Those standing nearby said, “Do you insult God’s kohen gadol ?”
“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me.
Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you on the mouth, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit judging me according to the Torah, and yet in violation of the Torah you order me to be struck?”
Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he is the kohen gadol . For it has been written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”