Acts 23:3

God's Word

Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you hypocrite! You sit there and judge me by Moses’ Teachings and yet you break those teachings by ordering these men to strike me!”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, went to Micaiah and struck him on the cheek. “How did the Lord’s Spirit leave me to talk to you?” he asked.

Psalm 94:20

Are wicked rulers who use the law to do unlawful things able to be your partners?

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I saw something else under the sun: There is wickedness where justice should be found. There is wickedness where righteousness should be found.

Leviticus 19:15

“Don’t be corrupt when administering justice. Never give special favors to poor people, and never show preference to important people. Judge your neighbor fairly.

Leviticus 19:35

“Don’t be corrupt when administering justice concerning length, weight, or measuring liquid.

Amos 5:7

You, Israel, turn justice into poison and throw righteousness on the ground.

John 18:24

Annas sent Jesus to Caiaphas, the chief priest. Jesus was still tied up.

John 7:51

“Do Moses’ Teachings enable us to judge a person without first hearing that person’s side of the story? We can’t judge a person without finding out what that person has done.”

Acts 23:4

The men standing near Paul said to him, “You’re insulting God’s chief priest!”