Atti 23:4

4 E coloro ch’eran quivi presenti, dissero: Ingiurii tu il sommo sacerdote di Dio

Atti 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.

Atti 23:4 In-Context

2 E il sommo sacerdote Anania comandò a coloro ch’eran presso a lui di percuoterlo sulla bocca.

3 Allora Paolo gli disse: Iddio percoterà te, parete scialbata; tu siedi per giudicarmi secondo la legge, e violando la legge comandi che io sia percosso?

4 E coloro ch’eran quivi presenti, dissero: Ingiurii tu il sommo sacerdote di Dio

5 E Paolo disse: Fratelli, io non sapevo che fosse sommo sacerdote; perché sta scritto: "Non dirai male del principe del tuo popolo".

6 Or Paolo, sapendo che una parte eran Sadducei e l’altra Farisei, esclamò nel Sinedrio: Fratelli, io son Fariseo, figliuol di Farisei; ed è a motivo della speranza e della risurrezione dei morti, che son chiamato in giudizio.