Acts 23:1-5

Paul before the Council

1 Paul, looking intently at ¹the Council, said, "²Brethren *, ³I have lived my life with a perfectly good conscience before God up to this day."

2 The high priest ⁴Ananias commanded those standing beside him ⁵to strike him on the mouth.

3 Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, ⁶you whitewashed wall! Do you ⁷sit to try me according to the Law, and in violation of the Law order me to be struck?"

4 But the bystanders said, "Do you revile God's high priest?

5 And Paul said, "I was not aware, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, '⁸YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF A RULER OF YOUR PEOPLE.' "

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Cross References 8

1. Acts 22:30; Acts 23:6, 15, 20, 28
2. Acts 22:5
3. Acts 24:16; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:3
4. Acts 24:1
5. John 18:22
6. Matthew 23:27
7. Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 25:2; John 7:51
8. Exodus 22:28

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or "Sanhedrin"
[b]. Or "conducted myself as a citizen"

Acts 23:1-5

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Paul before the Council

Cross References 8

Footnotes 2