Those who stood by said, “Would you revile God's high priest?”
“Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Then Paul said to him, “God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?”
And Paul said, “I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”