Acts:23

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bbe @Acts:23:1 @And Paul , looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin , said , My brothers , my life has been upright before God till this day . bbe @Acts:23:2 @And the high priest , Ananias , gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth . bbe @Acts:23:3 @Then Paul said to him , God will give blows to you , you whitewashed wall : are you here to be my judge by law , and by your orders am I given blows against the law ? bbe @Acts:23:4 @And those who were near said , Do you say such words against God 's high priest ? bbe @Acts:23:5 @And Paul said , Brother , I had no idea that he was the high priest : for it has been said , You may not say evil about the ruler of your people . bbe @Acts:23:6 @But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees , he said in the Sanhedrin , Brothers , I am a Pharisee , and the son of Pharisees : I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead . bbe @Acts:23:7 @And when he had said this , there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees , and a division in the meeting . bbe @Acts:23:8 @For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead , and no angels or spirits : but the Pharisees have belief in all these . bbe @Acts:23:9 @And there was a great outcry : and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion , saying , We see no evil in this man : what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit ? bbe @Acts:23:10 @And when the argument became very violent , the chief captain , fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them , gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them , and take him into the army building . bbe @Acts:23:11 @And the night after , the Lord came to his side and said , Be of good heart , for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem , so will you be my witness in Rome . bbe @Acts:23:12 @And when it was day , the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death . bbe @Acts:23:13 @And more than forty of them took this oath . bbe @Acts:23:14 @And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said , We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death bbe @Acts:23:15 @So now , will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you , as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail ; and we , before ever he gets to you , will be waiting to put him to death . bbe @Acts:23:16 @But Paul 's sister 's son had word of their design , and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul . bbe @Acts:23:17 @And Paul sent for a captain and said , Take this young man to your chief , for he has news for him . bbe @Acts:23:18 @So he took him to the chief captain and said , Paul , the prisoner , made a request to me to take this young man to you , for he has something to say to you bbe @Acts:23:19 @And the chief took him by the hand and , going on one side , said to him privately , What is it you have to say to me ? bbe @Acts:23:20 @And he said , The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken , on the day after this , into the Sanhedrin , to be questioned in greater detail . bbe @Acts:23:21 @But do not give way to them , for more than forty of them are waiting for him , having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death : and now they are ready , waiting for your order . bbe @Acts:23:22 @So the chief captain let the young man go , saying to him , Do not say to anyone that you have given me word of these things . bbe @Acts:23:23 @And he sent for two captains and said , Make ready two hundred men , with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen , to go to Caesarea , at the third hour of the night : bbe @Acts:23:24 @And get beasts so that they may put Paul on them , and take him safely to Felix , the ruler . bbe @Acts:23:25 @And he sent a letter in these words : bbe @Acts:23:26 @Claudius Lysias , to the most noble ruler , Felix , peace be with you . bbe @Acts:23:27 @This man was taken by the Jews , and was about to be put to death by them , when I came on them with the army and took him out of danger , having knowledge that he was a Roman . bbe @Acts:23:28 @And , desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him , I took him down to their Sanhedrin : bbe @Acts:23:29 @Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law , and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death . bbe @Acts:23:30 @And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man , I sent him straight away to you , giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you . bbe @Acts:23:31 @So the armed men , as they were ordered , took Paul and came by night to Antipatris . bbe @Acts:23:32 @But on the day after , they sent the horsemen on with him , and went back to their place : bbe @Acts:23:33 @And they , when they came to Caesarea , gave the letter to the ruler , and took Paul before him . bbe @Acts:23:34 @And after reading it , he said , What part of the country do you come from ? And , hearing that he was from Cilicia , bbe @Acts:23:35 @I will give hearing to your cause , he said , when those who are against you have come . And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod 's Praetorium .

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