Those standing near him said, “Do you dare insult God’s high priest?”
“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.
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?”
Paul replied, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”