Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, God will give blows to you, you whitewashed wall: are you here to be my judge by law, and by your orders am I given blows against the law?

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In The King James Version

Then 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?

In Context

2And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth.

4And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest?

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:35Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

Psalms 58:1To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David.

Psalms 94:20What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

Amos 5:7You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

Matthew 23:27A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.

John 18:24Then Annas sent him chained to Caiaphas, the high priest.

Matthew Henry on Acts 23:2-6

Paul's Second Defence. 1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. 2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. 3 Then 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? 4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest? 5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that… Read the whole commentary →

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