Acts 23:3

Easy To Read Version

Paul said to Ananias, “God will hit you too! You are like a \{dirty\} wall that has been painted white! You sit there and judge me, using the law \{of Moses\}. But you are telling them to hit me, and that is against the law \{of Moses\}.”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Then the prophet Zedekiah went to Micaiah. Zedekiah hit Micaiah on the face. Zedekiah said, “Do you really believe that the Lord’s power has left me and is now speaking through you?”

Psalm 94:20

God, you don’t help crooked judges.\par Those bad judges use the law\par to make life hard for the people.\par

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I also saw these things in this life. {\cf2\super [18]} I saw that the courts should be filled with goodness and fairness—but there is evil there now.

Leviticus 19:15

“You must be fair in judgment. You must not show special favor to poor people. And you must not show special favor to important people. You must be fair when you judge your neighbor.

Leviticus 19:35

“You must be fair when you judge people. And you must be fair when you measure and weigh things.

John 18:24

So Annas sent Jesus to Caiaphas the high priest. {\cf2\super [235]} Jesus was still tied.

John 7:51

“Our law will not let us judge a person without hearing him. We cannot judge him until we know what he has done.”

Acts 23:4

The men standing near Paul said to him, “You cannot talk like that to God’s high priest. {\cf2\super [451]} You are insulting him!”