Acts 23:3
Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?”
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In Context
2The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
4Those who stood by said, “Do you malign God’s high priest?”
Cross References
Leviticus 19:35“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
Psalms 94:20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
Amos 5:7You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
Matthew 23:27“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness.
John 18:24Annas 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 →