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King James Version

Acts 23:4

And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ananias;   Court;   Defense;   Paul;   Priest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - High Priest, the;   Reviling and Reproaching;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Sanhedrin;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Priesthood;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Thorn in the Flesh;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Malchus;   Sanhedrin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Caesarea;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Priest;   Sanhedrin (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sanhedrin or Sanhedrim;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ananias;   Claudius;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Anani'as;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Ananias;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Priest, High;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
Some people standing near gasped, "How dare you speak to the high priest like that?!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the bystanders said, "Do you revile God's high priest?"
Legacy Standard Bible
But those standing nearby said, "Do you revile the high priest of God?"
Bible in Basic English
And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest?
Darby Translation
And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of God?
New King James Version
And those who stood by said, "Do you revile God's high priest?"
Christian Standard Bible®
And those standing nearby said, "Do you dare revile God's high priest?"
World English Bible
Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
Weymouth's New Testament
"Do you rail at God's High Priest?" cried the men who stood by him.
King James Version (1611)
And they that stood by, said, Reuilest thou Gods high Priest?
Literal Translation
And those standing by said, Do you revile the high priest of God?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they that stode aboute hi, sayde: Reuylest thou Gods hye prest?
Mace New Testament (1729)
what, said the standers-by, do you revile the high priest of God?
THE MESSAGE
The aides were scandalized: "How dare you talk to God's Chief Priest like that!"
Amplified Bible
But those who stood near Paul said, "Are you insulting the high priest of God?"
American Standard Version
And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
Revised Standard Version
Those who stood by said, "Would you revile God's high priest?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they that stode by sayde: revylest thou Goddes hye preste?
Update Bible Version
And those that stood by said, Do you revile God's high priest?
Webster's Bible Translation
And they that stood by, said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
Young's Literal Translation
And those who stood by said, `The chief priest of God dost thou revile?'
New Century Version
The men standing near Paul said to him, "You cannot insult God's high priest like that!"
New English Translation
Those standing near him said, "Do you dare insult God's high priest?"
Berean Standard Bible
But those standing nearby said, "How dare you insult the high priest of God!"
Contemporary English Version
The men standing beside Paul asked, "Don't you know you are insulting God's high priest?"
Complete Jewish Bible
The men nearby said, "This is the cohen hagadol of God that you're insulting!"
English Standard Version
Those who stood by said, "Would you revile God's high priest?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they that stood by, sayd, Reuilest thou Gods hie Priest?
George Lamsa Translation
And those who stood by said to him, Do you even revile the high priest of God?
Hebrew Names Version
Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's Kohen Gadol?"
International Standard Version
The men standing near him asked, "Do you mean to insult God's high priest?"
Etheridge Translation
And they who stood there said to him, The priest of Aloha revilest thou?
Murdock Translation
And those standing by, said to him: Dost thou reproach the priest of God !
New Living Translation
Those standing near Paul said to him, "Do you dare to insult God's high priest?"
New Life Bible
Those standing near said, "Do you talk like that to God's head religious leader?"
English Revised Version
And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
New Revised Standard
Those standing nearby said, "Do you dare to insult God's high priest?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, they who stood by, said - The High-priest of God, dost thou revile?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they that stood by said: Dost thou revile the high priest of God?
Lexham English Bible
And those who stood nearby said, "Are you reviling the high priest of God?"
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they that stoode by, sayde: Reuilest thou Gods hye priest?
Easy-to-Read Version
The men standing near Paul said to him, "Are you sure you want to insult God's high priest like that?"
New American Standard Bible
But those present said, "Are you insulting God's high priest?"
Good News Translation
The men close to Paul said to him, "You are insulting God's High Priest!"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei that stoden niy, seiden, Cursist thou the hiyest prest of God?

Contextual Overview

1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. 2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. 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? 4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest? 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: John 18:22 - Answerest

Cross-References

Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Genesis 17:8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Genesis 23:12
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
Genesis 23:13
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Genesis 23:16
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Genesis 47:9
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Genesis 49:30
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
Genesis 50:13
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
Leviticus 25:23
The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they that stood by,.... The members of the sanhedrim that were next to the apostle; or the servants of the high priest, since they are said to stand, whereas those of that court sat: said,

revilest thou God's high priest? which seems to confirm that the apostle's words were not a bare prediction, but an imprecation, since they are charged with reproaching, reviling, and speaking evil of him; and the aggravation of which was not only that the person reviled was a priest, an high priest, but an high priest of God; though this could not have been proved, for there was now no high priest of God but Jesus Christ; the priesthood was changed and abrogated, and there were no more high priests among men of God's appointing and approving.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Revilest thou ... - Dost thou reproach or abuse the high priest of God? is remarkable that they, who knew that he was not the high priest, should have offered this language. He was, however, in the place of the high priest, and they might have pretended that respect was due to the office.


 
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