Acts 23:4
And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?
And they that stood by, said, Reuilest thou Gods high Priest?
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Acts 23:4
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Second-person singular present form of revile, meaning to abuse, insult, reproach, or speak contemptuously against someone.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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The one true God.
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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.
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One appointed to sacred service, ministering in things pertaining to God or a deity, especially by offering gifts or sacrifices.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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23:3Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
23:3Then saith Paul vnto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to iudge mee after the Law, and commandest mee to be smitten contrary to the Law?
23:4And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?
23:4And they that stood by, said, Reuilest thou Gods high Priest?
Selected passage23:5Then 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.
23:5Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that hee was the high Prist: For it is written, *Thou shalt not speake euill of the ruler of thy people.