Acts 23:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 23:2

1 Then Paul, looking earnestly at the council, said, “Men and brethren, ^aI have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.”

2 And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him ^ato strike him on the mouth.

3 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and ^ado you command me to be struck contrary to the law?”

4 And those who stood by said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?”

5 Then Paul said, ^a“I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ^b‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”

6 But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brethren, ^aI am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; ^bconcerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”

7 And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.

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Definitions of words in Acts 23:2:

By {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
By {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Mouth {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Priest {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Priest {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Strike {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Ananias {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Ananias {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Acts 23:2:

Sanhedrim {Easton's}
Thorn in the flesh {Easton's}
Ananias (1) {I.S.B.E.}
Paul, The Apostle, 5 {I.S.B.E.}

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