1 Then Paul, looking earnestly at the council, said, “Men and brethren, aI have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.”
2 And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him ato strike him on the mouth.
3 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and ado you command me to be struck contrary to the law?”
4 And those who stood by said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?”
5 Then Paul said, a“I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, b‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Acts 23:1.
Acts 23:1-3
Now Paul was legally correct, except that he did not know who he was speaking to.
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