Acts 23:1
And Paul earnestlie beholdyng the counsell, saide: Men & brethren, I haue lyued in al good conscience before God vntyll this day.
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- Acts 24:16 : 16 And herein studie I, to haue alway a cleare conscience toward God, and toward men.
- 2 Tim 1:3 : 3 I thanke God whom I worshippe from my forefathers in pure conscience, that without ceassyng I haue remembrauce of thee in my prayers night & day
- 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our reioycyng is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie & godly purenesse, and not in fleshely wisdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had our conuersatio in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.
- 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I knowe nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me is the Lorde.
- Acts 22:5 : 5 As also the chiefe priest doth beare me witnesse, and all the estate of the elders: of whom also I receaued letters vnto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bryng them whiche were there, bounde vnto Hierusalem for to be punisshed.
- Heb 13:18 : 18 Pray for vs: For we trust we haue a good conscience, in all thynges wyllyng to lyue honestlie.
- Acts 23:6 : 6 But when Paul perceaued that the one part were saducees, and the other pharisees, he cryed out in the counsell: Men and brethren, I am a pharisee, the sonne of a pharisee: Of the hope & resurrection of the dead, I am iudged.
- 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie, and walke not in craftynesse, neither handle we the word of God disceitefully, but in openyng of the trueth, and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God.
- Acts 22:30 : 30 On the morowe, because he woulde haue knowen the certaintie wherefore he was accused of the Iewes, he loosed hym from his bandes, and commaunded the hye priestes & all the counsell to come together, & brought Paul foorth, and set hym before them.
- Prov 28:1 : 1 The vngodly fleeth when no man pursueth him: but the righteous are bolde as a Lion.
- Acts 6:15 : 15 And all that sate in the counsell, loking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had ben the face of an angell.
- Acts 22:1 : 1 Men, brethren, & fathers, heare ye mine aunswer whiche I make vnto you.
- 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 And that with mekenesse and feare, hauyng a good conscience: that where as they backebite you as euyll doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe.
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- Acts 24:19-213 verses76%
19Which ought to be here present before thee, & accuse me, yf they had ought agaynst me:
20Or els let these same here say, yf they haue founde any euyll doyng in me, whyle I stande here in the counsell:
21Except it be for this one voyce, that I cryed standyng among them, of the resurrection from the dead, am I iudged of you this day.
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16And herein studie I, to haue alway a cleare conscience toward God, and toward men.
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1I say ye trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost,
- Acts 24:10-112 verses73%
10The Paul, after that the deputie hym selfe had beckened vnto hym that he shoulde speake, aunswered: With a more quiet mynde do I aunswere for my selfe, forasmuch as I vnderstande, that thou haste ben of many yeres a iudge vnto this nation:
11Because that thou mayest knowe, that there are yet but twelue dayes, sence I went vp to Hierusalem for to worshyp.
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1Men, brethren, & fathers, heare ye mine aunswer whiche I make vnto you.
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18Pray for vs: For we trust we haue a good conscience, in all thynges wyllyng to lyue honestlie.
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8Whyles he aunswered for hym selfe that he had agaynst the lawe of the Iewes, neither agaynst the temple, nor yet agaynst Caesar offended any thyng at all.
- Acts 23:2-65 verses71%
2And ye hye priest Ananias, commaunded the that stoode by, to smyte hym on the mouth.
3Then sayde Paul vnto him: God shall smite thee thou paynted wall: For, sittest thou & iudgest me after the lawe, & comaundest me to be smitten contrary to the lawe?
4And they that stoode by, sayde: Reuilest thou Gods hye priest?
5Then sayde Paul: I wyst not brethren, that he was the hye priest. For it is written: Thou shalt not curse the ruler of thy people.
6But when Paul perceaued that the one part were saducees, and the other pharisees, he cryed out in the counsell: Men and brethren, I am a pharisee, the sonne of a pharisee: Of the hope & resurrection of the dead, I am iudged.
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17And it came to passe, that after three dayes Paul called ye chiefe of the Iewes together. And whe they were come, he sayde vnto them: Men and brethren, though I haue committed nothyng agaynst the people, or lawes of the fathers, yet was I delyuered prysoner from Hierusalem, into the handes of the Romanes.
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10Then said Paul: I stande at Caesars iudgement seate, where I ought to be iudged: To the Iewes haue I no harme done, as thou very wel knowest.
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11And the nyght folowyng, the Lorde stoode by hym, and sayde: Be of good cheare Paul, for as thou hast testified of me in Hierusalem, so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome.
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14But this I confesse vnto thee, that after the way which they call heresie, so worship I the God of my fathers, beleuyng all thynges which are written in the lawe and the prophetes,
- Acts 26:4-52 verses70%
4My lyfe, that I haue led of a chylde, which was at the first among myne owne nation at Hierusalem, knowe all the Iewes,
5Which knewe me from the beginning, (yf they woulde testifie) that after the most straytest sect of our religion, I lyued a pharisee.
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15And all that sate in the counsell, loking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had ben the face of an angell.
- Acts 26:1-22 verses70%
1Then Agrippa sayde vnto Paul, thou art permitted to speake for thy selfe. Then Paul stretched foorth the hande, and aunswered for hym selfe
2I thynke my selfe happy, king Agrippa, because I shall aunswere this day before thee, of all the thynges whereof I am accused of the Iewes:
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30On the morowe, because he woulde haue knowen the certaintie wherefore he was accused of the Iewes, he loosed hym from his bandes, and commaunded the hye priestes & all the counsell to come together, & brought Paul foorth, and set hym before them.
- Acts 25:15-184 verses70%
15About whom, when I came to Hierusalem, the hye priestes and elders of the Iewes enfourmed me, and desired to haue iudgement agaynst hym.
16To whom I aunswered: It is not the maner of the Romanes, for fauour to delyuer any man that he shoulde perishe, before that he which is accused, haue the accusers before hym, and haue licence to aunswere for hymselfe, concernyng the cryme layde agaynst hym.
17Therfore, when they were come hyther, without any delay, on the morowe I sate to geue iudgement, and commaunded the man to be brought foorth.
18Agaynst whom, when the accusers stoode vp, they brought none accusation of such thynges as I supposed:
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23I call God for a recorde vnto my soule, that to spare you I came not as yet vnto Corinthus.
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22Seyng therefore, that I haue obtayned helpe of God, I continue vnto this day, witnessyng both to small and to great, saying none other thynges, then those which the prophetes and Moyses dyd say shoulde come:
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12About which thynges, as I went to Damascus, with auctoritie and commission of the hye priestes:
- Acts 20:26-272 verses69%
26Wherefore, I take you to recorde this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
27For I haue kept nothyng backe, but haue shewed you all ye counsell of God.
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15Nowe therfore geue ye knowledge to the vpper captayne, and to the counsell, that he bryng hym foorth vnto you to morrowe, as though ye woulde knowe somethyng more perfectly of hym: And we, or euer he come neare, are redy to kyll hym.
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30And when it was shewed me howe that the Iewes layde wayte for the man, I sent hym strayghtway to thee, and gaue commaundement to his accusers, that the thynges which they haue agaynst hym, they shoulde tell before thee. Fare well.
- Acts 26:29-302 verses69%
29And Paul sayde: I woulde to God, that not only thou, but also all that heare me to day, were both somewhat, and also in a great deale, such as I am, except these bondes.
30And when he had thus spoken, the king rose vp, and the deputie, & Bernice, and they that sate with them.
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9And there arose a great crye: and whe the scribes which were of the pharisees part arose, they stroue, saying, We fynde none euyll in this man: But yf a spirite or an Angel hath spoken to hym, let vs not striue agaynst God.
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25Wherfore syrs be of good cheare: for I beleue God, that it shalbe euen as it was tolde me.
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9Then Saul (which also is called Paul) beyng full of the holy ghost, set his eyes on hym,
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18Which when they were come to hym, he saide vnto them: Ye knowe from the first daye that I came into Asia, after what maner I haue ben with you at all seasons.
- Acts 22:19-202 verses68%
19And I sayde: Lord, they knowe that I prisoned and beat in euery synagogue them that beleued on thee.
20And when the blood of thy wytnesse Steuen was shedde, I also stoode by, and consented vnto his death, and kept the rayment of them that slue hym.
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19And when he had saluted them, he tolde by order all thinges that God had wrought among the gentiles by his ministerie.
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3I am verily a man which am a Iewe, borne in Tarsus in Cilicia, and yet brought vp in this citie at ye feete of Gamaliel, and infourmed accordyng to the perfect maner of the lawe of ye fathers, and was zelous towarde God, as ye all are this same day.
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12For our reioycyng is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie & godly purenesse, and not in fleshely wisdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had our conuersatio in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.
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13For ye haue hearde of my conuersation in tyme past in the Iewes religion, howe that beyonde measure I persecuted the Churche of God, & spoyled it:
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13Came vnto me, and stoode, and sayde vnto me: Brother Saul, receaue thy syght. And the same houre I receaued my syght, and sawe hym.
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20And he sayde: The Iewes are determined to desire thee, that thou wouldest bryng foorth Paul to morowe into the counsell, as though they would enquire somewhat of hym more perfectly.