Acts 23:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, [thou] whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

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Referenced Verses

  • John 7:51 : 51 Doth our law judge [any] man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
  • Deut 25:1-2 : 1 ¶ If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man [be] worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
  • Matt 23:27-28 : 27 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead› [men's] ‹bones, and of all uncleanness.› 28 ‹Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.›
  • Ps 58:1-2 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
  • Ps 82:1-2 : 1 ¶ A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
  • Ps 94:20 : 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
  • Eccl 3:16 : 16 ¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.
  • Amos 5:7 : 7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
  • Mic 3:8-9 : 8 ¶ But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
  • John 18:24 : 24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
  • Lev 19:35 : 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

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  • Acts 23:1-2
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    1¶ And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men [and] brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

    2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

  • Acts 23:4-5
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    4And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?

    5Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.

  • John 18:22-23
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    22And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

    23Jesus answered him, ‹If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?›

  • Acts 25:8-10
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    8While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.

    9But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

    10Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

  • Acts 25:15-17
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    15About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed [me], desiring [to have] judgment against him.

    16To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

    17Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.

  • Acts 18:13
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    13Saying, This [fellow] persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

  • Acts 23:9
    68%

    9And there arose a great cry: and the scribes [that were] of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

  • Acts 24:10
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    10¶ Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:

  • Acts 22:24-25
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    24The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

    25And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

  • Acts 24:19-21
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    19Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.

    20Or else let these same [here] say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

    21Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

  • Acts 23:15
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    15Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

  • Acts 26:14-15
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    14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, ‹Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?› [it is] ‹hard for thee to kick against the pricks.›

    15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, ‹I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.›

  • Acts 22:21-22
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    21And he said unto me, ‹Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.›

    22¶ And they gave him audience unto this word, and [then] lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a [fellow] from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

  • Acts 26:12
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    12¶ Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

  • Acts 24:6-8
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    6Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.

    7But the chief captain Lysias came [upon us], and with great violence took [him] away out of our hands,

    8Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.

  • Acts 4:19
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    19But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

  • Acts 28:17
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    17¶ And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men [and] brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

  • Acts 22:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, ‹Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?›

    8And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, ‹I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.›

  • Acts 9:4-5
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    4And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, ‹Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?›

    5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, ‹I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:› [it is] ‹hard for thee to kick against the pricks.›

  • Acts 23:30
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    30And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what [they had] against him. Farewell.

  • Acts 18:15
    66%

    15But if it be a question of words and names, and [of] your law, look ye [to it]; for I will be no judge of such [matters].

  • Acts 21:37
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    37And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

  • Acts 22:19
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    19And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

  • Acts 13:9-11
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    9Then Saul, (who also [is called] Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,

    10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, [thou] child of the devil, [thou] enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

    11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

  • Acts 7:27
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    27But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

  • Acts 6:13
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    13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

  • Acts 22:14
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    14And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

  • Acts 21:28
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    28Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all [men] every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

  • Acts 22:30
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    30On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from [his] bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

  • Acts 9:14
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    14And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

  • Acts 23:11
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    11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, ‹Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.›

  • Matt 26:62
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    62And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what [is it which] these witness against thee?