Acts 23
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Acts 23:1-3

1NowG1161 lookingG816 intentlyG816 at 1the 2CouncilG4892, PaulG3972 saidG3004, “34BrothersG435G80, 5I have 6livedG4176 my lifeG4176 with an entirelyG3956 goodG18 conscienceG4893 before GodG2316 up to thisG3778 dayG2250.”

2But the highG749 priestG749 7AnaniasG367 commandedG2004 thoseG3588 standingG3936 besideG3936 him 8to strikeG5180 him on the mouthG4750.

3ThenG5119 PaulG3972 saidG3004 to him, “GodG2316 isG3195 goingG3195 toG3195 strikeG5180 you, 9you whitewashedG2867 wallG5109! Do you 10sitG2521 to tryG2919 me accordingG2596 to the LawG3551, and inG3891 violationG3891 ofG3891 theG3891 LawG3891, orderG2753 me to be struckG5180?”

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 23:1 Acts 22:30; 23:6, 15, 20, 28 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 23:1 Or Sanhedrin ↩
  3. 3. Acts 23:1 Lit Men, brothers ↩
  4. 4. Acts 23:1 Acts 22:5 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 23:1 Acts 24:16; 2 Cor 1:12; 2 Tim 1:3 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 23:1 Or conducted myself as a citizen ↩
  7. 7. Acts 23:2 Acts 24:1 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 23:2 John 18:22 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 23:3 Matt 23:27 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 23:3 Lev 19:15; Deut 25:2; John 7:51 ↩

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