¹⁷ Abanye kwababemi lapho bashaqeka—bengashaqiswa yilona oshaye uPawulu, kodwa beshaqiswa yilokho uPawulu akusho! Bathi: “Uthuka umpristi ophakeme kaNkulunkulu?” Impendulo kaPawulu yabafundisa isifundo sokuthobeka nokuhlonipha uMthetho. Wathi: “Bafowethu, bengingazi ukuthi ungumpristi ophakeme. Ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi, ‘Ungakhulumi kabi ngombusi wabantu bakini.’”d (IzE. 23:4, 5; Eks. 22:28) UPawulu wabe esesiqhamukela ngenye indlela lesi simo. Ephawula ukuthi iSanhedrini yayakhiwa abaFarisi nabaSadusi, wathi: “Madoda, bafowethu, ngingumFarisi, indodana yabaFarisi. Ngahlulelwa ngenxa yethemba lovuko lwabafile.”—IzE. 23:6.