Acts 23:4

Conservative English Version

The men standing beside Paul asked, "Don't you know you are insulting God's high priest?"

Cross References

Matthew 5:11

God will bless you when people insult you, mistreat you, and tell all kinds of evil lies about you because of me.

Acts 23:3

Paul turned to the high priest and said, "You whitewashed wall! God will hit you. You sit there to judge me by the Law of Moses. But at the same time you order men to break the Law by hitting me."

Acts 23:5

Paul replied, "Oh! I didn't know he was the high priest. The Scriptures do tell us not to speak evil about a leader of our people."