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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 23:1-5

Acts 23:1-5. And Paul, earnestly beholding the council At whose bar he was placed; manifesting a clear conscience by his very countenance; and likewise waiting to see whether any of them was minded to ask him any question; said, Men and brethren Though I am brought before you as a malefactor, to be examined and judged by you, I have the comfort of being conscious to myself that I have lived in all good conscience before God The Searcher of hearts; until this day Whatever men may think... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 23:1-11

Before the Sanhedrin (22:30-23:11)Still wanting to find out the story behind this remarkable man, Lysias called the Jewish Sanhedrin to examine him (30). Paul soon saw, however, that the Sanhedrin was already set against him and he was not likely to get justice there (23:1-5).Paul therefore changed his tactics. The one who had spoken to the Roman commander in Greek, addressed the mob in Aramaic, announced himself as God’s apostle to the Gentiles and claimed to be a Roman citizen, now called... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 23:2

Ananias . Son of Nedebaeus. He was murdered by a band of the Sicarii some years after, being caught in an aqueduct where he had concealed himself (Josephus, Antiquities XX. v. 2 ; vi. 2 ; ix. 2 ; Wars, II. xvii. 9). him on the = his. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 23:2

Acts 23:2. The high priest Ananias— He was the son of Nebedoeus, and by his station head of the sanhedrim. He had before this been sent in chains to Rome, to give an account to Claudius Caesar of his behaviour in the quarrel which had happened between the Jews and Samaritans, during the government of Cumanus in Judea; but, being acquitted, he returned to Jerusalem, and still enjoyed the dignity of the high-priesthood,probablyattheintercessionof Agrippa the younger. Full of prejudice against St.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 23:2

2. the high priest . . . commanded . . . to smite him on the mouth—a method of silencing a speaker common in the East to this day [HACKET]. But for a judge thus to treat a prisoner on his "trial," for merely prefacing his defense by a protestation of his integrity, was infamous. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 23:2

Paul’s claim to uprightness so incensed Ananias that he ordered a soldier to strike Paul on the mouth. Probably Ananias, who was a Sadducee, had already made up his mind that Paul, who had been a Pharisee, was guilty. An officer of the high priest had also struck Jesus as he testified before the Sanhedrin (cf. John 18:20-23).Ananias became high priest in A.D. 47. The Jewish high priesthood was a political appointment during Rome’s occupation of Palestine. Josephus painted Ananias as a... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 23:1-35

St. Paul sent to Cæesarea1. St. Paul often asserts his good conscience before God and man: see Acts 22:3; Acts 24:16.2. Ananias] is not the same as Annas (Acts 4:6). He was the son of Nebedæus, and held the high priesthood from 47-59 a.d. His rapacity and violence were notorious. To smite him] because, being a prisoner, he spoke without being asked: cp. John 18:22. 3. God shall smite thee] St. Paul’s angry retort has often been contrasted with our Lord’s mild words on a similar occasion (John... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 23:2

(2) The high priest Ananias.—See Note on Acts 22:5. The son of Nebedæus was conspicuous for his cruelty and injustice, and had been sent to Rome as a prisoner to take his trial before Claudius (A.D. 52). He had been acquitted, or at least released, and had returned to Judæa. To him this assertion of a life so utterly unlike his own seemed almost like a personal insult. He fitted the cap, and raged with a brutal cruelty which reminds us of Jeffreys’ treatment of Baxter. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 23:1-35

Acts 23:21 Compare Carlyle's sarcastic remark on Markham, in Two Hundred and Fifty Years Ago. 'For the rest, having "vowed never to eat supper nor to take the sacrament" till he was revenged on Holler, he did not enjoy either of these consolations in this world.' References. XXIII. 26. Expositor (4th Series), vol. i. p. 67. XXIII. 27. Ibid. (6th Series), vol. x. p. 362. XXIII. 30. Ibid. vol. viii. p. 32. XXIII. 35. Ibid. (5th Series), vol. ix. p. 403. XXIV. 4. Ibid. (6th Series), vol. xi.... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 23:2

23:2 {2} And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.(2) Hypocrites are forced at length to betray themselves by their violence. read more