Acts 23:3
Then Paul said to him: “God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! For would you sit and judge me according to the law, when, contrary to the law, you order me to be struck?”
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In Context
2And the high priest, Ananias, instructed those who were standing nearby to strike him on the mouth.
4And those who were standing nearby said, “Are you speaking evil about the high priest of God?”
Cross References
Leviticus 19:35Do not be willing to accomplish iniquity in judgment, in lengths, in weights, in quantities.
Psalms 58:1Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when Saul sent and watched his house, in order to execute him.
Amos 5:7You turn judgment into wormwood, and you abandon justice on earth.
Matthew 23:27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed sepulchers, which outwardly appear brilliant to men, yet truly, inside, they are filled with the bones of the dead and with all filth.
John 18:24And Annas sent him bound 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 →