Acts 23:4

First Nations Version

The ones standing near him said, “How dare you speak in a disrespectful manner to Creator’s chief holy man?”

Cross References

Matthew 5:11

“Others will lie about you, speak against you, and look down on you with scorn and contempt, all because you walk the road with me. This is a sign that Creator’s blessing is resting on you.

Acts 23:3

“Creator will strike you, you false-faced pretender!” Small Man (Paul) said back to him. “Do you sit there using our own tribal law to decide my fate, and then break the same law by ordering me struck?”

Acts 23:5

“Fellow Tribal Members,” he replied, “I did not recognize that he was the chief holy man, for it is written in the Sacred Teachings, ‘You must not speak against a leader of your people.’”