Acts 23:1
And Paul looking earnestly upon the council, said: Brethren! I have ordered my life in all good conscience before God to this day.
Noyes Bible
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In Context
2And the high-priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursueth; But the righteous is as bold as a lion.
Acts 22:1Brethren and fathers, hear my defence, which I now make to you.
Acts 22:30On the morrow, wishing to have certain knowledge why he was accused by the Jews, he released him, and ordered the chief priests and all the council to assemble; and bringing Paul down, he set him before them.
Acts 24:16On this ground do I also myself strive to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men.
2 Corinthians 1:12For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and the sincerity which is of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.
2 Timothy 1:3I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, as without ceasing I have remembrance of thee 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 →