5Paul said, |I didn't know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'|


In Context

2 The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

3 Then Paul said to him, |God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?|

4 Those who stood by said, |Do you malign God's high priest?|

5 Paul said, |I didn't know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'|

6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, |Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!|

7 When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

Acts 23:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Paul replied, "Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: 'Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.' "

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:5And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:5And Paul said, I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evilly of the ruler of thy people.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:5And Paul said, I wist not, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5Then said Paul, I knew not, brethren, that he is the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5and Paul said, 'I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Then said Paul, I knew not, brothers, that he was the high priest: for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.