Acts 23:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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!'

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Referenced Verses

  • John 7:51 : 51 `Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'
  • Deut 25:1-2 : 1 `When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer, 2 then it hath come to pass, if the wrong-doer is to be smitten, that the judge hath caused him to fall down, and `one' hath smitten him in his presence, according to the sufficiency of his wrong-doing, by number;
  • Matt 23:27-28 : 27 `Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness; 28 so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
  • Ps 58:1-2 : 1 To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men? 2 Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
  • Ps 82:1-2 : 1 -- A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge. 2 Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.
  • Ps 94:20 : 20 Is a throne of mischief joined `with' Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
  • Eccl 3:16 : 16 And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment -- there `is' the wicked; and the place of righteousness -- there `is' the wicked.
  • Amos 5:7 : 7 Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,
  • Mic 3:8-9 : 8 And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin. 9 Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert. 10 Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'
  • John 18:24 : 24 Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest.
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 `Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.
  • Lev 19:35 : 35 `Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;

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    1And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, `Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;'

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    4And those who stood by said, `The chief priest of God dost thou revile?'

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  • John 18:22-23
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    22And he having said these things, one of the officers standing by did give Jesus a slap, saying, `Thus dost thou answer the chief priest?'

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  • Acts 25:8-10
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    10and Paul said, `At the tribunal of Caesar I am standing, where it behoveth me to be judged; to Jews I did no unrighteousness, as thou dost also very well know;

  • Acts 25:15-17
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    15about whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information, asking a decision against him,

    16unto whom I answered, that it is not a custom of Romans to make a favour of any man to die, before that he who is accused may have the accusers face to face, and may receive place of defence in regard to the charge laid against `him'.

    17`They, therefore, having come together -- I, making no delay, on the succeeding `day' having sat upon the tribunal, did command the man to be brought,

  • Acts 18:13
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    13saying -- `Against the law this one doth persuade men to worship God;'

  • Acts 23:9
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    9And there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part having arisen, were striving, saying, `No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;'

  • Acts 24:10
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    10And Paul answered -- the governor having beckoned to him to speak -- `Knowing `that' for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer;

  • Acts 22:24-25
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    24the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, saying, `By scourges let him be examined;' that he might know for what cause they were crying so against him.

    25And as he was stretching him with the thongs, Paul said unto the centurion who was standing by, `A man, a Roman, uncondemned -- is it lawful to you to scourge;'

  • Acts 24:19-21
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    19whom it behoveth to be present before thee, and to accuse, if they had anything against me,

    20or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the sanhedrim,

    21except concerning this one voice, in which I cried, standing among them -- Concerning a rising again of the dead I am judged to-day by you.'

  • Acts 23:15
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    15now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'

  • Acts 26:14-15
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    14and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!

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  • Acts 22:21-22
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    21and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

    22And they were hearing him unto this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, `Away from the earth with such an one; for it is not fit for him to live.'

  • Acts 26:12
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    12`In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --

  • Acts 24:6-8
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    6who also the temple did try to profane, whom also we took, and according to our law did wish to judge,

    7and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away,

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  • Acts 4:19
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    19and Peter and John answering unto them said, `Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye;

  • Acts 28:17
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    17And it came to pass after three days, Paul called together those who are the principal men of the Jews, and they having come together, he said unto them: `Men, brethren, I -- having done nothing contrary to the people, or to the customs of the fathers -- a prisoner from Jerusalem, was delivered up to the hands of the Romans;

  • Acts 22:7-8
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    7I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?

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  • Acts 9:4-5
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    4and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'

    5And he said, `Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;'

  • Acts 23:30
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    30and a plot having been intimated to me against this man -- about to be of the Jews -- at once I sent unto thee, having given command also to the accusers to say the things against him before thee; be strong.'

  • Acts 18:15
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    15but if it is a question concerning words and names, and of your law, look ye yourselves `to it', for a judge of these things I do not wish to be,'

  • Acts 21:37
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    37And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, `Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?' and he said, `Greek dost thou know?

  • Acts 22:19
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    19and I said, Lord, they -- they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;

  • Acts 13:9-11
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    9And Saul -- who also `is' Paul -- having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

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    11and now, lo, a hand of the Lord `is' upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead `him' by the hand;

  • Acts 7:27
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    27and he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us?

  • Acts 6:13
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  • Acts 21:28
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    28crying out, `Men, Israelites, help! this is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, all everywhere is teaching; and further, also, Greeks he brought into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place;'

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    30and on the morrow, intending to know the certainty wherefore he is accused by the Jews, he did loose him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrim to come, and having brought down Paul, he set `him' before them.

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    14and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.'

  • Acts 23:11
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    11And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, `Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.'

  • Matt 26:62
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    62And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, `Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee?