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Acts 23:2-6

Acts 23:2

But the high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to try me according to the Law, and in violation of the Law, order me to be struck?”

Acts 23:4

But those present said, “Are you insulting God’s high priest?”

Acts 23:5

And Paul said, “I was not aware, brothers, that he is high priest; for it is written: ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”

Acts 23:6

But Paul, perceiving that one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, began crying out in the Council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for the hope and resurrection of the dead!”