Acts 23
NASB1995
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

ModeStrong’s numbers

New American Standard Bible 1995

Acts 23:1-3

1PaulG3972, lookingG816 intentlyG816 at 1the 2CouncilG4892, saidG3004, “3BrethrenG435G80, 4I have 5livedG4176 my lifeG4176 with a perfectlyG3956 goodG18 conscienceG4893 before GodG2316 up to thisG3778 dayG2250.”

2The highG749 priestG749 6AnaniasG367 commandedG2004 thoseG3588 standingG3936 besideG3936 him 7to strikeG5180 him on the mouthG4750.

3ThenG5119 PaulG3972 saidG3004 to him, “GodG2316 is goingG3195 to strikeG5180 you, 8you whitewashedG2867 wallG5109! Do you 9sitG2521 to tryG2919 me accordingG2596 to the LawG3551, and in violationG3891 of the LawG3891 orderG2753 me to be struckG5180?”

Read all of Acts 23

Notes

  1. 1. Acts 23:1 Acts 22:30; 23:6, 15, 20, 28 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 23:1 Or Sanhedrin ↩
  3. 3. Acts 23:1 Acts 22:5 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 23:1 Acts 24:16; 2 Cor 1:12; 2 Tim 1:3 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 23:1 Or conducted myself as a citizen ↩
  6. 6. Acts 23:2 Acts 24:1 ↩
  7. 7. Acts 23:2 John 18:22 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 23:3 Matt 23:27 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 23:3 Lev 19:15; Deut 25:2; John 7:51 ↩

Commentaries on Acts 23

New American Standard Bible 1995 — © 1960–1995 The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.