Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.” Act 24:162Co 1:122Ti 1:3Heb 13:181Co 4:4Act 22:52Co 4:2Act 23:6
The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Jhn 18:22Act 24:11Ki 22:24Mic 5:1Jer 20:2Mat 26:67
Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?” Deu 25:1-2Jhn 7:51Mat 23:27-28Amo 5:7Ecc 3:16Lev 19:15Lev 19:35Mic 3:8-11
Those who stood by said, “Do you malign God’s high priest?”
Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’” 1 Exo 22:28Ecc 10:20Jud 1:8-92Pe 2:10Act 24:17
But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!” Act 24:15Act 24:21Act 26:5-8Act 28:20Php 3:5Mat 22:23Act 22:5Mat 10:16
When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided. Act 14:4Jhn 7:40-43Mat 10:34Psa 55:9 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these. Luk 20:27Mat 22:23Mrk 12:18Act 4:1 A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!” Act 22:17-18Act 22:7Jhn 12:29Act 23:29Act 25:25Act 26:31Mrk 2:16Pro 16:7
When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks. Act 22:24Jas 1:19Jas 3:14Act 19:28-31Act 21:30-36Act 23:16Act 23:27Act 23:32
The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.” Act 18:92Ti 4:17Mat 14:27Act 19:21Jer 15:19-21Mat 9:2Rom 1:15-16Isa 41:10
When it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. Act 23:30Isa 8:9-10Act 23:21Act 23:14Psa 2:1-3Psa 31:13Jer 11:192Ki 6:31 There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy. Jhn 16:22Sa 15:122Sa 15:31 They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. Act 23:12Jer 8:12Hos 4:9Isa 3:9Mic 7:3Psa 52:1-2Jer 6:15 Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near.” Isa 59:7Psa 37:32-33Pro 1:11-12Pro 1:16Act 22:30Pro 4:16Psa 21:11Rom 3:14-16
But Paul’s sister’s son heard they were lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul. 1Co 3:19Act 23:10Act 23:32Job 5:13Lam 3:37Pro 21:302Sa 17:17Act 21:34 Paul summoned one of the centurions and said, “Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him.” Pro 22:3Act 22:26Act 23:23Mat 10:16Mat 8:8-9
So he took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said, “Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.” Eph 3:1Act 28:17Eph 4:1Phm 1:9Act 16:25Act 27:1Gen 40:14-15Luk 7:40
The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?” Est 5:3Est 7:2Est 9:12Jer 31:32Mrk 10:51Mrk 8:23Mrk 9:27Neh 2:4
He said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him. Act 23:14-15Act 23:1Dan 6:5-12Psa 12:2 Therefore don’t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse to neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.” Act 23:12-142Co 11:26Act 14:5-6Act 20:19Act 25:3Act 9:23-24Exo 23:2Rom 9:3
So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.” Jos 2:14Mrk 1:44
He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.” 2 Act 23:33Act 8:40Luk 12:38Mat 14:25 He asked them to provide mounts, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor. Act 23:26Act 24:10Act 25:14Act 23:33Act 24:22-27Est 8:12Luk 10:34Luk 3:1 He wrote a letter like this:
“Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings. Act 15:23Act 24:3Act 26:25Luk 1:33Jn 1:14Jas 1:1
“This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman. Act 22:25-29Act 21:31-33Act 23:10Act 24:6 Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council. Act 22:30 I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment. Act 26:31Act 18:15Act 25:25Act 25:11Act 25:19-20Act 25:7-8Act 28:18Act 23:6-9 When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell.” Act 23:20Act 23:35Act 24:19Act 24:6-8Act 25:16Act 25:5-62Co 13:11Act 15:29
So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. 2Ti 2:3-4Act 23:23-24Luk 7:8 But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks. Act 23:10Act 23:23 When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him. Act 23:23-24Act 23:26Act 28:16Act 8:40 When the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said, Act 21:39Act 25:1Act 15:41Act 6:9Dan 2:49Dan 6:1Est 1:1Est 8:9 “I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive.” He commanded that he be kept in Herod’s palace. Act 23:30Act 25:16Mat 27:27Act 24:1Act 24:10Act 24:19Act 24:22Act 24:24-27