Acts
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Acts 23:1
“And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.”
King James Version (KJV)
Acts 23:1 Context
1And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. 2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. 3Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? 4And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
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Other Translations
And Paul earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I haue liued in all good conscience before God vntill this day.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Paul, looking intently at the Council, said, "Brethren, I have lived my life with a perfectly good conscience before God up to this day."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.
- Basic English Bible
And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.
- Darby Bible
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
- Webster's Bible
Then Paul, fixing a steady gaze on the Sanhedrin, said, "Brethren, it is with a perfectly clear conscience that I have discharged my duties before God up to this day."
- Weymouth Bible
Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, "Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day."
- World English Bible
And Poul bihelde in to the counsel, and seide, Britheren, Y with al good conscience haue lyued bifore God, `til in to this dai.
- Wycliffe Bible
And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, `Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;'
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Paul, looking intently at the Council, said, "Brethren, I have lived my life with a perfectly good conscience before God up to this day."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.
- Basic English Bible
And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.
- Darby Bible
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
- Webster's Bible
Then Paul, fixing a steady gaze on the Sanhedrin, said, "Brethren, it is with a perfectly clear conscience that I have discharged my duties before God up to this day."
- Weymouth Bible
Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, "Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day."
- World English Bible
And Poul bihelde in to the counsel, and seide, Britheren, Y with al good conscience haue lyued bifore God, `til in to this dai.
- Wycliffe Bible
And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, `Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Acts 23:1
23:1 And Paul earnestly beholding the council - Professing a clear conscience by his very countenance; and likewise waiting to see whether any of them was minded to ask him any question, said, I have lived in all good conscience before God till this day - He speaks chiefly of the time since he became a Christian. For none questioned him concerning what he had been before. And yet even in his unconverted state, although he was in an error, yet he had acted from conscience, before God - Whatever men may think or say of me.
People's Bible Notes for Acts 23:1
Ac 23:1 Paul's Defense Before the Sanhedrin SUMMARY OF ACTS 23: The Insult of the High Priest. Paul's Rebuke. His Appeal to the Pharisees. Their Favor. The Dissension; Paul Removed. The Vision of the Lord in the Night. The Plot of the Sicarii. Revealed to the Chief Captain by Paul's Nephew. Paul Sent Under an Escort of Soldiers to Caesarea. The Letter of Claudius Lysias to Felix. Paul, earnestly beholding the council. Attentively studying his audience, and no doubt seeking whether there were old acquaintances among the members of the Sanhedrin. He probably knew at least a part of the body. Many years before he had been its trusted agent, to execute its orders against Christians; now he is on trial before it for being one of that body which it formerly employed him to destroy. They regarded him a renegade, much as out countrymen regard Benedict Arnold, and their hate was so vindictive that they were utterly unable to listen calmly to his defense. Hence, as soon as he began by declaring that he had acted "in all good conscience until this day", the high priest ordered that he be smitten in the mouth (Ac 23:2).