Acts 23:1
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Acts 23:1
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Paul, looking intently at the Council, said, "Brethren, I have lived my life with a perfectly good conscience before God up to this day."
Acts 23:2
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The high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.
Acts 23:3
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Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to try me according to the Law, and in violation of the Law order me to be struck?"
Acts 23:4
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But the bystanders said, "Do you revile God's high priest?"
Acts 23:5
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And Paul said, "I was not aware, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, `YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF A RULER OF YOUR PEOPLE."'
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