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born so.
29 Therefore they that were about to examine him immediately departed from him; and the officer also
was afraid, having learned that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
30 But on the morrow, wishing to know the certainty of that of which he was accused by the Jews, he
loosed him and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrim to assemble, and brought Paul down
and placed him among them.
Acts 23
1 But Paul, looking earnestly on the Sanhedrim, said: Men, brethren, with all good conscience have I
lived to God till this day.
2 And the chief priest Ananias commanded those that stood by him to smite him or the mouth.
3 Then Paul said to him: God will smite thee, whited wall; and sittest thou to judge me: according to the
law, and in violation of law commandest thou me; to be smitten?
4 But those that stood by said: Revilest thou God s chief priest?
5 And Paul replied: I knew not, brethren, that he was chief priest; for it is written: Thou shalt not speak
evil of the ruler of thy people.
6 But Paul, knowing that the one part belonged to the Sadducees and the other to the Pharisees, cried out
in the Sanhedrim: Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: concerning the hope and the
resurrection of the dead am I judged.
7 And when he had said this, there arose a dissension of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the
multitude was divided.
8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess
both.
9 And there arose a great cry; and some of the scribes of the part of the Pharisees arose and contended,
saying: We find no fault in this man; but what if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel?
10 But as there arose much dissension, the officer, fearing lest Paul might be torn in pieces by them,
commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from the midst of them and lead him into the
fortress
11 But on the following night the Lord stood by him and said: Take courage: for as thou hast testified
concerning me in Jerusalem, so must thou testify also in Rome.
12 But when it was day, the Jews collected together and bound themselves by a curse, saying that they
would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul,
13 And there were more than forty that made this conspiracy;
14 these came to the chief priests and the elders and said: We have bound ourselves by a great curse that
we will taste nothing till we have killed Paul.
15 Now therefore do you with the Sanhedrim make known to the officer that he may bring him down to
you, as if you would inquire more particularly into his case; but we are ready to kill him before he shall
have come near.
16 But the son of Paul s sister, having heard of the plot, came and entered the fortress and told Paul.
17 And Paul called to him one of the centurions and said: Conduct this young man to the officer, for he
has something to tell him.
18 He then took him and brought him to the officer and said: The prisoner Paul called me to him and
requested me to conduct this young man to thee, as he has something to tell thee.
19 And the officer took him by the hand and withdrew to a private place, and inquired: What is it that
thou hast to tell me?
20 And he said: The Jews have agreed to request thee that thou wouldst, on the morrow, bring Paul
down into the Sanhedrim, as if thou wouldst inquire somewhat more particularly concerning him.
21 Thou therefore be not persuaded by them; for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them,
who have bound themselves by a curse neither to eat nor to drink till they shall have killed him; and now
they are ready, awaiting the promise from thee.
22 Then the officer dismissed the young man, saying: I charge thee to tell no one that thou hast made
these, things known to me,
23 And calling some two of the centurions to him, he said: Make ready two hundred soldiers that they
may go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed men, at the third hour of the
night:
24 also, that they should provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry him in safety to Felix
the governor;
25 And he wrote a letter containing this form:
26 Claudius Lysias to the most noble Felix wishes health.
27 This man, taken by the Jews and about to be killed by them, I came with soldiers and rescued, having
learned that he was a Roman;
28 wishing also to know the cause on account of which they accused him, I brought him down into their
Sanhedrim:
29 I found him accused concerning questions of their law, but having nothing charged against him
worthy of death or of bonds.
30 But as I was informed that a plot was about to be laid by them for the man, I sent him to thee,
charging his accusers also to lay their charges before thee.
31 The soldiers therefore, as it had been appointed them, took Paul and brought him during the night to
Antipatris;
32 but on the morrow, leaving the horsemen to go with him, they returned to the fortress. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]