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Acts 23

Paul stands before the Sanhedrin and declares his conscience before God. After a sharp exchange with the high priest, Paul identifies the resurrection hope as the central issue, dividing Pharisees and Sadducees and creating such violence that Roman soldiers remove him. That night the Lord tells Paul to be of good cheer because he must bear witness at Rome. A conspiracy of more than forty men vows to kill him, but Paul’s nephew exposes the plot and the Roman commander sends Paul under heavy guard to Governor Felix in Caesarea.

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Paul stands before the Sanhedrin and declares his conscience before God. After a sharp exchange with the high priest, Paul identifies the resurrection hope as the central issue, dividing Pharisees and Sadducees and creating such violence that Roman soldiers remove him. That night the Lord tells Paul to be of good cheer because he must bear witness at Rome. A conspiracy of more than forty men vows to kill him, but Paul’s nephew exposes the plot and the Roman commander sends Paul under heavy guard to Governor Felix in Caesarea.

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Verses 1–10Paul appears before the council and divides Pharisees and Sadducees over the resurrectionVerses 11–22The Lord encourages Paul, while a conspiracy forms to kill himVerses 23–35Paul is sent under heavy guard to Felix at Caesarea
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1And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren,…2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by…3Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou…4And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high…5Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was…6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees,…7And when he had so said, there arose a dissension…8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither…9And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that…10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain,…11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and…12And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded…13And they were more than forty which had made this…14And they came to the chief priests and elders, and…15Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief…16And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in…17Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and…18So he took him, and brought him to the chief…19Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and…20And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee…21But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie…22So the chief captain then let the young man depart,…23And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready…24And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on,…25And he wrote a letter after this manner:26Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.27This man was taken of the Jews, and should have…28And when I would have known the cause wherefore they…29Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their…30And when it was told me how that the Jews…31Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul,…32On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with…33Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle…34And when the governor had read the letter, he asked…35I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are…