⁴ Those who were standing near Paul said, “How dare you insult God’s high priest!”

⁵ Paul replied, “Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’^[a]”^(A)

⁶ Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees^(B) and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “My brothers,^(C) I am a Pharisee,^(D) descended from Pharisees. I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead.”^(E)