1 And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.
2 But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.
3 Then Paul said to him, God will smite thee, whited wall. And *thou*, dost thou sit judging me according to the law, and breaking the law commandest me to be smitten?
4 And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of God?
5 And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evilly of the ruler of thy people.
6 But Paul, knowing that the one part {of them} were of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, cried out in the council, Brethren, *I* am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: *I* am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of {the} dead.
7 And when he had spoken this, there was a tumult of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided.
8 For Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees confess both of them.
9 And there was a great clamour, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part rising up contended, saying, We find nothing evil in this man; and if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel...
10 And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring {him} into the fortress.
11 But the following night the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage; for as thou hast testified the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so thou must bear witness at Rome also.
12 And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.
13 And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;
14 and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.
15 Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.
16 But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported {it} to Paul.
17 And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this youth to the chiliarch, for he has something to report to him.
18 He therefore, having taken him with {him}, led him to the chiliarch, and says, The prisoner Paul called me to {him} and asked me to lead this youth to thee, who has something to say to thee.
19 And the chiliarch having taken him by the hand, and having gone apart in private, inquired, What is it that thou hast to report to me?
20 And he said, The Jews have agreed together to make a request to thee, that thou mayest bring Paul down to-morrow into the council, as about to inquire something more precise concerning him.
21 Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee.
22 The chiliarch then dismissed the youth, commanding {him}, Utter to no one that thou hast represented these things to me.
23 And having called to {him} certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.
24 And {he ordered them} to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry {him} safe through to Felix the governor,
25 having written a letter, couched in this form:
26 Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.
27 This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I came up with the military and took out {of their hands}, having learned that he was a Roman.
28 And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;
29 whom I found to be accused of questions of their law, but to have no charge laid against him {making him} worthy of death or of bonds.
30 But having received information of a plot about to be put in execution against the man {by the Jews}, I have immediately sent him to thee, commanding also his accusers to say before thee the things that are against him. {Farewell.}
31 The soldiers therefore, according to what was ordered them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris,
32 and on the morrow, having left the horsemen to go with him, returned to the fortress.
33 And these, having entered into Caesarea, and given up the letter to the governor, presented Paul also to him.
34 And having read {it}, and asked of what eparchy he was, and learned that {he was} of Cilicia,
35 he said, I will hear thee fully when thine accusers also are arrived. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's praetorium.
1 保罗定睛看着公议会的各人, 说: "各位弟兄, 我在 神面前, 行事为人一向都是凭着良心的。"
2 大祭司亚拿尼亚就吩咐站在他旁边的人打保罗的嘴巴。
3 保罗对他说: "你这粉饰的墙啊, 神要击打你! 你坐堂要按着律法审问我, 现在你竟然违背律法吩咐人打我吗?"
4 站在旁边的人民说: "你敢辱骂 神的大祭司吗?"
5 保罗说: "弟兄们, 我不知道他是大祭司。经上说: ‘不可咒诅你人民的领袖。’"
6 保罗看出其中一部分是撒都该人, 另一部分是法利赛人, 就在公议会中大声说: "我是法利赛人, 也是法利赛人的子孙, 我现在受审, 是为了盼望死人复活! "
7 他说了这话, 法利赛人和撒都该人就起了争论, 会众也分裂了, 成为两派。
8 原来撒都该人说没有复活, 没有天使, 也没有鬼灵, 法利赛人却认定这些都有。
9 于是众人大嚷大闹, 有几个法利赛派的经学家站起来辩论说: "我们看不出这个人作过什么坏事; 说不定有灵或天使对他说过话。"
10 争论越来越大, 千夫长怕保罗被他们撕碎了, 就吩咐士兵下去, 把他从人群中抢救出来, 带到营楼去。
11 当天晚上, 主站在保罗身边, 说: "你要壮起胆来, 你怎样在耶路撒冷作见证, 也必照样在罗马为我作见证。"
12 到了天亮, 犹太人在一起秘密计谋, 并且发誓说, 不杀保罗, 就不吃不喝。
13 一同策划这项阴谋的有四十多人。
14 他们来见众祭司长和长老, 说: "我们已经发了誓, 不杀保罗, 就不吃东西。
15 现在你们和公议会要通知千夫长, 带保罗到你们这里来, 装作要详细审查他。我们已经预备好了, 不等他走近, 就把他杀了。"
16 但保罗的外甥听见这项埋伏的诡计, 就到营楼去, 告诉保罗。
17 保罗请了一个百夫长来, 说: "请你带这个青年人去见千夫长, 他有事要报告。"
18 百夫长就带保罗的外甥去见千夫长, 说: "囚犯保罗请了我去, 求我带这个青年人来见你, 他有事要向你报告。"
19 千夫长拉着他的手, 走到一边, 私下问他: "你有什么事要向我报告?"
20 他说: "犹太人已经约好了, 要求你明天把保罗带到公议会里去, 装作要详细审查他。
21 你不要听他们, 因为他们有四十多人正在埋伏起来等着保罗; 他们发了誓, 不杀保罗, 就不吃不喝。现在他们已经准备好了, 只等你答应。"
22 千夫长嘱咐那青年人: "不要告诉人你把这事告诉了我。"然后就打发他走了。
23 千夫长叫了两个百夫长来, 说: "预备两百个步兵, 七十个骑兵、两百个长枪手, 晚上九点钟往该撒利亚去。
24 也要预备好牲口, 好让保罗骑上, 护送他安全到达腓力斯总督那里。"
25 千夫长写了一封信, 大意如下:
26 "革老丢.吕西亚问候总督腓力斯大人。
27 这个人被犹太人捉住, 快要遭害的时候, 我听说他是罗马公民, 就带兵去把他救出来。
28 为要知道犹太人控告他的原因, 我就带他到他们的公议会那里去。
29 我发现他被控告, 是为了他们律法上的问题, 并没有什么该死该绑的罪名。
30 后来我接到密报, 得知害他的阴谋, 就立刻把他送到你那里去, 并且吩咐原告到你面前来控告他。"
31 于是士兵照着吩咐, 把保罗提出来, 连夜带到安提帕底。
32 第二天, 他们把保罗交给骑兵队护送, 就回营楼去了。
33 骑兵到了该撒利亚, 把信呈上总督, 同时把保罗也交给他。
34 总督读了信, 就问保罗是哪一省的人; 知道了他是基利家人,
35 就说: "等到原告也来了, 我才审问你。"于是吩咐人把他拘留在希律的王府里。