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Andδὲthose who stood byοἱ παρεστῶτεςsaid,εἶπαν“Do you insultλοιδορεῖςthe high priestΤὸν ἀρχιερέαof God?”τοῦ θεοῦ
Acts 23:4
Study it in the app“And those who stood by said, “Do you insult the high priest of God?””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 23:4, word by word
- those who stood byπαρεστῶτεςparestōtes
stand by
To be there, or for the time to arrive.
Where else “parestōtes” appears- saidεἶπανeipan
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” appears- “Do you insultλοιδορεῖςloidoreis
revile, insult
Insult, revile, speak of someone with contempt.
Where else “loidoreis” appears- the high priestἀρχιερέαarchierea
high priest
The chief of the priests; Jesus is that forever.
Where else “archierea” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
The context
3Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, whitewashed wall; and are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and breaking the law you order me to be struck?”
4 · This verse (above)
5And Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”
To study Acts 23 in a group
1. What it says
What does the Lord say to Paul the night after his appearance before the council? (v. 11)
2. What it means
Paul's nephew learns of a plot and reports it. What does the commander do with that information? (vv. 12-24)
3. How I live it
Paul was encouraged at a moment of great tension (v. 11). Who encouraged you when you needed it, and how can you do that for someone else?