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Acts 23:5

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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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  1. Acts 23:3

    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?

  2. Acts 23:4

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

  3. Acts 23:6

    But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

  4. Acts 23:7

    And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.

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