Acts 23:3

New English Translation

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit there judging me according to the law, and in violation of the law you order me to be struck?”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”

Psalm 94:20

Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.

Leviticus 19:15

“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

Leviticus 19:35

You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

Amos 5:7

The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.

John 18:24

Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to Caiaphas the high priest.

John 7:51

“Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”

Acts 23:4

Those standing near him said, “Do you dare insult God’s high priest?”