2But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.


In Context

1 And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.

2 But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.

3 Then Paul said to him, God will smite thee, whited wall. And thou, dost thou sit judging me according to the law, and breaking the law commandest me to be smitten?

4 And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of God?

Acts 23:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:2At this the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him, to strike him on the mouth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:2The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:2and the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to smite him on the mouth,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.