Acts 23
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1Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.”
2The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
3Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?”
4Those who stood by said, “Do you malign God’s high priest?”
5Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”
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