Acts 23:3

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?

Then {G5119} said {G2036} Paul {G3972} unto {G4314} him {G846}, God {G2316} shall {G3195} smite {G5180} thee {G4571}, thou whited {G2867} wall {G5109}: for {G2532} sittest {G2521} thou {G4771} to judge {G2919} me {G3165} after {G2596} the law {G3551}, and {G2532} commandest {G2753} me {G3165} to be smitten {G5180} contrary to the law {G3891}?

Then Sha’ul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Will you sit there judging me according to the Torah, yet in violation of the Torah order me to be struck?”

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 25:1 (7 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Deuteronomy 25:2 (7 votes)

    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.

  • John 7:51 (6 votes)

    Doth our law judge [any] man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

  • Matthew 23:27 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Matthew 23:28 (3 votes)

    Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

  • Leviticus 19:15 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Leviticus 19:35 (2 votes)

    Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.