Acts 23:2-4
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2 Ananias, the high priest, said to those who were standing near Paul, `Hit his mouth!'
3 Paul said, `God will hit you down, you dirty wall painted white! You sit there to judge me by the law and you break the law by telling them to hit me.'
4 The people who stood near Paul said, `Do you say a wrong thing like that to God's high priest?'
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Acts 23:2-4
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2 At this the high priest Ananias(A) ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.(B) 3 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall!(C) You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!”(D)
4 Those who were standing near Paul said, “How dare you insult God’s high priest!”
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