Act 23:3 | JFB | STEP | 3, 4. God shall smite thee —as indeed He did; for he was killed by an assassin during the Jewish war [JOSEPHUS , Wars of the Jews, 2.17.9]. thou whited wall —that is, hypocrite ( ). This epithet, however correctly describing the man, must not be defended as addressed to a judge, though the remonstrance which follows—"for sittest thou," &c.

Acts 23:3

3, 4. God shall smite thee—as indeed He did; for he was killed by an assassin during the Jewish war [JOSEPHUS, Wars of the Jews, 2.17.9].

thou whited wall—that is, hypocrite (Mt 23:27). This epithet, however correctly describing the man, must not be defended as addressed to a judge, though the remonstrance which follows—"for sittest thou," &c.—ought to have put him to shame.