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Acts 23:3
Acts 23:3 is verse 3 of Acts chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
King James Version
Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
World English Bible
Then 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?”
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Acts 23:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
2 At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
3 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
4 But those standing nearby said, “How dare you insult the high priest of God!”
5 “Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 23:27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
Matthew 23:28In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
Leviticus 19:35You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
Psalms 58:2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
Psalms 82:1God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
Ecclesiastes 3:16Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
Micah 3:8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
Micah 3:9Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
Micah 3:10who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
Deuteronomy 25:1If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
Deuteronomy 25:2If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
John 18:24Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.