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Acts 23:4

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And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?

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Acts 23:4 in other translations

Those who stood by said, “Do you malign God’s high priest?”

Acts 23:4 · World English Bible

Acts 23:4 in context

  1. 2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
  2. 3Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
  3. 4And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?
  4. 5And Paul said, I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.
  5. 6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: touching the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.