Acts 23:3
Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
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In The King James Version
In Context
2At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
4But those standing nearby said, “How dare you insult the high priest of God!”
Cross References
Leviticus 19:35You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
Psalms 58:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
Matthew 23:27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
John 18:24Then Annas sent Him, still 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 →