Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 23:6
I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: for the hope of the resurrection of the dead am I called in question — So he was in effect; although not formally, or explicitly.
I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: for the hope of the resurrection of the dead am I called in question — So he was in effect; although not formally, or explicitly.
Verse Acts 23:6. _I AM A PHARISEE, THE SON OF A PHARISEE_] Instead of φαρισαιου, _of a Pharisee_, ABC, some others, with the _Syriac_ and _Vulgate_, have φαρισαιων, _of the Pharisees_; which, if ackno...
BUT WHEN PAUL PERCEIVED - Probably by his former acquaintance with the men who composed the council. As he had been brought up in Jerusalem, and had been before acquainted with the Sanhedrin Acts 9:2,...
ACTS 22:30 TO ACTS 23:10. PAUL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. This is a difficult section, and does not advance the action. Unless the proceedings took place in Greek, the tribune would scarcely secure his obj...
Paul fixed his gaze on the Sanhedrin and said, "Brethren, I have lived before God with a completely pure conscience up to this day." The high priest Ananias ordered those who stood by him to strike hi...
THE STRATEGY OF PAUL (Acts 23:1-10)...
BUT. Now. PERCEIVED. got to know. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132. Some may have heard Paul's address on the stairs (Acts 22:1), and were discussing his statement about the risen Lord, and might have put....
_But when Paul perceived_, &c. We are not told in what way the knowledge which the Apostle here acted on was gained. Perhaps the Pharisees, as in the parable of the Pharisee and publican, kept themsel...
ΦΑΡΙΣΑΊΩΝ for Φαρισαίου with אABC. _Vulg_. ‘Pharisæorum.’ 6. ΓΝΟῪΣ ΔΈ Ὁ ΙΙΑΥ͂ΛΟΣ, _but when Paul perceived_. We are not told in what way the knowledge which the Apostle here acted on was gained. Perha...
Acts 23:1-10. ST PAUL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES...
_PAUL WAS ASSURED THAT HE WOULD GO TO ROME ACTS 23:6-11:_ As Paul stood before the Sanhedrin he realized that they were a very divide group. They were divided concerning the resurrection from the dead...
ΓΝΟΎΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать, узнавать, ΈΚΡΑΖΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΚΡΆΖΩ (G2896) кричать. Inch, _impf._, "он начал кричать" ΥΙΌΣ ΦΑΡΙΣΑΊΩΝ (G5207; G5330) сын фарисея. Т...
OF THE HOPE AND RESURRECTION, &C.— The apostle here refers particularly to the resurrectionof Jesus, and, by him, of all mankind. All the Jews, long before, knew this to be the Christian doctrine; and...
e. Paul addresses the council. Acts 23:1-10. Acts 23:1 And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day. Acts 23:2 And the...
6-10. The presence in which Paul stood was not unfamiliar to him. He doubtless remembered the faces of many in the Sanhedrim, and was intimately acquainted with the party feelings which often distract...
BUT WHEN PAUL PERCEIVED THAT THE 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: OF THE HOPE AND RESURRECTION...
21 Here we have the cause of Israel's apostasy laid bare. They were to be a channel of blessing to the other nations, but, instead, they kept all Jehovah's gifts to themselves and refused to share the...
23:6 Brethren, (a-25) Lit. 'Men brethren,' as ch. 1.16....
ST. PAUL SENT TO CÆESAREA 1. St. Paul often asserts his good conscience before God and man: see Acts 22:3; Acts 24:16....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 23 PAUL SPEAKS TO THE *SANHEDRIN, 23:1-11 V1 Paul looked straight at the *Sanhedrin. He said, ‘My brothers, my conscience feels good about how...
BUT WHEN PAUL PERCEIVED THAT THE ONE PART WERE SADDUCEES... — We recognise the same parties in the council as there had been twenty-five years before. Whether they sat in groups on different sides, af...
γνοὺς … τὸ … ἓ τὸ δὲ ἕτερον. On ἕν … ἕτερον : see Simcox _Language of the N.T._, pp. 71, 72. That Pharisees and Sadducees alike had seats in the Sanhedrim during this period is borne out not only by t...
DIVIDING HIS PERSECUTORS Acts 23:1 The behavior of the judge was quite unworthy of his office, but Paul's epithet cannot be defended. The best of men are but men at the best. Paul was thrown off his...
By action of the Roman governor, Paul was arraigned before the Jewish Sanhedrin. Hardly had he commenced before he was interrupted and insulted. It was a most trying ordeal for the apostle. It is easi...
Paul's Second Defense As he stood before the council, or Sanhedrin, Paul told them he had lived in good until that very time (Compare 1 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Timothy 1:3). At this, Ananias commanded the...
(5) But when Paul perceived that the 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: of the hope and resurrec...
I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees. [2] It may signify only a disciple of the Pharisees, though the common Greek copies have of a Pharisee. (Witham) --- The address of the apostle in this is great....
THE HIGH PRIEST 1-6. Paul hears the order to smite him on the mouth, but did not know who spake. When it turned out to be the high priest, he apologized. In the gospel dispensation (1 Peter 2), we see...
But when Paul perceived that the 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: of the hope and resurrection o...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
− 6._And when Paul knew. _The policy − (529) of Paul, whereof Luke maketh mention, doth seem not to beseem the servant of Christ. For the subtilty which he used was inwrapped in dissimulation, which w...
Paul addresses the council with the gravity and dignity of an upright man accustomed to walk with God. It is not a testimony borne to them for their good; but the appeal of a good conscience to their...
BUT WHEN PAUL PERCEIVED THAT THE ONE PART WERE SADDUCEES,.... That is, that one part of the sanhedrim consisted of Sadducees, which was often the case; sometimes the high priest was of this sect, as A...
But when Paul perceived that the 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: of the hope and resurrection...
_But when Paul perceived_ Γνους δε ο Παυλος, _Paul knowing_, in consequence of his being personally acquainted with many whom he saw sitting round; _that one part_ of the council _were Pharisees, and...
I AM A PHARISEE; Paul agreed with the Pharisees in believing that the soul lives after the death of the body, and that there will be a resurrection-points on which they differed from the Sadducees. RE...
BUT WHEN PAUL PERCEIVED THAT THE 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; OF THE HOPE AND RESURRECTION OF...
A division among the members of the Sanhedrin:...
In this hearing the chief captain did not take the place of an adjudicator, nor was there any other judicial authority present to keep order. Paul then takes advantage of the occasion to speak earnest...
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 RESURRE...
"But perceiving the one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees": "The presence in which Paul stood was not unfamiliar to him. He doubtless remembered the faces of many in the council, and he was...
6-11 The Pharisees were correct in the faith of the Jewish church. The Sadducees were no friends to the Scripture or Divine revelation; they denied a future state; they had neither hope of eternal ha...
I AM A PHARISEE; in his former profession, opinion, and conversation; and now also in the points that were controverted betwixt them: and St. Paul, with his dove like innocency, does in this but make...
6-10. The presence in which Paul stood was not unfamiliar to him. He doubtless remembered the faces of many in the Sanhedrim, and was intimately acquainted with the party feelings which often distract...
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh among the Sadducees and the Pharisees: "Men and brethren," he says, "I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am...
Acts 23:6 But G1161 Paul G3972 perceived G1097 (G5631) that G3754 one G1520 part G3313 were G2076 ...
‘But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees, touching the hope and resurrection of th...
Acts 23:6. BUT WHEN PAUL PERCEIVED THAT THE ONE PART WERE SADDUCEES, AND THE OTHER PHARISEES. The great council now for many years seems to have been divided roughly into two great parties, the Sadduc...
BUT WHEN PAUL PERCEIVED (γνους δε ο Παυλος). Perceiving (second aorist ingressive of γινωσκω). Paul quickly saw that his cause was ruined before the Sanhedrin by his unwitting attack on the high pri...
SADDUCEES (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 3:7). _...
CONTENTS: Paul before the Sanhedrin. The conspiracy to kill Paul and its defeat. Paul sent to Felix. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Ananias, Pharisees, Sadduces, Paul's sister's son, centurion, chief...
Acts 23:2. _Smite him on the mouth._ Ananias the highpriest commanded this, when he heard Paul profess a good conscience, and determined to persevere in preaching Christ. So Ahab commanded Micaiah to...
WHEN PAUL SAW. The Council [Sanhedrin] was made up of both parties. The teachers of the Law were Pharisees, and the chief priests were usually Sadducees. It was the teaching about the raising from dea...
_But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out … I am a Pharisee._ PAUL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN I. Objections to his conduct. 1. That when he said he...
_And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren._ PAUL BEFORE THE COUNCIL 1. The history of apostolic missions is finished; but before the parchment is rolled up, the line of one l...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 23:1. EARNESTLY BEHOLDING, or _looking steadfastly on,_ describes the eager, anxious gaze with which the apostle was accustomed to scan those to whom he spoke—perhaps arising f...
EXPOSITION ACTS 23:1 _Looking steadfastly on _for _earnestly beholding, _A.V.; _brethren _for _men and brethren, _A.V._; I have lived before God, _etc., for _I have lived, _etc., _before God, _A.V. L...
And so Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day (Acts 23:1). Paul was indeed a remarkable man. As Paul is writing to...
Acts 24:15; Acts 24:21; Acts 26:5; Acts 26:6; Acts 28:20;...
The one part were Sadducees, etc. Perceiving the impossibility of getting a fair hearing, Paul, with great tact, seeks to bring the two parties of the council into collision with each other. The resu...
Observe here, The innocent policy which the apostle uses for his own preservation: he, perceiving that the council before whom he stood were not all of. piece, but patched up of Pharisees and Sadducee...