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And the high priestAnaniascommanded them that stood byhim to smitehim on the mouth.
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ThensaidPauluntohim,Godshallsmitethee, thou whitedwall:forsittestthou to judgemeafter the law,andcommandestme to be smitten contrary to the law?
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And they that stood bysaid, Revilest thouGod's high priest?
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ThensaidPaul, I wistnot,brethren,that he was the high priest:for it is written, Thou shaltnotspeakevil of the ruler of thypeople.
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But when Paulperceivedthat the onepartwereSadducees,and the otherPharisees, he cried outin the council,Men and brethren,Iam a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee:of the hopeandresurrection of the deadI am called in question.
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And when hehadsosaid, there arose a dissension between the Phariseesand the Sadducees:and the multitude was divided.
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FortheSadduceessay that there isnoresurrection,neitherangel,norspirit:but the Phariseesconfessboth.
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And there arose a greatcry:and the scribes that were of the Pharisees'partarose, and strove, saying, We findnoevilinthisman:butif a spiritor an angel hath spoken to him, let usnotfight against God.
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And when there arose a greatdissension, the chief captain,fearinglestPaul should have been pulled in piecesofthem,commanded the soldiers to go down, and to takehim by forcefromamongthem,and to bring him into the castle.
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And the nightfollowing the Lord stood byhim, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul:foras thou hast testifiedofmeinJerusalem,somustthou bear witnessalsoatRome.
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And when it wasday,certain of the Jews banded together*, and boundthemselves under a curse,[a]saying that they wouldneithereatnordrinktillthey had killedPaul.