Acts 23:3
“Then saith Paul vnto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to iudge mee after the Law, and commandest mee to be smitten contrary to the Law?”
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Acts 23:3 Context
1And Paul earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I haue liued in all good conscience before God vntill this day. 2And the high Priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him, to smite him on the mouth. 3Then saith Paul vnto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to iudge mee after the Law, and commandest mee to be smitten contrary to the Law? 4And they that stood by, said, Reuilest thou Gods high Priest? 5Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that hee was the high Prist: For it is written, Thou shalt not speake euill of the ruler of thy people.
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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?
- King James Version
Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to try me according to the Law, and in violation of the Law order me to be struck?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)