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Acts 23:2-4
Contemporary English Version
Acts 23:2-4
Contemporary English Version
2 Then Ananias the high priest ordered the men standing beside Paul to hit him on the mouth. 3 (A) Paul turned to the high priest and said, “You whitewashed wall![a] God will hit you. You sit there to judge me by the Law of Moses. But at the same time you order men to break the Law by hitting me.”
4 The men standing beside Paul asked, “Don't you know you are insulting God's high priest?”
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- 23.3 whitewashed wall: Someone who pretends to be good, but really isn't.
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