使徒の働き 23:1-3 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 23:1-5

Perhaps when Paul was brought, as he often was (corpus cum causa?the person and the cause together), before heathen magistrates and councils, where he and his cause were slighted, because not at all understood, he thought, if he were brought before the sanhedrim at Jerusalem, he should be able to deal with them to some good purpose, and yet we do not find that he works at all upon them. Here we have, I. Paul's protestation of his own integrity. Whether the chief priest put any question to him,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 23:1-10

23:1-10 Paul fixed his gaze on the Sanhedrin and said, "Brethren, I have lived before God with a completely pure conscience up to this day." The high priest Ananias ordered those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you white-washed wall! Do you sit judging me according to the Law and do you order me to be struck and so break the Law?" Those who were standing beside him said, "Are you insulting God's high priest?" Paul said, "I did not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 23:1

And Paul earnestly beholding the council ,.... Fastening his eyes upon them, looking wistly and intently at them, and thereby discovering a modest cheerfulness, and a becoming boldness, confidence, and intrepidity, as being not conscious of any guilt, and well assured of the goodness of his cause: said, men and brethren ; see Acts 22:1 . I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day ; not only from the time of his conversion, but throughout the whole of his life;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 23:2

And the high priest Ananias ,.... This could not be the same with Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, but rather Ananus his son; though this is more generally thought to be Ananias the son of Nebedaeus, whom Josephus F13 Antiqu. l. 18. c. 2. sect. 1. & l. 20. c. 8. sect. 1. speaks of. There is one R. Ananias, the sagan of the priests, often spoken of in the Jewish writings F14 Misna Shekalim, c. 4. sect. 4. & 6. 1. & Pesachim, c. 1. sect. 6. T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 8. 1.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 23:3

Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee ,.... Which may be considered either as a prophecy of what would be, that God would smite him with some judgment here, or with death quickly, or with eternal damnation hereafter; taking up his own words, and suggesting that a retaliation would be made, and that the measure he meted, would be measured to him again; or else as an imprecation upon him; for the words may be rendered, "may God smite thee"; the future tense being often used by the Jews... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 23:1

I have lived in all good conscience - Some people seem to have been unnecessarily stumbled with this expression. What does the apostle mean by it? Why, that, while he was a Jew, he was one from principle of conscience; that what he did, while he continued Jew, he did from the same principle; that, when God opened his eyes to see the nature of Christianity, he became a Christian, because God persuaded his conscience that it was right for him to become one; that, in a word, he was sincere... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 23:2

The high priest, Ananias - There was a high priest of this name, who was sent a prisoner to Rome by Quadratus, governor of Syria, to give an account of the part he took in the quarrel between the Jews and the Samaritans; see Joseph. Antiq. lib. xx. cap. 6, s. 8; but whether he ever returned again to Jerusalem, says Dr. Lightfoot, is uncertain; still more uncertain whether he was ever restored to the office of high priest; and most uncertain of all whether he filled the chair when Paul... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 23:3

God shall smite thee, thou whited wall - Thou hypocrite! who sittest on the seat of judgment, pretending to hear and seriously weigh the defense of an accused person, who must in justice and equity be presumed to be innocent till he is proved to be guilty; and, instead of acting according to the law, commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law, which always has the person of the prisoner under its protection; nor ever suffers any penalty to be inflicted but what is prescribed as the just... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 1− 1.Looking earnestly. Paul beginneth with the testimony of a good conscience, that all the whole multitude may understand that he is unjustly charged with such an heinous offense, as if he had gone about to overthrow the worship of God. It may be, indeed, that a man may offend of ignorance, who will not otherwise be a contemner either of God or of religion; but Paul meant at the first, only with this excuse, to mollify their nettled minds, that he might the better be heard; for it had... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 23:2

Verse 2− 2.And the chief priest. Luke’s narration seemeth not to agree with the usual history; for Josephus writeth thus concerning the high priests of that time, that Quadratus, deputy [proconsul] of Syria, deposing Cumanus from the government of Judea, commanded him to answer for himself before Caesar, and sent Ananias, the highest priest, bound with him, into whose place who was chosen he maketh no mention, saving that it is likely that Jonathas had the honor given him, who, as he... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 23:1-5

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 23:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 23:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 23:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 23:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 23:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 23:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 23:3

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 23:2

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