vinhvd749_en_elt_act_book/act/23.json

{
  "1": "And having looked directly at the Sanhedrin, Paul said, “Men, brothers, I have lived as a citizen before God in all good conscience until this day.”",
  "2": "But the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.",
  "3": "Then Paul said to him, “God is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall. And do you sit judging me by the law, yet command me to be struck, against the law?”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "4": "But those who stood by said, “Are you insulting the high priest of God?”",
  "5": "And Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he is a high priest. For it is written,\n\\q\nYou shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "6": "But when Paul realized that the one group was Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he shouted in the Sanhedrin, “Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am being judged concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead.”",
  "7": "And when he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided.",
  "8": "For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees confess all of them.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "9": "And so a large uproar occurred, and some of the scribes of the group of the Pharisees, having arisen, contended, saying, “We find nothing evil in this man. But what if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel?”",
  "10": "And when a great argument happened, the commander, having feared that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down to seize him by force from the midst of them, and to bring him into the fortress.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "11": "But the following night the Lord, having stood beside him, said, “Have courage, for as you have testified to things concerning me in Jerusalem, so it is necessary also for you to testify in Rome.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "12": "And when it became day, the Jews, having formed a conspiracy, cursed themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they had killed Paul.",
  "13": "And there were more than 40 who had formed this conspiracy.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "14": "They, having gone to the chief priests and the elders, said, “We have cursed ourselves with a curse, to eat nothing until we have killed Paul.",
  "15": "Now, therefore, you along with the Sanhedrin report to the commander as if you are going to examine more seriously the things concerning him, so that he will bring him down to you. But we are ready to kill him before his arrival.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "16": "But having heard of the ambush, the son of the sister of Paul went and, having entered into the fortress, reported this to Paul.",
  "17": "And so, having called one of the centurions, Paul said, “Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "18": "So having taken him, he brought him to the commander and said, “The prisoner, Paul, having summoned me, asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to say to you.”",
  "19": "So the commander, having taken hold of his hand and having withdrawn to a private place. asked him, “What is it that you have to report to me?”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "20": "So then he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you that tomorrow you might bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin, as if they were going to inquire something more concerning him.",
  "21": "Therefore you should not be persuaded by them, because more than 40 from these men lie in wait for him, who have cursed themselves neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Even now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "22": "So the commander dismissed the young man, having commanded him, “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”",
  "23": "And having summoned a certain two of the centurions, he said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers so that they might go as far as Caesarea, and 70 horsemen, and two hundred spearmen from the third hour of the night,",
  "24": "and provide animals in order to, having set Paul on them, take him safely to Felix the governor.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "25": "Then he wrote a letter, having this form:\n\\p",
  "26": "“Claudius Lysias to the most excellent Governor Felix, greetings.",
  "27": "This man, having been seized by the Jews and about to be killed by them, having come with detachment of soldiers, I rescued, having learned that he is a Roman.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "28": "And wanting to know the charge with which they accused him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin.",
  "29": "I learned that he was being accused concerning questions of their own law, but there was no accusation worthy of death or imprisonment.",
  "30": "And when a plot was to be against the man was revealed to me, immediately I sent him to you, also having commanded his accusers to speak against him in your presence.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "31": "So the soldiers, according to what had been commanded to them, having taken Paul, brought him by night to Antipatris.",
  "32": "And on the next day, having allowed the horsemen to continue with him, they returned to the fortress.",
  "33": "When they had entered into Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "34": "And when he had read the letter and had asked what province he was from, and had learned that he was from Cilicia,",
  "35": "he said, “I will hear you fully when your accusers also may come here,” having commanded him to be kept in the palace of Herod.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "front": "\\p"
}