Acts 23:1-6

1 And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, ¹I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day."

2 And the high priest ²Ananias commanded those who stood by him ³to strike him on the mouth.

3 Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you ⁴whitewashed ⁵wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet ⁶contrary to the law you ⁷order me to be struck?"

4 Those who stood by said, "Would you revile ⁸God's high priest?

5 And Paul said, ⁹"I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ¹⁰'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"

6 Now when Paul perceived that one part were ¹¹Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, ¹²I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is ¹³with respect to the ¹⁴hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial."

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1. 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:3; [Acts 24:16; Job 27:5, 6; 1 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 5:11; Hebrews 13:18]
2. Acts 24:1
3. 1 Kings 22:24; Lamentations 3:30; Micah 5:1; 2 Corinthians 11:20
4. [Matthew 23:27]
5. [Isaiah 30:13; Ezekiel 13:10-14]
6. Deuteronomy 25:1, 2; See John 7:51
7. Deuteronomy 25:1, 2; See John 7:51
8. [1 Samuel 2:28; Psalms 106:16]
9. [Acts 24:1]
10. Cited from Exodus 22:28
11. See Matthew 22:23
12. Acts 26:5; Philippians 3:5
13. Acts 24:15, 21; Acts 26:6-8; Acts 28:20
14. [Acts 2:26, 27]; See Colossians 1:5

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Acts 23:1-6

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