AndδὲPaul,ὁ ΠαῦλοςknowingΓνοὺςthatὅτιoneτὸ ἓνpartμέροςwereἐστὶνSadduceesΣαδδουκαίωνandδὲthe otherτὸ ἕτερονPharisees,Φαρισαίωνcried outἔκραζενinἐνthe council,τῷ συνεδρίῳ“Brothers,Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοίIἐγὼamεἰμιa Pharisee,Φαρισαῖόςa sonυἱὸςof Pharisees.ΦαρισαίωνConcerningπερὶthe hopeἐλπίδοςandκαὶthe resurrectionἀναστάσεωςof the deadνεκρῶνIἐγὼam being judged.”κρίνομαι
Acts 23:6
Study it in the app“And Paul, knowing that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am being judged.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 23:6, word by word
- PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulos” appears- knowingΓνοὺςGnous
find out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “Gnous” appears- oneἓνhen
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “hen” appears- partμέροςmeros
part
A piece of a whole, or what falls to each one.
Where else “meros” appears- wereἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- SadduceesΣαδδουκαίωνSaddoukaiōn
Sadducee
Sadducee: a member of a Jewish party of the priestly families, who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead.
Where else “Saddoukaiōn” appears- the otherἕτερονheteron
other, another
Other, another, different.
Where else “heteron” appears- PhariseesΦαρισαίωνPharisaiōn
Pharisee
Pharisee: a member of a Jewish group that kept the law of Moses and the traditions of its teachers strictly.
Where else “Pharisaiōn” appears- cried outἔκραζενekrazen
cry out
Shout, cry out.
Where else “ekrazen” appears- the councilσυνεδρίῳsynedriōi
council
The great Jewish court in Jerusalem.
Where else “synedriōi” appears- “BrothersἌνδρεςAndres
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “Andres” appears- “Brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi
fellow countryman
A neighbor, someone of the same people.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- a sonυἱὸςhuios
descendant
A descendant: "son of David".
Where else “huios” appears- the hopeἐλπίδοςelpidos
hope
Hope: confidence in what God will do.
Where else “elpidos” appears- the resurrectionἀναστάσεωςanastaseōs
resurrection
Coming back to life after death.
Where else “anastaseōs” appears- of the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears- am being judgedκρίνομαιkrinomai
judge
To hear a case and give sentence, as God will do with the world.
Where else “krinomai” appears
The context
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.’”
6 · This verse (above)
7And when he said this, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the multitude was divided.
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?