Acts 23:5

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Then 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:28 : 28 Thou shalt not rayle vpon ye gods, neither blaspheme ye ruler of the people.
  • Eccl 10:20 : 20 Wishe the king no euil in thy thought, and speake no hurt of the riche in thy priuie chaumber: for a byrde of the ayre shall betray thy voyce, and with her fethers shall she bewray thy wordes.
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 But chiefely them that walke after the fleshe in the lust of vncleanenesse, and despise auctoritie. Presumptious are they, and stande in their owne conceyte, whiche feare not to speake euyl of them that excell in worship.
  • Jude 1:8-9 : 8 Lykewyse, these beyng deceaued by dreames, defyle the flesh, despise rulers, and speake euyll of them that are in aucthoritie. 9 Yet Michael the Archangel, when he stroue agaynst the deuyll, and disputed about the body of Moyses, durst not geue raylyng sentence, but sayde, the Lorde rebuke thee.

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  • Acts 23:1-4
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    1And Paul earnestlie beholdyng the counsell, saide: Men & brethren, I haue lyued in al good conscience before God vntyll this day.

    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?

  • Exod 22:28
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    28Thou shalt not rayle vpon ye gods, neither blaspheme ye ruler of the people.

  • Acts 25:15
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    15About whom, when I came to Hierusalem, the hye priestes and elders of the Iewes enfourmed me, and desired to haue iudgement agaynst hym.

  • Acts 23:6
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    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.

  • Acts 25:10
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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.

  • Acts 3:17
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    17And nowe brethren, I wote that through ignoraunce ye dyd it, as dyd also your rulers.

  • Acts 25:2
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    2Then enfourmed him the hye priest, and the chiefe of the Iewes, of Paul: And they besought hym,

  • Acts 25:8
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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 22:25-27
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    25And as they boude him with thonges, Paul saide vnto ye Centurion that stoode by: Is it lawfull for you to scourge a man that is a Romane, and vncondempned?

    26When the Centurion hearde that, he went and tolde the vpper captaine, saying: Take heede what thou doest, for this man is a Romane.

    27Then the vpper captaine came, & saide vnto him: Tel me, art thou a Romane? He sayde, yea.

  • Acts 28:17
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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.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Backbite not one another brethren. He that backbiteth his brother, and he that iudgeth his brother, backbiteth ye lawe, and iudgeth the lawe: But and yf thou iudge the lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the lawe, but a iudge.

  • Acts 24:1-2
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    1And after fyue dayes, Ananias the hie priest descended, with the elders, and with a certayne oratour, named Tartullus, which appeared before the deputie agaynst Paul.

    2And when Paul was called foorth, Tartullus began to accuse hym, saying: Seyng that we obtayned great quietnesse by the meanes of thee, and that many good thynges are done vnto this nation through thy prouidence,

  • Acts 23:9
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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.

  • Acts 24:20
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    20Or els let these same here say, yf they haue founde any euyll doyng in me, whyle I stande here in the counsell:

  • Acts 23:15
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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.

  • Acts 24:10
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    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:

  • Acts 28:21
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    21And they said vnto him: We neither receaued letters out of Iurie concernyng thee, neither any of the brethren that came, shewed or spake any harme of thee.

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    27But he that did his neighbour wrong, thrust hym awaye, saying: Who made thee a ruler and a iudge ouer vs?

  • Acts 22:1
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    1Men, brethren, & fathers, heare ye mine aunswer whiche I make vnto you.

  • Acts 5:35
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    35And sayde vnto them: Ye men of Israel, take heede to your selues, what ye entende to do, as touchyng these men.

  • Acts 28:19
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    19But when the Iewes spake contrary, I was constrayned to appeale vnto Caesar: not that I had ought to accuse my people of.

  • John 11:49
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    49And one of them named Caiaphas, beyng the hye priest that same yere, sayde vnto them: Ye perceaue nothyng at all,

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    1Then said ye chiefe priest: Are these thynges so?

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    62And the chiefe priest arose, and sayde vnto hym: Aunswerest thou nothyng? Why do these beare witnesse agaynst thee?

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    27And when they had brought them, they set them before the counsell. And the chiefe priest asked them,

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    17Honour all men. Loue brotherly felowship. Feare God. Honour the kyng.

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    30And when he had thus spoken, the king rose vp, and the deputie, & Bernice, and they that sate with them.

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    8Then Peter, full of the holy ghost, sayde vnto them: Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

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    29Whom I perceaued to be accused of questions of their lawe, but was not gyltie of any thyng worthy of death, or of bondes.

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    29Then strayghtway departed fro him they which should haue examined him. And the hie captaine also was afrayde, after he knew that he was a Romane, and because he had bounde hym.

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    23Iesus aunswered hym, Yf I haue euyl spoken, beare witnesse of the euyl: But yf I haue well spoken, why smytest thou me?

  • Acts 23:22
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    22The vpper captayne then let ye young man depart, and charged hym, see thou tell it out to no man, that thou hast shewed these thynges to me.

  • Acts 26:12
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    12About which thynges, as I went to Damascus, with auctoritie and commission of the hye priestes:

  • Acts 25:18
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    18Agaynst whom, when the accusers stoode vp, they brought none accusation of such thynges as I supposed:

  • Acts 24:23
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    23And he commaunded an vnder captayne to kepe Paul, and to let hym haue rest, and that he shoulde forbyd none of his acquayntaunce to minister vnto hym, or to come vnto hym.

  • Acts 22:19
    65%

    19And I sayde: Lord, they knowe that I prisoned and beat in euery synagogue them that beleued on thee.