Paul before the Sanhedrin 1THEN Paul, looking earnestly at the sanhedrim, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience unto God even to this day.
6Now when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried in the sanhedrim, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: for the hope and resurrection of the dead am I brought to this bar.
11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage, Paul: for as thou hast borne testimony of the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear a testimony at Rome also. The Plot to Kill Paul 12Then as soon as it was day, some of the Jews forming a conspiracy, bound themselves under the direst imprecation, declaring that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
13Now there were more than forty who had on oath formed this conspiracy.
14So they came to the high-priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves by the direst imprecation, to taste nothing till we have killed Paul.
15Now therefore do ye with the sanhedrim give notice to the military tribune, that to-morrow he bring him down to you, as if intending to make more accurate inquiries into the things concerning him: but we, ere he come nigh, are ready to kill him.
16Now Paul?s sister?s son having heard of their lying in wait, came, and entering into the fortress told Paul.
17Then Paul calling to him one of the centurions, said, Carry this young man to the tribune: for he hath something to communicate to him.
18Then he took him, and brought him to the tribune, and said, The prisoner Paul calling me to him, entreated me to bring this young man to thee, having something to say to thee.
19Hereupon the tribune taking him by the hand, and leading him aside, inquired, What is it that thou hast to communicate to me?
20And he said, The Jews have agreed together to entreat thee that to-morrow thou wouldest bring down Paul into the sanhedrim, as about to make some more accurate inquiry concerning him.
21But do not thou consent to them: for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves under an anathema, neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now they are in readiness, waiting only to procure the promise from thee. Paul Sent to Felix 23And calling to him two certain persons of the centurions, he said, Get ready two hundred soldiers to go to C‘sarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night;
24and provide beasts, that setting Paul thereon, you may convey him safely to Felix the governor.
26Claudius Lysias to his excellence the governor Felix, greeting.
27This person had been seized by the Jews, and was ready to be slain by them: but coming on them with the guard, I rescued him out of their hands, having understood that he was a Roman citizen.
28And desirous of knowing the crime of which they accused him, I brought him down into their sanhedrim
29and found him accused of some disputed points of their law; but to have no charge laid against him worthy of death or of bonds.
30But it being discovered to me that a design was forming against the man?s life by the Jews, immediately I sent him to thee, commanding his accusers also to produce what they have against him before thee. Farewel. A Translation of the New Testament from the original Greek Thomas Haweis 1795 Digital Text Courtesy TheWord.net Bible Software. Section Headings Courtesy Berean Bible. |