thouλοιδορέωloidoreō · to revileG3058
• God’sθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• high priestἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749

Commentaries on Acts 23:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Revilest 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 place of the high priest, and they might have pretended that respect was due to the office.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. God shall smite thee--as indeed He did; for he was killed by an assassin during the Jewish war [Josephus, Wars of the Jews, 2.17.9]. thou whited wall--that is, hypocrite (Mt 23:27). This epithet, however correctly describing the man, must not be defended as addressed to a judge, though the remonstrance which follows--"for sittest thou," &c.--ought to have put him to shame.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 23:4

• Ananias
• Court
• Defense
• Paul
• Priest

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Acts 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings