Discovery BoxActs 13:10 
Context13:10 and said, “You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, 1 you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness – will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? 2
Acts 23:3
Context23:3 Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! 3 Do 4 you sit there judging me according to the law, 5 and in violation of the law 6 you order me to be struck?”
1 tn Or “unscrupulousness.”
2 sn “You who…paths of the Lord?” This rebuke is like ones from the OT prophets: Jer 5:27; Gen 32:11; Prov 10:7; Hos 14:9. Five separate remarks indicate the magician’s failings. The closing rhetorical question of v. 10 (“will you not stop…?”) shows how opposed he is to the way of God.
3 sn You whitewashed wall. This was an idiom for hypocrisy – just as the wall was painted on the outside but something different on the inside, so this person was not what he appeared or pretended to be (L&N 88.234; see also BDAG 1010 s.v. τοῖχος). Paul was claiming that the man’s response was two-faced (Ezek 13:10-16; Matt 23:27-28). See also Deut 28:22.
4 tn Grk “And do.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
5 tn The law refers to the law of Moses.
6 tn BDAG 769 s.v. παρανομέω has “παρανομῶν κελεύεις in violation of the law you order Ac 23:3.”
sn In violation of the law. Paul was claiming that punishment was given before the examination was complete (m. Sanhedrin 3:6-8). Luke’s noting of this detail shows how quickly the leadership moved to react against Paul.
