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Read Full Chapter (Acts 23) Acts 23:5 KJV
"Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people."
Acts 23:5 in Context (Verses 2–8 KJV)
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And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
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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?
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And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?
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Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
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But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
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And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
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For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.