The Greek in Acts 23:3 that is translated in English as «(you) whitewashed wall» is translated in a number of ways:
- Lalana Chinantec: «you are like a masonry wall on which they have put white paint. It is no longer evident what it is like inside.» (Source: John Beekman in Notes on Translation, March 1965, p. 2ff.)
- Bariai: «a disintegrating wall and yet they applied paint to it so that it merely looks good» (source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac: «deceiver»
- Eastern Highland Otomi: «you talk up above (not from the heart)»
- Morelos Nahuatl: «you change words (you are a hypocrite)»
- Mezquital Otomi: «you two faced person»
- Rincón Zapotec: «you who make your face broad» (source for this and four above: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- Dan: «whitewashed tomb» (to highlight the hypocrisy) (Source: Don Slager)
- Mairasi: «you bad person and you liar trying to be like a clean person» (source: Enggavoter 2004)
See also complete verse (Acts 23:3) and complete verse (Matthew 23:37).