Acts 23:2
When Ananias the supreme priest heard what Paul said, he commanded the men who were standing near Paul to hit him on the mouth.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 20:2So he arrested me. Then he commanded guards to whip me and fasten my feet in ◄stocks/a wooden frame► at the Benjamin Gate of Yahweh’s temple.
Matthew 26:67Then some of them spat in his face. Others struck him with their fists. Others, after they blindfolded him, slapped him
Acts 24:1Five days later Ananias the high priest, having heard that Paul was now in Caesarea, went down there from Jerusalem, along with some other Jewish elders and a lawyer whose name was Tertullus. There they formally told the governor what Paul had done that they considered wrong.
Matthew Henry on Acts 23:2-6
Paul's Second Defence. 1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this 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 thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me 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… Read the whole commentary →