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And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him.

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highlighted Acts 23:19 ESV

The tribune took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"

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highlighted Acts 23:18 ESV

So he took him and brought him to the tribune and said, "Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you."

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highlighted Acts 23:17 ESV

Paul called one of the centurions and said, "Take this young man to the tribune, for he has something to tell him."

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highlighted Acts 23:16 ESV

Now the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush, so he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.

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Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near."

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highlighted Acts 23:14 ESV

They went to the chief priests and elders and said, "We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.

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highlighted Acts 23:13 ESV

There were more than forty who made this conspiracy.

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highlighted Acts 23:12 ESV

When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

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highlighted Acts 23:11 ESV

The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome."

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highlighted Acts 23:10 ESV

And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.

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highlighted Acts 23:9 ESV

Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?"

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highlighted Acts 23:8 ESV

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

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highlighted Acts 23:6 ESV

Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial."

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highlighted Acts 23:5 ESV

And Paul said, "I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"

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highlighted Acts 23:3 ESV

Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?"

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highlighted Acts 23:1 ESV

And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day."

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highlighted Psalms 99:1 ESV

The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!

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highlighted Psalms 99:9 ESV

Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy!

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highlighted Psalms 99:8 ESV

O Lord our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

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