Acts 23:3

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?

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

But Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak to you?

Psalm 94:20

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You–they who frame and hide their unrighteous doings under [the sacred name of] law?

Ecclesiastes 3:16

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

Leviticus 19:15

You shall do no injustice in judging a case; you shall not be partial to the poor or show a preference for the mighty, but in righteousness and according to the merits of the case judge your neighbor.

Leviticus 19:35

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.

Amos 5:7

You who turn justice into [the bitterness of] wormwood and cast righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) down to the ground,

John 18:24

Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

John 7:51

Does our Law convict a man without giving him a hearing and finding out what he has done?

Acts 23:4

Those who stood near exclaimed, Do you rail at and insult the high priest of God?