Acts 23:3-5

EasyEnglish Bible

³ Paul said to him, ‘God will certainly hit you! You are a hypocrite!^[a] You are sitting there and you are judging me. You are asking if I obey the Law of God. But you yourself do not obey the Law! You should not have said, “Hit that man!” ’

⁴ The men who were standing near Paul said to him, ‘You must not say bad things against our most important priest!’

⁵ Paul replied, ‘My brothers, I did not know that this man is the most important priest.^[b] Our Jewish law says, “Do not say bad things against the man who rules your people.” So I should not have said anything bad against him.’