Acts 23:1

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Events

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• Paul goes before the Councilc. AD 54

Related verses

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• Acts 24:16
  In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
• 2 Timothy 1:3
  I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
• 2 Corinthians 1:12
  For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
• Hebrews 13:18
  Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.
• 1 Corinthians 4:4
  My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
• Acts 22:5
  …as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
• 2 Corinthians 4:2
  Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
• Proverbs 28:1
  The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
• Acts 23:6
  Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
• Acts 22:30
  The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
• Acts 6:15
  All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
• 1 Peter 3:16
  …keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.

People

Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistles

Glossary

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Ananias· Book of the Acts of the Apostles· Courts and Trials· Paul the Apostle

Topics

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Conquering· Conscience without Spiritual Illumination, a False Guide· Conscience: General Scriptures Concerning· Court: Accused Spoke in his own Defense· Court: Contempt of· Defense of Paul· Integrity: General Scriptures Concerning· Obedience: Exemplified· Obedience: Paul· Paul is Brought Before the Sanhedrin; his Defense· Priest: (The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): Judicial· Priest: Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Paul Brought Before· Prisoners: Paul· Self-Defense: Accused Persons Heard In· The Conscience· The High Priest: Duties of Presiding in the Superior Court