Acts 23:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

At this Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting there to judge me according to the law, and yet in violation of the law you order me to be struck?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then Paul said to him, God is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit as a judge to try me in accordance with the Law, and yet in defiance of the Law you order me to be struck?

American Standard Version (1901)

Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Common English Bible

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.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then Paul said to him: "God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! For would you sit and judge me according to the law, when, contrary to the law, you order me to be struck?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Then Paul said to him: God shall strike thee, thou whited wall. For sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and contrary to the law commandest me to be struck?

Acts 23:3 Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up to Micaiah, slapped him on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”

Psalm 94:20

Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who contrive mischief by statute?

Ecclesiastes 3:16

Moreover, I saw under the sun that, in the place of justice, wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there as well.

Leviticus 19:15

“You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.

Leviticus 19:35

“You shall not cheat in measuring length, weight, or quantity.

Amos 5:7

Ah, you who turn justice to wormwood and bring righteousness to the ground!

John 18:24

Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

John 7:51

“Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?”

Acts 23:4

Those standing nearby said, “Do you dare to insult God’s high priest?”