e.

(29)Immediately, therefore, they departed from him who were about to
examine him; and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that
he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

(30)On the morrow, wishing to know the certainty, wherefore he was
accused by the Jews, he released him, and commanded the chief priests
and all the council to come together; and he brought Paul down, and
set him before them.

XXIII.

AND Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said: Men, brethren, I have
lived in all good conscience before God unto this day.

(2)And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to
smite him on the mouth.

(3)Then Paul said to him: God will smite thee, thou whited wall. And
dost thou sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be
smitten contrary to law?

(4)And they that stood by said: Revilest thou God's high priest?

(5)And Paul said: I knew not, brethren, that he is high priest; for it
is written: Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.

(6)And Paul, knowing that the one part were Sadducees, and the other
Pharisees, cried out in the council: Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee,
the son of a Pharisee; for the hope of the resurrection of the dead I
am now judged.

(7)And when he had said this, there arose a dissension between the
Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the multitude was divided. (8)For
Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit;
but Pharisees acknowledge both.

(9)And there arose a great clamor; and the scribes of the party of the
Pharisees arose, and contended, saying: We find no evil in this man;
but if a spirit spoke to him, or an angel?--

(10)And a great dissension arising, the chief captain, fearing lest
Paul should be pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiery to go
down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into
the castle.

(11)And the night following, the Lord stood by him, and said: Be of
good courage; for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me
at Jerusalem, so must thou testify also at Rome.

(12)And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound
themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink
till they had killed Paul. (13)And they were more than forty who made
this conspiracy. (14)And they came to the chief priests and the
elders, and said: We bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste
nothing until we have slain Paul.

(15)