Paul Before the Sanhedrin

³⁰ The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews.^(A) So the next day he released him^(B) and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin^(C) to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them.

23 Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin^(D) and said, “My brothers,^(E) I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience^(F) to this day.” ² At this the high priest Ananias^(G) ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.^{(H) 3} Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall!^(I) You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!”^(J)

⁹ There was a great uproar, and some of the teachers of the law who were Pharisees^(A) stood up and argued vigorously. “We find nothing wrong with this man,”^(B) they said. “What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”^(C)