Acts 23:1 Parallel Translations

Paul stared at the Jewish council and said, "Brothers, my relationship with God has always given me a perfectly clear conscience."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

ASV:

And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.

BBE:

And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.

DBY:

And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.

ERV:

And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.

WEY:

Then Paul, fixing a steady gaze on the Sanhedrin, said, "Brethren, it is with a perfectly clear conscience that I have discharged my duties before God up to this day."

WBS:

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

WEB:

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, "Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day."

YLT:

And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, 'Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;'

Acts 23:1 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 22:5 as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.

Acts 22:30 But on the next day, wishing to know for certain why he had been accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the Council to assemble, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

Acts 23:6 But perceiving that one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began crying out in the Council, "Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for the hope and resurrection of the dead!"

Acts 23:15 "Now therefore, you and the Council notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case by a more thorough investigation; and we for our part are ready to slay him before he comes near the place."

Acts 24:16 "In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men.

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

2 Timothy 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

23:1 And {1} Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men [and] brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
(1) Paul, against the false accusations of his enemies, displays a clear conscience, for proof of which he repeats the whole course of his life.

PNT:

23:1 Paul's Defense Before the Sanhedrin
SUMMARY OF ACTS 23:
The Insult of the High Priest. Paul's Rebuke. His Appeal to the Pharisees. Their Favor. The Dissension; Paul Removed. The Vision of the Lord in the Night. The Plot of the Sicarii. Revealed to the Chief Captain by Paul's Nephew. Paul Sent Under an Escort of Soldiers to Caesarea. The Letter of Claudius Lysias to Felix.
Paul, earnestly beholding the council. Attentively studying his audience, and no doubt seeking whether there were old acquaintances among the members of the Sanhedrin. He probably knew at least a part of the body. Many years before he had been its trusted agent, to execute its orders against Christians; now he is on trial before it for being one of that body which it formerly employed him to destroy. They regarded him a renegade, much as out countrymen regard Benedict Arnold, and their hate was so vindictive that they were utterly unable to listen calmly to his defense. Hence, as soon as he began by declaring that he had acted in all good conscience until this day, the high priest ordered that he be smitten in the mouth (Ac 23:2).

WES:

23:1 And Paul earnestly beholding the council - Professing a clear conscience by his very countenance; and likewise waiting to see whether any of them was minded to ask him any question, said, I have lived in all good conscience before God till this day - He speaks chiefly of the time since he became a Christian. For none questioned him concerning what he had been before. And yet even in his unconverted state, although he was in an error, yet he had acted from conscience, before God - Whatever men may think or say of me.

MHC:

23:1-5 See here the character of an honest man. He sets God before him, and lives as in his sight. He makes conscience of what he says and does, and, according to the best of his knowledge, he keeps from whatever is evil, and cleaves to what is good. He is conscientious in all his words and conduct. Those who thus live before God, may, like Paul, have confidence both toward God and man. Though the answer of Paul contained a just rebuke and prediction, he seems to have been too angry at the treatment he received in uttering them. Great men may be told of their faults, and public complaints may be made in a proper manner; but the law of God requires respect for those in authority.

CONC:

Beheld Beholding Brethren Brothers Clear Conscience Council Discharged Duties Duty Earnestly Fixedly Fixing Fulfilled Gaze Intently Paul Perfectly Sanhedrim Sanhedrin Steadfastly Steady Stedfastly Straight Till Upright Walked

Beheld Beholding Clear Conscience Council Discharged Duties Earnestly Eyes Fixing Fulfilled Gaze Good Intently Life Paul Perfectly Sanhedrim Sanhedrin Steadfastly Steady Stedfastly Upright Walked

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