And those who stood by said, ‘The chief priest of God dost thou revile?’
‘Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake —
then Paul said unto him, ‘God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, and thou — thou dost sit judging me according to the law, and, violating law, dost order me to be smitten!’
and Paul said, ‘I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;’