Acts:23:1-11

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* And Paul , earnestly beholding the council , said , Men and brethren , I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day . * And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth . * 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 ? * And they that stood by said , Revilest thou God 's high priest ? * 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 . * 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 . * And when he had so said , there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees : and the multitude was divided . * For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection , neither angel , nor spirit : but the Pharisees confess both . * And there arose a great cry : and the scribes that were of the Pharisees ' part arose , and strove , saying , We find no evil in this man : but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him , let us not fight against God . * And when there arose a great dissension , the chief captain , fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them , commanded the soldiers to go down , and to take him by force from among them , and to bring him into the castle . * And the night following the Lord stood by him , and said , Be of good cheer , Paul : for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem , so must thou bear witness also at Rome .

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