Acts 23:3

Good News Translation

Paul said to him, “God will certainly strike you—you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the Law, yet you break the Law by ordering them to strike me!”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Then the prophet Zedekiah went up to Micaiah, slapped his face, and asked, “Since when did the Lord's spirit leave me and speak to you?”

Psalm 94:20

You have nothing to do with corrupt judges, who make injustice legal,

Ecclesiastes 3:16

In addition, I have also noticed that in this world you find wickedness where justice and right ought to be.

Leviticus 19:15

“Be honest and just when you make decisions in legal cases; do not show favoritism to the poor or fear the rich.

Leviticus 19:35

“Do not cheat anyone by using false measures of length, weight, or quantity.

Amos 5:7

You are doomed, you that twist justice and cheat people out of their rights!

John 18:24

Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to Caiaphas the High Priest.

John 7:51

“According to our Law we cannot condemn people before hearing them and finding out what they have done.”

Acts 23:4

The men close to Paul said to him, “You are insulting God's High Priest!”