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Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 23

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Chapter 23 of Acts—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Paul, looking intently at 1the [a]Council, said, “2Brethren, 3I have [b]lived my life with a perfectly good conscience before God up to this day.”
  2. The high priest 4Ananias commanded those standing beside him 5to strike him on the mouth.
  3. Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, 6you whitewashed wall! Do you 7sit to try me according to the Law, and in violation of the Law order me to be struck?”
  4. But the bystanders said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?”
  5. And Paul said, “I was not aware, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, ‘8YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF A RULER OF YOUR PEOPLE.’”
  6. ¶ But perceiving that one group were 9Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began crying out in 10the [c]Council, “11Brethren, 12I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for 13the hope and resurrection of the dead!”
  7. As he said this, there occurred a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
  8. For 14the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
  9. And there occurred a great uproar; and some of 15the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, “16We find nothing wrong with this man; 17suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
  10. And as a great dissension was developing, the [d]commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them and ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into 18the barracks.
  11. ¶ But on 19the night immediately following, the Lord stood at his side and said, “20Take courage; for 21as you have 22solemnly witnessed to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must witness at Rome also.”
  12. ¶ When it was day, 23the Jews formed a [e]conspiracy and 24bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
  13. There were more than forty who formed this plot.
  14. They came to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have 25bound ourselves under a solemn oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
  15. Now therefore, you [f]and 26the [g]Council notify the [h]commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case by a more thorough investigation; and we for our part are ready to slay him before he comes near the place.”
  16. ¶ But the son of Paul’s sister heard of their ambush, [i]and he came and entered 27the barracks and told Paul.
  17. Paul called one of the centurions to him and said, “Lead this young man to the [j]commander, for he has something to report to him.”
  18. So he took him and led him to the [k]commander and *said, “Paul 28the prisoner called me to him and asked me to lead this young man to you since he has something to tell you.”
  19. The [l]commander took him by the hand and stepping aside, began to inquire of him privately, “What is it that you have to report to me?”
  20. And he said, “29The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down tomorrow to 30the [m]Council, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more thoroughly about him.
  21. So do not [n]listen to them, for more than forty of them are 31lying in wait for him who have 32bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they slay him; and now they are ready and waiting for the promise from you.”
  22. So the [o]commander let the young man go, instructing him, “Tell no one that you have notified me of these things.”
  23. ¶ And he called to him two of the centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready by [p]the third hour of the night to proceed to 33Caesarea, [q]with seventy horsemen and two hundred [r]spearmen.”
  24. They were also to provide mounts to put Paul on and bring him safely to 34Felix the governor.
  25. And he wrote a letter having this form:
  26. ¶ “Claudius Lysias, to the 35most excellent governor Felix, 36greetings.
  27. ¶ “When this man was arrested by the Jews and was about to be slain by them, 37I came up to them with the troops and rescued him, 38having learned that he was a Roman.
  28. “And 39wanting to ascertain the charge for which they were accusing him, I 40brought him down to their [s]41Council;
  29. and I found him to be accused over 42questions about their Law, but [t]under 43no accusation deserving death or [u]imprisonment.
  30. ¶ “When I was 44informed that there would be 45a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, also instructing 46his accusers to [v]bring charges against him before you.”
  31. ¶ So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
  32. But the next day, leaving 47the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to 48the barracks.
  33. When these had come to 49Caesarea and delivered the letter to 50the governor, they also presented Paul to him.
  34. When he had read it, he asked from what 51province he was, and when he learned that 52he was from Cilicia,
  35. he said, “I will give you a hearing after your 53accusers arrive also,” giving orders for him to be 54kept in Herod’s [w]Praetorium.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or Sanhedrin
  2. ^ Or conducted myself as a citizen
  3. ^ Or Sanhedrin
  4. ^ I.e. chiliarch, in command of one thousand troops
  5. ^ Or mob
  6. ^ Lit with
  7. ^ Or Sanhedrin
  8. ^ V 10, note 1
  9. ^ Or having been present with them, and he entered
  10. ^ V 10, note 1
  11. ^ V 10, note 1
  12. ^ V 10, note 1
  13. ^ Or Sanhedrin
  14. ^ Lit be persuaded by them
  15. ^ V 10, note 1
  16. ^ I.e. 9 p.m.
  17. ^ Lit and
  18. ^ Or slingers or bowmen
  19. ^ Or Sanhedrin
  20. ^ Lit having
  21. ^ Lit bonds
  22. ^ Lit speak against him
  23. ^ I.e. governor’s official residence

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ac 22:30; 23:6, 15, 20, 28
  2. ^ Ac 22:5
  3. ^ Ac 24:16; 2Co 1:12; 2Ti 1:3
  4. ^ Ac 24:1
  5. ^ Jn 18:22
  6. ^ Mt 23:27
  7. ^ Le 19:15; De 25:2; Jn 7:51
  8. ^ Ex 22:28
  9. ^ Mt 3:7; 22:23
  10. ^ Ac 22:30; 23:1, 15, 20, 28
  11. ^ Ac 22:5
  12. ^ Ac 26:5; Pp 3:5
  13. ^ Ac 24:15, 21; 26:8
  14. ^ Mt 22:23; Mr 12:18; Lu 20:27
  15. ^ Mr 2:16; Lu 5:30
  16. ^ Ac 23:29
  17. ^ Jn 12:29; Ac 22:6ff
  18. ^ Ac 21:34; 23:16, 32
  19. ^ Ac 18:9
  20. ^ Mt 9:2
  21. ^ Ac 19:21
  22. ^ Lu 16:28; Ac 28:23
  23. ^ Ac 9:23; 23:30; 1Th 2:16
  24. ^ Ac 23:14, 21
  25. ^ Ac 23:12, 21
  26. ^ Ac 22:30; 23:1, 6, 20, 28
  27. ^ Ac 21:34; 23:10, 32
  28. ^ Eph 3:1
  29. ^ Ac 23:14f
  30. ^ Ac 22:30; 23:1, 6, 15, 28
  31. ^ Ac 23:12, 14
  32. ^ Lu 11:54
  33. ^ Ac 8:40; 23:33
  34. ^ Ac 23:26, 33; 24:1, 3, 10; 25:14
  35. ^ Lu 1:3; Ac 24:3; 26:25
  36. ^ Ac 15:23
  37. ^ Ac 21:32f
  38. ^ Ac 22:25-29
  39. ^ Ac 22:30
  40. ^ Ac 23:10
  41. ^ Ac 23:1
  42. ^ Ac 18:15; 25:19
  43. ^ Ac 23:9; 25:25; 26:31; 28:18
  44. ^ Ac 23:20f
  45. ^ Ac 9:24; 23:12
  46. ^ Ac 23:35; 24:19; 25:16
  47. ^ Ac 23:23
  48. ^ Ac 23:10
  49. ^ Ac 8:40; 23:23
  50. ^ Ac 23:24, 26; 24:1, 3, 10; 25:14
  51. ^ Ac 25:1
  52. ^ Ac 6:9; 21:39
  53. ^ Ac 23:30; 24:19; 25:16
  54. ^ Ac 24:27

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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