Acts 7:1

Stephen’s Defense Before the Council

7:1 Then the high priest said, “Are these things true?” ¹ 

Acts 5:27

5:27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, ²  and the high priest questioned ³  them,

Acts 23:2

23:2 At that ⁴  the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near ⁵  Paul ⁶  to strike ⁷  him on the mouth.

¹ tn Grk “If it is so concerning these things” (see BDAG 422 s.v. ἔχω 10.a for this use).

² tn Or “the Sanhedrin” (the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

³ tn Or “interrogated,” “asked.”

³ tn Grk “and” (δέ, de); the phrase “at that” has been used in the translation to clarify the cause and effect relationship.

⁴ tn BDAG 778 s.v. παρίστημι/παριστάνω 2.b.α has “οἱ παρεστῶτες αὐτῷ those standing near him Ac 23:2.”

⁵ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Or “hit” (‘strike’ maintains the wordplay with the following verse). The action was probably designed to indicate a rejection of Paul’s claim to a clear conscience in the previous verse.