Acts 23:3-5

3 Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, ¹you whitewashed wall! Do you ²sit to try me according to the Law, and in violation of the Law order me to be struck?"

4 But the bystanders said, "Do you revile God's high priest?

5 And Paul said, "I was not aware, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, '³YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF A RULER OF YOUR PEOPLE.' "

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 23:27
• 2. Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 25:2; John 7:51
• 3. Exodus 22:28