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Acts 23:3

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Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

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  1. Acts 23:1

    And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

  2. Acts 23:2

    And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

  3. Acts 23:4

    And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?

  4. Acts 23:5

    Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.

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