Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and (A)do you command me to be struck contrary to the law?”

And those who stood by said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?”

Then Paul said, (B)“I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, (C)‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’

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Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall!(A) You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!”(B)

Those who were standing near Paul said, “How dare you insult God’s high priest!”

Paul replied, “Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’[a](C)

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Notas al pie

  1. Acts 23:5 Exodus 22:28