Acts 23:1–11

And Paul, aearnestly beholding bthe council, said, Men and brethren, I have clived din all good conscience before God until this day. 2 And the high priest ddAnanias commanded them that stood by him to esmite him on the mouth. 3 Then 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? 4 And hthey that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest? 5 Then 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. 6 But 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. 7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the kSadducees: and the multitude was divided. 8 For the kSadducees nsay that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. 9 And 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. 10 And 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.

11 And 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.