Acts 23:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Those who stood nearby replied, “Are you insulting God's head priest?”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Those who stood near exclaimed, Do you rail at and insult the high priest of God?

American Standard Version (1901)

And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?

Common English Bible

Those standing near him asked, “You dare to insult God’s high priest?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And those who were standing nearby said, "Are you speaking evil about the high priest of God?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they that stood by said: Dost thou revile the high priest of God?

Acts 23:4 Cross References

Matthew 5:11

You will be blessed when people speak against you and harm you and say bad things about you that are untrue, because of [your devotion to] me.

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to the head priest, “God will hit you, you white-washed wall [i.e., you hypocrite]. Are you sitting in judgment over me according to the Law of Moses and [yet] do you order me to be hit contrary to that law?”

Acts 23:5

Paul said, “Brothers, I did not know that he was the head priest, for it is written [Ex. 22:28], ‘You shall not speak evil about a leader of your people.’”