Acts 23:3-5

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³ Then Paul said to him, God is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit as a judge to try me in accordance with the Law, and yet in defiance of the Law you order me to be struck?

⁴ Those who stood near exclaimed, Do you rail at and insult the high priest of God?

⁵ And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was a high priest; for the Scripture says, You shall not speak ill of a ruler of your people.^(A)