1. AND Paul looking upon the council, said: Men, brethren, I have conversed with all good conscience before God until this present day.
2. And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
3. 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?
4. And they that stood by said: Dost thou revile the high priest of God?
5. And Paul said: I knew not, brethren, that he is the high priest. For it is written: Thou shalt not speak evil of the prince of thy people.
6. And Paul knowing that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council: Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
7. And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the multitude was divided.