231 Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, "My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day."
231 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
231 And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day."
231 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."
231 Then Paul, looking earnestly at the council, said, "Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day."
231 Gazing intently at the high council, Paul began: "Brothers, I have always lived before God with a clear conscience!"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 23:1
Commentary on Acts 23:1-5
(Read Acts 23:1-5)
See here the character of an honest man. He sets God before him, and lives as in his sight. He makes conscience of what he says and does, and, according to the best of his knowledge, he keeps from whatever is evil, and cleaves to what is good. He is conscientious in all his words and conduct. Those who thus live before God, may, like Paul, have confidence both toward God and man. Though the answer of Paul contained a just rebuke and prediction, he seems to have been too angry at the treatment he received in uttering them. Great men may be told of their faults, and public complaints may be made in a proper manner; but the law of God requires respect for those in authority.