Atos 23:4

4 Os que estavam perto de Paulo disseram: “Você ousa insultar o sumo sacerdote de Deus?”

Atos 23:4 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 23:4

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.

Atos 23:4 In-Context

2 Diante disso o sumo sacerdote Ananias deu ordens aos que estavam perto de Paulo para que lhe batessem na boca.

3 Então Paulo lhe disse: “Deus te ferirá, parede branqueada! Estás aí sentado para me julgar conforme a lei, mas contra a lei me mandas ferir?”

4 Os que estavam perto de Paulo disseram: “Você ousa insultar o sumo sacerdote de Deus?”

5 Paulo respondeu: “Irmãos, eu não sabia que ele era o sumo sacerdote, pois está escrito: ‘Não fale mal de uma autoridade do seu povo’.”

6 Então Paulo, sabendo que alguns deles eram saduceus e os outros fariseus, bradou no Sinédrio: “Irmãos, sou fariseu, filho de fariseu. Estou sendo julgado por causa da minha esperança na ressurreição dos mortos!”