Acts 23:5
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.”
λαός
A people, a nation, a community. You are a chosen people a royal priesthood a holy nation God's special possession. This is your identity.
Παῦλος
Paul;
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Παῦλος
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
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γράφω
it has been written
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γράφω
To write, to record. These things are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ and have life in His name.
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εἴδω
I had known,
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εἴδω
To know, to see, to perceive. Paul said I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
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φημί
Was saying
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φημί
to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. speak or say
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τέ
then
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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εἰμί
he is
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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κακῶς
evil of.’
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κακῶς
badly (physically or morally)
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ῥέω
you will speak
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ῥέω
to utter, i.e. speak or say
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