Acts 23:4
Those standing near him said,“Do you dare insult God’s high priest?”
Additional Resources
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- 82%
5Paul replied,“I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written,‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”
- Acts 23:2-32 verses79%
2At that the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
3Then Paul said to him,“God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit there judging me according to the law, and in violation of the law you order me to be struck?”
- Matt 26:61-633 verses77%
61and declared,“This man said,‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
62So the high priest stood up and said to him,“Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”
63But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him,“I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
- Mark 14:60-612 verses76%
60Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus,“Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”
61But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him,“Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
- 76%
10The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.
- John 18:21-233 verses75%
21Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said.”
22When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said,“Is that the way you answer the high priest?”
23Jesus replied,“If I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?”
- 75%
1Stephen’s Defense Before the Council Then the high priest said,“Are these things true?”
- Matt 27:39-413 verses75%
39Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads
40and saying,“You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!”
41In the same way even the chief priests– together with the experts in the law and elders– were mocking him:
- Matt 26:65-662 verses75%
65Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared,“He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!
66What is your verdict?” They answered,“He is guilty and deserves death.”
- 73%
27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
- Acts 24:19-202 verses73%
19But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.
20Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
- Acts 6:11-133 verses73%
11Then they secretly instigated some men to say,“We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.
13They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.
- Luke 22:64-663 verses72%
64They blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly,“Prophesy! Who hit you?”
65They also said many other things against him, reviling him.
66When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council
- Mark 14:63-642 verses72%
63Then the high priest tore his clothes and said,“Why do we still need witnesses?
64You have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?” They all condemned him as deserving death.
- 72%
9There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly,“We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
- 71%
29Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying,“Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
- 71%
2They began to accuse him, saying,“We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.”
- 71%
2So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.
- Acts 4:6-83 verses71%
6Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family.
7After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire,“By what power or by what name did you do this?”
8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,
- Mark 15:3-42 verses71%
3Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly.
4So Pilate asked him again,“Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!”
- 70%
1The Arrest and Trial of Peter and John While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
- Acts 22:22-232 verses70%
22The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”
23While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,
- 70%
35The people also stood there watching, but the leaders ridiculed him, saying,“He saved others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”
- 70%
68saying,“Prophesy for us, you Christ! Who hit you?”
- 70%
15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
- 70%
23The Authority of Jesus Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said,“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
- 70%
52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him,“Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?
- 70%
28“You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
- 69%
3They came up to him again and again and said,“Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly in the face.
- 69%
19But Peter and John replied,“Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,
- 69%
30So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,