Acts 23:1–15

And Paul, ^aearnestly beholding ^bthe council, said, Men and brethren, I have ^clived ^din all good conscience before God until this day. ²And the high priest ^ddAnanias commanded them that stood by him to ^esmite him on the mouth. ³Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou ^fwhited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten ^gcontrary to the law? ⁴And ^hthey that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest? ⁵Then said Paul, ⁱI wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, ^jThou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people. ⁶But when Paul perceived that the one part were ^kSadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in ^bthe council, Men and brethren, ^lI am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: ^mof the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. ⁷And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the ^kSadducees: and the multitude was divided. ⁸For the ^kSadducees ⁿsay that there is no resurrection, neither angel nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. ⁹And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, ^oWe find no evil in this man: but ^pif a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, ^qlet us not fight against God. ¹⁰And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded ^qqthe soldiers to ^rgo down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into ^sthe castle.

¹¹And ^tthe night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for ^uas thou hast ^vtestified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also ^wat Rome. ¹²And when it was day, ^xcertain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. ¹³And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. ¹⁴And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a ^ygreat curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. ¹⁵Now therefore ye with ^bthe council signify to the chief captain that he ^zbring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more ^aperfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.