Acts 23:3-7
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!”
Acts 23:7
When he said this, a dissension occurred between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.