Act 23:1Intendēns autem in concilium Paulus, ait: Virī frātrēs, ego omnī cōnscientiā bonā conversātus sum ante Deum ūsque in hodiernum diem.And Paul, looking intently at the council, said: "Men, brothers, I have conducted myself with all good conscience before God until this present day." Act 23:2Prīnceps autem sacerdōtum Ananias praecēpit astantibus sibi percutere ōs ejus.And the chief of the priests, Ananias, commanded those standing by him to strike his mouth. Act 23:3Tunc Paulus dīxit ad eum: Percutiet tē Deus, pariēs dealbāte.Then Paul said to him: "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall. Act 23:3Et tū sedēns jūdicās mē secundum lēgem, et contrā lēgem jubēs mē percutī?And do you sit judging me according to the law, and contrary to the law order me to be struck?" Act 23:4Et quī astābant dīxērunt: Summum sacerdōtem Deī maledīcis.And those who were standing by said: "Do you revile the high priest of God?" Act 23:5Dīxit autem Paulus: Nesciēbam, frātrēs, quia prīnceps est sacerdōtum.And Paul said: "I did not know, brothers, that he is chief of the priests. Act 23:5Scrīptum est enim: Prīncipem populī tuī nōn maledīcēs.For it is written: 'You shall not revile the ruler of your people.'"
Act 23:6Sciēns autem Paulus quia ūna pars esset sadducaeōrum, et altera pharisaeōrum, exclāmāvit in conciliō: Virī frātrēs, ego pharisaeus sum, fīlius pharisaeōrum: dē spē et resurrēctiōne mortuōrum ego jūdicor.But Paul, knowing that one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, shouted out in the council: "Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged." Act 23:7Et cum haec dīxisset, facta est dissēnsiō inter pharisaeōs et sadducaeōs, et solūta est multitūdō.And when he had said these things, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided. Act 23:8Sadducaeī enim dīcunt nōn esse resurrēctiōnem, neque angelum, neque spīritum: pharisaeī autem utraque cōnfitentur.For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. Act 23:9Factus est autem clamor magnus.And a great clamour arose. Act 23:9Et surgentēs quīdam pharisaeōrum, pugnābant, dīcentēs: Nihil malī invenīmus in homine istō: quid sī spīritus locūtus est eī, aut angelus?And certain of the Pharisees, rising up, were fighting, saying: "We find nothing evil in this man: what if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel?"
Act 23:10Et cum magna dissēnsiō facta esset, timēns tribūnus nē discerperētur Paulus ab ipsīs, jussit mīlitēs dēscendere, et rapere eum dē mediō eōrum, ac dēdūcere eum in castra.And when a great dissension had arisen, the tribune, fearing that Paul would be torn apart by them, ordered the soldiers to go down, and to snatch him from their midst, and to bring him into the camp. Act 23:11Sequentī autem nocte assistēns eī Dominus, ait: Cōnstāns estō: sīcut enim testificātus es dē mē in Jerūsalem, sīc tē oportet et Rōmae testificārī.And on the following night the Lord, standing by him, said: "Be steadfast: for as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify at Rome too." Act 23:12Factā autem diē collēgērunt sē quīdam ex Jūdaeīs, et dēvōvērunt, sē dīcentēs neque mandūcātūrōs, neque bibitūrōs dōnec occīderent Paulum.And when day had come certain of the Jews gathered themselves together, and bound themselves by a vow, saying that they would neither eat, nor drink until they had killed Paul. Act 23:13Erant autem plūs quam quadrāgintā virī quī hanc conjūrātiōnem fēcerant: quī accessērunt ad prīncipēs sacerdōtum et seniōrēs, et dīxērunt: Dēvōtiōne dēvōvimus nōs nihil gustātūrōs, dōnec occīdāmus Paulum.And there were more than forty men who had made this conspiracy: who went to the chiefs of the priests and the elders, and said: "We have bound ourselves by a vow to taste nothing, until we kill Paul.
Act 23:15Nunc ergō vōs notum facite tribūnō cum conciliō, ut prōdūcat illum ad vōs, tamquam aliquid certius cognitūrī dē eō.Now therefore you make it known to the tribune with the council, that he bring him down to you, as though you were going to learn something more certain about him. Act 23:15Nōs vērō priusquam appropiet, parātī sumus interficere illum.And we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him." Act 23:16Quod cum audīsset fīlius sorōris Paulī īnsidiās, vēnit, et intrāvit in castra, nūntiāvitque Paulō.And when the son of Paul's sister had heard of the ambush, he came, and went into the camp, and reported it to Paul. Act 23:17Vocāns autem Paulus ad sē ūnum ex centuriōnibus, ait: Adolēscentem hunc perdūc ad tribūnum, habet enim aliquid indicāre illī.And Paul, calling to himself one of the centurions, said: "Bring this young man to the tribune, for he has something to report to him." Act 23:18Et ille quidem assūmēns eum dūxit ad tribūnum, et ait: Vinctus Paulus rogāvit mē hunc adolēscentem perdūcere ad tē, habentem aliquid loquī tibi.And he, indeed, taking him, brought him to the tribune, and said: "Paul the prisoner asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to say to you."
Act 23:19Apprehendēns autem tribūnus manum illīus, sēcessit cum eō seorsum, et interrogāvit illum: Quid est quod habēs indicāre mihi?And the tribune, taking his hand, withdrew with him apart, and asked him: "What is it that you have to report to me?" Act 23:20Ille autem dīxit: Jūdaeīs convēnit rogāre tē ut crāstinā diē prōdūcās Paulum in concilium, quasi aliquid certius inquīsītūrī sint dē illō: tū vērō nē crēdiderīs illīs: īnsidiantur enim eī ex eīs virī amplius quam quadrāgintā, quī sē dēvōvērunt nōn mandūcāre, neque bibere dōnec interficiant eum: et nunc parātī sunt, exspectantēs prōmissum tuum.And he said: "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down into the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire something more certain about him: but do not believe them: for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves by a vow not to eat, nor drink until they kill him: and now they are ready, awaiting your promise." Act 23:22Tribūnus igitur dīmīsit adolēscentem, praecipiēns nē cui loquerētur quoniam haec nota sibi fēcisset.The tribune therefore dismissed the young man, commanding him to tell no one that he had made these things known to him.
Act 23:23Et vocātīs duōbus centuriōnibus, dīxit illīs: Parāte mīlitēs ducentōs ut eant ūsque Caesarēam, et equitēs septuāgintā, et lanceāriōs ducentōs ā tertiā hōrā noctis, et jūmenta praeparāte ut impōnentēs Paulum, salvum perdūcerent ad Fēlīcem praesidem.And two centurions having been called, he said to them: "Make ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen from the third hour of the night, and make ready beasts, that, setting Paul on them, they might bring him safe to Felix the governor." Act 23:25(Timuit enim nē forte raperent eum Jūdaeī, et occīderent, et ipse posteā calumniam sustinēret, tamquam acceptūrus pecūniam.) Scrībēns epistolam continentem haec: Claudius Lȳsias optimō praesidī Fēlīcī, salūtem.(For he feared that perhaps the Jews might seize him, and kill him, and he himself afterwards might suffer slander, as though he were going to take money.) Writing a letter containing these things: "Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting. Act 23:27Virum hunc comprehēnsum ā Jūdaeīs, et incipientem interficī ab eīs, superveniēns cum exercitū ēripuī, cognitō quia Rōmānus est.This man, seized by the Jews, and beginning to be killed by them, coming upon them with the army I rescued, having learned that he is a Roman.
Act 23:28Volēnsque scīre causam quam objiciēbant illī, dēdūxī eum in concilium eōrum.And wishing to know the cause which they were bringing against him, I brought him down into their council. Act 23:29Quem invēnī accūsārī dē quaestiōnibus lēgis ipsōrum, nihil vērō dignum morte aut vinculīs habentem crīminis.Whom I found to be accused about questions of their law, but having no charge worthy of death or of bonds. Act 23:30Et cum mihi perlātum esset dē īnsidiīs quās parāverant illī, mīsī eum ad tē, dēnūntiāns et accūsātōribus ut dīcant apud tē.And when it had been reported to me of an ambush which they had prepared, I sent him to you, giving notice also to his accusers to speak before you. Act 23:30Valē.Farewell." Act 23:31Mīlitēs ergō secundum praeceptum sibi assūmentēs Paulum, dūxērunt per noctem in Antipatridem.The soldiers therefore, according to the command given them, taking Paul, brought him by night to Antipatris. Act 23:32Et postera diē dīmissīs equitibus ut cum eō īrent, reversī sunt ad castra.And on the next day, the horsemen having been sent off to go with him, they returned to the camp. Act 23:33Quī cum vēnissent Caesarēam, et trādidissent epistolam praesidī, statuērunt ante illum et Paulum.Who, when they had come to Caesarea, and had delivered the letter to the governor, set Paul too before him.
Act 23:34Cum lēgisset autem, et interrogāsset dē quā prōvinciā esset, et cognōscēns quia dē Ciliciā: Audiam tē, inquit, cum accūsātōrēs tuī vēnerint.And when he had read it, and had asked from what province he was, and learning that he was from Cilicia: "I will hear you," he said, "when your accusers have come." Act 23:35Jussitque in praetōriō Hērōdis custōdīrī eum.And he ordered him to be guarded in Herod's praetorium.