Acts 23:1-10

1And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with 1God unto this day.

2But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.

3Then Paul said to him, 2God will smite thee, whited wall. And thou, dost thou sit judging me according to the law, and breaking the law commandest me to be smitten?

4And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of 3God?

5And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evilly of the ruler of thy people.

6But Paul, knowing that the one part [of them] were of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: I am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of [the] dead.

7And when he had spoken this, there was a tumult of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided.

8For Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees confess both of them.

9And there was a great clamour, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part rising up contended, saying, We find nothing evil in this man; and if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel...

10And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring [him] into the fortress.