23:1 As Paul pleads his cause,
23:2 Ananias commands them to smite him;
23:7 Dissension among his accusers;
23:11 God encourages him;
23:14 The Jews' laying wait for Paul,
Act_23:20. is declared unto the chief captain;
23:27 He sends him to Felix the governor. Verse 1earnestlyActs 23:6, 6:15, 22:5; Proverbs 28:1 MenActs 22:1 I have24:16; 1 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Corinthians 1:12, 4:2; 2 Timothy 1:3; Habakkuk 3:1; 1 Peter 3:16ReciprocalGenesis 17:1 - walk; Isaiah 58:4 - and to smite; Jeremiah 37:18 - General; Matthew 10:17 - for; Mark 13:9 - take; Luke 1:6 - walking; Acts 1:16 - Men; 5:27 - set; 25:8 - Neither; 28:17 - though; Romans 2:15 - their conscience; Galatians 2:11 - because; 1 Timothy 1:5 - a good Verse 2AnaniasActs 24:1 to smite1 Kings 22:24; Jeremiah 20:2; Micah 5:1; Matthew 26:67; John 18:22Reciprocal2 Chronicles 18:23 - Zedekiah; Job 16:10 - they have smitten; Isaiah 58:4 - and to smite; Jeremiah 37:15 - the princes; Mark 13:9 - take; 14:65 - General; Luke 6:29 - smiteth; 1 Corinthians 4:11 - and are buffeted Verse 3GodGod did smite him in a remarkable manner; for about five years after this, after his house had been reduced to ashes, in a tumult raised by his own son, he was besieged and taken in the royal palace; where having attempted in vain to hide himself, he was dragged out and slain.thou whitedMatthew 23:27, 23:28 forLeviticus 19:35; Psalm 58:1, 58:2, 82:1, 82:2, 94:20; Ecclesiastes 3:16; Amos 5:7; Micah 3:8-11 smittenDeuteronomy 25:1, 25:2; John 7:51, 18:24ReciprocalExodus 22:28 - nor curse; Numbers 20:10 - General; Deuteronomy 16:19 - wrest; 2 Chronicles 18:23 - Zedekiah; Job 34:18 - General; Jeremiah 37:15 - the princes; Matthew 26:67 - and others; Luke 9:55 - Ye know; 11:44 - for; John 18:22 - struck Verse 4ReciprocalJohn 18:22 - Answerest Verse 5I wistSoon after the holding of the first council at Jerusalem, Ananias, son of Nebedenus, was deprived of the high priest's office, for certain acts of violence, and sent to Rome, whence he was afterwards released, and returned to Jerusalem. Between the death of Jonathan, who succeeded him and was murdered by Felix, and the high priesthood of Ismael, who was invested with that office by Agrippa, an interval elapsed in which this dignity was vacant. This was the precise time when Paul was apprehended; and the Sanhedrin being destitute of a president, Ananias undertook to discharge the office. It is probable that Paul was ignorant of this circumstance. Acts 24:17 ThouExodus 22:28; Ecclesiastes 10:20; 2 Peter 2:10; Jude 1:8, 1:9ReciprocalExodus 34:29 - wist; 2 Samuel 15:3 - there is; 16:9 - curse; 19:6 - thou regardest; Job 34:18 - General; Psalm 138:1 - before; John 18:22 - Answerest; Titus 3:2 - speak Verse 6PaulMatthew 10:16 I amActs 26:5; Philippians 3:5 of the hopeActs 24:15, 24:21, 26:6-8, 28:20ReciprocalPsalm 55:9 - divide; Jeremiah 38:27 - and he told; Matthew 3:7 - the Pharisees; 16:1 - Sadducees; 22:23 - the Sadducees; Mark 12:18 - say; Luke 18:10 - a Pharisee; 20:27 - the Sadducees; John 11:24 - I know; Acts 1:16 - Men; 4:1 - the Sadducees; 5:17 - all; 22:1 - brethren; 22:3 - taught; 23:1 - earnestly; 23:29 - questions; Philippians 3:11 - attain; Colossians 1:5 - the hope; Habakkuk 3:1 - resurrection; 3:1 - that they Verse 7thereActs 14:4; Psalm 55:9; Matthew 10:34; John 7:40-43ReciprocalZechariah 11:14 - I cut; John 7:43 - General; 10:19 - General; Acts 5:34 - stood; 7:2 - Men Verse 8Acts 4:1; Matthew 22:23; Mark 12:18; Luke 20:27ReciprocalPsalm 104:4 - Who maketh; Matthew 16:12 - but; John 1:24 - were of; 12:29 - An angel; Acts 23:9 - if; 1 Corinthians 15:13 - General Verse 9WeActs 25:25, 26:31; 1 Samuel 24:17; Proverbs 16:7; Luke 23:4, 23:14, 23:15, 23:22 ifActs 23:8, 9:4, 22:7, 22:17, 22:18, 26:14-19, 27:23; John 12:29 letActs 5:39, 11:17; 1 Corinthians 10:22Reciprocal1 Samuel 12:5 - ye have; Psalm 35:1 - fight; Jeremiah 26:16 - General; Matthew 2:4 - scribes; 15:1 - scribes; Luke 20:39 - thou; Ephesians 3:3 - by; 2 Timothy 2:24 - strive Verse 10fearingActs 23:27, 19:28-31, 21:30-36; Psalm 7:2, 50:22; Micah 3:3; James 1:19, 3:14-18; 4:1, 4:2 to takeActs 22:24ReciprocalPsalm 83:2 - lo; Proverbs 24:11 - General; Jeremiah 26:24 - that; Matthew 27:23 - But; Luke 23:5 - they; John 18:12 - the captain; Acts 21:34 - into; 24:6 - whom; 24:7 - great; 26:17 - Delivering; 26:22 - obtained; 27:43 - willing; 2 Corinthians 6:5 - in tumults; 2 Timothy 3:11 - but Verse 11the LordActs 2:25, 18:9, 27:23, 27:24; Psalm 46:1, 46:2, 109:31; Isaiah 41:10, 41:14, 43:2; Jeremiah 15:19-21; Matthew 28:20; John 14:18; 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 BeActs 27:22, 27:25; Matthew 9:2, 14:27; John 16:33 forActs 19:21, 20:22, 22:18, 28:23-28; Romans 1:15, 1:16; Philippians 1:13; 2 Timothy 4:17 mustActs 28:30, 28:31; Isaiah 46:10; John 11:8-10ReciprocalPsalm 31:15 - My times; John 7:44 - no man; 15:27 - ye also; Acts 2:10 - strangers; 22:15 - thou shalt; 24:11 - but; 25:12 - unto Caesar shalt; 26:16 - in the; 26:22 - obtained; 27:1 - when; 28:16 - Rome; 1 Corinthians 1:6 - the; 9:1 - have; 2 Corinthians 12:1 - visions; Galatians 2:2 - by; 2 Timothy 2:25 - instructing Verse 12certainActs 23:21, 23:30, 25:3; Psalm 2:1-3, 64:2-6; Isaiah 8:9, 8:10; Jeremiah 11:19; Matthew 26:4 bound1 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 6:31; Matthew 27:25; Mark 6:23-26 under a curseor, with an oath of execration, Leviticus 27:29; Joshua 6:26, 7:1, 7:15; Nehemiah 10:29; Matthew 26:74 *Gr: 1 Corinthians 16:22; Galatians 3:13 thatSuch execrable vows as these were not unusual among the Jews, who, from their perverted traditions, challenged to themselves a right of punishing without any legal process, those whom they considered transgressors of the law; and in some cases, as in the case of one who had forsaken the law of Moses, they thought they were justified in killing them. They therefore made no scruple of acquainting the chief priests and elders with their conspiracy against the life of Paul, and applying for their connivance and support; who, being chiefly of the sect of the Sadducees, and the apostle's bitterest enemies, were so far from blaming them for it, that they gladly aided and abetted them in this mode of dispatching him, and on its failure they soon afterwards determined upon making a similar attempt - Acts 25:2, 25:3. If these were, in their bad way, conscientious men, they were under no necessity of perishing for hunger, when the providence of God had hindered them from accomplishing their vow; for their vows of abstinence from eating and drinking were as easy to loose as to bind, any of their wise men or Rabbis having power to absolve them, as Dr. Lightfoot has shown from the Talmud. 1 Samuel 14:24, 14:27, 14:28, 14:40-44; Psalm 31:13ReciprocalGenesis 28:20 - vowed; 37:18 - conspired; Exodus 1:10 - wisely; Leviticus 5:4 - to do evil; 27:28 - no devoted; Numbers 30:2 - swear; Deuteronomy 23:23 - hast vowed; Judges 21:1 - There; 1 Kings 20:10 - The gods; 2 Kings 6:13 - spy where; Nehemiah 4:8 - all; 4:11 - They shall not; Esther 2:22 - the thing; Job 5:12 - their hands; 24:5 - rising; Psalm 11:2 - that; 26:10 - In; 36:4 - deviseth; 56:6 - gather; 83:5 - For; 102:8 - sworn; Proverbs 12:6 - words; 27:10 - better; Jeremiah 11:9 - General; 20:10 - we shall; 44:25 - We will; Hosea 5:2 - profound; 6:8 - polluted with blood; Micah 2:1 - to; Habakkuk 1:4 - for; Matthew 10:17 - beware; 27:23 - But; Mark 6:24 - The head; Acts 6:11 - they; 9:24 - their; 12:11 - all; 14:6 - were; 20:3 - the Jews; 23:20 - The Jews; 26:21 - the Jews; Romans 15:31 - I may; 2 Corinthians 11:26 - in perils by mine; 2 Timothy 3:11 - but; 1 John 3:15 - hateth Verse 13which2 Samuel 15:12, 15:31; John 16:2Reciprocal2 Kings 6:31 - if the head; Nehemiah 4:8 - all; Psalm 83:5 - For; Mark 6:24 - The head; Galatians 5:11 - why Verse 14Psalm 52:1, 52:2; Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 6:15, 8:12; Hosea 4:9; Micah 7:3ReciprocalNumbers 30:2 - to bind; Judges 11:35 - I cannot; Esther 5:14 - the thing; Psalm 64:2 - secret; Proverbs 18:7 - his lips; Acts 23:21 - an oath; 1 Corinthians 16:22 - Anathema; Galatians 1:8 - accursed; 5:11 - why; 1 John 3:15 - hateth Verse 15that heActs 25:3; Psalm 21:11, 37:32, 37:33; Proverbs 1:11, 1:12, 1:16, 4:16; Isaiah 59:7; Romans 3:14-16ReciprocalJudges 16:2 - kill him; 2 Samuel 13:5 - Lay thee; Nehemiah 6:7 - Come now; Esther 5:14 - the thing; Psalm 35:20 - but; 59:4 - run; 64:2 - secret; Proverbs 12:6 - words; Micah 2:1 - when; Acts 22:30 - commanded; 23:20 - as Verse 16whenJob 5:13; Proverbs 21:30; Lamentations 3:37; 1 Corinthians 3:19 he went2 Samuel 17:17Reciprocal1 Samuel 19:2 - Jonathan; 23:9 - David; Proverbs 24:15 - Lay; Jeremiah 36:19 - General; 37:20 - lest; Acts 21:34 - into; 23:30 - it was; 26:22 - obtained Verse 17oneActs 23:23, 22:26; Proverbs 22:3; Matthew 8:8, 8:9, 10:16Reciprocal8:5 - a centurion; 27:54 - the centurion; Luke 7:2 - centurion's; 7:8 - under; John 18:12 - the captain; Acts 21:31 - chief; 22:25 - the centurion; 27:1 - a centurion Verse 18PaulActs 16:25, 27:1, 28:17; Genesis 40:14, 40:15; Ephesians 3:1, 4:1; Philemon 1:9 somethingLuke 7:40ReciprocalJudges 3:19 - a secret; 2 Kings 9:6 - he arose Verse 19tookJeremiah 31:32; Mark 8:23, 9:27 WhatNehemiah 2:4; Esther 5:3, 7:2, 9:12; Mark 10:51ReciprocalJudges 3:19 - a secret; 2 Kings 9:6 - he arose Verse 20The JewsActs 23:12 as23:15; Psalm 12:2; Daniel 6:5-12ReciprocalActs 5:9 - have Verse 21do notExodus 23:2 forActs 23:12-14, 9:23, 9:24, 14:5, 14:6, 20:19, 25:3; 2 Corinthians 11:26, 11:32, 11:33 an oathActs 23:14; Romans 9:3ReciprocalNumbers 30:2 - to bind; 35:20 - by laying; Deuteronomy 23:23 - hast vowed; Joshua 8:4 - lie in wait; Nehemiah 4:11 - They shall not; 10:29 - entered; Psalm 10:9 - He lieth; 59:3 - they; 119:95 - wicked; Ephesians 4:14 - lie Verse 22Joshua 2:14; Mark 1:44

Verse 23two centurionsActs 23:17 atAbout nine o'clock in the evening, for the greater secrecy, and to elude the cunning, active malice of the Jews. Matthew 14:25; Luke 12:38Reciprocal2 Samuel 16:13 - cast dust; Proverbs 24:11 - General; 27:10 - better; Matthew 8:5 - a centurion; 27:54 - the centurion; Luke 7:8 - under; Acts 8:40 - Caesarea; 10:1 - in; 17:10 - the brethren; 18:22 - Caesarea; 21:8 - Caesarea; 21:32 - took; 23:31 - as; 24:7 - the chief; 24:11 - but Verse 24beastsNehemiah 2:12; Esther 8:12; Luke 10:34 FelixActs 23:26, 23:33-35, 24:3, 24:10, 24:22-27, 25:14 the governorMatthew 27:2; Luke 3:1ReciprocalActs 17:10 - the brethren; 21:32 - took; 23:31 - as; 27:43 - willing; 28:7 - the chief Verse 25ReciprocalActs 23:33 - delivered Verse 26the mostActs 24:3, 26:25 *Gr: Luke 1:3 greetingActs 15:23; James 1:1; 3 John 1:14ReciprocalEzra 4:17 - Peace; Luke 2:2 - governor; 3:1 - Pontius Pilate; 7:8 - under; Acts 23:24 - Felix Verse 27was takenActs 23:10, 21:31-33, 24:7 having22:25-29Reciprocal7:57 - they cried; 18:14 - If; 21:32 - and ran; 21:39 - a citizen; 22:24 - The chief; 22:26 - Take Verse 28Acts 22:30ReciprocalJohn 18:29 - What Verse 29questionsActs 23:6-9, 18:15, 24:5, 24:6, 24:10-21, 25:19, 25:20 but25:7, 25:8, 25:11, 25:25, 26:31ReciprocalDeuteronomy 21:22 - General; Jeremiah 26:16 - General; John 18:35 - Amos I; Acts 25:10 - as thou Verse 30it wasActs 23:16-24 and gave24:7, 24:8, 25:5, 25:6 Farewell15:29; 2 Corinthians 13:11ReciprocalActs 23:12 - certain; 23:35 - when; 24:1 - Ananias; 24:19 - General Verse 31asActs 23:23, 23:24; Luke 7:8; 2 Timothy 2:3, 2:4

Verse 32ReciprocalActs 24:11 - but Verse 33deliveredActs 23:25-30 presented28:16ReciprocalMatthew 10:18 - be; Acts 8:40 - Caesarea; 10:1 - in; 15:30 - delivered; 23:24 - Felix; 24:11 - but; 28:17 - was Verse 34he askedActs 25:1; Esther 1:1, 8:9; Daniel 2:49, 6:1; Luke 23:6 CiliciaActs 15:41, 21:39ReciprocalEzra 2:1 - the children; Matthew 10:18 - be; Acts 6:9 - Cilicia; 22:3 - a city; Galatians 1:21 - Cilicia Verse 35whenActs 23:30, 24:1, 24:10, 24:22, 24:24-27, 25:16 inMatthew 2:1, 2:3, 2:16 judgment27:27; John 18:28ReciprocalJeremiah 38:13 - Jeremiah; Acts 24:8 - Commanding; 2 Corinthians 6:5 - imprisonments