Teks -- Acts 23:4 (NET)

23:4 Those standing near him said, “Do you dare insult God’s high priest?”

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Robertson: Act 23:4 - Of God

Of God ( tou theou ).

As God’ s representative in spite of his bad character (Deu 17:8.). Here was a charge of irreverence, to say the least. The office called for respect.

Vincent: Act 23:4 - Revilest

Revilest ( λοιδορεῖς )

The word signifies vehement abuse, scolding, berating.

JFB: Act 23:3-4 - God shall smite thee

As indeed He did; for he was killed by an assassin during the Jewish war [JOSEPHUS, Wars of the Jews, 2.17.9].

JFB: Act 23:3-4 - thou whited wall

That is, hypocrite (Mat 23:27). This epithet, however correctly describing the man, must not be defended as addressed to a judge, though the remonstrance which follows--"for sittest thou," &c.--ought to have put him to shame.

Calvin: Act 23:4 - Those which stood by said

4.Those which stood by said By this it appeareth that they were all sick of one disease. − ⁵²⁶ For why do they not rather blame Ananias, when they saw that he had quite forgotten all modesty, and that he brake out into violence and stripes after a barbarous manner? for even this did turn to the reproach of them all. − ⁵²⁷ But this is a solemn [marked] thing among hypocrites, they look narrowly into other men’s faults and wink at their own. Again, this pride is coupled with tyranny, so that their subjects, and those who are under them, may do nothing, but as for themselves, they may do whatsoever they will. So fareth it at this day in Popery, the more liberty that impure clergy doth grant to itself, and the more carelessly it waxeth wanton, and polluteth the whole world with the sins which flow thence, the more straitly do they rule and stay the tongues of the people. Therefore, if any man dare be so bold as once to whisper, a little liberty doth cause them to make outrageous outcries as it were heinous sacrilege. −

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Poole: Act 23:4

These partial parasites take no notice of the real injury done unto Paul by the high priest, and readily catch at the seeming calumny spoke by Paul against him.

Gill: Act 23:4 - And they that stood by // revilest thou God's high priest

And they that stood by,.... The members of the sanhedrim that were next to the apostle; or the servants of the high priest, since they are said to stand, whereas those of that court sat: said,

revilest thou God's high priest? which seems to confirm that the apostle's words were not a bare prediction, but an imprecation, since they are charged with reproaching, reviling, and speaking evil of him; and the aggravation of which was not only that the person reviled was a priest, an high priest, but an high priest of God; though this could not have been proved, for there was now no high priest of God but Jesus Christ; the priesthood was changed and abrogated, and there were no more high priests among men of God's appointing and approving.