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1 Paul stared at the Jewish council and said, |Brothers, my relationship with God has always given me a perfectly clear conscience.| 2 The chief priest Ananias ordered the men standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth. 3 Then Paul said to him, |God will strike you, you hypocrite! You sit there and judge me by Moses' Teachings and yet you break those teachings by ordering these men to strike me!| 4 The men standing near Paul said to him, |You're insulting God's chief priest!| 5 Paul answered, |Brothers, I didn't know that he is the chief priest. After all, Scripture says, 'Don't speak evil about a ruler of your people.'| Acts 23:1-5, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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