[1] And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until day. [2] And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. [3] Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge after the law, and commandest to be smitten contrary to the law? [4] And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest? [5] Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that the high priest: for it is written, not speak evil of the ruler people. [6] But when Paul perceived that the one part Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. [7] And when he said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. [8] For the Sadducees say no resurrection, angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. [9] And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, not fight [10] And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.