1 AndPaul, earnestly beholding the council,said , Men and brethren,I have lived in allgoodconscience before Goduntilthisday.
2 And the high priestAnaniascommanded them that stood byhim to smitehim on the mouth.
3 ThensaidPauluntohim,Godshallsmitethee, thou whitedwall:forsittestthou to judgemeafter the law,andcommandestme to be smitten contrary to the law ?
4 And they that stood bysaid , Revilest thouGod's high priest?
5 ThensaidPaul, I wistnot,brethren,that he was the high priest:for it is written , Thou shaltnotspeakevil of the ruler of thypeople.
6 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 .