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23 Gazing intently at the high council,[a] Paul began: “Brothers, I have always lived before God with a clear conscience!”

Instantly Ananias the high priest commanded those close to Paul to slap him on the mouth. But Paul said to him, “God will slap you, you corrupt hypocrite![b] What kind of judge are you to break the law yourself by ordering me struck like that?”

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Footnotes

  1. 23:1 Greek Sanhedrin; also in 23:6, 15, 20, 28.
  2. 23:3 Greek you whitewashed wall.

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