Acts 23:4
2 At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
3 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.”
But those standing nearby said, “How dare you insult the high priest of God!”
5 “Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”
6 Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But those standing nearby said, “How dare you insult the high priest of God!”
- KJV
- And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?
- WEB
- Those who stood by said, “Do you malign God’s high priest?”
- ASV
- And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God`s high priest?
- DARBY
- And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of God?
- BLB
- But those who stood by said, “Do you insult the high priest of God?”
- ÅB
- De som sto der, sa da: Skjeller du ut Guds yppersteprest?
- OTB
- De som sto der, sa: «Våger du å tale mot Guds yppersteprest?»
- B1930
- De som stod der, sa da: Skjeller du ut Guds yppersteprest?