Acts 23:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Paul said, `I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;'

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:28 : 28 `God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.
  • Eccl 10:20 : 20 Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.
  • 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of,
  • Jude 1:8-9 : 8 In like manner, nevertheless, those dreaming also the flesh indeed do defile, and lordship they put away, and dignities they speak evil of, 9 yet Michael, the chief messenger, when, with the devil contending, he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring up an evil-speaking judgment, but said, `The Lord rebuke thee!'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Acts 23:1-4
    4 verses
    82%

    1And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, `Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;'

    2and the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to smite him on the mouth,

    3then Paul said unto him, `God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, and thou -- thou dost sit judging me according to the law, and, violating law, dost order me to be smitten!'

    4And those who stood by said, `The chief priest of God dost thou revile?'

  • Exod 22:28
    73%

    28`God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

  • Acts 25:15
    70%

    15about whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information, asking a decision against him,

  • Acts 23:6
    70%

    6and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, `Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee -- son of a Pharisee -- concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.'

  • Acts 25:10
    69%

    10and Paul said, `At the tribunal of Caesar I am standing, where it behoveth me to be judged; to Jews I did no unrighteousness, as thou dost also very well know;

  • Acts 3:17
    69%

    17`And now, brethren, I have known that through ignorance ye did `it', as also your rulers;

  • Acts 25:2
    69%

    2and the chief priest and the principal men of the Jews made manifest to him `the things' against Paul, and were calling on him,

  • Acts 25:8
    69%

    8he making defence -- `Neither in regard to the law of the Jews, nor in regard to the temple, nor in regard to Caesar -- did I commit any sin.'

  • Acts 22:25-27
    3 verses
    69%

    25And as he was stretching him with the thongs, Paul said unto the centurion who was standing by, `A man, a Roman, uncondemned -- is it lawful to you to scourge;'

    26and the centurion having heard, having gone near to the chief captain, told, saying, `Take heed what thou art about to do, for this man is a Roman;'

    27and the chief captain having come near, said to him, `Tell me, art thou a Roman?' and he said, `Yes;'

  • Acts 28:17
    68%

    17And it came to pass after three days, Paul called together those who are the principal men of the Jews, and they having come together, he said unto them: `Men, brethren, I -- having done nothing contrary to the people, or to the customs of the fathers -- a prisoner from Jerusalem, was delivered up to the hands of the Romans;

  • Jas 4:11
    68%

    11Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

  • Acts 24:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1And after five days came down the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator -- Tertullus, and they made manifest to the governor `the things' against Paul;

    2and he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse `him', saying, `Much peace enjoying through thee, and worthy deeds being done to this nation through thy forethought,

  • Acts 23:9
    68%

    9And there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part having arisen, were striving, saying, `No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;'

  • Acts 24:20
    67%

    20or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the sanhedrim,

  • Acts 23:15
    67%

    15now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'

  • Acts 24:10
    67%

    10And Paul answered -- the governor having beckoned to him to speak -- `Knowing `that' for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer;

  • Acts 28:21
    67%

    21And they said unto him, `We did neither receive letters concerning thee from Judea, nor did any one who came of the brethren declare or speak any evil concerning thee,

  • Acts 7:27
    67%

    27and he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us?

  • Acts 22:1
    66%

    1`Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defence now unto you;' --

  • Acts 5:35
    66%

    35and said unto them, `Men, Israelites, take heed to yourselves about these men, what ye are about to do,

  • Acts 28:19
    66%

    19and the Jews having spoken against `it', I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar -- not as having anything to accuse my nation of;

  • John 11:49
    66%

    49and a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, `Ye have not known anything,

  • Acts 7:1
    66%

    1And the chief priest said, `Are then these things so?'

  • Matt 26:62-63
    2 verses
    66%

    62And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, `Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee?

    63and Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said to him, `I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say to us, if thou art the Christ -- the Son of God.'

  • Rom 13:3
    66%

    3For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,

  • Acts 5:27
    66%

    27and having brought them, they set `them' in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them,

  • 1 Pet 2:17
    66%

    17to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

  • Acts 26:30
    66%

    30And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,

  • Acts 21:39
    66%

    39And Paul said, `I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, of no mean city a citizen; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.'

  • Acts 4:8
    66%

    8Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them: `Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

  • Acts 19:36
    66%

    36these things, then, not being to be gainsaid, it is necessary for you to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

  • Acts 23:29-30
    2 verses
    65%

    29whom I found accused concerning questions of their law, and having no accusation worthy of death or bonds;

    30and a plot having been intimated to me against this man -- about to be of the Jews -- at once I sent unto thee, having given command also to the accusers to say the things against him before thee; be strong.'

  • Acts 22:29-30
    2 verses
    65%

    29Immediately, therefore, they departed from him who are about to examine him, and the chief captain also was afraid, having learned that he is a Roman, and because he had bound him,

    30and on the morrow, intending to know the certainty wherefore he is accused by the Jews, he did loose him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrim to come, and having brought down Paul, he set `him' before them.

  • Acts 21:37
    65%

    37And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, `Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?' and he said, `Greek dost thou know?

  • Acts 26:26
    65%

    26for the king doth know concerning these things, before whom also I speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing hath not been done in a corner;

  • John 18:23
    65%

    23Jesus answered him, `If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?'

  • Acts 23:22
    65%

    22The chief captain, then, indeed, let the young man go, having charged `him' to tell no one, `that these things thou didst shew unto me;'

  • Acts 26:12
    65%

    12`In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --

  • Acts 25:18
    65%

    18concerning whom the accusers, having stood up, were bringing against `him' no accusation of the things I was thinking of,

  • Acts 24:23
    65%

    23having given also a direction to the centurion to keep Paul, to let `him' also have liberty, and to forbid none of his own friends to minister or to come near to him.

  • Acts 22:19
    65%

    19and I said, Lord, they -- they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;