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Ananias,[a] the high priest, was there. When he heard this, he told the men who were standing near Paul to hit him in the mouth. Paul said to Ananias, “God will hit you too! You are like a dirty wall that has been painted white. You sit there and judge me, using the Law of Moses. But you are telling them to hit me, and that is against the law.”

The men standing near Paul said to him, “Are you sure you want to insult God’s high priest like that?”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 23:2 Ananias Not the same man named Ananias in Acts 22:12.

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