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Then said Paul 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?"
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A Prophetic Rebuke
Multiple commentators note that Paul's sharp declaration, "God shall smite thee," was not merely an angry outburst but a prophecy. They point to historical records from the historian Josephus, which describe the high priest Ananias being hunted down and killed years later, thus fulfilling Paul's words.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
God shall smite you. God will punish you. God is just, and He will not allow such an obvious violation of all the laws of a fair trial to …
Thou whited wall (τοιχε κεκονιαμενε). Perfect passive participle of κονιαω (from κονια, dust or lime). The same word used in Mt 23…
19th Century
Anglican
God shall smite thee, thou whited wall.—The phrase is interesting as showing either that our Lord, in likening the Pharis…
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Indignant at the affront, Paul lashed out at Ananias and accused him of breaking the Jewish law, which safeguarded the rights of defendants and pre…
16th Century
Protestant
God shall smite thee. Paul cannot endure that injury, but he must, at least, with sharp words rebuke the high priest and denounce God’s ve…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said Paul to him, God shall smite thee Which may be considered either as a prophecy of what would be, that God …
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