Acts 23:3 meaning and explanation

Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”

Acts 23:3, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul is on trial before the Sanhedrin, the Jewish ruling council in Jerusalem. When the high priest Ananias orders him struck for claiming a clear conscience, Paul answers with a sharp rebuke.

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