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Acts 23:3

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Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?”

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Acts 23:3 in other translations

Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Acts 23:3 · American Standard Version

Acts 23:3 in context

  1. 1Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”
  2. 2The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
  3. 3Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?”
  4. 4Those who stood by said, “Do you malign God’s high priest?”
  5. 5Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”