Acts 23:1
And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Acts 22:1Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.
Acts 22:30And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty [of the matter] why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them.
Acts 24:16For this cause I also exercise [myself] to have in everything a conscience without offence towards God and men.
2 Corinthians 1:12For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you.
2 Timothy 1:3I am thankful to God, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications 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 →