Acts 23:3

Paul before the Sanhedrin · Acts 23:1–11
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Translations

Modern
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.”
Traditional
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?
Literal
Then Paul said to him, “God is about to strike you, whitewashed wall! And you, do you sit judging me according to the law, and violating the law, command me to be struck?”
Latin
Tunc Paulus dixit ad eum: Percutiet te Deus, paries dealbate. Et tu sedens judicas me secundum legem, et contra legem jubes me percuti?

Interlinear

Greek
English
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.”

Notes

Events

People

Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistles

Glossary

Ananias Book of the Acts of the Apostles Courts and Trials Paul the Apostle

Topics

Ananias: High Priest, Before Whom Paul Was Tried Anger: Paul, Toward Ananias Court: Accused Spoke in his own Defense Court: Contempt of Courts of Justice: The Accused: Sometimes Treated with Insult Defense of Paul Paul is Brought Before the Sanhedrin; his Defense Priest: (The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): Judicial Priest: Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Paul Brought Before Reproof: Faithfulness in Paul, of Ananias, the High Priest Rulers: Wicked The High Priest: Duties of Presiding in the Superior Court The Law of Moses: Divided Into: Civil, Relating to Administration of Justice Walls: (Whited) Hypocrites