Acts 23:3 “Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You…”

Acts 23:3

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

Then sayd Paul to him, God will smite thee, thou whited wall: for thou sittest to iudge me according to the Lawe, and transgressing the Lawe, commaundest thou me to be smitten?

Darby Translation

Then Paul said to him, God will smite thee, whited wall. And thou, dost thou sit judging me according to the law, and breaking the law commandest me to be smitten?

Young's Literal Translation

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!'

Bible in Basic English

Then Paul said to him, God will give blows to you, you whitewashed wall: are you here to be my judge by law, and by your orders am I given blows against the law?

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Cross references

“thou whited”

Matthew 23:27 Matthew 23:28

Matthew 23:27 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

Matthew 23:28 · BSB

In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

“for”

Leviticus 19:35 Psalm 94:20 Ecclesiastes 3:16 Amos 5:7 Micah 3:8–11 Psalm 58:1

Leviticus 19:35 · BSB

You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

Psalm 94:20 · BSB

Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?

Ecclesiastes 3:16 · BSB

Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

Amos 5:7 · BSB

There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

Micah 3:8–11 · BSB

As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

Psalm 58:1 · BSB

Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

“smitten”

John 7:51 John 18:24 Deuteronomy 25:1 Deuteronomy 25:2

John 7:51 · BSB

“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”

John 18:24 · BSB

Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.

Deuteronomy 25:1 · BSB

If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

Deuteronomy 25:2 · BSB

If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.

Also

Leviticus 19:15

Leviticus 19:15 · BSB

You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

4But those standing nearby said, “How dare you insult the high priest of God!”

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