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And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
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And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him, to strike him on the mouth.
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Then said Paul to him, God shall smite thee, [thou] whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
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And they that stood by, said, Revilest thou God's high priest
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Then said Paul, I knew not, brethren, that he is the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
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But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.