Acts 22:22–23:10

²²And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live. ²³And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air, ²⁴the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him. ²⁵But as they stretched him forward with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned? ²⁶And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going to do? for this man is a Roman. ²⁷And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art thou a Roman? And he said, Yes. ²⁸And the chiliarch answered, I, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But I was also free born. ²⁹Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afraid when he ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. ³⁰And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty of the matter why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them.

Chapter 23

¹And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day. ²But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth. ³Then Paul said to him, God will smite thee, whited wall. And thou, dost thou sit judging me according to the law, and breaking the law commandest me to be smitten? ⁴And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of God? ⁵And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evilly of the ruler of thy people.

⁶But Paul, knowing that the one part of them were of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: I am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead. ⁷And when he had spoken this, there was a tumult of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided. ⁸For Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees confess both of them. ⁹And there was a great clamour, and the scribes of the Pharisees’ part rising up contended, saying, We find nothing evil in this man; and if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel… ¹⁰And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring him into the fortress.