Acts 23:2
“And the high Priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him, to smite him on the mouth.”
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Acts 23:2 Context
1And Paul earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I haue liued in all good conscience before God vntill this day. 2And the high Priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him, to smite him on the mouth. 3Then saith Paul vnto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to iudge mee after the Law, and commandest mee to be smitten contrary to the Law? 4And they that stood by, said, Reuilest thou Gods high Priest?
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And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
- King James Version
The high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.
- New American Standard Version (1995)