Acts 23

Acts 23

Acts 23:11-17 in Papyrus 48, written about AD 250.
Book Acts of the Apostles
Bible part New Testament
Order in the Bible part 5
Category Church history

Acts 23 is the twenty-third chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the period of Paul's imprisonment in Jerusalem then in Caesarea.[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke.[2]

Text

The original text is written in Koine Greek and is divided into 35 verses. Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:

Location

The events in this chapter took place in Jerusalem, Antipatris and Caesarea.

Structure

This chapter can be grouped:

Verse 6

But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”[3]

Verse 11

But the following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Be of good cheer, Paul; for as you have testified for Me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome.”[4]

Verse 31

Then the soldiers, as they were commanded, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
  2. ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
  3. ↑ Acts 23:6
  4. ↑ Acts 23:11
  5. ↑ Acts 23:31

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