"Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, 'My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day.'"
(Acts 23:1)

The high priest order someone to hit Paul in the mouth.

"Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!"
(Acts 23:3)

Paul did not know it was the high priest.

Paul takes advantage of the situation

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