Acts 23:1-6

Paul Before the Sanhedrin

1 And looking intently at the Sanhedrin, Paul said, "Men [and] brothers, I have lived my life in all good conscience before God to this day."

2 So the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike his mouth.

3 Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, [you] whitewashed wall! And are you sitting [there] judging me according to the law, and acting contrary to the law do you order me to be struck?"

4 And those who stood nearby said, "Are you reviling the high priest of God?

5 And Paul said, "I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, 'You must not speak evil [of] a ruler of your people.'"

6 Now [when] Paul realized that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he shouted out in the Sanhedrin, "Men [and] brothers! I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am being judged concerning the hope and the resurrection of the dead!"

Footnotes

• [a] A quotation from Exod 22:28
• [b] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("realized") which is understood as temporal