Acts 23:4
And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?
Acts 23:4 in other translations
| BSB | But those standing nearby said, “How dare you insult the high priest of God!” |
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| WEB | Those who stood by said, “Do you malign God’s high priest?” |
| ASV | And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest? |
| YLT | And those who stood by said, ‘The chief priest of God dost thou revile?' |
| DARBY | And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of God? |
| BBE | And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest? |
| Webster | And they that stood by, said, Revilest thou God's high priest? |
What does Acts 23:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 23:3-4
3-4. God shall smite thee--as indeed He did; for he was killed by an assassin during the Jewish war [Josephus, Wars of the Jews, 2.17.9]. thou whited wall--that is, hypocrite (Mt 23:27). This epithet, however correctly describing the man, must not be defended as addressed to a judge, though the remonstrance which follows--"for sittest thou," &c.--ought to have put him to shame.
Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 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…
Acts 23:4 in the original Greek
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Context
- Acts 23:3
Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
- Acts 23:4
And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?
- Acts 23:5
Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
Acts 23:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los que estaban presentes dijeron: ¿Al sumo sacerdote de Dios maldices? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ceux qui étaient présents dirent: Injuries-tu le souverain sacrificateur de Dieu? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Dabeistehenden aber sprachen: Schmähst du den Hohenpriester Gottes? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et qui astabant dixerunt: Summum sacerdotem Dei maledicis. |