Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
God shall smite thee—as indeed He did; for he was killed by an assassin during the Jewish war [JOSEPHUS, Wars of the Jews, 2.17.9].
thou whited wall—that is, hypocrite (Matthew 23:27). This epithet, however correctly describing the man, must not be defended as addressed to a judge, though the remonstrance which follows—"for sittest thou," etc.—ought to have put him to shame.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 23:3:
Exodus 22:28
Ezekiel 13:10
Matthew 23:27
Acts 23:1
Acts 24:11
Hebrews 13:18
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