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Acts 23:3

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?

KJV

τότε ὁ Παῦλος πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπεν· τύπτειν σε μέλλει ὁ θεός, τοῖχε κεκονιαμένε· καὶ σὺ κάθῃ κρίνων με κατὰ τὸν νόμον, καὶ παρανομῶν κελεύεις με τύπτεσθαι;

Greek NT

Tunc Paulus dixit ad eum : Percutiet te Deus, paries dealbate. Et tu sedens judicas me secundum legem, et contra legem jubes me percuti ?

Vulgate

Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

ASV

Then Paul said to him: God shall strike thee, thou whited wall. For, sittest thou to judge me according to the law and, contrary to the law, commandest me to be struck?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
κάθημαι
kathemai
verb · 89×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κελεύω
keleuo
verb · 26×
κονιάω
koniao
verb · 2×
κρίνω
krino
verb · 114×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
παρανομέω
paranomeo
verb · 1×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τοῖχος
toichos
noun · 1×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
τύπτω
tupto
verb · 13×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 16:19 — Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
  • Deut 25:1 — If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
  • Eccl 3:16 — And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
  • Exod 22:28 — Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
  • Job 34:18 — Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
  • John 7:51 — Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
  • John 7:51 — Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
  • Luke 11:44 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
  • Matt 23:27 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
  • Matt 23:27 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.