Acts 23:3

New Century Version

Paul said to Ananias, “God will hit you, too! You are like a 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.”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up to Micaiah and slapped him in the face. Zedekiah said, “Has the Lord’s spirit left me to speak through you?”

Psalm 94:20

Crooked leaders cannot be your friends. They use the law to cause suffering.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I also saw this here on earth: Where there should have been justice, there was evil; where there should have been right, there was wrong.

Leviticus 19:15

“ ‘Be fair in your judging. You must not show special favor to poor people or great people, but be fair when you judge your neighbor.

Leviticus 19:35

“ ‘Do not cheat when you measure the length or weight or amount of something.

Amos 5:7

You turn justice upside down, and you throw on the ground what is right.

John 18:24

Then Annas sent Jesus, who was still tied, to Caiaphas the high priest.

John 7:51

“Our law does not judge a person without hearing him and knowing what he has done.”

Acts 23:4

The men standing near Paul said to him, “You cannot insult God’s high priest like that!”