What does Acts 23:5 mean? Paul has just learned that he disrespected the high priest. Paul had told the Sanhedrin his conscience is clear. The high priest, ...

The meaning then will be: "I do not regard or acknowledge him as the high priest, or address him as such, since that is not his true character. Had he been ...

Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest Or I did not know that he was the high priest; and the sense is, that he did not really know ...

1 февр. 2023 г. · In this account the apostle Paul had spoken rather harshly to a man who trying to get him executed. Then he was told that the man was the high ...

Some suggest that Paul may have not known the high priest personally, even though he was previously a member of the Jewish Council.

Acts 23:5 - And Paul said, 'I was not aware, brothers, that he is high priest; for it is written: 'YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF A RULER OF YOUR PEOPLE.

30 окт. 2024 г. · Paul's actions in this story remind us to respect and honor people in positions of respect regardless of their behavior.

24 нояб. 2018 г. · The answer is probably contained in Paul's initial comment that the command to strike Paul was illegal and a breach of legal process under the Torah.

Acts 23:5 (KJV) is a verse that offers rich commentary on the themes of respect for authority, justice, and the intersection of faith and politics.

He is conscientious in all his words and conduct. Those who thus live before God, may, like Paul, have confidence both toward God and man. Though the answer of ...