1And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.
2And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth.
3Then Paul said to him, God will give blows to you, you whitewashed wall: are you here to be my judge by law, and by your orders am I given blows against the law?
4And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest?
5And Paul said, Brother, I had no idea that he was the high priest: for it has been said, You may not say evil about the ruler of your people.
6But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.
7And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting.