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And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.
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But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.
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Then Paul said to him, God will smite thee, whited wall. And *thou*, dost thou sit judging me according to the law, and breaking the law commandest me to be smitten?
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And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of God
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And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evilly of the ruler of thy people.
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But Paul, knowing that the one part [of them] were of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, cried out in the council, Brethren, *I* am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: *I* am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of [the] dead.
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And when he had spoken this, there was a tumult of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided.
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For Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees confess both of them.
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And there was a great clamour, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part rising up contended, saying, We find nothing evil in this man; and if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel ...