Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him: God shall strike thee, thou whited wall. For sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and contrary to the law commandest me to be struck?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 commanded them that stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

4And they that stood by said: Dost thou revile the high priest of God?

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:35Do not any unjust thing in judgment, in rule, in weight, or in measure.

Psalms 58:1Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title.

Psalms 94:20Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?

Amos 5:7You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,

Matthew 23:27Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all filthiness.

John 18:24And Annas sent him bound to Caiphas 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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