King James Version
Acts 23:1 in the King James Version says “And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until ...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.”
Acts 23:1 · KJV
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
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?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Paul”
G3972(little; but remotely from a derivative of g3973, meaning the same); paulus, the name of a roman and of an apostle
“the council”
G4892a joint session, i.e., (specially), the jewish sanhedrin; by analogy, a subordinate tribunal
“and brethren”
G80a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like g0001)
“before God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“day”
G2250day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
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