Acts 23:5
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.’”Acts 23:5 · WEB
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- ગુજરાતી — પ્રેરિતોનાં કૃત્યો ૨૩:૫
- ત્યારે પાઉલે કહ્યું કે, ભાઈઓ, એ પ્રમુખ યાજક છે, તે હું જાણતો ન હતો, કેમ કે એમ લખ્યું છે કે, તારા લોકોના અધિકારીનું તારે ખોટું બોલવું નહિ.
- हिन्दी — प्रेरितों के काम २३:५
- पौलुस ने कहा, “हे भाइयों, मैं नहीं जानता था, कि यह महायाजक है; क्योंकि लिखा है, ‘अपने लोगों के प्रधान को बुरा न कह।’” (निर्ग. 22:28)
In context
3Then 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?”
4Those who stood by said, “Do you malign God’s high priest?”
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.’”
6But 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!”
7When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided.
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