Acts 23:1
Then Paul, looking intently at the council, said, “Men, brothers, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.”
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2So the high priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to strike his mouth.
Cross References
Acts 22:1“Men, brothers and fathers, listen to my defense before you now.”
Acts 22:30But the next day, desiring to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds and ordered the chief priests and all their council to come, and brought Paul down and set him before them.
Acts 24:16And this is why I apply myself to always have a clear conscience before both God and men.
2 Corinthians 1:12Now this is our boast: the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world with openness and godly sincerity, not by fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward you.
2 Timothy 1:3I give thanks to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience like my forefathers did, as I constantly remember 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 →