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Acts 23:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

5 Paul answered, “Brothers, I did not realize he was the high priest. For it is written,(A) ‘You shall not curse a ruler of your people.’”[a]

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  1. 23:5 Luke portrays Paul as a model of one who is obedient to the Mosaic law. Paul, because of his reverence for the law (Ex 22:27), withdraws his accusation of hypocrisy, “whitewashed wall” (cf. Mt 23:27), when he is told Ananias is the high priest.
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