Acts 23:1
Then Paul, gazing intently at the council, said, “Noble brothers, I have spoken with all good conscience before God, even to this present day.”
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2And the high priest, Ananias, instructed those who were standing nearby to strike him on the mouth.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:1The impious flees, though no one pursues. But the just, like a confident lion, shall be without dread.
Acts 22:1“Noble brothers and fathers, listen to the explanation that I now give to you.”
Acts 22:30But on the next day, wanting to discover more diligently what the reason was that he was accused by the Jews, he released him, and he ordered the priests to convene, with the entire council. And, producing Paul, he stationed him among them.
Acts 24:16And in this, I myself always strive to have a conscience that is lacking in any offense toward God and toward men.
2 Corinthians 1:12For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, which is found in simplicity of heart and in sincerity toward God. And it is not with worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that we have conversed with this world, and more abundantly toward you.
2 Timothy 1:3I give thanks to God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. For without ceasing I hold the remembrance of you in my prayers, night and day,
Matthew Henry on Acts 23:1
The close of the foregoing chapter left Paul in the high priest's court, into which the chief captain (whether to his advantage or no I know not) had removed his cause from the mob; and, if his enemies act there against him with less noise, yet it is with more subtlety. Now here we have, I. Paul's protestation of his own integrity, and of a civil respect to the high priest, however he had upon a sudden spoken warmly to him, and justly, ver. 1-5 . II. Paul's prudent contrivance to get himself clear of them, by… Read the whole commentary →