Acts 23:1

Paul looked directly ¹  at the council ²  and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience ³  before God to this day.”

biblegateway Act 23:1

Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, "My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day."

biblegateway Act 23:1

Paul, looking intently at the Council, said, "Brethren, I have lived my life with a perfectly good conscience before God up to this day."

biblegateway Act 23:1

Gazing intently at the high council, Paul began: "Brothers, I have always lived before God in all good conscience!"

biblegateway Act 23:1

Paul surveyed the members of the council with a steady gaze, and then said his piece: "Friends, I've lived with a clear conscience before God all my life, up to this very moment."

SABDAweb Act 23:1

And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.

bibleoremus Act 23:1

While Paul was looking intently at the council he said, "Brothers, up to this day I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God."

biblegateway Act 23:1

Then Paul, looking earnestly at the council, said, "Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day."

biblegateway Act 23:1

Paul looked directly ¹  at the council ²  and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience ³  before God to this day.”

¹ tn Grk “Paul, looking directly at the council, said.” The participle ἀτενίσας (atenisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

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

³ tn BDAG 846 s.v. πολιτεύομαι 3 has “W. a double dat. συνειδήσει ἀγαθῇ πεπολίτευμαι τῷ θεῷ I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God Ac 23:1.”