Acts 23:1-7

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?” 4But those presentG3936 saidG3004, “Are you insultingG3058 God’sG2316 highG749 priestG749?” 5And PaulG3972 saidG5346, “I was not awareG3609, brothersG80, that he is highG749 priestG749; for it is writtenG1125: ‘11You shall not speakG3004 evilG2560 of a rulerG758 of your peopleG2992.’”

6But PaulG3972, perceivingG1097 that oneG1520 groupG3313 were 12SadduceesG4523 and the otherG2087 PhariseesG5330, began cryingG2896 outG2896 in 13the 14CouncilG4892, “1516BrothersG435G80, 17I amG1510 a PhariseeG5330, a sonG5207 of PhariseesG5330; I am onG2919 trialG2919 for 18the hopeG1680 and resurrectionG386 of the deadG3498!” 7When he saidG2980 thisG3778, a dissensionG4714 occurredG1096 between the PhariseesG5330 and SadduceesG4523, and the assemblyG4128 was dividedG4977.