23:1  intendens autem concilium Paulus       1.  And Paul, earnestly beholding the
ait viri fratres ego omni conscientia        council, said, Men and brethren, I have
bona conversatus sum ante Deum usque in      lived in all good conscience before God
hodiernum diem                               until this day.

23:2  princeps autem sacerdotum Ananias      2.  And the high priest Ananias
praecepit adstantibus sibi percutere os      commanded them that stood by him to
eius                                         smite him on the mouth.

23:3  tunc Paulus ad eum dixit               3.  Then said Paul unto him, God shall
percutiet te Deus paries dealbate et tu      smite thee, thou whited wall: for
sedens iudicas me secundum legem et          sittest thou to judge me after the law,
contra legem iubes me percuti                and commandest me to be smitten
                                             contrary to the law?

23:4  et qui adstabant dixerunt summum       4.  And they that stood by said,
sacerdotem Dei maledicis                     Revilest thou God's high priest?

23:5  dixit autem Paulus nesciebam           5.  Then said Paul, I wist not,
fratres quia princeps est sacerdotum         brethren, that he was the high priest:
scriptum est enim principem populi tui       for it is written, Thou shalt not speak
non maledices                                evil of the ruler of thy people.

23:6  sciens autem Paulus quia una pars      6.  But when Paul perceived that the
esset Sadducaeorum et altera                 one part were Sadducees, and the other
Pharisaeorum exclamavit in concilio          Pharisees, he cried out in the council,
viri fratres ego Pharisaeus sum filius       Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the
Pharisaeorum de spe et resurrectione         son of a Pharisee: of the hope and
mortuorum ego iudicor                        resurrection of the dead I am called in
                                             question.

23:7  et cum haec dixisset facta est         7.  And when he had so said, there
dissensio inter Pharisaeos et                arose a dissension between the
Sadducaeos et soluta est multitudo           Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the
                                             multitude was divided.

23:8  Sadducaei enim dicunt non esse         8.  For the Sadducees say that there is
resurrectionem neque angelum neque           no resurrection, neither angel, nor
spiritum Pharisaei autem utrumque            spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
confitentur

23:9  factus est autem clamor magnus et      9.  And there arose a great cry: and
surgentes quidam Pharisaeorum pugnabant      the scribes that were of the Pharisees'
dicentes nihil mali invenimus in homine      part arose, and strove, saying, We find
isto quod si spiritus locutus est ei         no evil in this man: but if a spirit or
aut angelus                                  an angel hath spoken to him, let us not
                                             fight against God.

23:10  et cum magna dissensio facta          10.  And when there arose a great
esset timens tribunus ne discerperetur       dissension, the chief captain, fearing
Paulus ab ipsis iussit milites               lest Paul should have been pulled in
descendere et rapere eum de medio eorum      pieces of them, commanded the soldiers
ac deducere eum in castra                    to go down, and to take him by force
                                             from among them, and to bring him into
                                             the castle.

23:11  sequenti autem nocte adsistens        11.  And the night following the Lord
ei Dominus ait constans esto sicut enim      stood by him, and said, Be of good
testificatus es de me Hierusalem sic te      cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified
oportet et Romae testificari                 of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear
                                             witness also at Rome.

23:12  facta autem die collegerunt se        12.  And when it was day, certain of
quidam ex Iudaeis et devoverunt se           the Jews banded together, and bound
dicentes neque manducaturos neque            themselves under a curse, saying that
bibituros donec occiderent Paulum            they would neither eat nor drink till
                                             they had killed Paul.

23:13  erant autem plus quam                 13.  And they were more than forty
quadraginta qui hanc coniurationem           which had made this conspiracy.
fecerant

23:14  qui accesserunt ad principes          14.  And they came to the chief priests
sacerdotum et seniores et dixerunt           and elders, and said, We have bound
devotione devovimus nos nihil                ourselves under a great curse, that we
gustaturos donec occidamus Paulum            will eat nothing until we have slain
                                             Paul.

23:15  nunc ergo vos notum facite            15.  Now therefore ye with the council
tribuno cum concilio ut producat illum       signify to the chief captain that he
ad vos tamquam aliquid certius               bring him down unto you to morrow, as
cognituri de eo nos vero priusquam           though ye would enquire something more
adpropiet parati sumus interficere illum     perfectly concerning him: and we, or
                                             ever he come near, are ready to kill
                                             him.

23:16  quod cum audisset filius sororis      16.  And when Paul's sister's son heard
Pauli insidias venit et intravit in          of their lying in wait, he went and
castra nuntiavitque Paulo                    entered into the castle, and told Paul.

23:17  vocans autem Paulus ad se unum        17.  Then Paul called one of the
ex centurionibus ait adulescentem hunc       centurions unto him, and said, Bring
perduc ad tribunum habet enim aliquid        this young man unto the chief captain:
indicare illi                                for he hath a certain thing to tell him.

23:18  et ille quidem adsumens eum           18.  So he took him, and brought him to
duxit ad tribunum et ait vinctus Paulus      the chief captain, and said, Paul the
vocans rogavit me hunc adulescentem          prisoner called me unto him, and prayed
perducere ad te habentem aliquid loqui       me to bring this young man unto thee,
tibi                                         who hath something to say unto thee.

23:19  adprehendens autem tribunus           19.  Then the chief captain took him by
manum illius secessit cum eo seorsum et      the hand, and went with him aside
interrogavit illum quid est quod habes       privately, and asked him, What is that
indicare mihi                                thou hast to tell me?

23:20  ille autem dixit Iudaeis              20.  And he said, The Jews have agreed
convenit rogare te ut crastina die           to desire thee that thou wouldest bring
Paulum producas in concilium quasi           down Paul to morrow into the council,
aliquid certius inquisituri sint de illo     as though they would enquire somewhat
                                             of him more perfectly.

23:21  tu vero ne credideris illis           21.  But do not thou yield unto them:
insidiantur enim ei ex eis viri amplius      for there lie in wait for him of them
quadraginta qui se devoverunt non            more than forty men, which have bound
manducare neque bibere donec                 themselves with an oath, that they will
interficiant eum et nunc parati sunt         neither eat nor drink till they have
expectantes promissum tuum                   killed him: and now are they ready,
                                             looking for a promise from thee.

23:22  tribunus igitur dimisit               22.  So the chief captain then let the
adulescentem praecipiens ne cui              young man depart, and charged him, See
loqueretur quoniam haec nota sibi            thou tell no man that thou hast shewed
fecisset                                     these things to me.

23:23  et vocatis duobus centurionibus       23.  And he called unto him two
dixit illis parate milites ducentos ut       centurions, saying, Make ready two
eant usque Caesaream et equites              hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and
septuaginta et lancearios ducentos a         horsemen threescore and ten, and
tertia hora noctis                           spearmen two hundred, at the third hour
                                             of the night;

23:24  et iumenta praeparate ut              24.  And provide them beasts, that they
inponentes Paulum salvum perducerent ad      may set Paul on, and bring him safe
Felicem praesidem                            unto Felix the governor.

23:25  scribens Epistolam continentem        25.  And he wrote a letter after this
haec:                                        manner:

23:26 Claudius Lysias optimo                 26.  Claudius Lysias unto the most
 praesidiFelici salutem                      excellent governor Felix sendeth
                                             greeting.

23:27  virum hunc conprehensum a             27.  This man was taken of the Jews,
Iudaeis et incipientem interfici ab eis      and should have been killed of them:
superveniens cum exercitu eripui             then came I with an army, and rescued
cognito quia Romanus est                     him, having understood that he was a
                                             Roman.

23:28  volensque scire causam quam           28.  And when I would have known the
obiciebant illi deduxi eum in concilium      cause wherefore they accused him, I
eorum                                        brought him forth into their council:

23:29  quem inveni accusari de               29.  Whom I perceived to be accused of
quaestionibus legis ipsorum nihil vero       questions of their law, but to have
dignum morte aut vinculis habentem           nothing laid to his charge worthy of
crimen                                       death or of bonds.

23:30  et cum mihi perlatum esset de         30.  And when it was told me how that
insidiis quas paraverunt ei misi ad te       the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent
denuntians et accusatoribus ut dicant        straightway to thee, and gave
apud te                                      commandment to his accusers also to say
                                             before thee what they had against him.
                                             Farewell.

23:31  milites ergo secundum praeceptum      31.  Then the soldiers, as it was
sibi adsumentes Paulum duxerunt per          commanded them, took Paul, and brought
noctem in Antipatridem                       him by night to Antipatris.

23:32  et postera die dimissis               32.  On the morrow they left the
equitibus ut irent cum eo reversi sunt       horsemen to go with him, and returned
ad castra                                    to the castle:

23:33  qui cum venissent Caesaream et        33.  Who, when they came to Caesarea
tradidissent Epistolam praesidi              and delivered the epistle to the
statuerunt ante illum et Paulum              governor, presented Paul also before
                                             him.

23:34  cum legisset autem et                 34.  And when the governor had read the
interrogasset de qua provincia esset et      letter, he asked of what province he
cognoscens quia de Cilicia                   was. And when he understood that he was
                                             of Cilicia;

23:35  audiam te inquit cum et               35.  I will hear thee, said he, when
accusatores tui venerint iussitque in        thine accusers are also come. And he
praetorio Herodis custodiri eum              commanded him to be kept in Herod's
                                             judgment hall.