Acts:23:1-11

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* And Paul , earnestly beholding (5660 ) the council , said (5627 ), Men and brethren , I have lived (5769 ) in all good conscience before God until this day . * And the high priest Ananias commanded (5656 ) them that stood by (5761 ) him to smite (5721 ) him on the mouth . * Then said (5627 ) Paul unto him , God shall (5719 ) smite (5721 ) thee , thou whited (5772 ) wall : for sittest (5736 ) thou to judge (5723 ) me after the law , and commandest (5719 ) me to be smitten (5745 ) contrary to the law (5723 )? * And they that stood by (5761 ) said (5627 ), Revilest thou (5719 ) Gods high priest ? * Then said (5713 ) Paul , I wist (5715 ) not , brethren , that he was (5748 ) the high priest : for it is written (5769 ), Thou shalt not speak (5692 ) evil of the ruler of thy people . * But when Paul perceived (5631 ) that the one part were (5748 ) Sadducees , and the other Pharisees , he cried out (5656 ) in the council , Men and brethren , I am (5748 ) a Pharisee , the son of a Pharisee : of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question (5743 ). * And when he had so said (5660 ), there arose (5633 ) a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees : and the multitude was divided (5681 ). * For the Sadducees say (5719 ) that there is (5750 ) no resurrection , neither angel , nor spirit : but the Pharisees confess (5719 ) both . * And there arose (5633 ) a great cry : and the scribes that were of the Pharisees part arose (5631 ), and strove (5711 ), saying (5723 ), We find (5719 ) no evil in this man : but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken (5656 ) to him , let us not fight (5725 ) against God . * And when there arose (5637 ) a great dissension , the chief captain , fearing (5685 ) lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces (5686 ) of them , commanded (5656 ) the soldiers to go down (5631 ), and to take him by force (5658 ) from among them , and to bring (5721 ) him into the castle . * And the night following (5752 ) the Lord stood by (5631 ) him , and said (5627 ), Be of good cheer (5720 ), Paul : for as thou hast testified (5662 ) of me in Jerusalem , so must (5748 ) thou bear witness (5658 ) also at Rome .

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