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Acts 22
²⁸ The commander answered, "With a large sum I obtained this citizenship." And Paul said, "But I was born a citizen."
²⁹ Then immediately those who were about to examine him withdrew from him; and the commander was also afraid after he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
³⁰ The next day, because he wanted to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he released him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down and set him before them.
Acts 23
¹ Then Paul, looking earnestly at the council, said, "Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day."
² And 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! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and do you command me to be struck contrary to the law?"
⁴ And those who stood by said, "Do you revile God’s high priest?"
⁵ Then Paul said, "I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ’You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ "
⁶ But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!"
⁷ And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.
⁸ For Sadducees say that there is no resurrection--and no angel or spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.