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


In Context

1 Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, |Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.|

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

3 Then Paul said to him, |God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?|

4 Those who stood by said, |Do you malign God's high priest?|

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:2But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his 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 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.