30 Now on the next day, (A)wanting to know for certain why Paul had been accused by the Jews, he (B)released him and ordered the chief priests and all (C)the [a]Council to assemble, and he brought Paul down and placed him before them.

Paul before the Council

23 Now looking intently at (D)the [b]Council, Paul said, “[c](E)Brothers, (F)I have [d]lived my life with an entirely good conscience before God up to this day.”

Footnotes

  1. Acts 22:30 Or Sanhedrin
  2. Acts 23:1 Or Sanhedrin
  3. Acts 23:1 Lit Men, brothers
  4. Acts 23:1 Or conducted myself as a citizen

30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

23 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

But Paul, perceiving that one group were (A)Sadducees and the other Pharisees, began crying out in (B)the [a]Council, “[b](C)Brothers, (D)I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for (E)the hope and resurrection of the dead!”

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  1. Acts 23:6 Or Sanhedrin
  2. Acts 23:6 Lit Men, brothers

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

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15 Now therefore, you [a]and (A)the [b]Council notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly; and as for us, we are ready to kill him before he comes near the place.”

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  1. Acts 23:15 Lit with
  2. Acts 23:15 Or Sanhedrin

15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

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28 And (A)wanting to ascertain the basis for the charges they were bringing against him, I (B)brought him down to their [a](C)Council;

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  1. Acts 23:28 Or Sanhedrin

28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

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