Acts 23:1-3

Common English Bible

23 Paul stared at the council and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with an altogether clear conscience right up to this very day.” ² The high priest Ananias ordered those standing beside Paul to strike him in the mouth. ³ Then Paul said to him, “God is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit and judge me according to the Law, yet disobey the Law by ordering that I be struck.”