Paul Before the Council

Acts 22

30 But on the next day, w desiring to know the real reason why he was being accused by the Jews, he unbound him and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.

Acts 23

1 And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, x I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day." 2 And the high priest y Ananias commanded those who stood by him z to strike him on the mouth. 3 Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you a whitewashed b wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet c contrary to the law you c order me to be struck?" 4 Those who stood by said, "Would you revile d God's high priest?" 5 And Paul said, e "I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, f 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"

6 Now when Paul perceived that one part were g Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, h I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is i with respect to the j hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial." 7 And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 8 For the Sadducees k say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all. 9 Then a great clamor arose, and some of l the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, m "We find nothing wrong in this man. What n if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?" 10 And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into o the barracks.

11 p The following night q the Lord stood by him and said, r "Take courage, for s as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must t testify also in Rome."

  1. Cross References
    Acts 22:24
    The tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.
    Acts 23:28
    And desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council.
  2. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 1:12
    For our boast is this, the testimony of our con...
    2 Timothy 1:3
    I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, ...
    Acts 24:16
    So I always take pains to have a clear conscien...
    Job 27:5 - 6
    Far be it from me to say that you are right; ti...
    1 Corinthians 4:4
    For I am not aware of anything against myself, ...
    2 Corinthians 4:2
    But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ...
    2 Corinthians 5:11
    Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we per...
    Hebrews 13:18
    Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a cle...
  3. Cross References
    Acts 24:1
    And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul.
  4. Cross References
    1 Kings 22:24
    Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, "How did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?
    Lamentations 3:30
    Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes, and let him be filled with insults.
    Micah 5:1
    Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.
    2 Corinthians 11:20
    For you bear it if someone makes slaves of you, or devours you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 23:27
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 30:13
    Therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.
    Ezekiel 13:10 - 14
    Precisely because they have misled my people, saying, 'Peace,' when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, these prophets smear it with whitewash.
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 25:1 - 2
    If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.
    John 7:51
    "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?"
  8. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 25:1 - 2
    If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.
    John 7:51
    "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?"
  9. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:28
    Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? I gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel.
    Psalms 106:16
    When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
  10. Cross References
    Acts 24:1
    And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 22:28
    You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 22:28
    You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
  13. Cross References
    Matthew 22:23
    The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question.
  14. Cross References
    Acts 26:5
    They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.
    Philippians 3:5
    Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee.
  15. Cross References
    Acts 24:15
    Having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
    Acts 24:21
    Other than this one thing that I cried out while standing among them: 'It is with respect to the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you this day.'
    Acts 26:6 - 8
    And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers.
    Acts 28:20
    For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am wearing this chain.
  16. Cross References
    Acts 2:26 - 27
    Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope.
    Colossians 1:5
    Because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel.
  17. Cross References
    Luke 20:27
    There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
    1 Corinthians 15:12
    Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
  18. Cross References
    Acts 4:5
    On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem.
    Mark 2:16
    And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?
    Luke 5:30
    And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?
  19. Cross References
    Acts 23:29
    I found that he was being accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
  20. Cross References
    Acts 22:7
    And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?
    Acts 22:17 - 18
    When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
    John 12:29
    The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him.
  21. Cross References
    Acts 23:16
    Now the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush, so he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.
    Acts 23:32
    And on the next day they returned to the barracks, letting the horsemen go on with him.
    Acts 21:34
    Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
    Acts 22:24
    The tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.
  22. Cross References
    Acts 18:9
    And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent.
    Acts 27:23
    For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship.
  23. Cross References
    1 Samuel 3:10
    And the Lord came and stood, calling as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant hears.
  24. Cross References
    2 Timothy 4:17
    But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
  25. Cross References
    Acts 19:21
    Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
  26. Cross References
    Acts 22:15
    For you will be a witness for him to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
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